Fourth.

[trustwellness]

It seems that each week is getting harder than the last. You've lost three of your number already this week, and that's before anyone seems to have tried to take the Wordsmith up on his offer – and from the look of it, the incentive has tempted quite a few of you, perhaps even more than the usual. But now, the week is coming to an end; maybe it's too much to hope for that it's passed without anyone killing one another. Maybe it isn't. Only time will tell. The chimes ring out, signaling the hour as they always do; the day seems reasonably normal, with the first three floors of the building seeming clear enough. However, those of you wishing to make absolutely sure may want to head a bit lower down. It's possible that you'll find nothing down there; the more jaded of you will probably suspect otherwise. Either way, there's no point in keeping the possibility open when you can confirm it for yourselves, is there? >Explore?

Comments

[elepe]

[...Glass. Hello darkness our old friend--

But...huh. That's unusual as hell. How the fuck could a scorch mark get into the pool area, of all things? Huh...

Was the glass that other thing, or is there anything else while she looks around the parameter? ...And assuming no, is there anything obvious inside the pool since she'll be looking there next--]

[trustwellness]

[The glass is thankfully not all over the place, but there's a good amount of it near the scorch mark.

There is something else noticeable on the edge of the pool, if you want to check that out! But there's also something obviously wrong with the pool itself... So where to first?]

[elepe]

[...yeah she's. Okay. Let's just take a look inside the pool here. What...happened here, did someone do a stupid]

[trustwellness]

[You'd better believe they did. There's a lot of blood in the pool.]

[elepe]

[... ... ...

Fuck. The person who messed with her pool in particular.

Would the blood...be obscuring anything in the water, or are we some definition of 'good' there...]

[trustwellness]

[Nope, the only clue inside the pool is "hella blood in the water", so you're good there!]

[elepe]

[Oh thank fuck, like hell was she gonna try one of Elizabeth Bathory's beauty secrets by going in there and retreating it--

Alright, so! Going back around the parameter of the pool here, since she thought she saw something--what on earth is going on over here?]

[trustwellness]

[On the edge of the pool you'll find... more blood. Yep. There's a lot of blood involved in this case.

But while you're over here you'll probably also notice that there's something else a little further away...]

[elepe]

[Tapus, what did that Amestrian Rattata do to deserve this...this is a lot more blood than she'd have ever liked to deal with, but she'll at least keep going once she catches sight of something else...

Let's just walk over there, then. What's going on here?]

[trustwellness]

[It looks like a trail of bloody water leading... somewhere. Do you want to follow?]

[elepe]

[Let's follow the death water trail! Where exactly is this leading to?]

[trustwellness]

[It looks like it goes into the the men's changing room! Do you dare enter to continue clue-hunting?]

[elepe]

[... ... ...

Are you kidding her, that is the men's room

She is not going in there, nope. But...okay. Okay. Maybe she can just get a sight of what it is and then leave. So.

She's gonna attempt to kick the door open and see what's inside.]

[trustwellness]

[Smart woman! You can clearly see that the trail leads through the men's changing room and presumably goes out the other side. You could go check around on the other side, if you'd like!]

[elepe]

[You know what, she gladly will. After making one last kick at the door--both for catharsis sake and to make sure she goes the right way, she's going to go out and go to where the path will assumedly start.

...though, for reference sake, if she kicks the other door is it still gonna show the path. She wants to make sure. And also have a perfectly good reason to kick the door.]

[trustwellness]

[Once you're on the other side of the door, you won't even have to kick it - you'll see that the bloody water trail leads in the direction of the infirmary!

And with that, you're all done here (unless you have any questions)! Good job, Lusamine!]