Fifth.

[trustwellness]

For some, it seems this week has been a welcome reprieve – after the pain of the last trial, the week itself has brought with it some vague degree of hope. Perhaps your friends are not truly gone; perhaps the bonds that have suffered between those still alive can be repaired, and the ones that hold fast can be strengthened. Furthermore, no one has died to the executioner this week. However, the incentive still exists as a possibility that some might want to explore; it's difficult to say, really, what with all the excitement the past several days have brought with them. As always, the chimes ring out to signal the hour; the day seems reasonably normal, though given that you've all established a pattern of terrible things happening on Fridays, you might want to check the building just to make sure, particularly the lower floors. You might want to be careful in those stairwells, though. Just saying. >Explore?

Comments

[firstaid]

[Estelle will be going down to the fifth floor and to the music room to just play with the recorder. Anything amiss?]

[trustwellness]

[You're not going to get past the stairwell between the second and third floors before you notice something is horrendously amiss.

Something like the person lying on the third floor landing.]

[iaspis]

[Fridays suck, so she's going to be headed down to the chemical lab considering how relevant it was last case.

Is she going to be stopped by something horrible before then?]

[trustwellness]

[You should be all right there, Jasper.]

[tsugomori]

[ Well, if he's heading down towards the dojo, will there be anything before or after he's reached there (or a total of nothing...). ]

[trustwellness]

[There sure is.]

TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN.

[wordsmithery]

Rule Seven has once again been invoked; whether the guilty party seeks to claim something for themselves or merely cease their course of study, two Apprentices have paid for it.

Should you want the guilty held accountable rather than allow the deaths of Balanced and Capricious to be used for their personal gain, then feel free to investigate the university and prepare yourselves.

[trustwellness]

EVIDENCE LIST

TOTAL 23/24

THIRD FLOOR STAIRWELL (6/6)
- Varric didn't deserve this
- That's strange
- CW: Brains
- RIP Bianca
- Corpse looting...??
- What could this be from?

MUSIC ROOM (7/7)
- CW: Case five, aka Viktor did not deserve this
- Ouch
- This poor man
- At least this case has glitter!
- Bling bling
- Sad trombone noises
- The piano didn't deserve this either

ART STUDIO (3/4)
- Ring, ring
- ??? (to be gotten during the trial)
- Today wasn't a good day for painting
- Delicious!

BAR (2/2)
- Once upon a time...
- Did someone have a good time here?

VARRIC'S ROOM (5/5)
- Come on in!
- Here's a key
- And a note!
- CW: Brains, that's a little ominous
- CW: Brains 2, that's also a little ominous

THIRD FLOOR STAIRWELL

[trustwellness]

[firstaid]

[Well, she may as well start looking. Perhaps a self-pep talk has gotten her motivated. She needs to do this for Varric. So examining his body... is there anything that screams "This is what killed me?" without moving him?]

[elepe]

[Lusamine's going to take the reigns of looking around the stairwell itself--being a coroner is not something that Lusamine would have wanted, and she trusts Estelle. As much as she'd want to spare her of this.

She's going to start walking up and down the stairs, scanning them--anything interesting?]

AREA CLEAR

[trustwellness]

MUSIC ROOM

[trustwellness]

[tsugomori]

[ Alright, Mikazuki will take to looking at the surroundings first, not actually here for looking into the body this time around. Is there anything else around here that will stick out at first glance? ]

[oyashiromama]

[Okay. Okay, give her a moment to compose herself, and-

Take a slow breath. She's seen...worse. She's seen so much carnage that she can barely count it. So, she shuts her eyes, opens them, and forces herself to be as empty as possible.

Let's examine this body. Starting with the head. What's that look like?]

AREA CLEAR

[trustwellness]

ART STUDIO

[trustwellness]

[matchbreaker]

[ ... Well, her poor sense of direction brought her here.

Might as well look around? ]

AREA CLEAR

[trustwellness]

BAR

[trustwellness]

[iaspis]

[...Well.

She and Varric were in the bar all the time. She may as well.

Is there anything immediately out of place in here?]

AREA CLEAR

[trustwellness]

VARRIC'S ROOM

[trustwellness]

[introspects]

[ she steps up to varric's room quietly, shakily. she will not deny what she's seeing. after all these weeks, there's no running away from it--varric and viktor are gone.

just when they were getting leads, just when things were looking more hopeful, too. orihime sheds tears for them but doesn't break down like she would have before. she's trying so, so hard to keep it together, for the sake of doing the both of them justice. she cares so, so much for both of them, and she is utterly devastated.

let's not be around the bodies.

is the door open? ]

AREA CLEAR

[trustwellness]