Seventh.

[trustwellness]

The past week has been tense, despite everyone's best efforts to lessen the heavy atmosphere of worry and dread; the deadline for the incentive has been creeping ever-nearer, and the potential for consequences to come down – not only on you, but on those who have already suffered and died in the name of this "course" you've all been put through – has been difficult to ignore as time goes by. But whatever one may be feeling about it, the world keeps turning and time moves ever-forward; Friday morning dawns eventually, heralded with the usual ringing of chimes and silence laying heavy over most of the university. Perhaps things have been uneventful; checking the first few floors may imply that, for those of you that are feeling hopeful. Searching lower down, however... Well, things may not be as acceptable as they seem, let's put it that way. >Explore?

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[trustwellness]

[There are a lot of different kinds of flowers in here, and most of them are untouched. There are a lot of missing yellow roses, however.]

AREA CLEAR

[trustwellness]

[tsugomori]

No, no he wouldn't.

[ Honestly, he understands... the pain of losing your loved one here. ]

It's a shame someone fell victim to the motive again, but I suppose I could see why it happened.

[firstaid]

[She'll look to where the missing flowers are. Are there a few yellow flowers left? If so, are they untouched?]

[oyashiromama]

...Yes. At least, this time, we...

We know...a little more why this took place, from the start.

[trustwellness]

[It's definitely left a mess, yikes. You guys have found everything there is to find in here, well done!]

[trustwellness]

[They're not too deep, but they're not particularly nice-looking, either. The blade doesn't appear to have been serrated, at least.

She's also got cuts on her fingers as well, same sort of deal - apologies for not mentioning that sooner, apparently I can't read today.]

[trustwellness]

[There are only a few left, but they don't look like they've been touched. The others seem to have been cut as opposed to trampled or ripped out.

You've found everything there is to find here, well done!]

[tsugomori]

[ Well, that's strange. What were they trying to decorate with?

... He'll just take a whole walk around the room to make sure he doesn't miss the decorations. ]

[elepe]

[...............................

THIS IS NOT FINE. She did all of this despite the possibility she'd die. Goddammit Orihime.

Alright. Well. Other than...that...anything else in the notes? Or around the room, Lusamine will look around once she's found all she needed in the notebook.]

[oyashiromama]

[NO WORRIES FRIEND okay, with the hands aside (...quite literally), she'll take an uncomfortable look at Orihime's chest, where the blood's coming from. ...That's either slash or a stab, isn't it.]

[trustwellness]

[Nope, nothing else to note about the notebook or the kitchen! Well done, Lusamine!]

[trustwellness]

[It looks like a stab wound - it's deep, and it seems to have hit her right in the heart.]

[trustwellness]

[Yellow roses! They're placed all around as decorations and while they're very pretty, it does kind of make Orihime's death even more somber, doesn't it?]

[foundfate]

[That actually spurs him to try and push past Mikazuki, interestingly enough.]

She- she looks like she's sleeping, she can't be-

[oyashiromama]

[So you know who's very familiar with stab wounds? Can Hanyuu tell anything about the angle of the wound? Could it betray anything about the height of the culprit?]

[feistytrader]

...She's dead.

[There's no point in beating around the bush or sparing Watanuki's feelings at this point.]

You don't have to look.

[At the same time, he turns to look at Mikazuki.]

But if he wants to, just let him.

[tsugomori]

[ ... He's not good at stopping people from doing anything it seems ... but there's something, he just... he just shouts-- ]

Watanuki!

She's already...

[ He'll come after him. But he won't stop him, although unfortunately he doesn't think it'll be a good idea for the man to linger -- for emotional reasons and because someone needs to investigate Orihime's body (something he won't do). ]

[tsugomori]

[ He'll just nod. ]

Of course.

[trustwellness]

[Actually, not really - everyone still alive except Elda is taller than Orihime, after all, and most of them are taller by a margin of five inches or more at that. Although it seems like whomever this was either knew what they were doing or got extremely lucky - it's a single stab wound, so the culprit didn't hit her ribs, she died on the first try.]

[foundfate]

[Watanuki will manage to take a good 3 or 4 steps in before the combined efforts of Silver and Mikazuki finally get him to stop. He feels all of his energy rush out of him in one fell swoop, and he falls to his knees.

She's gone. She's really gone.

Andddddd there's the tears finally.]

[oyashiromama]

[Well, she had to try. However, that is very interesting. A direct hit, that's...not easy, not at all.

...She really doesn't want to continue examining this. If there's nothing else to look at around her chest, then Hanyuu will move down to the wound on her stomach.]

[firstaid]

[Actually, quick question for clarification - do these roses have thorns?]

[oyashiromama]

[Before the investigating starts... Hanyuu can spare a moment. She'll kneel down and hug him, and then murmur to Mikazuki and Silver:]

I... I'll look over her. Can you...please, help him out of here?

[feistytrader]

[...Well, that part's easy.

Silver puts a hand on Watanuki's shoulder, then gently scoops him up to carry him out of the ballroom.]