Second.

[trustharder]

Friday dawns fairly quietly this week; unlike last week, there's no blood splashed around the hallway, and there's very little that seems amiss at first glance. It's almost enough to make one think that nothing happened last night – that maybe the incentive was ignored, that maybe rational-minded camaraderie may have won out over the desire to escape the Vault. That impression will last you until somebody decides to head upstairs. They won't get past the stairwell without noticing that something is definitely amiss - while there notably does not appear to be a body, that doesn't mean that something isn't there regardless. You might want to check that out. Just saying. >Explore?

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[garudynamic]

[... well he was running full tilt, so let's be honest he probably goes right into the basins]

[trustharder]

[RIP YOSUKE...

While you're over there, you might notice a couple of buckets though.]

[garudynamic]

[TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN

okay no, as he untangles himself, noticing the buckets... were those there before? At least he didn't stick his head in one when he fell]

[trustharder]

[There were indeed buckets in the room before! But these buckets are a bit different. One of the buckets is tipped over.]

[garudynamic]

[That must be why the floor (and now Yosuke) was all wet. Weird. He moves over to pick it up. This is dangerous!!]

[trustharder]

[Good call! It's still sort of wet, so obviously there was water in there at some point.]

[garudynamic]

[There's a dead body somewhere in this building. People are dying.

Yosuke mops. Cuz you know he's spilled water in here enough to know where one is in here

EXCITING MURDER INVESTIGATION ACTION]

[trustharder]

[YOSUKE YOU'RE NOT INVESTIGATING IF YOU'RE MOPPING--

Wait don't mop up that blood!]

[garudynamic]

...

[o h

just... put the mop down. now is not part time clerk time. it's part time teenage detective time.

In a haze he seeks out the source of the blood. M-maybe he bonked his head and it's his own? Please?]

[trustharder]

[Well, it's on the floor, so it's probably not yours. There's not very much of it either.]

[garudynamic]

[Okay, okay so no body. Someone probably just had a nose bleed or something and it has nothing to do with the alarm

yep

Still, can't hurt to look around and see what caused it. Maybe he needs to mop more cuz obviously this room isn't safe]

[trustharder]

[It doesn't look like there's anything that explains what caused the blood, but now that you're looking at it you might notice some small shards of something.]

[garudynamic]

[Oooo, what's this? Did something break when he and/or whoever is bleeding on things fell?]

[trustharder]

[Nope, it doesn't seem to have come from anything in the room. There's some dust around the shards too. Suspicious!]

[garudynamic]

[Obviously we should pick the random things up. Don't sneeze and scatter the dust, Yosuke]

[trustharder]

[That sure would be a thing, wouldn't it...

These shards appear to be from a gemstone. A pearl, specifically.]

[garudynamic]

Oh, pretty.

[Mine now.

After a moment of thought he takes his scarf, dabs it int he water, and uses the wet spot to dab up the dust too. Now he can collect it just in case there IS a body somewhere and it's evidence!]

[trustharder]

[SMART MOVE, YOSUKE. YOU DID WELL.]

[prismbloom]

[ a potential disaster like this needs a MOM

Spotting those shards... ]

... Then did the altercation start here--?

[garudynamic]

Altercation?

[Oh you sweet summer child]

[prismbloom]

[ oh god he doesn't know does he. ]

I'm not sure if it was, but... Yosuke, please take all of those shards out of your pocket.

[garudynamic]

Huh? Sure, are they yours?

[Here ya go momsis]

[prismbloom]

[ why does she have to be the one ]

They're Pearl's. Did you... not hear the announcement?

[garudynamic]

[He's about to offer her the scarf, now sparkling with dust too, to wrap the pieces in, when-]

I heard something but then I slipped...

[He is kinda soaked]

Wait, Pearl's... what do you...?

[prismbloom]

You should change into dry clothes before you catch a cold.

[ ... ]

Pearl is dead. I think these are her gemstone--that one that was on her forehead.