Fourth.

[trustharder]

Friday morning starts as all mornings in the Vault do. The klaxons sound off at seven in the morning; some awaken easily, some don't, but the point remains that for better or worse, everyone has to leave the room they were sleeping in eventually. A few will be spared from the immediate knowledge that something is amiss – those whose rooms are tucked away in the corners of the dorms and don't have a clear view of the hallway may get a few seconds' peace of mind. However, as soon as the main hallway is visible it becomes obvious that something isn't right. It isn't like the first week, where the blood was contained to the far end of the building. This time, the blood starts in the dormitory hallway. It looks like it's starting near one of the dormitory rooms toward the middle of the floor. >Explore?

Comments

[goodforsomething]

...you gotta be kiddin' me.

[But for all that, Stan doesn't sound terribly surprised. Let's follow the blood...]

[trustharder]

[Well, you're going to be backtracking a little if you're trying to see where it starts.

It looks like it started around Room 19.]

[amygdalae]

[...well guess who's room is pretty much in the middle of the hallway.

Bruce can feel the dread building up again but he's quick to squash it; whatever happens now is the time to be in control. He can't screw it up again like last week.

Taking a breath to steady himself, he goes off to follow everyone else who's already seen the trail for themselves.]

[notjustawriter]

[Well that's mildly horrifying.

...Time to take a closer look. What room does it seem to be near?]

[trustharder]

[Two rooms down.]

[pokexplorer]

[Welp. Considering Colress' room is near the middle, he might be greeted by something bad...

Which room is it?]

[trustharder]

[The one right next to yours.]

TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN.

[kingmakereffect]

[There go the alarms again - three blasts as usual.]

Someone here has decided to act and Protective has paid the price. As usual, you'll have a period of time to investigate before we begin.

It's you against the guilty party. See to it that you're ready.

[kingmakereffect]

EVIDENCE LIST

TOTAL 20/20

MEGUMI'S ROOM (4/4)
- Poor Megumi did not deserve this
- At least we're not looting the rooms during the investigations
- I don't have anything pretending to be witty to say about bruises
- Are we ready for hair check?

CSI: MURDERVAULT EDITION (4/4)
- Someone showed her their stabs
- Megumi didn't deserve this either
- I don't know what to say about this CSI stuff, but boy is that some more bruising
- Why are there so many stabs

HALLWAY (3/3)
- We need more blood
- Where are we going with this?
- Keep goin'

INCINERATOR ROOM (4/4)
- It's getting hot in here
- More blood??
- What if this isn't actually evidence but just someone cleaning up after themselves
- This one is probably evidence though

BAR (5/5)
- How many pieces of evidence can be summed up as "blood"
- WHEN WILL YOU PEOPLE CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELVES
- What did beer ever do to you?
- This might be important
- THE PIANO CURSE STRIKES AGAIN

MEGUMI'S ROOM

[trustharder]

[amygdalae]

[Well considering that her body is here...

Time to do this again, same as with all the others. Its a sickening routine by now.

He'll start with a cursory examination of the body. Is there anything that immediately sticks out of place that will get his attention?]

Re: MEGUMI'S ROOM

[sleepingkogoro]

...Sakura-san...

[Poor, sweet Sakura-san. Always treating others with respect, and here she is dead.

Mouri doesn't have all his confidence back but he'll try, at least. The first thing that gets his attention is try to see if Megumi has something in her fist]

[notjustawriter]

[Well... he is right here.

Let's take a look at the body, even though he really doesn't want to. Any injuries that immediately stand out?]

[pokexplorer]

[Colress is still a little shaken up, but he wants to help with the investigation for sure.

While the others investigate the body, is there anything else off about Megumi's room itself?]

[isafraid]

M-miss Megumi...

[Speedwagon's Just sort of found himself hanging around the doorway, watching the others go about their business, and Megumi... laying there.

There she is, dead. Like the other poor souls they've found.

She didn't deserve this.]

AREA CLEAR

[trustharder]

HALLWAY

[trustharder]

[wokeupdead]

[So that's a lot of blood.

Anything else stand out other than a ton of blood?]

[garudynamic]

[Yosuke is a little late coming out of his corner room, so he misses the body being found. One glance and a flash of bright hair is enough to tell him who it is.

Don't dwell on it. Don't look too long. Instead he decides to try and back track the blood trail while the others investigate the corpse]

AREA CLEAR

[trustharder]

INCINERATOR ROOM

[trustharder]

[cherryblooded]

[Well, that was a nice attempt to try and roll back to sleep after the morning alarm.

...And as he'd expected, he was woken back up by more klaxons a few minutes afterwards anyway. At least he didn't have to see her body this time.

Cherryblod takes one look at the blood outside Megumi's room and heads in the opposite direction - to the incinerator room. Maybe someone stuffed a sword in here again.

First off, anything immediately noticeable?]

AREA CLEAR

[trustharder]

BAR

[trustharder]

[happysweets]

[ Getting as far away from the body as possible definitely doesn't sound like the worst idea right about now, but what's off in here? Anything an obvious mess? ]