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...]

[notjustawriter]

[Well that's mildly horrifying.

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

[pokexplorer]

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

Which room is it?]

[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.]

[trustharder]

[Two rooms down.]

[trustharder]

[The one right next to yours.]

[goodforsomething]

[That's uh....

...fuck. Stan picks up his pace, cursing inwardly.]

Megumi?

[trustharder]

[Her door looks like it was left slightly open.]

[bloodisthicker]

[...WELL THAT'S A LOVELY THING TO SEE WHEN YOU STEP OUT OF YOUR DOOR...

...oh no wait]

...please tell me someone's seen Megumi alive.

[notjustawriter]

[Welp.

Time for Gabriel to steel himself for the worst.]

[amygdalae]

[...yeah, Bruce's memorized the rooms by now to know who goes where.

He mutters a curse under his breath and hurries onward, reaching for the door and attempting to open it--well, if the door is closed, anyway. Is the door even closed?]

[pokexplorer]

[It's extremely alarming to exit your room to find blood everywhere right next door, let Colress tell you.

And he's been to that room before, so he knows whose it is immediately. And just as immediately, his heart rate shoots up.

He's frozen a bit as Stan heads over.]

Ah, Mr. Pines...

Should we...see where this leads?

[goodforsomething]

[Balls, he doesn't want to do this.

But he doesn't want to make anyone else do it either.

Let's open that door.]

[isafraid]

[Hey guys what's happening out here-oh.




oh no]

[amygdalae]

[TIME TO GO ON IN (after Stan, that is).

...and what do we see?]

[goodforsomething]

Yeah, yeah, c'mon.

[Stan sounds, understandably, a bit distracted.]

[notjustawriter]

[...Why does this have to happen every Friday.

Time to follow the others.]

[psychoh]

H-Haven't seen her since yesterday... [GOD that's... that's a lot of blood...]

[trustharder]

[Well, it's not an entire person's worth of blood splashed all over the room this time and nothing else; unfortunately, that's about the best thing that can be said here, and even that particular best-case isn't any comfort, because what is there is so much worse.

There's a person lying in a pool of blood on the floor, legs bent at loose but slightly awkward angles, hands drawn up in the universal position of one who tried to defend themselves, one of them curled into a loose fist. However, there's no motion forthcoming, no acknowledgement that anyone else is there, and the front of the body is covered in blood, clothing torn in several places.

Her purple hair is haloed loosely around her head, her face turned away and to the side; her eyes are open, her stare glossy and unfocused.

Megumi Sakura is dead.

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]

HALLWAY

[trustharder]

INCINERATOR ROOM

[trustharder]