Fifth.

[trustharder]

The klaxons blare out early on Friday morning, as always. Depending on how late you were out at the party last night, they might not be very welcome, but at least it seems the Kingmaker isn't having any difficulties with them today. The Vault's setup has always been a bit unfortunate on Fridays – the fact that the view from the dorms is a straight shot down the corridor tends to make it completely and immediately obvious when something is wrong. It isn't blood this time; there are no large crimson stains splashed around the hallway or leading outward from one of the rooms. What is there, however, is a person lying on the floor near the stairwell. That doesn't bode well, does it. >Explore?

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[notjustawriter]

[That's just not good at all.

He'll approach the person cautiously.]

[trustharder]

[...Yeah.]

[cherryblooded]

[Well. That's not good.

Cherryblod was sort of hoping to magically avoid seeing a corpse today, but if he can see one from the moment he exits his room, he has to make a straight dash to the stairwell.

So. Who is it?]

[garudynamic]

[Yosuke peeks out his door just as Cherryblod passes and pads after him, yanking on his shoes awkwardly as he goes]

[trustharder]

[Sorry to ruin your morning, Cherryblod.

The body at the bottom of the stairwell is almost immediately recognizable, for better or for worse; there's some blood on his face, granted, but not nearly enough to obscure his features, and even if it were to be that much, the long, dark hair and tall stature are more than enough to be telling.

Tarrlok is dead.]

[amygdalae]

[...there's no blood, but that doesn't make it any better.

Bruce quickly goes towards the stairwell to see who is the person lying on the floor there.]

[trustharder]

[About that.]

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri was more than prepared. After all, it was Friday. He has no hopes of nobody dying, so better be done with this as soon as possible and maybe prevent some people from seeing dead bodies.

That is why he planned to go look for dead bodies...and was done with it much sooner than he thought. Huh.

Is that really a person near the stairwell? With some luck they'll still be alive]

[trustharder]

[Unfortunately, it is a person.

As for their status...uh, about that.]

[captainobnoxious]

[... It doesn't bode well. Considering this is usually the time when people kill like clockwork, and there should be blood when there's none, maybe it's just someone that's knocked out?

Let's... go see who it is....]

[trustharder]

[Welp.]

[penduli]

[ The fact his room is literally right next to the hallway also doesn't make this a very pleasant experience—he... really does not want to go check out that body by the stairwell, but he's seen it. It's not like he can pretend he didn't.

So uh, let's go head over to that person on the ground. :'| ]

[trustharder]

[Sorry about your morning, Black.]

[isafraid]

[This doesn't bode well at all, honestly.

Speedwagon wasn't expecting to have to investigate something like this but, well, here we go. Let's see who that body is, shall we?]

[trustharder]

[It...yeah.]

TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN.

[kingmakereffect]

[Well, now that all the bodies have been found...]

Two deaths... how ambitious.

You know what your job is by now. Assured and Perceiving are dead. It's you against the guilty. Spend this time investigating and prepare for the trial.

[kingmakereffect]

EVIDENCE LIST

TOTAL 22/22

FIRST FLOOR STAIRWELL (8/8)
- Tarrlok (probably) did not deserve this
- No dignity even in death
- At least there's not blood everywhere for once
- This is kind of strange
- Really, really strange
- This is also really weird
- IT WILL NEVER COME OFF
- IT'S EVERYWHERE

MEN'S SAUNA (6/6)
- She probably wasn't using the sauna while fully dressed
- Yep, the sauna wasn't used
- No fighting, for once
- So many chemicals involved in this case
- This is pretty gross
- Do not ingest

INCINERATOR (3/3)
- You guys sure do love the incinerator
- Yosuke's right, why didn't you just eat the paper??
- Probably because of this important evidence, actually

UPSTAIRS LAUNDRY ROOM (2/2)
- Missing chemicals are never good
- Most important clue: someone used the sign-out sheet

DOJO (3/3)
- CLEAN!! UP!! AFTER!! YOURSELVES!!!
- No blood...?
- This is all pretty suspicious

FIRST FLOOR STAIRWELL

[trustharder]

[amygdalae]

[Before everything else--]

Two deaths?

[WHO WOULD EVEN

JESUS CHRIST.]

[pokexplorer]

[Two deaths? Whoever did this needs Arceus, obviously.

Ugh, why this.

Since he's still down near Tarrlok's body, he decides to take a look around the stairwell while others check the body. Hopefully the others who went upstairs are able to handle that crime scene.

Is there anything immediately noticeable on the stairs?]

Re: FIRST FLOOR STAIRWELL

[sleepingkogoro]

[Time to investigate. Bruce can deal with the body, as usual, so Mouri will go upstairs and check if there's anything that could hint Tarrlok was pushed or tripped]

MEN'S SAUNA

[trustharder]

[captainobnoxious]

[Alrighty then. She and Speedy are supposed to do things here, so let's get started on the body.

Is she naked. Is she clothed. What's obvious here, she's not a doctor.]

INCINERATOR

[trustharder]

[penduli]

[ ...WELL HE WAS GOING TO INVESTIGATE THE FIRST FLOOR FOR MORE BODIES, BUT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT MAKES IT PRETTY CLEAR THERE'S NONE--he's right by the incinerator, so let's check that out first.

Anything immediately off here? ]

LAUNDRY ROOM

[trustharder]

[The one upstairs.]

[prismbloom]

[ ... god, two bodies in one day? Aqua steels herself and goes to the laundry room.

What's immediately notable here, if anything? ]

DOJO

[trustharder]

Re: DOJO

[happysweets]

[ Two in one day...geez, what a mess. What's going on in here? Anything sticking out..?

please no knives this time ]