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?

Comments

[garudynamic]

...

Uhm... has anyone checked his pulse?

[captainobnoxious]

[....... DON'T POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS SHE JUST STARTED FEELING RELIEVED.]

Yeah, we should. So... does that mean there's more, or is he just asleep on the job?

[notjustawriter]

...Something's wrong.

Why didn't the announcement go off?

[isafraid]

[....Wait.

He's looking up at the ceiling.]

Strange. Suppose we're supposed to hear the Kingmaker and his bloody speech by now.

[cherryblooded]

[Well, okay, after trying to get Lynne out of her room via knocking and not having success, Cherryblod will just come back.]

Shouldn't we have an announcement by now?

...Excuse me. I'm going upstairs.

[He's even more worried now.]

[captainobnoxious]

[........

Sure. Sure, let's check his pulse. Is he dead, Jim?]

[sleepingkogoro]

...

[You know, that is right. Should be done.

Mouri checks Tarrlok's pulse, just in case, although he isn't harboring much hopes of he being alive]

[penduli]

[ SORRY, SIGRUN??? ]

...there's not a rule saying someone can't commit two or more murders in one go. [ but uh

look he isn't. going to go looking for a body, here. ]

[isafraid]

I'll be behind you!

[Don't go along, shrimpdad!!]

[trustharder]

[He is most decidedly dead, yes.]

[amygdalae]

[Bruce is already on that as well.]

[trustharder]

[Nothing.]

[captainobnoxious]

He's definitely dead, Yosuke. Sorry.

[goodforsomething]

Oh...god dammit, Tarrlok.

[Stan's been worried about him, but...damn.]

[garudynamic]

...

[Yosuke whips out his phone- not even trying to hide it to try and call the Kingmaker

Did you pass out on the buttons again, bro?]

[captainobnoxious]

[LET HER HAPPINESS STAY FOREVER.]

I'm glad to see you're alive. I just don't know where else to go from here. Up? Out? We should spread.

[garudynamic]

... shit.

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri had just checked the pulse too]

I feel kind of bad I immediately thought he was dead before checking the pulse.

[But then what's up with the dead body announcement? What was going on here?]

[trustharder]

[Good idea, Cherryblod. Thankfully, there are no corpses on floors two through four, so surely that's got to be a relief.]

[captainobnoxious]

I'm coming too.

[You know. Why not. Let's have a train.]

[cherryblooded]

[Well, after doing a quick sweep of floors two through four the natural thing to do is to enter floor five and see what's up there.]

[amygdalae]

I'm not surprised that you think that.

[They have been doing this like, four times by now.

...they're all terribly used to this already.]

[penduli]

I'm glad you're alive, too. [ TOUCHING MOMENTS... that can't be for long. Anyway. ] We have a lot of ground to cover either way. Up might be the most reasonable place to look for now, since Tarrlok seems to have... fallen from up that way.

[ Or. Was pushed, really. But er. ]

It wouldn't hurt to give the first floor a cursory peek around either though, while we're here.

[trustharder]

[The arcade and the dojo both seem fine as well.

The, uh. The sauna, though. Specifically the men's.

That might be less fine.]

[trustharder]

[Buddy, you're not getting a damn answer.]