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

[cherryblooded]

[Tell us about the men's sauna, because of course Cherryblod's going to check that too. (He'll probably also check the women's side, because this is no time for modesty.)]

[captainobnoxious]

Good on you for volunteering! Take someone with you, use the buddy system, and stay safe!

[Puuuush. She's going upstairs with Cherry and Speedwagon.]

[captainobnoxious]

[Right behind. Thank goodness the dojo's okay, as good of a place as that would've been to kill someone in her opinion.]

[garudynamic]

Shit guys, the Kingmaker isn't picking up.

[He's never tried to call during an investigation: and considering who he's talking about he'd expect if he ever HAD he either wouldn't answer or tell him that any interference is against the rules.

But dude, this has gotta be an exception here!]

[isafraid]

[So scandalous, Cherryblod!

But no, Speedwagon's following close behind. At least the last few floors had nothing, so, maybe...?]

[amygdalae]

[????]

That's... odd.

[trustharder]

[The women's side is clear! However, the men's side is...decidedly less so.

The first thing that will be noticed is the person lying on the floor; they're facedown, but that doesn't mean that identification is impossible, even from a distance - the long, bright red hair splayed on the ground around her head is distinctive enough that it could only really belong to one person.

Lynne is dead.]

[pokexplorer]

Something has to be going on, then.

[Colress finally speaks up, glancing uneasily up the stairs where the others had gone.

Is there something else the Kingmaker wants them to find?]

[cherryblooded]

That explains why she didn't answer.

[...He's gonna check her pulse even despite knowing the odds because screw you, bracket text, she might be alive.]

[trustharder]

[Nope.]

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

[isafraid]

[The detective, of all people...]

It can't be!

FIRST FLOOR STAIRWELL

[trustharder]

MEN'S SAUNA

[trustharder]

[cherryblooded]

[Yeah, that's what he thought.]

Definitely dead.

...You two handle her. I'll go look around.

[He just doesn't want to look at another dead body for longer than he has to today.]

INCINERATOR

[trustharder]

[trustharder]

[...spoilers: it is not, in fact, an exception; he's just not going to help you guys during an investigation.]

LAUNDRY ROOM

[trustharder]

[The one upstairs.]

[captainobnoxious]

[............................]

Kind of weird she's on this side.

[Just. Putting it out there at first.]

I'll handle the body here. You two give a girl her privacy and tell the others we're down a detective.

DOJO

[trustharder]

[captainobnoxious]

[-- Oh good.]

Okay. No problem.

[amygdalae]

[Before everything else--]

Two deaths?

[WHO WOULD EVEN

JESUS CHRIST.]

[isafraid]

[A stiff nod. It's going to be one of those days.]

Right.

[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? ]