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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[trustharder]

[There's nothing too out of the ordinary in his pockets, but in doing that it's probably pretty noticeable that there's something weird about the body in and of itself, especially if you're walking down to take a look - namely, most people who fall down spiral staircases aren't neatly laid-out like this.

It doesn't look like he's been moved far, mind you, but he's definitely been moved. Kind of like everyone usually ends up moving the body a little on Fridays.

Odd, that.]

[prismbloom]

[ Alright... how about we look through the chemicals, first? ]

[trustharder]

[Good call! They're missing. You won't find them anywhere in this room either.]

[captainobnoxious]

[YEAH WHAT KIND don't mind me just piggybacking......]

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 ]

[amygdalae]

[Didn't the Kingmaker before mention only one person could leave?? But then again... that was a while ago so.]

Mister Cherryblod and the others went upstairs. I presume they're the ones who found...

[Well.]

They can probably handle it up there.

[trustharder]

[Well, you'll probably notice that the place is a wreck. That's probably important!]

[prismbloom]

[ ...

Is it all of them, just to be sure? ]

[penduli]

[ This is the equivalent of leaving the oven on and expecting other people to just get to it after you leave, you know.

...but okay, waiting shouldn't be so hard. Especially with company. ... ... ... ]

Do you know how long it takes for this to cool down, Yosuke?

[garudynamic]

Ugh, of course. And we're too late to stop it.

[trustharder]

[Mild burns on her skin, starting near and around her mouth, the pattern set in a way that indicates that whatever caused it may have streamed down her face.

The damage on her clothes coincides with that.]

[garudynamic]

[Shrug]

I've never used it, honestly.

[trustharder]

[Yes it is!]

[prismbloom]

[ okay well that's.... fine. This is fine.

... is there anything in the machines? ]

[amygdalae]

[So. Anyway.

Time to look at dead bodies. Again.

Let's start with the very obvious blood at the head. If there's blood at the head there's probably a chance of some injury of sorts so... time to examine around his head, from running fingers around his skull to brushing back his hair. Are there any signs of injury on his head?]

[penduli]

Me neither. Miss Sigrun did a few weeks ago, but she's upstairs. [ ... ] I hope she's having a good time up there.

[ Whatever a good time can be, uh, here. Like, she always seems to have a good time if there's a weapon involved. ]

[captainobnoxious]

[Thaaaaat

is not a pretty sight, honestly, burns are not her favorite scars, and Sigrun grimaces.]

Okay, so, I don't think we should touch the watery stuff.

... Well, maybe a little.

[Like using Lynne's hand to see if it's what caused those burns. How do chemicals work, Sigrun just doesn't know.]

[trustharder]

[Yes, they are.]

[trustharder]

[Nope! There's only one other thing to find in this room and it's nothing that's out of place or added to the room...

What else it could be?]

[prismbloom]

[ Is it the toolkits? IS THERE ANYTHING MISSING THERE. ]

[garudynamic]

[He leans against the wall]

You know, I never got using this thing. Yeah, it's hotter then using like, the oven or a lighter. But it'd be WAY easier to hide evidence instead of throwing stuff in here when we ALWAYS look here. And not take hours to cool off.

[trustharder]

[Lynne's hand comes back clean, actually. Or, well, wet but unburned. So it looks like the water's safe.]

[trustharder]

[NOPE. Nice try though!

...It's something most people don't use, to give you a hint.]

[happysweets]

[ OH, WELL THEN

What kind of signs of a scuffle are we talking here? Any sign a weapon was used, or..? ]

[sleepingkogoro]

Huh. For a moment I had thought...

[...thought this could be an accident. But now it doesn't seem likely. Where could the body have came from, then?

And that was the extent of Mouri's investigation]