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]

...did... did he fall down the stairs?

[Or get pushed. Probably pushed]

[isafraid]

....It's hard to say.

[They are all just crowded around him, aren't they?]

We'll have to figure it out soon, regardless.

[trustharder]

[There are a lot of you crowded around him.

...No body announcement, though.

Wonder why that is.]

[garudynamic]

...

Uhm... has anyone checked his pulse?

[captainobnoxious]

[........

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

[trustharder]

[He is most decidedly dead, yes.]

[captainobnoxious]

He's definitely dead, Yosuke. Sorry.

[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?]

[amygdalae]

[Bruce is already on that as well.]

[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]

[trustharder]

[Nothing.]

[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.]

[isafraid]

I'll be behind you!

[Don't go along, shrimpdad!!]

[captainobnoxious]

I'm coming too.

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

[trustharder]

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

[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.]

[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.]

[captainobnoxious]

He was probably pushed, but we'll let the others handle that.

[Sigrun'll pat his back. She should feel less relieved because that's fucked up, but you know what, this is fine.]

We've got our part to play too, rookie. Sniff out another good piece for us this week.

[penduli]

[ ...um, so— ]

Shouldn't we have a body announcement by now, like we've had the other times?

[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?

[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. ]

[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.

[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.