trusthell | Fifth.

Fifth.

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.

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[There are a lot of you crowded around him.

...No body announcement, though.

Wonder why that is.]

...

Uhm... has anyone checked his pulse?

[........

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

[He is most decidedly dead, yes.]

He's definitely dead, Yosuke. Sorry.

... shit.

[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?]

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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.]

...

[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?]

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

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!]

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[Bruce is already on that as well.]

...

[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]

[Nothing.]

...Something's wrong.

Why didn't the announcement go off?

[....Wait.

He's looking up at the ceiling.]

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

[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.]

I'll be behind you!

[Don't go along, shrimpdad!!]

I'm coming too.

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

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

[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.]

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

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

That might be less fine.]

[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.)]

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

[So scandalous, Cherryblod!

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