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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[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? ]

[garudynamic]

[Once it's announced Yosuke makes a bolt to the Incinerator- hoping to catch anything burning before it's too late.

Considering we love burning things.

Annnd almost runs right into Black]

[penduli]

[ PLEASE CALM DOWN OR YOU'LL SEND HIM INTO THE INCINERATOR ]

[garudynamic]

[GOODNIGHT, ENFORCING]

Whoa, shit!

[penduli]

[ go fucking fall into the trash and investigate that--

no no, he'll catch him. Steady him. Whatever. Erm. ]

We'll have to let it cool down, but someone's definitely decided to burn something again this week. [ Going by the heat and... the fact it's on and all... ]

[garudynamic]

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

[trustharder]

[You'll notice right away that it's warm. So that's... probably not a good sign.]

[penduli]

[ OH... yes that... is not a good sign.

...um.

....ssso. Guess that means this thing's on, right? ]

[trustharder]

[It's definitely on.]

[penduli]

[ Let's turn this off then so we can check it when it's cooled off eventually. Why can't anyone turn off things after they use them? Where is the responsibility here??

In the meanwhile... God I also spend next to no time in rooms like this so I have to go back to last week's thread with Cherryblod THE TRASH CAN. Anything in there? ]

[garudynamic]

[Wow don't snoop in his home]

[trustharder]

[THERE IS NO RESPONSIBILITY until you guys take responsibility for your actions in the form of being executed, apparently!!

There isn't, actually. In fact, you won't find anything else in here that's out of place.

...So your last piece of evidence is in the incinerator. Let's just casually wait for that to cool down enough for you to get at it.]

[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]

[Shrug]

I've never used it, honestly.

[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. ]

[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.

[penduli]

No kidding. [ What drives people to incinerate when they can just stash instead. ] It's not as if we're lacking in places to hide things, either. Look at everything that came up at the last meeting that were hidden somehow. It can't be that hard to find somewhere to throw evidence in.

[garudynamic]

Yeah. It's not like stuff has to vanish for good- just be hidden long enough.

[penduli]

Exactly. [ Does no one know how to do a murder here. ] I guess if you're pressed for time, you wouldn't really think about it, but on the other hand... it's good to have some foresight, isn't it?

[garudynamic]

... I mean, I would guess this is planned. [He winces. The whole thing is sick, but getting familiar.]

It's good for us the less people plan these out though, I guess.

OK REDD SORRY THE BOYS WANTED TO GOSSIP ABOUT HOW DUMB MURDERS ARE, WE'RE GOOD FOR INVESTIGATION

[penduli]

If it was planned, they should know better than to use the incinerator, especially after last week. [ Goodness. ]

But you're right, it is. [ ...okay but speaking of that, they're just waiting for it to cool down, so uh, let's check on that.

Is it cool enough to open up and check? We're not looking for "yes it's all cold and shit" we're looking for "it isn't going to kill a man to check it if he wants to" okay. ]

I feel like now would be an appropriate time for a gossip girl joke

[trustharder]

[It is! It's still warm, but you definitely won't die if you open it!]

a good a time as any tbh

[penduli]

[ Thank goodness.

Opening it then! What've we got? ]

[trustharder]

[Scraps of paper? Yep, that looks like paper.]

[penduli]

[ COOL... PAPER...

...can he grab those out and see if they're readable? ]