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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[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? ]

[trustharder]

[Yes you can! For investigation purposes. Would this work in the real world? WHO KNOWS, CERTAINLY NOT ME I DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT INCINERATORS.

Anyway, these scraps are almost too singed to be legible... but you can make out two words if you try really hard.

TARRLOK and ACCIDENT are what you're looking at here.]

[garudynamic]

...shit, maybe this WAS planned more then I thought.

[penduli]

Then they should've planned on turning off the incinerator when they were done so no one would immediately suspect there'd be something in it.

[ STOP CRITICIZING THE MURDER, BLACK ]

[garudynamic]

...or just eat the paper.

[penduli]

[ ... ]

Or just... eat the paper, yes. [ That's kinda gross though. But effective?? I mean, I guess if you murdered someone you'd want to get rid of it asap. ]

[garudynamic]

You've never heard of doing that? Like you're cornered with the vital information and just chomp!

[This isn't a movie, Yosuke]

[penduli]

[ This isn't a movie, Yosuke!! ]

I've never heard of someone actually doing that, no. [ ...EXCEPT— ] I did have edible paper when I was a kid. It came with a detective kit. Get rid of your notes before anyone could take them.

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

I guess it's not that far-fetched, then.

[garudynamic]

Paper is just wood, it can't really hurt you unless you eat a lot. It'd be pretty gross though.

[penduli]

[ Mmhmm, a nod in agreement.

...and since we're done here, let's get out of here. Go help the ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THIS VAULT WHO DON'T KNOW CHEMICALS THAT HAPPENED TO GO INVESTIGATE THE BODY WITH THE CHEMICAL BURNS oh my god. ]

[penduli]

[ WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT, BUDDY, I DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THEM EITHER.

But thank goodness, he had to read some really faint shit earlier this week and now he gets to make out almost too singed... oh.

well. ]

...Tarrlok and accident? [ ........... ] I wonder if that's referring to his [ uh ] fall. But why would it be in here if that was the case?

[ STRANGE SHIT, MAN. ...He's not pocketing these because he has skinny jeans so that'll probably ruin these poor scraps, he's smarter than this. :'| ]

[trustharder]

[GOOD MAN, BLACK. BE THE SMART ONE.

You're all done here unless you have other questions!]

[penduli]

[ nope, we're good! ]