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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[notjustawriter]

[That's just not good at all.

He'll approach the person cautiously.]

[cherryblooded]

[Well. That's not good.

Cherryblod was sort of hoping to magically avoid seeing a corpse today, but if he can see one from the moment he exits his room, he has to make a straight dash to the stairwell.

So. Who is it?]

[amygdalae]

[...there's no blood, but that doesn't make it any better.

Bruce quickly goes towards the stairwell to see who is the person lying on the floor there.]

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri was more than prepared. After all, it was Friday. He has no hopes of nobody dying, so better be done with this as soon as possible and maybe prevent some people from seeing dead bodies.

That is why he planned to go look for dead bodies...and was done with it much sooner than he thought. Huh.

Is that really a person near the stairwell? With some luck they'll still be alive]

[captainobnoxious]

[... It doesn't bode well. Considering this is usually the time when people kill like clockwork, and there should be blood when there's none, maybe it's just someone that's knocked out?

Let's... go see who it is....]

[penduli]

[ The fact his room is literally right next to the hallway also doesn't make this a very pleasant experience—he... really does not want to go check out that body by the stairwell, but he's seen it. It's not like he can pretend he didn't.

So uh, let's go head over to that person on the ground. :'| ]

[isafraid]

[This doesn't bode well at all, honestly.

Speedwagon wasn't expecting to have to investigate something like this but, well, here we go. Let's see who that body is, shall we?]

[garudynamic]

[Yosuke peeks out his door just as Cherryblod passes and pads after him, yanking on his shoes awkwardly as he goes]

[trustharder]

[Sorry to ruin your morning, Cherryblod.

The body at the bottom of the stairwell is almost immediately recognizable, for better or for worse; there's some blood on his face, granted, but not nearly enough to obscure his features, and even if it were to be that much, the long, dark hair and tall stature are more than enough to be telling.

Tarrlok is dead.]

[trustharder]

[...Yeah.]

[trustharder]

[About that.]

[trustharder]

[Unfortunately, it is a person.

As for their status...uh, about that.]

[notjustawriter]

[No! Goddammit.]

Tarrlok....

[garudynamic]

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

[Or get pushed. Probably pushed]

[trustharder]

[Welp.]

[cherryblooded]

[It's okay, he's getting used to it.

He kneels down next to the body. Tarrlok is somebody he'd considered a friend, so - at times like this, he keenly feels that he has no idea what to say.]

I'm sorry.

[After a moment where he struggles for more words and none come to him, he gets up again.]

I'll... go see about getting the detectives and the doctor.

[trustharder]

[Sorry about your morning, Black.]

[sleepingkogoro]

...damn it. I hoped he'd stay alive for long enough for him to find out if everything was okay back at home.

[Mouri gets ready for the usual investigation]

[trustharder]

[It...yeah.]

[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.

[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.

[trustharder]

[There are a lot of you crowded around him.

...No body announcement, though.

Wonder why that is.]

[amygdalae]

[Bruce is already rolling up the sleeves of hi jumpsuit, mouth set with a determined expression.

Time to get this thing started.]

[penduli]

[ ...um, so— ]

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

[pokexplorer]

[Well...it's a Friday, and as much as he hates to admit it, Colress isn't surprised when he sees a crowd gathering in the hall when he pokes his head out of his room. He gently places Klinklang's Pokeball in his pocket before coming out to join them and see what's happened.

...

...

And that would be his heart sinking.

He swallows hard, not able to find words at the moment. He was admittedly concerned about Tarrlok and even checked in with him last night, but...

He's suddenly very glad Klinklang isn't out here to see this.]