WEEK 1 - INVESTIGATION

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WEEK 1

You all wake up on Friday Morning - having suddenly gone to sleep wherever you were before midnight on Thursday. And while it seems normal, just like any other day...you have a deep, sinking feeling in your gut that something isn't right.

Just as you think that, the hotel speakers suddenly crackle to life, drawing your attention and startling you. Heart racing, you listen to the announcement...


??? GUESTS REMAIN.

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[rosebridled]

[ Chu-Chu drags over a bucket of water. When did he leave? Where did he get this? ]

Chu... Chu... Chu...!!

[latebluemer]

See if I help you next time, ungrateful--

[She's mostly just out of breath and annoyed, but she does de-materialize the whip to make things less tangled and terrible and so they can finally get to the business of getting to the rest of the webs and maybe finding Nanashi?]

Thank you, Chu-Chu. Himemiya-san really made a good friend, didn't she?'

[So, before they take the door down, she'll take a quick look over the web. Anything else to notice?]

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[It's....very golden and pretty? and in the right light, it almost looks invisible. But other than that, it's just a spider web, and once the Water goes on it, the door very quickly unlocks and opens.

...Also, the bullet falls to the floor. Thanks, Kohaku.]

[dolleyed]

[ By now the body announcement has come and gone, so Kohaku's not as worried anymore as he was... but they just spent a good long time trying to get in here and the state of the room is still ominous so...

He'll fling the door open forcefully. ]

Kid? You in here?

[justonezero]

[He'll probably notice the unmade bed first, what with how big and devoid of garbage children it is.

But then he might just see those ridiculous rabbit BitPhones poking out from behind the side of the desk shortly before Yoshi himself peers from behind it. Looks like he just kinda took shelter under there for a bit.]

Please don't kill me!

[latebluemer]

Nanashi! You're here!

[Well, it's not like she didn't think he'd be here at all, but all of the words burst out of Blue Angel at once as they finally gain access to the room. The death announcement is still hanging over them, of course, but at least -- at least there's one bit of suspense solved.

She's going to fly across the room (not literally, not this time) to grab onto garbage bun to make sure he's actually there. And look a little sniffly.]

You could have called out to us, honestly.

[Totally ignoring that he's behind the desk and thought they were murderers.]

[justonezero]

[He is grabbed!! He looks a mix of embarrassed and relieved, really.]

I heard something hit the door... I thought for sure I was a goner.

[Thank you for not murdering him.

--Wait, is she getting sniffly?]

Huh? Are you okay?

[latebluemer]

... 'M fine.

[Going to just pass a hand across her eyes and lift up her chin and all of a sudden she looks calm again. Gotta be some of those idol tricks at work there. Anyway, she's going to quickly check him over visually to make sure he's in one piece. All those spiderwebs...]

And that was the stupid violin guy back there. He got stuck to the door! That's why we couldn't get to you at all, and there were spiderwebs, and-- [okay, she's going a little too fast] ... And seriously, we thought you were dead!

[dolleyed]

[ Oh thank god. Kohaku breathes an audible sigh of relief seeing Nanashi safe and sound, but then takes his time walking over to him. No need to make a scene like a certain other person. ]

I think that last part justifies all I did to the door, mind you.

[ Grumblegrumble. ]

We were just trying to check in.

[rosebridled]

[ Will also wave from the hallway whenever Yoshi looks back toward the "stupid violin guy back there". ]

[justonezero]

--Spiderwebs?

[What. Oh, but he will wave back at Anthy! He's still on the floor by the desk, he just lives here now because he's not really sure what to do with himself otherwise. This makes it easy for Aoi to see he's all in one piece, no injuries to be seen!]

When I heard the announcement, I tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge... Is that why?

[enter_the_darkness]

Congrats on not dying.

[ That's it, that's all he's saying. ]

[dolleyed]

Yep. Golden spiderweb, very sticky, immune to swords, bullets and fire. And yet for some reason water does the trick. It's dumb.

[ HE IS SO BITTER ABOUT THIS ORDEAL. ]

[enter_the_darkness]

This place is stupid.

[justonezero]

So all that time I was just stuck because of spiderwebs...

[Amazing.]

To be honest, when it didn't open at first, I just went back to sleep. It was that sound that woke me up again.

[>PRIORITIES.]

[enter_the_darkness]

... Your lack of self-preservation is impressive.

[latebluemer]

[Oh, so stupid violin guy can only make a scene behind closed doors, is that what it is.

Blue Angel just huffs a little, but she really doesn’t disagree with the general sour attitude about webs and doors, so she doesn’t try to argue about their... varied.... and unusual methods too much. Still. Nanashi????]

... You didn’t hear the announcements at all? They announced someone was dead. Granz-san.

[And certainly, she’s not exactly sad about it. He may have been her neighbor, but the guy was a piece of work. All the same, it’s been A Morning already.]

I don’t know why there were spiderwebs trapping you in, but...

[They’re all thinking it, right? Can’t be unrelated to the murder. In whatever weird way.]

[justonezero]

I heard the first one! I tried to get out then, but since the door was stuck, I thought it might be better just to stay out of it.

[YOSHI.........]

I heard the second announcement after the noise, but by then I was worried I was next.

Still, Szayel, huh?

[dolleyed]

The guy was a huge creep, but he knew some useful shit. On a personal level? good riddance. But overall, sucks that it was him.

[justonezero]

He was like some kind of doctor, right?

[A flesh eating one.........]

I wonder what the state of the body was in.

[latebluemer]

More like some kind of... creepy ascended ghost scientist. You can’t trust guys like that.

[She doesn’t even bother explaining that, bye.]

And... Kohaku-kun, you were the one working with him, weren’t you?

[It’s not exactly accusatory, but she is totally judging, even if she didn’t see the Stabbening: The Sequel part of that particular interaction.]

[dolleyed]

'Working with' is pretty big words for "we spent like an hour trying to figure out what kind of beings the staff are".

[ IT WAS TOTALLY NOT AN ALLIANCE, SHUT IT. ]

[justonezero]

[Yoshi hums thoughtfully, but overall? Not as disturbed by this news as he could be.]

So that means... we just have that trial tomorrow.

[enter_the_darkness]

[ He shrugs. ]

Well... good riddance.