WEEK 3 INVESTIGATION

[foundationmods]

Three weeks had gone by, and even with the other Witch being revealed, Friday came.

Waking up on this day began to feel like the prelude to something horrible.

To a horrible sight...and some kind of deep betrayal, knowing that one of them had ended the lives of someone they'd been speaking and laughing with just the day before...🗈

...But, they had no choice. This was the game, and it had to be played - set in motion by the pair of Witches.

No matter how they felt, they had to search, to gaze upon cruel death in it's many forms.

No matter....how dear the person once was to them, today...they would be nothing but a corpse to gleam clues from, in preparation for the trial.

And so...they had to push forward. Forward...to find a terrible truth.

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South Hallway

[improbablenotimpossible]

[Damn it, Holmes cursed to himself as he heads outside, warily glancing around, notebook in hand]

[goldenmaniac]

[Takumi comes out of his room and follows hot on his heels]

[keydomhearts]

[ Riku is alive?

Also just going to check the halls around the bedrooms. What do we see? ]

[foundationmods]

[Your boyfriend is alive, just like always sora

also....about that...]

[excavated]

[ At this point, Syaoran knows what's happening, and even though they've been working hard together, he practically expects death at this point. So he'll exit the north hallway of rooms first to see if there's anything at a precursory glance here. ]

[aleph_armed]

[Gebura pops out of her own room at around this point, too.]

Looks like it's us for now. You start from the boiler room, I'll start from Sakura's room?

[goldenmaniac]

[Once it's clear Erhard and Watanuki are okay, Takumi does a quick door to door check to wake everyone up]

[chaoscontrol]

[no answer from Shadow's door, but Takumi can hear his geta out and about in the mansion already]

[byanyother_name]

[Well, after hearing that Erhard and Watanuki are alive... Time to start checking the rest of the house.

He's going to start with the balcony, including looking over the railing, just in case.]

[youkaiwatch]

[ hi ]

Anything out there?

[goldenmaniac]

[He peeks outside to see where Holmes and Sora are, seeing what's there- curses, loud and frantic...

Then runs upstairs to the balcony. he just visited there with Akira a few days ago. He remembers talking with Watanuki how easy it would be to die on the fences if someone fell. Goddamn it...]

Don't look-!

[Oops, too late]

[youkaiwatch]

[ AS ALWAYS, something when she steps into the hall outside her room... But this time it looks like it's not someone dead? So that's an improvement.

Let's pass that by and check the second floor hallway. ]

[foundationmods]

[Nothing in the hallways there.]

[fullbodied]

[she's headed to the dining room again...? though she'll be back to the hallways soon]

[foundationmods]

[Nothing in the dining room! Hurray!!]

BODY ANNOUNCEMENT

[foundationmods]

[As always, the goats come and let everyone know the bad news.

Akira and Ryuji are dead, two of their numbers gone.]

[aleph_armed]

...Dammit.

[That means we're up to three people that she actually liked dead now.]

Sakura, you better not end up dead too.

[incrediblystressedout]

[Yeah the goat butlers are going to have to deal with Joey incoherently screaming WHAT!? at them a few times.]

[keydomhearts]

[ OKAY AFTER ALL OF THAT, Sora is grabbing Riku and they're going to check Ryuji and Akira's bedrooms. Is there anything to find? hide your porn guys. ]

[rikuchi]

[ Yeah, anything off at first glance? ]

[sotoshini]

[ After that conveniently timed announcement, Natsuno steps outside. There's a bunch of people by the garden so he'll pass on that, but what about the garden shed? Anything weird happening here? ]

[foundationmods]

[Nope!]

Sniff and Body checks

[keydomhearts]

Okay! I'm going to be checking everyone for Blood, to see who showered recently, and if they smell odd!

[ Pause as he realizes how that sounds. Ducking his head. ]

Don't worry... it's not going to be weird...

[ Also Takumi is assisting him! ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

I've examined them, so there might be some blood on my clothes from that.

[No unusual scents, and it seem like he showered the night before, probably after the fashion show ended]

Alibi check

[byanyother_name]

[Kurama, once he's done on the balcony, is going to be grabbing Anon by the hand.

He needs him for this.]

I want to hear where everyone was and what they were doing last night. And that they weren't involved in this.

[That tone is ice and acid.]

[keydomhearts]

[ Pointing to Riku. ]

I was sleeping. We sleep together every night!

[ Also hi Anon.

His voice is normal and looks and feels genuine. He's telling the truth. ]

[keydomhearts]

[ OKAY OKAY since people are up, let's check everyone's Bedrooms! Syaoran will be helping him out! Let's check their windows, under the bed, around the bed, the floor, the floor, the desk, the bathroom, and the closet. They will also check empty bedrooms just to be sure. What do we see? ]

[foundationmods]

[You go for a lot of hard work and get-!

...

Absolutely nothing. The culprit this time must have been smart enough not to hide things.]

Evidence bullet - Akira's notes & Shredded Note

[rikuchi]

Sora and I went checking Ryuji and Akira's rooms, but only found something to note in Akira's. It looks like he'd been writing some notes about sleeping aids,

[ He has the notes here and here if anyone wants to check them out. ]

Anyone else happen to have known about Akira's lack of sleeping problem?

[ He's asking this now, but there's a good chance people won't exactly fess up. ]

[byanyother_name]

I knew... he asked me for help.

[Kurama glances over the notes and his smile is sharp and bitter.]

Though it seems you already knew that much. I'm the one that taught Akira about those teas, yes.

[youkaiwatch]

[ A little later, back to her originally planned search... just to be sure they covered their bases and aren't missing anything important. Anything of note in the second floor library if she checks that out? ]

[foundationmods]

[Nope, nothing's amiss!

Except that the ball in the center are showing fragments from the world of persona 5, so that's fun.]