WEEK 3 INVESTIGATION

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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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[Well.

The moment he steps outside?

He sees two bodies on one of the fences closest to the mansion.]

[keydomhearts]

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okay. Let's go over there to find out who this is. ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

[Seeing the opened door and Sora heading out, Holmes pokes his head out, before stepping out entirely, immediately seeing what got the young man's attention]

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[He'll wish he hadn't.

One of the bodies is face up, in a horrible position. One of the metal spikes from the garden fence has punctured right through the back of his throat, the spike clearly visible through his open mouth.

The other is facedown, towards the nightshade - and he could almost look as if he's sleeping, if not for the blood...and that two spikes have punctured his chest.

...It's not surprising to see them together, even in death. After all -

Ryuji Sakamoto and Akira Kurusu are dead.]

[improbablenotimpossible]

[His eyes narrowed sharply at the scene]

Sora, don't let Ann see this. She'll need to know, but she does not need to seem them like this.

[fullbodied]

[though on her way out the kitchen, she does see... something gathering?

And she wanders over towards the front of the mansion.]

What's going on?

[keydomhearts]

[ Oh no! ]

Akira! Ryuji! Come on.

[ He's going to move over to try to grab Akira. ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

Don't!

[He barked out, loud and sharp to Sora]

Don't... there's nothing you can do now.

[keydomhearts]

[ Letting his hand drop and shoulders slump. ]

Yeah... yeah I know. I just...

[ Yesterday Ryuji was running around in a skirt. And then his conversation with Akira and... ]

This is horrible.

[improbablenotimpossible]

[His expression softens, gesturing to Ann with a slight tilt of his head]

Help the living.

[keydomhearts]

[ Giving a nod. ]

Got it.

[ Time to intervene or anntervine ]

[fullbodied]

Akira? Ryuji?

[and that gets her voice to rise in panic.

She'd noticed they weren't in the room with her this morning but]

What's going on?

[she's going to push back everyone]

Where are they?!

[youkaiwatch]

[ gonna assume she saw this from the balcony SOOOO she will come to casually try to intercept ann ]

Ann-chan... Let's let Holmes-san look first, all right?

[ nice FUCKING job sora!!! ]

[keydomhearts]

[ He'll just pull her over into a hug quick to try to keep her from seeing the bodies. ]

Don't look, Ann! Don't.

1/?

[fullbodied]

No, let me go--

[she's going to resist any trying to stop her, until she gets to where she can see their bodies, honestly. and she freezes]

... No.

2/?

[fullbodied]

[she wavers in place for a moment, before collapsing on her knees, numb.]

No... No, no.. no...

3/?

[fullbodied]

[and then she screams, burying her hands in her face]

No! W-We should've b-been together! W-We're a team-- W-Why! Why!

[youkaiwatch]

[ smh ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

Ann... I'm sorry.

[He slowly shook his head, trying to put himself between her and the bodies, she doesn't need to see her friends in that state]

[rikuchi]

[ He emerges from his land of dreams and arrives belatedly to see this.

.....

He doesn't say a word once he spots the bodies, but he'll be moving to be nearby Sora, letting the professional handle it. ]

[keydomhearts]

[ He loves and appreciates you ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

[Once people were ushered, herded, or even outright carried away, he'll start on the scene - it might be difficult with how many people came out, but before he goes to examine the bodies, are there signs of disturbances around the fence?]

[foundationmods]

[Yes, actually! It's clear that the fence is dented in a way that makes it clear they fell onto it. Then again, with the balcony being so close...

As he looks around, he also might see a glint of metal near Ryuji's body.]

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He peers up at the Balcony, making a note to do some math on the balcony later, as he goes to examine that Glint he noticed]

Now what's this?

[foundationmods]

[What he finds is a pocket knife, with bloody fingerprints on it.]