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.

Comments

[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!

4/4

[fullbodied]

[whatever else she wants to say is lost as she falls into incoherent sobbing.

she wasn't ready for this.]

[keydomhearts]

[ Kneeling down by her. There's no words he can really say that'll be even good enough right now. So he'll just hug her. Patting her back gently, while she cries it all out ]

Come on...let's get you inside.

[fullbodied]

N-No! Please.

[she resists being pulled away.]

I... I don't want to leave them...

[youkaiwatch]

[ She'll put a hand on her shoulder and kneel down too. ]

Then let's stay here, but don't look, okay? I'm sure they want you to keep picturing them the way they looked when you were having fun together.

[fullbodied]

[that she nods at.]

O-Okay.

[said thickly. She closes her eyes tightly.]

[keydomhearts]

[ He'll look over at Emi and give her a nod. Thank you you're amazing ]

[youkaiwatch]

[ There, that's good. She'll hug her gently, at an angle that ensures Ann definitely can't see past her to the Carnage Garden, and stroke her hair, speaking softly. ]

It's good that we have such a famous detective here. I'm sure we can count on him.

[ ...it'll kind of be the first time, but ]

[fullbodied]

[ann leans against her, grateful for the words and the contact.]

Y-Yeah. I wish I wasn't so stupid and I could put things together, like him.

Be a-actual h-help.

[youkaiwatch]

Everyone appreciates your spirit and optimism. We don't all have to be detectives.

[fullbodied]

Thanks...

[but she doesn't feel very spirit-ful or optimistic right then.]

Y-You understand. O-or maybe it's ju-just politeness. [a hiccup] B-but thanks,... for not making m-me leave.

[incrediblystressedout]

[Yeah Joey is going to show up after getting informed of the situation. She...doesn't want to get any closer, but she comes and sits down next to Ann.]

[fullbodied]

[she's.

really, really trying to get ahold of herself.]

[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]