WEEK 4 INVESTIGATION

[foundationmods]

Four weeks.

By now, waking up to death on Friday was becoming normal.

Gazing at something that should not have occurred...a death of one of them.
A death done by one of them....which could have been done by anyone.
Even by someone who would seem to have no reason to kill...🗈

Such a thing...was draining.
No, it was more than that - it was preying upon their very souls...
But they had no choice.

No matter how they felt, they had to search, to find the body and find the clues that would bring them to the killer themselves in tomorrow's trial.

...What kind of horror will they find today?

What kind of death did one of their number face?

And what sort of horrible, heart-rending truth....will be the end result, at the end of this week...?

Comments

[anonnomnomnom]

[He plants his feet, which means that even Shadow will have a hard time moving him, though he doesn't move towards Erhard or the body again. Instead his fists open now that Shadow's let him go, fingers flexing like he still wants to place them around someone's throat.

Softly:]

I--

[A moment later he grits his teeth and shakes his head, so hard that his hair flies in all directions. Instead of waiting to be moved again he stalks off into the bookshelves.

He'll be in there as long as Erhard is around, probably.]

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow is about to just warp his ass out of there if he doesn't cooperate, but when he leaves to go to the stacks, he lets him]

Terios.

[a swirl of golden flame rises from the ground and solidifies into Shadow's wolf familiar. Shadow's eyes meet the wolf's, and he seems to pass a message. The wolf then pads after Anon, keeping its distance but close enough to keep an eye on him]

[anonnomnomnom]

[He's just leaning up against a bookshelf, eyes closed.

Everything about him is eerily and unnaturally still -- there's no energy thrumming under the surface the way there always is, tapping fingers or foot or any of the other minute movements that normally animate him.

There will be a brief twitch of acknowledgment at any footsteps, but otherwise he's just ignoring everything right now.]

[chaoscontrol]

[the wolf whines a bit, but finally just lies down, resting his head on forepaws. His job is just to observe, is all.]

[anonnomnomnom]

[Eventually he’ll sit down and curl up to stare at the books in front of him. They can sit in silence, it’s fine.]

[youkaiwatch]

[ ok i'm gonna assume that body check will end eventually so

WHENEVER THAT'S OVER, she'll come over and stand next to him. ]

[anonnomnomnom]

[He recognizes the footsteps, and stirs briefly from his curled up position on the floor before going back to staring at the books. It continues to be quiet in the stacks, a loud silence.]

[youkaiwatch]

[ That's fine, they can do this for a while.

(She'd consider sitting down too but there's probably paint on the floor.) ]

[anonnomnomnom]

[He's already rolled in paint, thanks Sherlock, so this is just the paint fumes with extra canine corner.]

[chaoscontrol]

[said canine is just watching with alert red eyes]

[youkaiwatch]

[ hi puppy ]

[chaoscontrol]

[borf]

[youkaiwatch]

[ this icon only applies on the inside ]

[chaoscontrol]

[terios is a good demon puppo!!]

[youkaiwatch]

[ ... ]

Sorry. If you're upset you have every right to be.

[anonnomnomnom]

... I don’t need you to tell me that. Or to apologize, unless you killed him.

[He’s... definitely still lashing out a little, but there’s no movement otherwise, and there’s no inflection or anger in his tone like before.]

[youkaiwatch]

I know. I just wanted to say it.

[ Since. She did kind of yell at both of them. ]

[anonnomnomnom]

[He probably barely even registered getting yelled at, it’s fine.]

Then do what you want, I guess.

[There’s something either tired or just unsteady there, but he doesn’t look up.]

[youkaiwatch]

In that case, I'll also say that I didn't know him well but I liked him.

[anonnomnomnom]

Koide is always Koide.

[It’s nonsensical, like a charm, or a spell. He curls up a little more and his voice drops to almost nothing for the next words.]

I wanted him to keep being Koide forever.

[youkaiwatch]

[ She's not sure what to say to that. She's not going to say he still will be, because they both know he's going to come back with a different name and personality in a few days, and it will be a slap in the face to everyone who cared about him.

Eventually, she does kneel down, just... carefully avoiding the paint. ]

It should have been that way.

[anonnomnomnom]

No.

[His voice is a little louder again, a little firmer.]

It was never that way. The island, or the Game, or any of us.

[youkaiwatch]

[ That seems like a bit of a leap ]

Hm?

[youkaiwatch]

[ she'll go find him after she finishes making sure that emotions don't fuck up this doctor's evaluation ]

[anonnomnomnom]

[He's not moving from here so whenever she's free is fine.]