RECORDING 2: THE FIRST MURDER

[foundationmods]

An entire week has passed, and nothing has happened. For a brief glimmer of time, it seemed like they wouldn't succumb. That they would be able to face down the Vessel, the Curse, and come out stronger on the other side.

....But when they wake up today, it's easy to feel the wrongness in the air. The sense of satisfaction from something lurking deep inside, pleased that it was fed...and pleased that finally, the killing had started.

As you all rise and look towards a new day, the faint traces of Miasma lap at your heels...

...And around whatever corpse now lingers in the hallways...

((OOC: 2 people max under a heading, please! Just to keep things easy on the mods.))

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BODY ANNOUCEMENT

[foundationmods]

[Shortly after Yachi and Saphir's unfortunate adventure, Todd will appear in the living room. He is still missing his arm and appears to be very grouchy, but he does speak to everyone present.]

Hey, so. A murder happened. Olympia is dead.

There's already people investigating, so the rest of you stay here until they're done.

Trial's tomorrow at noon, be there.

Everyone must show up and vote tomorrow, or they die.

That's all.

[And then he disappears, leaving everyone free to talk amongst themselves.]

[tsunderine]

[well then]

[kind of glad she doesn't have to investigate because uh]

[Tohsaka would be bad with robots, don't let her touch technology. but 'show up and vote or death', huh...

well.

she'll just have to ask that question tomorrow]

[finalring]

Olympia....

[ romani sighs, gritting his teeth. the fact that someone actually went and did this...

well, there’s no changing it now. but he wishes it hadn’t had to happen. ]

[tangentlion]

[Sho is... not there, actually. He's conked out in his bed. HIS BATTLER BATTLE WORE HIM OUT OK :C]

[onemolife]

[ Ah.



That's a shame. ]

[zweivoltage]

[Once he realizes he'd be in the way, he moves from the tool shed, and can be seen pacing, his eyes scanning, clearly on high alert]

[golden_dream]

[So it finally happened... Rosa doesn't like the idea of not being able to leave, but she's not about to test what violating the rules will bring.

So she'll just pace around the room like a caged animal for a while, wary and on-edge.]

[deadanimemom]

[Yuri's going to bring Yachi down the hall with her, and towards the living room.]

Look at me.

[accessorytomurder]

[She lets out a hiccuping gasp.]

I—

[She's looking, but her gaze is blurry and her cheeks are wet.]

[hitscans]

--Damnit.

[accessorytomurder]

[Yuri leads in a pale and shivering Hitoka, who all but collapses onto the couch and sits there.

She opens her notebook and grips a pen and just—just...

Stares at it.

There's fresh oil on her shoes.

...the tears spill over again, and she presses a hand hard against her mouth.]

[soupervillain]

[ Just from looking at Yachi, it's pretty clear what she's so upset about. Giovanni's upset just hearing about Olympia's death, and he didn't even see the body. It looks like Yachi stepped in it. Geez.

So while normally he would ask if someone in this state was okay, that feels like a pretty stupid question at the moment. Instead, he just sits down heavily next to Yachi (or as heavily as his skinny frame can manage), sliding a hand palm up into the space between them. An invitation, if she wants to accept it. If she doesn't, he gets it. ]

[cw_suicide]

[so, anyway, after getting some volunteers for checking for magic and ghosts, he's coming over, looking tired and wane, coat and bandages a little smudged with oil but lean-sitting on the arm of the couch nearest to her.]

[eyeforai]

[um hello??? he's the police, you don't tell him not to investigate--

which i guess he'll do by ineffectually checking out the camera feeds. productivity?? (no)]

[accrowed]

[ Ah hell. As far as morning announcements go (or "morning" because what is time), this one is pretty dreary. He'll refrain from commenting right now, but he does glance around to try and get a read of everyone's emotional state.

Not that he needs to do that to guess that "feels bad bro" is topping the emotional chart. ]

[baitless]

[...they really had to start it, huh. well... he'll hang back, looking very tense. How inevitable was this, really?

...how inevitable is anything else?]

PSA

[oxidegreen]

[Sometime after the ballroom investigation, Marona's going to go find everyone to let them know.]

There's some kind of sigil the middle of the floor in the ballroom. Getting close to it causes negative emotions. I recommend avoiding the ballroom for now unless you need to look in there for some reason, since it seems like only people with spiritual power can see it.

[tsunderine]

. . . spiritual power, huh.

[hums about this just mulling about it in her head but isn't going to say any theories about it right now]

Thank you, Marona-chan.

[tangentlion]

[he rolls his eyes]

Probably just the Vessel factoring around again.

[zweivoltage]

Thank you for telling us.

[noneforall]

You know, I'm really starting to get used to being threatened with death at this point.

[Lazily. He looks like he just took a shower?? Stop using up all the water, Subete.

Unspoken, but it's kind of typical that someone would go for the robot, right? Go figure. He'll just hang out here and peoplewatch until further notice.]

[dreamshielder]

[Muttered a little quietly to himself:]

Seems she was right.

Volunteers Needed

[cw_suicide]

[Dazai's coming back looking very much like he's sporting a terrible headache (it's a hangover and despair, so like), but seems to be handling himself all right despite oil on his shoes and the ends of his coat. probably some got onto his arm bandages a little but he doesn't really pay it any mind.

instead he sighs heavily and loudly calls out:]

We need a volunteer for someone able to determine if magic was used for positioning of the body.

Know that volunteering could put you at risk for another miasma attack.

[because lbr. that's always a risk now...]

I'll be able to explain more after someone volunteers.

[sageking]

[ He'll scowl at the announcement, though not because he cared of the individual's life that was lost.

Though, that's not the only thing he found objectionable at the ghost's words. ]

Hmph. As if you command the presence of a King.

[ He'll walk off wherever he so pleased. ]

[boardreversal]

[Battler was asleep for all of this, but upon waking up and hearing the bad news?

He just. Presses his hand to his face, fingertips going white.]

God...damn it.

Olympia-chan...

['...Someone might say that because she's 'just a robot', it doesn't matter if she's dead or not.
But even if she has a backup somewhere, the Olympia-chan we all knew....is gone.
And that Olympia-chan didn't deserve to be killed....!
...It's really....going to keep happening, isn't it...?
Just like before...']