MOCK ROUND - WEEK 1 INVESTIGATION

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It had almost been a week since everyone had been brought here.
The days had gone by with no hint of trouble, not from the Witch, or any of her servants. It almost seemed like nothing would happen after all.

Yet, as everyone woke up...something felt different.
It felt...like they were about to take a step into the darkness.🗈

Like they were going to see something that shouldn't be seen....or feel something that shouldn't be felt.

This....was a fake game, right...? Then why....was there this ominous feeling? Like something nearby was just...waiting for them to stumble the right way, bringing them closer to it's hungry mouth...

...

No matter what it is, though, they had to step forward.

They had....to finally, truly start this game.

((OOC: Characters will need to bold locations to look for clues...or the body!))

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[helmdivide]

[ Ummmm. How about no.

He will look for Vanitas at this though. ]

[beastlybruno]

[Bruno was talking to Jack earlier so...]

Who was that?

[helmdivide]

I don't really know. It sounds like a shadow that we saw in the weird static mansion. It's been a pretty weird week.

[beastlybruno]

Weird static mansion?

[He raises an eyebrow, tilting his head a little in confusion.] What do you mean by that?

tl;dr

[helmdivide]

Good Lo- [ A pause. ] I mean Riku, Vanitas, and I went to explore the forest on Wednesday. Found this really weird mansion that looked a lot like this one? A threw a rock at it and it went through it like it wasn't there, but we walked right in like it was.

[ Weird mind shit... a lot like this bloody knife on his bedroom floor. ]

Anyways, inside we could feel two people or two somethings inside. We checked out the first one, and they were spying on us through a crystal ball. They attacked us with punches before using a broom to get us out. The other one was really creepy. It smiled or something, and then we all felt super unwell. Like dizzy and pretty sick, dude. We all got out of there quickly, and then poof! No more mansion. It was like it wasn't even there?

Re: tl;dr

[beastlybruno]

[Bruno listens to his story carefully, frowning at the vague descriptions.]

Huh... Lambda did mention two other witches being trained. Maybe those two might be them?

[It's a long shot, but...]

[artificialhighness]

It was an ominous forest. I wonder if you saw something you weren't supposed to see.

[Thanks for being extra ominous about it, Luna. There are probably more questions to be had, but here's a pressing one:]

... Good Lo?

[helmdivide]

[ Wow Loomba. Go for that... ]

Inside joke. He's Good Looking.

[ Shoulders slump a bit. ]

I think one of them were surprised to see us. There other one was pretty creepy.

[curryparty]

[Deep breaths, Asuma. Deep breaths.

He doesn't open his eyes when he talks, but he's working on getting his voice back to normal after the investigation.]

Were you two close?

[helmdivide]

[ Asuma... ]

Well, I don't know about that. Just didn't mind having him around, you know?

[ And it kind of hurts but what is normal friendship. ]

[curryparty]

He seemed very kind.

[And with a final sigh, he opens his eyes again, expression melancholy.]

On our very first day, he was encouraging me. Even though we had just met...

[helmdivide]

Yeah, I think he has a pretty big heart, you know?

[ Ah. That feels familiar for some reason. ]

But hey, we'll see him again.

[artificialhighness]

[Loomba's priorities are top notch and not to be criticized.]

He was decent, for a human.

[She says that like she's talking about a particularly nice specimen of vegetable at the market before putting it back down and walking out of the store because she doesn't eat anything. This metaphor got away from me.]

Maybe you all saw into a different place. Do you think it's connected to his death?

[enter_the_darkness]

[ ... That chuckle...

He can be found at some point, frowning at the floor. For now, he's quietly leaning against the wall in the hallway. ]

[curryparty]

[Letting out a breath once he exits the room after Takashi's done investigating and he's done his own quick check of the body just to familiarize himself with its state.

What a bunch of yikes.]

...That's the real start of the "game," huh?

[It's supposed to be pretend, but that didn't look fake at all.]

[enter_the_darkness]

[ He's looking up at the sound of Asuma's voice. ]

Apparently.

[ There's a brief pause... ]

Feel any better after seeing all of...

[ ... quiet gesture in the direction of Riku's room. ]

[curryparty]

I didn't go look because I thought it would make me feel better.

[Actually, he expected - and got - the opposite.]

[enter_the_darkness]

[ Well, at least that's an honest answer? ]

You wanted to see if there was some way to prove it's fake, right?

[curryparty]

Maybe a little.

[He has a lot of questions for Lambda, that's for sure.]

But I told you before, didn't I? To get what we want, we have to play along.

[enter_the_darkness]

[ He's studying Asuma's face for a moment. Then, he gives a small smirk. ]

You have it in you to see this thing through to the end, then?

[curryparty]

That's probably why we were brought here, isn't it?

[Another one of those strained smiles.]

[enter_the_darkness]

[ STARING AT THAT SMILE, eyes narrowing. ]

Faking a smile doesn't change anything about what's happening, you know.

[helmdivide]

[ Hello Darkness my new friend.

He'll approach quietly for once before leaning against the wall close to him. ]

Does it sound like the same laugh to you?

[enter_the_darkness]

[ There's just a nod, at first. ]

Yeah... That's the one from the flickering mansion.

[helmdivide]

Big Blue brought up something about witches in training. It's probably that one getting their kicks from watching.