week 2 - investigation

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 2 - investigation ♫ friday On Friday morning, everyone will wake up with all of their crippling paranoia gone. Or, well, as much as they had before coming here (looking at you, Inaba). Anyone heading out into the lobby will notice that the mirror is gone. And that can only mean one thing. >Investigate? cast setting

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[hopefragment]

[Listen it's been a hard few days doing what he can for food while avoiding everyone's sight, so as soon as he feels well enough, he's going right into the kitchen to grab something to eat -- in the process checking through all the drawers to see if anything's missing from those.]

Hey... morning.

[Surprisingly enough, he's not the victim!]

[fourleafcleaver]

[Dhaos is noticed, glanced at, but not acknowledged, because fuck that guy. And also because she's distracted by muttering into the fridge.] Who's the asshole who took all the milk and cream, god, and I got up early today... [Trudging back over to her coffee, hmph harrumph!!! Clover there's plenty left for you, please chill.]

Mornin', Hajime. Want some coffee?

[hopefragment]

Ah, yeah... I could definitely use some.

[A far cry from OH NO YOU'LL POISON MY FOOD that he's been thinking all week, he gives her a quick, tired smile.]

I'm glad to see you. ...Have you found anything?

[Even if it just means someone else is dead. Just let him shove some French toast into his mouth, because he can't investigate if he faints from hunger.]

[fourleafcleaver]

[SHRUG] Found coffee. [The important stuff. She takes the first cup for herself but she goes right to preparing another cup for him before she dumps probably lethal amounts of sugar and milk and cream in her own.] Want me to leave these out for you? [ppppause, slurps coffee] Did you find anything? [Right, priorities. Actual important things.]

[vicedirector]

[ Nothing's missing that would be outright obvious, but checking the sink will show it. Namely, there's some unwashed dishes.

Taking a look? ]

[hopefragment]

[Absolutely taking a look! And pointing it out to Clover with his toast in his mouth,]

Uh, maybe... Did you already use all these?

[vicedirector]

[ There's a mug and a spoon. ]

[fourleafcleaver]

[trods over to see what this is all about and SQUINTS]

No... [sluuuuuurrrrrp] This is my first cup. Uh—

[She pauses, glances between the sink and the coffee maker, back to the mug and Hinata, and frowns.] ...No, we put everything away last night... [She slurps down more of her coffee, looking incredibly dubious—TURNS BACK TO SQUINT AT THE COFFEE MAKER AGAIN she's still waking up] ...Yeah, I could've sworn...

[hopefragment]

...

[Hang on, let him swallow that bit of toast and take that second cup she'd made before she decides that he's not going to drink it after all, frowning as he adds his own (much smaller amount of) milk and sugar.]

I'm pretty sure everything ends up put away anyway... So someone came down in the middle of the night, made coffee, and...?

[Either went back to bed or committed murder, and considering he's not terrified of everything and everyone right now, he's willing to bet it's the latter.]

[fourleafcleaver]

[Honestly if he had left that there long enough she would have taken it, just, without even thinking about it; good call.]

Mmh... Or really early in the morning. After everything gets cleaned and replaced, anyway. [SLUUUUUURP she's getting more coffee brewing in the pot already] Not enough cream, and— [tilts her head back and just CHUGS THE REST OF THE CONTENTS OF HER COFFEE MUG] —mmf, the coffee maker should've been in the cabinet...

[hopefragment]

Yeah, you're right.

[Just kind of watches her with her coffee, shaking his head in mild wonder. But no, this is serious. Maybe?]

Who stops and makes something to drink at night, especially in the face of everything... that's been going on here, these past few days especially?

[Going to look through the rest of the kitchen now that he has some coffee in hand, paying special attention to anything else that might be out of place or missing.]

[fourleafcleaver]

Well, I guess if you're down here anyway... [Like if you're storing up food for some kind of shitty apocalypse bunker, or DOING A MURDER] May as well brew up a cup, you know?

...I hope everyone's okay. [But the way she mutters it into her empty mug sounds defeated, like she knows it's stupid to even think.]

[vicedirector]

[ Before he investigates the rest of the kitchen: the mug and spoon have a strange smell about them.

Everything else is in order, however. ]

[hopefragment]

[OOP WAIT can't move on yet, gotta pick up this mug at the faint whiff of something weird, cautiously picking up it up try to place the smell.

Here Clover, want to sniff the spoon? He offers it to her as if this is completely normal.]

I guess, but don't you think this one smells kind of weird?

[Just... not answering whether or not everyone is okay. There's no way.]

[vicedirector]

[ They're both faintly chemical. ]

[fourleafcleaver]

[Her face goes right from sad frowning to scrunched up in confusion to scrunched up in distaste, like, a second at a time. She isn't awake enough to make rude comments about his social gracelessness.]

I guess? [SNIFF SNIFF] Yeah, actually. Like—I dunno. Definitely nothing I'd be drinking. Definitely not coffee.

[hopefragment]

I don't know, but... we'd better make sure these don't get washed by mistake.

[Just in case, he shoves the mug into his jacket pocket. Look, he thought he might have to go outside, let him wear his coat first thing in the morning.

He does hesitate, though, lips twisting in an uncertain grimace.]

But... yeah. I hope everyone's okay, too. I really do.

[fourleafcleaver]

Oh. Ohh! [It takes her a second. She's dumping more sugar into her next cup of coffee as she speaks.] Good thinking. [She takes a few tiny slurping sips, puts the coffee mug down, and starts dumping cream in it.]

I'm glad you're all right, anyway. [SLUUUUURRRRP] Who else could I count on to shove weird-smelling used silverware in my face?

[clover no that was so close to being nice]