week 3 - investigation

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 3 - investigation ♫ friday On Friday morning, everyone will wake up with all of their (warranted or unwarranted, jesus how many of y'all had shitty lives before murdertown) grief fulfilled. Whatever it is they've lost--they've found it again. Anyone heading out into the lobby will notice that the statue is gone. And that can only mean one thing. >Investigate? cast setting

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[vicedirector]

[ Nothing near the school building or outside. Heading inside? ]

[symbologic]

Morning... [Ah yes, it sure is a morning, isn't it? Yup. Good of you to join him though, Hinata.]

[But yes, if the yard is clear, let's head inside and poke around!]

[hopefragment]

[It sure is morning. Any other time, Hinata would be happy to try to engage in conversation, but listen. Murder investigations are serious business.]

I'll look around the classroom if you want to check that other room.

[Going to just go ahead and do that unless there's something incredibly obvious like A BODY HANGING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.]

[vicedirector]

[ Not a body, but there are some bloostains a few feet away from the door. Looking further will yield a figure laying on the ground near the teacher's desk. ]

[princessantly]

I see you two have already--

[ WAIT WHAT IS THAT. ]

[symbologic]

[WHAT IS THAT INDEED.]

Forgive me, Hinata, but I think the other room can wait a moment.

[He's gonna walk over to the desk. WHO'S DEAD.]

[hopefragment]

Yeah.

[That sure is some blood! He pauses long enough to touch Alisha's shoulder as if to try to offer some kind of comfort, then moves with Faize to check out the figure. Who's deda.]

cw: gore

[vicedirector]

[ Someone is hella fucking dead, guys.

Careful not to step in the blood, or the pile of shredded viscera next to the corpse, because someone sure did get ripped open. Despite the ever-present blood, his face is still recognizable--Zelos Wilder is dead.

On top of that, there's someone else lying not more than two feet away from him... ]

[princessantly]

No-- [ Alisha instantly pales, but before she can even remotely consider doing anything pansy-like, she's going to hurry over to the other body. WHO DAT? ]

[symbologic]

Alisha d-- [Don't come into the room, there's a hella gross dead body. OR FINE. COME RUSHING IN BEFORE HE CAN BE CONCERNED FOR YOU.]

[Faize takes a few steps closer to the other body as well. He'll come back to poke at the other dead body in a second, but who else we got here. Dead or unconscious?]

[hopefragment]

[Well it's a good thing there's two strong, stoic people here, because Hinata will scream for them both, a horrified yell that's only partly muffled by his hand in front of his mouth. Because holy shit, there's dead, then there's hella fucking dead.

He has to close his eyes and take a deep breath before he can even try to look toward the other body. He honestly feels like he's going to faint, but he can't do that until he sees who else is there.]

[vicedirector]

[ The other body, also laying on its back, is in a similar condition to Zelos--innards, blood, the whole nine yards. So, Youko is also really fucking dead. ]

[princessantly]

[ LOOK, ALISHA KNOWS BETTER THAN TO SCREAM-- but she does bite back a horrified noise, staggering and almost falling to her knees but that's a lot of blood on the floor and everywhere and Youko-- ]

Who could have even-- this-- a beast?

[ Alisha's having difficulties, struggling to remember how to breathe even if she looks around the body to see if there's anything around that... you know, wasn't once in Youko. ]

[symbologic]

[Boy was Faize's concern ever misplaced. Goddamn, Hinata. He puts his hands on Alisha's shoulders as she staggers backwards.]

Hinata....perhaps you should go and alert the others. Let them know where the bodies are.

[Since somebody clearly can't handle this at all. WHERE IS SOMEBODY ELSE STOIC WHEN YOU NEED THEM. HE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.] Alisha...are you going to be alright?

[If you want to check out the rest of the room and leave the bodies to hi, that's fine? He can do it.]

[hopefragment]

[WOW. Except Faize is not wrong. Hinata has a hand clutched to his mouth, even though he isn't about to scream a second time. He's too shocked and pale for that now, not to mention that if he tries to make a sound, he'll probably fall to his knees and vomit, and there's enough vomit in this town from Rhys already??

No matter where he looks, there's blood and organs and-- yeah, he's outtie. He just nods weakly in response to Faize's request, stumbling backward out of the room. Except before he can alert the others, he's going to carefully check out the multipurpose room, trying to compose himself enough that he'll be able to do something other than shake like a leaf when he tries to report back.]

[vicedirector]

[ There's no other clues in the schoolhouse, extra room or otherwise, that aren't corpse-related. Lucky you! ]

[princessantly]

[ NO, probably not, she's likely going to need another cry behind the hotel later-- but for now, Alisha nods, covering Faize's hands briefly with her own and sucking in a deep breath.

No knight shirks away from a duty right in front of them, after all, even if that duty is very dead and very gross. ]

... I'll be fine. [ Eventually. ] Let's... see what we can learn.

[ She sounds about as enthusiastic as Hinata volunteering for bullying duty. ]

[symbologic]

Mmm. [He nods, giving her shoulder a light squeeze before moving away.] I will start with Zelos then. Though...if you'd rather not examine Youko more closely, that's alright. I'm sure there's plenty to be learned from just the state of the room.

[He crouches down next to Zelos's body for a closer look. Alright, what we got here? Aside from a lot of guts where they shouldn't be. Is there anything that immediately stands out just by looking over the body.]

[princessantly]

I'll do my fair share. [ firmly. FAIZE DOESN'T NEED TO GO BODY-DIVING MORE THAN ONCE-- but gingerly, she lowers herself to examine Youko in much the same way. Anything worth noting about this poor dead soul besides her being hella dead? ]

[vicedirector]

[ On Zelos, Faize will be able to notice some strange markings on his shoulder/collarbone area.

On Youko, Alisha can see that her eyes are still halfway open, and a bit strange. ]

[symbologic]

[Faize leans in closer to get a better look at the markings. Does it have anything to do with that gold plate/crystal thing mentioned on his profile? Did those get ripped out or something?]

[Or are these markings more like stab/slash wounds or bruises from a beating?]

[princessantly]

[ SHE STILL HAS HER EYES, RIGHT-- ugh this is a great day, staring into the eyes of a corpse. What's so strange about them? ]

[vicedirector]

[ Youko does indeed still have her eyes, but her pupils are dilated to hell and back. There's also something on her fingers.

As for Zelos, no, they look distinctively like scratch marks. Suitably red and a little bloody. ]

[symbologic]

[Is it possible to tell if the scratches were made by human fingernails or by claws? He'll put his own nails against the wounds for comparison. Just for the heck of it.]

[Also, just to be sure reading comprehension is not failing, does that mean the plate and crystal are both still accounted for? ]

[princessantly]

[ Dilated... Alisha will make a note of that in a little murmur, before she reaches for Youko's hand - and thankfully, she's got gloves - to examine her fingers. Is it blood? ]