week 8 - investigation

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 8 - investigation ♫ friday On Friday morning, nothing happens. It's 10AM, and there are no blackouts or explosions. There's no blood, no objects out of place, no missing guests. Nada. Zip. Zilch. The monitor in the lobby is silent, and Katerina doesn't seem to have anything to say on the matter. On the most desperate of weeks...could someone have actually not taken the initiative? >Mingle? cast setting

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[unpleasantries]

I think it's probably only a matter of time before something happens...

[This was a motive that hit a lot of people pretty hard, after all.]

[herbgrace]

[Lithuania nods.] At least this might mean that for once no one left their rooms last night.

[unpleasantries]

In that respect, I suspect I've always been the champion, or close to it. A lot of people here are surprisingly open to leaving their rooms.

[She sounds proud of being such a shut-in.]

[herbgrace]

The murders have been slowly moving closer to the morning, at least--I think people are adjusting. [And now it's mid-morning and no one is dead yet probably!]

[unpleasantries]

Hmmm...that's true, isn't it? Perhaps they overslept and now they're too embarrassed to go through with it.

[herbgrace]

Wouldn't that be convenient? We could have a normal weekend.

[unpleasantries]

Though maybe if that's the case they'll just make sure to get up all the earlier tomorrow.

[Why can't everyone just be lazy. #TeamSloth]

[herbgrace]

I wonder what would happen in that case--would we miss a day of trial?

[unpleasantries]

Oh, that would be a pain. Maybe they'd better wait until next week after all.

[This is the most authentically Touhou conversation she's had since she got here.]

[herbgrace]

I suppose it's settled, then. [Whoever slept in better give up until next week!]

[dhaosu]

...Perhaps.

[ Might be watching over her in a vague-ish way one could interpret as protective, but shh. ]

We best be on our guard, at any rate.

[unpleasantries]

Don't we have to be on our guard all the time anyway?

[Unlike 98% of Satori's teasing this is actually supposed to be light-hearted.]

[dhaosu]

[ His lips almost twitch in amusement, despite his own worries. ]

Yes. Although I suppose when you put it like that, we're going to have to be on our guard more than we usually are normally.

[ Dry humor, there. But hey. ]

[unpleasantries]

I doubt anyone would be stupid enough to murder someone in broad daylight.

[THEN AGAIN...MAYBE THEY WOULD? Satori's opinion of People, In General is not very good.]

[dhaosu]

Someone could be desperate enough to take the risk. Especially if they believe that their loved one is too weak to fight back or will be actually spared, should they get away with murder.

[ Dhaos just thinks the fact that it's possible is enough to be wary. ]

[unpleasantries]

To be honest, I'm surprised it's even been this long. Judging by some of the reactions I saw, I thought we might have found a corpse long before the sun set on Thursday night.

[It's a little impressive, actually.]

[dhaosu]

[ At some point in time, he will also be searching for you, Satori. Where the heck did you wander off to? ]

[unpleasantries]

[she's dead jim

NO Satori is in the hallways near the kitchen with a small plate of food. Though after hearing the body announcement, she's not in a mood to eat it.]

[dhaosu]

[ I swear to god lmfao

Dhaos releases a sigh when he locates her, although he looks frazzled. ]

... I am glad I at least was able to find you. I had wondered if something might have occurred.

[ He shook his head. ]

Although, it doesn't seem like we will be having a quiet weekend after all.

[unpleasantries]

I'm glad you were the one to find me. It means you're all right.

[Wait no that's a nice thing to say. She'll ruin her image forever. Time to frown and move on.]

...Do you know who's dead? I just heard the announcement, but...

[But of course they don't say who it was who died.]

[dhaosu]

[ He will accept that. ]

I do not know who is. One way to figure it out is to do a headcount, however, people are still out and about.

We could try looking all over town to figure it out. We could also find out something else along the way as well.

[unpleasantries]

[NO! DON'T ACCEPT IT! THIS NEVER HAPPENED. SATORI WAS NEVER NICE.]

All right. It's probably safer that way, too...if no one really was dead this morning, it means someone's probably just recently killed, and they could still be agitated.

[There were a few people she didn't see in the lobby, so she still can't say for sure whether or not the kill is fresh, for lack of a better term.]

[dhaosu]

[ It also occurs to him that he hasn't seen heads or tails of Urashima as of yet. Where the heck is he as well? He hopes to find him and some evidence if possible.

He just sighs. ]

Indeed. We do not know if someone is feeling like taking another risk.

[ Although if they do, Dhaos will make them regret it if he spots them. He begins to slowly lead the way outside. ]

... I suppose we should just always expect something to occur, regardless of times now, whenever it's come upon this day.

[unpleasantries]

It's such a pain...

[Satori. Is. Tired.]

Where would you like to start?

[dhaosu]

It is.

[ People just. Keep it together for a week... ]

We should start with the school-house possibly. I doubt there's anything there, but we are going to want to be thorough. If someone was able to kill someone in such a short of time, it was likely set-up beforehand.

[ There's no other explanation for it, he thinks, and begins to lead Satori towards the school-house. Although, he'll make a stop to look over at the pit to see if there was anything thrown in hastily, before moving on.

He hopes to be finding anyone still missing as well. ]