FIRST INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

Friday, the day The Captain set for your murder deadline, arrives without much fanfare. There are no trumpets, you aren't woken up by any kind of monologue or announcement... dawn simply arrives. Wonder what that means. Maybe yet another of The Captain's plans has fallen through.

The hallway outside of your rooms seems free and clear of anything suspicious, but... something tells you it might be a good idea to check farther afield. Happy investigating, passengers!

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[oceangirlfriend]

[Oh shit. Are they facedown? Either way she's going to swim closer to get a better look.]

[bathymetric]

[ Yeah. Not looking so hot, either. Uh oh. ]

[oceangirlfriend]

[Shit shit shit. She's going to turn them over anyways? Just who is it?]

[bathymetric]

[ I mean it might... the clothes might have been a giveaway even before she got there, honestly, with how distinctly red they are? Only one person here is that much a fan of dressing in lots of bright red. She's always been a little hard to find, but uh...

Carmen Sandiego is dead. ]

[oceangirlfriend]

[Fuck. They didn't talk much, but...damnit. She seemed knowledgeable about situations like this, and now she's gone. Adeline's going to start moving her body towards the edge of the pool after memorizing where she found it. And then she'll go look for someone else.]

[dokkalfheimr]

[Freyja rather likes the top deck and the pool, so she'll be making her way up there eventually; the first thing she sees is Adeline, which isn't a surprise, but...]

Adeline...? What are you...

[...doing, but then she notices that there's someone else in the water and. Oh.

She just kind of stares, honestly.]

[oceangirlfriend]

...it's Carmen. She was like this already when I got up here... [Adeline's tone is still mostly even, but faltering somewhat.]

[dokkalfheimr]

Ah, was she...?

[It's sort of an inane question; she's still looking at Carmen's body rather than at Adeline. But of course she was, because she looks very dead and if she wasn't already like that then that means Adeline-

God, she's just gone full deer in the headlights.]

She's so still. It's strange, isn't it?

[oceangirlfriend]

...it is. I already knew, when I saw her facedown like that. Only dead bodies float like that. [Adeline's finally managed to move the body mostly to the edge of the pool.] And now...we have to figure out who did it, don't we?

[scouserer]

[Eventually, Constantine gets it in his head to go up to the top deck, and that's when he sees...well. It's hard to miss the red-clad body floating in the pool.]

Oh, bloody hell.

[The words come as a whisper under his breath as he stares, unable to avert his eyes. Of course it would come to this. Who was he to hope that this was something that could be avoided?]

[ltcommandroid]

[Data, who had been in the buffet with Constantine, follows his roommate towards the small crowd that seems to be forming!]

...oh.

[It actually happened.]

[scouserer]

[#JustRoomieThings: going to see a dead body together!!!!!!!!!

Constantine exhales sharply, squeezing his eyes shut.]

Who were we kidding? It was only a matter of time.

[--is what he says out loud, at least.]

[paucipan]

[Plumeria's not going to be too far behind in terms of checking out the top deck, honestly, there seems to be some commotion and--

Well, that sure is a dead body. Plumeria honestly has to look away herself when she comes upon it.]

...So someone actually took him up on it.

[That's disquieting as all hell.]

[scouserer]

[Constantine glances towards Plumeria, a grim expression on his face.]

The Captain was right in one aspect--threatening someone is an awfully good way to motivate them.

[And now that someone's gone and killed another person, the Captain will only continue to use his tactics to get what he wants....]

[ahelpingpaw]

[Going to the buffet is part of everyone's routine. Naturally, Filbo would tag along if everybody there just left somewhere else.

The only dead bodies he had ever seen were skeletons, long dead. Also they were grumpus bones, not humans. Still...this doesn't make the sight of a dead person be any less horrible.

He has to look away once the body is taken out of the pool, taking a shaky deep breath]

Of course.

[He can't help but mutter that. It seems somebody took the Captain seriously enough. Well, what can Filbo say, even though he pointed flaws in the threat to other people, he himself did take it very seriously if only because the Captain's threat was so plausible to him and his world. Perhaps someone else also thought it was plausible enough to warrant murder.

It was bound to happen if only by sheer numbers, really, but that...doesn't really make it any less painful and disappointing]

cw: weed mention

[hellahighwater]

[ Chloe didn't want to see another dead body so soon. Just because she didn't know this one as well doesn't mean it's...pleasant.

She needs to step away; take a hit to keep her nerves from overwhelming her. ]

[sivard]

W...what...

[scythegun]

Oh dear.

[It was only a matter of time before this happened... Well, here we go, he supposes???]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ In the interest of not getting instantly attacked by everyone else, Alice doesn't say anything when she comes in and sees what's going on, but she does have a wide grin on her face as she giggles quietly. ]

[magycks]

[ showing up late with starducks (read: shitty coffee from the buffet) and just kinda hanging back for similar reasons... ]

Oh, good, about time. [ she stifles a yawn with her free hand. ] Who was it?

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ SOLIDARITY ]

I think it was Carmen or whatever her name was. [ Look, they really didn't connect that much. ] Looks like you lost that bet.

[ Alice still has a chance though, and that's what's important!! ]

[magycks]

Mm, seems a bit early to rule out a double homicide just yet, if you ask me.

[ sylvando i'm so sorry you do not deserve this ]

[cethflayn]

[Okay, Flayn's coming in after her investigation in the Jimmy Buffet, since there was no dead body there but something clearly happened, and

oh.

She didn't know Carmen well, or talk to her much, but a life is a life. She'll come near, shoes a touch sticky from the mess at the bar, hair still damp from her shower, and she'll

She

She manages to let out a little breathy sound, almost as if she's holding back tears, and crouches down to hug her knees.]