FIRST INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

Friday, the deadline for The Professor's generous offer, dawns like any other. The automated cycle of lights, the only real indication of time passing here on the seafloor, passes into an imitation of daylight with a series of clicks and the hum of bulbs intensifying their glow.

Just last night, spirits were high as many of you watched movies and chatted. But as you leave your rooms today, there's something... foreboding hanging in the air. A quiet stillness, almost unnatural.

... Eh, it's probably fine, right?

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[emberserker]

[Anna's going to head to the dining area, maybe there's something good in there.]

[mouflon]

[ It's probably fine. Rin is barely awake anyway! So she's just going to head to the gym like she does every morning. ]

[archboxer]

[How ominous... Let's start the day off by going to the library.]

[baitless]

[...hm.

Well, okay, it’s probably a good idea to head to the dining hall to get breakfast, right?]

[bathymetric]

[ Good news, Anna, the dining area is free and clear! ]

[bathymetric]

[ it's the most important meal of the day, seteth, of course it's a good idea to go! say hi to anna while you're there, won't you? ]

[bathymetric]

[ go get jacked, rin, the gym is clear ]

[emberserker]

[Time to order breakfast and complain about it, then!]

[ladygeryon]

[..huh. There's something weird in the air, and Nira doesn't like it. She's going to head to the library and see what's going on there.]

[valentinus]

[ Anything going on in the art gallery? ]

[bathymetric]

[ well hm. unlike usual, where even if you leave the library in disarray (Della), someone comes around at night to clean it, the library is kind of a mess.

Maybe it's the other person in here's fault. They don't seem to have had a good time, and are lying on the floor in the middle of the room.

... The blood also probably isn't a great sign. ]

[bathymetric]

[ Looks pretty clear! Enjoy your art! ]

[onefuture]

[Hm. Well, that's ominous.

Lif doesn't exactly like what he's feeling in the air, and he'll be going to the fitness room.]

[archboxer]

[...okay, that's ominous. She wanted to see if anyone had left one of those weird bibles around but. Just.. who is laying on the floor?]

[bathymetric]

[ Say hi to Rin! ]

[hardnosed]

[ Oh, fun! Jasper's just going to go to the vending machine room to redeem some coins before anything else. ]

[bathymetric]

[ Well... ]

[baitless]

[anna the breakfast is fine. It hasn’t killed anyone yet and it tastes alright.]

[ladygeryon]

No! [Nira is instantly rushing to the person's side, hands extended almost instinctively, an attempt to channel the healing powers that are blocked here.]

[emberserker]

[says you, mr. kfc]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, it doesn't take much effort to figure out who it is, really. She's certainly been around plenty this last couple of weeks, and lying on her back certainly isn't doing much to obscure her face. And by now, well...

There's only one face among you that's always covered in actual war paint, isn't there?

Aela the Huntress is dead. ]

[bathymetric]

[ A SECOND CORPSE DROPS OUT OF THE VENDING MACHINE- nah,enjoy your weird trash, Jasper. ]

[archboxer]

[Oh.... oh no. That's not good at all!]

[archboxer]

[Rhea grabs her arm and pulls her back.]

Mercy is important but we probably should not touch the body quite yet.

[hardnosed]

[ TIME TO WALK OUT CARRYING THE VICTIM'S WEIRD HORSE SKULL AND A KNIFE I GUESS... ]