SEVENTH INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

Friday morning comes as it so often does. The hallways of the ship are still. Things are... surprisingly normal. As normal as they can feel on a cruise ship populated entirely by a few surviving members of your number and whatever the heck The Captain has become.

And on top of that, it's quiet. The voices of your loved ones no longer ring in your ears, gone as suddenly as they came.

But that would mean...

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[cethflayn]

[Room 2's door is locked, but beyond it, since no one is hearing voices anymore, you can make out faint and delicate snoring.

Flayn fell asleep, and won't wake up unless you knock on her door or the body announcement goes off.]

[scouserer]

[Wake up, Flayn! It's time for your weekly murder!

...Aka, Constantine is knocking on Flayn's door to make sure she's not dead and that she's okay because yesterday he had her concerned. Let's...just say this happened before he went out and started investigating.]

Flayn? Flayn? Are you in there?

[sivard]

[Zaveid hasn't been sleeping well.

So the sudden... lack of chatter is immediately concerning.

So off he goes to the top deck to make sure the roller coaster hasn't been used for another unholy murder.]

[bathymetric]

[ There's a couple surprise things up here for later, but no bodies anywhere on the topdeck. ]

[scouserer]

[Oh, Christ. Constantine stumbles towards the water park, going to scope out if anyone's gotten stuffed into a water slide or something.]

[bathymetric]

[ The water park is free and clear! ]

[scythegun]

[Well, this is what he was expecting, unfortunately. Time to head on out and see what's going on. You know the drill by now, how's laser tag looking??]

[bathymetric]

[ Laser tag looks free and clear! ]

[magycks]

[ Magica comes out of room 5 relatively late, all things considered! This has less to do with whatever sleeping pills she ended up taking and more to do with the realization, as she drifts into wakefulness, that she's once again alone in her head. Which should be a good thing, aside from the murder which she didn't care about to begin with...

It's not. She needs a few minutes to sit in the reaffirmed knowledge that she's never going to hear one of those voices ever again, before she faces the rest of them.

Anyway, once she's collected herself, she's gonna get some coffee at the cafe! Come through, Starducks. ]

[bathymetric]

[ The cafe is clear! In fact, Floor 2 is body-free! ]

[ahelpingpaw]

[Blissfully unaware Data is gone, Filbo finally exits his room. It had taken a bit to get used to the lack of voices -- because he knew full well what it meant. It really was unavoidable someone would die...he really was dreading going outside and finding out who it'd be.

As if it was going to delay that particular horror for a while, he got going towards the crafting room]

[bathymetric]

[ Craft away, buddy! No bodies here! ]

[cethflayn]

[Okay since Constantine went and woke Flayn up, let's see..doesn't seem like Floor 1 has been cleared as body-free. Anything in the area? Library, Gym, Vending Machines, Party Zone, Buffet, Bar...?]

[bathymetric]

[ Floor 1 is clear! ]

[bathymetric]

[Ding-dong! Here we go again…]

Greetings, passengers! Looks like you have yet another case on yer hands, as it seems The Prettier Jasper has kicked the bucket!

Now, if you were hoping that things would be a bit different than I trust you’ll be sadly mistaken. But! I trust ye know just what to do in this instance by now. So, I’ll leave ye to it then!

EVIDENCE LIST

[bathymetric]

24/24

Photo Lab (13/13)
- Smoking kills!
- A pillow killed Jasper
- How trashy
- Not the worst thing anyone's licked
- Finger to throat means death
- No weight jokes here
- Dented iron
- Clean shave
- Knifewatch
- Better get some ice
- Bleugh
- Not the hair!
- And the outfit? Gah

Kitchen (5/5)
- Turn on the fan while you cook
- It must be a puzzle!
- Worst time for a midnight snack
- No chips and no dip
- Maybe it's dye... it's never dye

Lazy River (2/2)
- Floor hazard
- It's kind of like dusting

First Aid (1/1)
- Pills... not here?

Stairwell (2/2)
- Torn about this
- Better that it's just here on the floor, right?

Floor 5-A Lobby (1/1)
- It's Data. Data's the evidence.

PHOTO LAB

[bathymetric]

[ Look at this... dead body. ]

[cethflayn]

[HEY THERE HELLO, FLAYN'S AWAKE AND UP AND SHE HEARD THERE'S A DEAD BODY so she's just going to be booking it into here to come and help]

Where is - !

[Oh...........that sure is a dead Jasper huh]

[scythegun]

[Well, he's already here and we need someone to handle the body, so! Please someone else handle the room evidence, he knows nothing about the darkroom.

Anyway, what's up with our good pal Jasper? How did this poor man die...]

AREA CLEAR

[bathymetric]

KITCHEN

[bathymetric]

[ cookin up a Murder ]

[ahelpingpaw]

[Jasper...Filbo actually can't believe it. When he heard the announcement in the middle of peering into the teen zone he froze. Jasper? Seriously?]

No way...!

[...somebody killed Jasper. For understandable reasons, given the motive, but still...there's a trial ahead. He can't allow himself to sit around and do nothing, especially since there are only eight people left, himself included, and this is a huge ship. Everyone needs to do some effort to stay alive, he can see that.

Time to go into the kitchen. Is it on fire?]

LAZY RIVER

[bathymetric]

[ why cant you all just vibe ]

[sivard]

[Well, Zaveid is useless when it comes to body investigations, so he might as well investigate up here since he would have already noticed something off the first time.]

FIRST AID

[bathymetric]

[ meanwhile, in the medbay, ]

[scouserer]

[Presumably after Constantine helps Data, he's gonna head to the first aid room and see what's up!]

STAIRWELL

[bathymetric]

[ i just realized i completely forgot to edit the floors to represent the unlocked stairs, sobs ]

[jibunwo]

[if there's a bloody mess in here so help him god]

FLOOR 5-A LOBBY

[bathymetric]

[ time to... gather some data ]

[scouserer]

[Wait a second--that announcement didn't say Data was dead, did it? So...that means he's still alive! Just deactivated.

....

Oh, God. Does that mean he has to find out how to reactivate Data???]