WEEK 5

[bathymetric]

That's three murders now - and this last trial got more than slightly out of hand. It looks like you might be in for another tough week... or at least, maybe that's just the refusal of this place to change too much. You lose Saturday again, but maybe six-day weeks are starting to feel normal by now. Who knows? The cycle of day and night continues apace, changing so little.

Speaking of change, though, there's a new area to look through, the biggest and most complex yet. And the end of one wing of the facility, from the looks of it - though you can probably guess where more areas might start to open up.

And speaking of opening up (segues!), this week if you're out particularly late, you might sometimes see Angel out and about! So hey, maybe change is on the horizon.

Just gotta hope it's a change for the better, don't you?



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[ ooc: Welcome to Week 5! Remember to turn in AC here, threads for regain coins here, and if you feel so inclined you can visit Angel's office hours over here! Or, if you want Angel to come to you, that's now an option! Simply put a prompt after lights-out into your toplevel and indicate you want Angel in the subject line, same as investigations! ]

Comments

[mouflon]

[ hhhhgh

Well, it doesn't seem angry, or hostile, so Rin can... safely take her eyes off it, she guesses. ]

This is what it came in, so I'm guessing Piers.

[emberserker]

[frown] Which leaves the question of what to do with it. Honestly... Where I come from, monsters are just a story you tell children to keep them from using magic in public.

[mouflon]

I mean... [ She steals a glance in its direction. ] Someone has to take care of it, right? If there's no one else, I guess it'd be my responsibility... But I barely know anything about taking care of regular animals, never mind this.

[ sigh ]

It's like seeing a basilisk walk around in the modern day... The world they come from must be seriously crazy.

[emberserker]

Considering Nira is apparently made of stone, it's a headache to think about for too long.

[mouflon]

...Hey, now that you mention it, what's up with all the rock people here, too? I didn't think about it yesterday, but...

[ Or, you know. Not-yesterday, but Saturdays don't exist here, so. ]

[emberserker]

That's true enough. None of them just absorbed a powerful stone, the stone was just always there as part of them. Or was them, more often.

[mouflon]

And if you expand the concept a little, there are at least two more people here who find stones important... [ She means the two of them, obviously. ] Does the Professor have a thing for rocks, too?

[emberserker]

Judging from that purple material Ema found in the ice, I'd say so. Therion and I were going to test it. Given what we know and how it was stored, it likely does something when it's heated.

[mouflon]

[ hmmm ]

Did you have something in mind for how to heat it up?

[emberserker]

Either the kiln or... apparently there was firewood in the prize machine. Don't ask me why he puts rubbish in there.

[mouflon]

Kotomine found some matches in the bar, too. A small fire might be better for keeping the level of heat controlled, don't you think?

[emberserker]

That's true. Of course, it isn't as if we haven't got water in case something does happen. So upon setting up a controlled area, there shouldn't be a problem!

[mouflon]

Right! An emptied-out trashcan might even do it, since you've already got the kindling for fuel.

[emberserker]

Of course! So there shouldn't be any problems. If the stone is a fuel, at least we'll know some more about what it does.

[mouflon]

If we assume it's fuel, you're going to want two cans, then. One for fire, one for water. The real worry will be putting it out once it's ignited, you know?

[emberserker]

I'm sure there are enough rubbish bins around here that no one will care about a few.

[mouflon]

Great. Sounds like we have a plan, then!