FIFTH INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

Morning dawns on Friday with the same sense of horribly mundane not-quite-dread it must by now, everything normal as you wake to leave your rooms and yet... well, the weeks haven't been kind to this usual favorite of days, have they? It's been over a month now since your last normal Friday.

But maybe this one will be different. Maybe you'll all find that despite everything, you've all finally made it to the end of one of The Professor's motives. You've outlasted him, and can see what happens when you all do so.

Or maybe not. Only one way to find out.

Comments

[emberserker]

[Encouraging! Anna's going to the library, clearly no one else will be in there today.]

[bathymetric]

[ Isn't it just? No worries, Anna, the library is clear! ]

[archboxer]

[Rhea's going to say hi to mom. I mean, she's going to the chapel to pray.]

[bathymetric]

[ The chapel is clear! Praise be. ]

[bogwife]

[Zaza and her zero trust are taking a stroll to the infirmary.]

[bathymetric]

[ The infirmary is clear! ]

[mouflon]

[ Rin peek into the infirmary on her way elsewhere. ]

[bathymetric]

[ Say hi to Zerinda! ]

[hardnosed]

[ Well, I guess it's time for Jasper to destroy some shit in the fitness room! ]

[bathymetric]

[ Hm. Oh man. Someone left kind of a mess in here. There's a few things going on, but notably Going On is that pile of barbells over by the weight rack.

And uh. Something sticking out from under them. ]

[bolderfell]

[Maybe this time, the bar in the water park won't be cursed.]

[bathymetric]

[ Good news, it's clear! ]

[ladygeryon]

[Nira's going to drop in on the infirmary before Jasper starts yelling.]

[bathymetric]

[ Infirmary party! Say hi to the others. ]

[philoxenia]

[ it's friday!! time to go to the kitchen where hopefully nothing has been cursed! ]

[bathymetric]

[ Say hi to Rin! Well, she's in the doorway, so... maybe you want to check that weird pile that catches your eye over in the living area? ]

[bathymetric]

[ Hey, everybody! Glad to see you all freaking out on this fine morning over this fine three body pile-up. ]

Goodness, keep advancing your body counts like this and there'll be none of you left within two weeks. Starlight, The Ball, and Green With Hunger are dead. Your job is the same as always, no matter the number: find who killed them. Good luck.

EVIDENCE LIST

[bathymetric]

38/38

Fitness Room (9/9)
- Hello there general kenobi
- Recently screwed
- Shirt piece!
- Brian has been squished
- Some rube golberg shit
- Note get!
- Does it have to be this complex
- Bracket one
- Bracket two

Workshop (3/3)
- Missing tool
- A open cabinet? How rude
- Seems like an uncomfortable thing to dig through

Supply Closet (3/3)
- Hope nobody missed that rope
- Or tape
- Or.... thread?

Kitchen (9/9)
- Not the most flattering position for Sly
- Thank goodness his fur is shortish
- At least the hat is okay
- Time for tea?
- Rather have earl grey myself
- These tea leaves probably don't tell the future
- Unsettle the knives
- Fine, take one
- Maybe he danced away?

Living Space (9/9)
- Not enough shards for a gem
- Not enough blood for a body
- Not enough sword- ah the joke's worn thin
- But the sword has blood!
- Sword is a little hurt, too
- Not even the furniture is unscathed
- More cuts
- Bloody furniture
- Too bad about the wrong sword though

Garden (5/5)
- That's probably fine
- Holes reference
- This would be fucked up if Rose was human
- That knife has seen better days
- Blood here, blood there

FITNESS ROOM

[bathymetric]

[ Sometimes you pump the iron, sometimes the iron pumps you. That's life, baby. ]

[archboxer]

[She's here and not about to fight Nira to look over the body so... Just how messed up is this room?]

WORKSHOP

[bathymetric]

[ Someone really got to work here, huh? ]

[bolderfell]

[Since there are competent ladies checking the bodies--or, well, the body and fragments--where he was, Therion backtracks to the workshop. What did he see in here that wasn't right?]

SUPPLY CLOSET

[bathymetric]

[ For all your murder needs: the supply closet! Now open off the Fremont I-220 exit. ]

[philoxenia]

[ .... alright, she really doesn't wanna be where Rose died so like. What's shaking in here, friends? ]

KITCHEN

[bathymetric]

[ What's cookin', good... oh dear. ]

[mouflon]

[ Alright. Okay. Rin is right here, so she'll... She'll take body-touching duty again.

So Sly's just like... lying prone on the floor, is that it? ]

LIVING SPACE

[bathymetric]

[ how fucked up would it be if you came in and steven was just here ]

[ladygeryon]

[So. Assuming Jasper doesn't flip out and destroy this entire room, Nira's going to head here because her expertise is actually useful. Time to inspect a broken gem! First, she's going to try and gather all the pieces just to make sure-this is all her gem, right? No big missing shards, no random other pink gem bits thrown in?]

GARDEN

[bathymetric]

[ let's go in the garden, you'll find something waiting! ]

[valentinus]

[ Well, Vincent was probably lingering around in here, anyway. So let's see what's going on here at first glance, shall we? ]