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.

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[nothingcanstop]

[ You know who's running over here? Ah, it's Della. ]

Rin?! Mir-- [ But, while she's heading for the kitchen, Therion and the shiny things catch her eye. ] ...What? That's...

[bolderfell]

...Hey... hey, is this--?

[He's seen a fair number of jewels around here to know he hasn't seen a pink one besides the one in Rose's tummy.]

[nothingcanstop]

[ Something feels like it's blocking her throat. ]

...Rose?

[philoxenia]

[ Della's voice catches her ear--thank goodness--and... ]

That's not... i-is it?

[nothingcanstop]

[ Oh dear. Oh, no. ]

Mira...