The town is quiet, eerily so. All animals, all chatter, all gusts of wind have come to a complete stop this morning. A tumbleweed passes by through the center of town and the rocking chair on the Sheriff's porch sways but remains silent. Everything is muted and as the door of the hotel opens, the only sensation that rings utterly true today is this:
One of your own is gone.
And now, as the rules state, it is your job to discover their fate.
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We'd still be dragging some of the chemicals with the bodies, but... Still a better idea than playing Go Fish. That, or we scoop them out with a shovel.
[And for rule of funny, can we pretend the fourth skull just bobbed up to the surface like a murder apple??? Or not. Either way, Jason is taking another look and. Just. Cringing.]
... Aw, fuck. Make it four bodies— there's another skull in there. Two smaller than the others. Could be from kids? Or women. I don't know. [STOP BABBLING.] How about we stop standing around and get them out already?
Too bad none of us care. [HE HATES NUI??? Rest in pieces, Nui. Jason sure won't mourn you.
But in less petty news, he takes a step back.]
Let's try the bags, first. See if the chemical mix burns through them, and if so, we move to the shovels. Either way, we need to get them out to take a closer look.
[SO... TO FETCH BOTH OF THOSE THEY GO. While the rest of the town is on fire, ig.]
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[And for rule of funny, can we pretend the fourth skull just bobbed up to the surface like a murder apple??? Or not. Either way, Jason is taking another look and. Just. Cringing.]
... Aw, fuck. Make it four bodies— there's another skull in there. Two smaller than the others. Could be from kids? Or women. I don't know. [STOP BABBLING.] How about we stop standing around and get them out already?
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[Peering at the corpse soup... Well, at least he looks relatively calm, albeit not as laidback as he usually does.]
But sure. So, what's the plan?
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But in less petty news, he takes a step back.]
Let's try the bags, first. See if the chemical mix burns through them, and if so, we move to the shovels. Either way, we need to get them out to take a closer look.
[SO... TO FETCH BOTH OF THOSE THEY GO. While the rest of the town is on fire, ig.]
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I have something we can put the remains in until it's time to tell the others.
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Should I ask about your hobbies?
[That's to Rin—he's feeling enough like himself to be a bit of a little shit now.]
... With any luck, those were just the bodies of those who were already dead. [...] Though somebody had to have been killed last night.
[A LOT OF SOMEBODIES APPARENTLY.]
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[ ...like being a magus. ]
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ONE OF THE SMALLER ONES HAS A HOLE RIGHT IN THE FOREHEAD, OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE TOO. ]