[ WEEK THREE – INVESTIGATION ]

[sheriffexe]

INVESTIGATION

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. Welcome to the investigation post! If your character decides to search an area, please post the name of the location in your header and wait for the mod replies. Anything to discover or not to will be indicated during the course of the thread. After the body is discovered, an announcement will be made and characters are free to spend the rest of the afternoons how they like. If there are any questions, please shoot a message either to this journal or at robowest.

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BODY ANNOUNCEMENT

[sheriffexe]

[ From the second floor of the Sheriff's station, the window opens and the Sheriff's head pops out. He whistles to get everyone's attention and calls out -- ]

Three bodies this week, folks! Annabeth Chase, Nui, and Riku are dead. Corpses are, ehh, but you ain't having body rights this trial anyway.

[ Then he pauses slightly before -- ]

Also, one of you fuckers killed my cat. The hell is wrong with you?

[ He disappears back inside a moment later, slamming the window shut. ]

[guiltlevel]

... There was a cat?

[ ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS??? ]

[impulsiveness]

What kind of sicko would kill a cat?

[CONTINUES THE TREND OF ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.]

[ceded]

[ Xion, free of the hotel and still clutching Nui's parasol, just kind of. Stares up at him blankly. ]

What body? There wasn't a body. Just his head.

[ She's got blood on her pants??

where is her walking stick.

she's fine ]

[alcobrawlic]

[ she's got her walking stick. Here, Xion. At least dual-wield. ]

[impulsiveness]

[Y I K E S.]

... If anyone's wondering, we found four bodies totally melted next to the [uh] tree — and some hair. Blue, blonde and gray. Are we missing any of our corpses?

[He hates everything about this week.]

[bittybat]

One of the graves has been dug up. Ao's.

[insincerely]

[Piping in to add onto Jason's remarks:]

Four skulls, to be exact. So if you've found anyone's head [like Riku??] it's not them.

Could also be someone already established to be dead, like the two earlier this week. [...] Otherwise... yeah.

[elemancy]

...What the hell.

[no, seriously. what the hell is wrong with you fuckers playing along with this game. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BODIES.

he's just standing there clenching his fist.

and jaw.

(he needs to keep it together but he definitely needs a minute here.)

yall are gonna turn noct into bearded "done with your fucking shit noct" in a hurry with a bodycount like this, though.]

[expelliarmed]

...Three? Why three?

[ It sounds like a pointless question, but why? Only one person should've died. Were the murders among them so eager to earn their rewards?

His blood is boiling, but like Noctis, he's taking moment to keep himself together. ]

[flippity]

[ three ?????

papika frantically starts looking around, obviously trying to see if one person in particular is nearby before hesitantly calling out, ]

Where's Percy?

[bittybat]

Did something happen? [A pause. Fuck.] His girlfriend--

The station.

[moraled]

[jfc

He doesn't even know how to respond to this right now.

That's too many dead people

(And a dead cat????)

He's definitely not looking for conversation, instead standing off to the side with his arms crossed and his brow furrowed.]

[alcobrawlic]

[ You know what? Sorry, Barnham, you're getting a head thudding against your back.

Sara needs a brief wall of silence, you'll do nicely. ]

[hitsitoff]

[Oh, what the actual fuck is even happening anymore.]

That many? [Jesus. Okay then. Eliot is a little thrown.] Someone doesn't know the definition of overkill. Damn it...

[dmails]

[Well, it's escalating, huh.]

[Okabe looks like he's about to puke. Three people, three lives snuffed out - for what purpose? More of this? Nui might have deserved it (although, perhaps even she didn't deserve this), but the other two...]

So... Does this mean we have to execute three people, or just the one...? [THAT'S A. THOUGHT.]

[alcobrawlic]

There's... the pretty strong likelihood that one of our murderers was killed herself, so that's one problem solved.

[thatsthespirit]

[three?? her gaze narrows, expression hard and unreadable. she is fresh from the investigation of the scene at the bonfire]

Someone was an overachiever this week.

[dubiousalignment]

[Tarvek peeks his head out of the Tailor shop and approaches, unsure of what he had heard. Three bodies? And one of them...]

Riku...

[Welp. Xion isn't going to like that. And there she is, she looks...uh, maybe it's better for the moment to stay away from her. There are many things that require attention right now, that's for sure. Instead Tarvek goes to the Sheriff's door, stops, changes his mind and walks away, shaking his head.

This is just Week 3, guys, why is everyone going overboard with the murder already]

[glaring]

[ Her eyes are watering and she smells pretty bad, but now she's listening to him talk as she wipes her face, her arms, whatever skin was exposed when she approached that hole. ]

How did so much happen overnight...?

[leadastray]

How can some of you still be so nonchalant about this?

[And here is Elizabeth, arriving from the bonfire with a bundle of frills in her hands, looking pretty fucking done.]

We found these by the fire.

[expelliarmed]

[ He closes his eyes for a long, hard minute at the announcement. Three bodies.

How long could they keep this up? How long could he keep this up?

But he pushes past his swimming thoughts, the nausea that threatens to stop him in his tracks. If he stays still too long, he'll lose his sense of purpose. ]

We have to find who did this.

[ No shit, Sherlock! But all the same, it bears repeating. ]

[uraniumnumnum]

[ normally, he doesn't care - he didn't even bother helping find the bodies this time - but his eyes widen at the mention of Nui's name. It might be the first actual reaction he's had to any of this, aside from his initial shock at appearing here at all. ]

Nui...

[ he grips his fist. he knew this would happen. he told her to keep her head down! he knew she wouldn't listen, too. Despite his mechanical innards, he manages to feel a little bit sick.

Alone with the humans again. ]

... You'll pay for this. I should have known things would end this way.

[court_chesster]

What is even happening!?

[ No, really??? Also, the monkey is mimicking Simon's expression exactly. ]

[sidearmofthelaw]

...The hell? Three people?

[ Nisha doesn't look actually upset, but she certainly looks annoyed. ]

This is gonna be a pain in the ass.

[ But she also looks around the crowd, because one of those names is her roommate, and also the girlfriend of someone who is probably gonna care a lot about this. ]