[ WEEK ONE – 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 mod replies. Anything to discover 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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[moraled]

I have not. However, there were others investigating the other places in the town.

[ANYONE???]

It is not as though there is far to go here.

[impulsiveness]

Both of the cells were open, so she has to be somewhere in town. There's nowhere else to go.

[SO. YEAH. He bites his lip, glancing at Rin's grave first and then his own.]

You don't think she's the one who— y'know...

[moraled]

... Until there is undeniable proof one way or the other, I shall not call any here a murderer.

There are suspicions, and nothing more.

[But... it seems possible.]

[dmails]

They both said they were told they had some sort of purpose. [Dropping his face into his palm:] Maybe it's a demonstration, oh, god.

[ceded]

An example. [ She's finally starting to get upset, shaking a little. ] What if it was all just ... an example ...? Using people's lives...!

[dmails]

[The anger and desperation are starting to rise into his throat, and it shows in the way his voice becomes strangled:] Well, they're using people's lives anyway, aren't they? Telling us to kill each other? They're no exception; they can't be.

[ceded]

We're ... we're garbage to them, aren't we?

[ Shaking like a leaf, Xion sniffs and rubs at her face with her arms. ]

We don't matter at all.... and those two girls, they -- they mattered even less. They didn't even get a choice...

[dmails]

[Aw, shit, he upset the girl.]

[He doesn't lose his dire expression, but merely moves closer to Xion, as if to comfort her.] We have to figure this out. We have to band together if we're ever going to get out of here. They see us as nothing, but... We have to make that change!

[TEAMWORK or something]

[ceded]

[ did you want waterworks because now you have waterworks

like she is really crying. hiccuping and gasping, the whole works.

... but despite that, she nods furiously at his words. ]

We .... we have to .... we have to make this right!

[dmails]

[oh shit what do uh fuck]

[He shifts in closer, placing a heavy hand on Xion's shoulder and hoping it isn't unwelcome. Softly, he continues:] Hey. Can I tell you a story?

[ceded]

[ She hardly seems to mind the contact. In fact, she looks up, still crying, but she tries hard to calm down, breathing deep and swallowing. Not trusting herself to speak, she simply nods. ]

[dubiousalignment]

It's a possibility, one we'd do well to keep in mind. It can't be a coincidence one is dead and the other is missing.

[Tarvek internally sighs in relief when the other grave doesn't have the other girl's corpse inside]

[moraled]

It is certainly a possibility we will all remember.

[How could they forget?]

However, allowing our minds to be clouded with half-formed judgments shall prove fatal in a place such as this.

We must find the truth; there is no other option.

[impulsiveness]

Right. You're right. I should do the same. Sorry.

[It's... definitely a possibility, which only makes him feel ill. Ugh.]

Let's focus on finding her alive first, I guess.

[moraled]

Indeed. For now, our most important course of action is discovering all of the evidence we possibly can--and finding that other girl.

We must not leave any possibilities unchecked.

[insincerely]

That, or her corpse was thrown elsewhere and we can't find it.

[Shinnosuke's smiling like a douchebag, though it doesn't seem quite as smug as usual.]

There's at least one place that I bet no one's investigated. [...] Of course, it's still possible that she's the murderer and she's hiding there instead. Who really knows yet?

[impulsiveness]

Yeah, but why go through all that trouble? Why not bury the two of them here? It's not like there isn't enough room.

[Seriously. They dug up his grave and shoved a corpse in there. Why not use Rin's, too, since it was also disturbed.]

... You mean the mines, right? I don't think anyone's headed up there since we got here.

[insincerely]

No idea.

[At the next bit, he nods.]

And it's no wonder, with all those warnings. I doubt anyone wants to go searching there unless they have to.

[impulsiveness]

[He sighs, rubbing the bridge of his nose.]

With all those warnings, she might already be dead down there. That place looks like a death trap.

[insincerely]

Maybe. We don't really know what those two girls were or why they were here to begin with, do we?

[He looks around.]

There's only forty graves here, after all.

[impulsiveness]

The Sheriff said they had some purpose, right? Maybe— [He swallows, already disgusted.] Maybe this is it. To be the ones to kick off this fucked up game.

[At that, he looks at the graves again. His grave was touched. Rin's was...]

Motherfuckers. I bet they think they're hilarious.

[insincerely]

... Ha. A death to make us take this seriously? It wouldn't surprise me.

[He closes his eyes for a moment.]

Of course they'd go for young girls, huh?