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week one: investigation
Week 1
investigation
Suddenly, consciousness sinks its icy grip into you and yanks you into the realm of wakefulness.
Disoriented, you rise to your feet. Put one in front of the other. Who were you with last night? Are they all with you? Do they still take breath? You can’t tell. Not yet, at least. Instead, you stumble into the next area, and perhaps you’re not alone, but there is one thing that you are innately aware of: something is wrong. So very, very wrong.
The sky has a faint discoloration to it, and if you peer too closely, you might notice how the air seems to be thrumming, pulsing with magic. You can almost taste it—and if you aren’t careful, may choke on it. It’s best to focus on the task at hand in front of you first.
Disoriented, you rise to your feet. Put one in front of the other. Who were you with last night? Are they all with you? Do they still take breath? You can’t tell. Not yet, at least. Instead, you stumble into the next area, and perhaps you’re not alone, but there is one thing that you are innately aware of: something is wrong. So very, very wrong.
The sky has a faint discoloration to it, and if you peer too closely, you might notice how the air seems to be thrumming, pulsing with magic. You can almost taste it—and if you aren’t careful, may choke on it. It’s best to focus on the task at hand in front of you first.
Welcome, Sacrifices, to your weekly investigation!
We will be posting top-levels for searchable locations—one set at 6PM EST and another set at 7PM EST. Each location will contain evidence to find, though it's up to your efforts as to whether you find all of it. Please coordinate investigation groups on Discord, as we ask that group threads consist of no more than 2-3 characters. We will stop tagging each top-level two hours after it went up, i.e. at 8PM and 9PM EST, respectively. Don't worry if you don't find everything! Characters will get the chance to revisit locations tomorrow at trial.
At 9PM EST, an announcement will go up, confirming the victim(s). If you have any questions at any time, please let the mods know by pinging us on Discord!
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BEACH (SOUTH)
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she looks nervous, but when she sees the other two she holds out her hands? sorry one of you has to hold the nasty one.]
Hey - hey. Good to see you. [what's the beach looking like]
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...You too, Karlach, Miss Ashlyn. [ ashlyn also gets a shoulder squeeze because it's affection week. but yeah what's going on here. what does beach (south) mean. where are we. are there trees or is it just beach and sand. ] Stay close, alright?
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Yeah, same to you guys. [ is there a body in the ocean. she is looking out at the water. don't do this to me. ]
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something has been walking through the sugary soft sand of the beach! skittering off and down along it.
ashlyn glances out to sea, but something sweet and lulling grabs her attention up the beach instead, to a coconut tree. ]
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What's that?
[what do the tracks look like, are they footprints? or more like Creature things, like a crab or a snake or something. she doesn't let go just yet, but she's careful to not disturb the prints.]
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ok no but. rondo will be careful to not mess up the sands also. are the tracks just in the soft/dry area in the sand? or are they in the wet area, too? were they heading towards a certain direction as far as we can tell?
his gaze follows ashlyn's to the tree also. what are we looking at.... ]
Prints of some kind...?
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but she's just so captivated by that coconut tree. she'll immediately break the formation they agreed on to go inspect it further. does anything stand out as she approaches? ]
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walking along in one of the trenches of the sand in front of karlach is... a little red crab, scuttling sideways.
rondo and ashlyn's eyes are drawn to the coconut tree, and it is the most beautiful coconut tree they have ever seen in all their years.
the coconut tree...
once there, ashlyn realizes it is the most beautiful ordinary coconut tree she knows. it's pretty tall, stretching up and bending into the sky. ]
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Crab!
[okay well she's distracted by the crab. she will let go of their hands for now to go walk after the crab. she wants to grab it! can she grab it. are there more crabs? she'll just keep heading up the trenches.
abandons rondo and ashlyn to get eaten by the coconut tree.]
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[ you know he's never seen a coconut tree until recently...... it's amazing how... nice looking they are.... how... bold they are....
what makes this coconut tree so entrancing................. can he look at its bold greatness from all sides..... ]
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i know you said it's ordinary, but are you lying. is it weirdly tall? does it have any coconuts growing on it? any marks on the trunk???? is the ground at its base disturbed???? DOES IT HAVE SHAPESHIFTER MUSHROOM SPORES ON IT AND IT'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT KIND OF TREE??????? ]
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it freezes when it sees a seven foot hot mass of excitement coming its way, and then it suddenly leaps into the air, startled, all legs flung out.
and then it guns it down the beach as fast as it can!!
ok, back to the coconut tree. it is ordinary? would i lie? there isn't anything on it, but there are some cute brown coconuts at the top. it's taller than the trees behind it, but it isn't weirdly tall, but now it feels sort of self-conscious about its length.
the coconut tree beckons rondo and ashlyn closer.... closer. ]
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WHAT DO YOU HAVE "A KNIFE" NO!!!
anyway i'm sorry that they're really going to die over there, karlach will be back once she's grabbed whatever her new friend has in its claw. she's going for it. she's fast!]
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he. draws his sword? just in case? and inches a little closer to look...
is there anything under their feet...? are there a lot of trees behind it or are we just enchanted by this tree forever. ]
Miss Ashlyn... [ what is happening ]
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[ i don't like that coconuts is in bold too. anyway actually rondo absorbed all of ashlyn's paranoia for now, because she's not afraid of this tree. she just wants to figure out why it's so alluring.
what can a tree even do to a person. it's a tree. she'll get close! no fear!!! ]
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anyway, this bad boy is fucking running. it has something short in its claws--like a stick? maybe. it zig-zags over the sand, but karlach gains on it....
the coconut tree looks like it could be climbed... so mistrusting you both are. ]
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she speeds after it in a straight line and tries to yoink it!! c'mere. give stick.]
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Is this a weird tree, or is that just me...? Be careful. [ but approaching... the tree... that is so sexy and alluring... we are so close...
must it be climbed. could a tall person reach the coconuts. or poke them with a sword. i'll even give into your alluring narrative and fist them with the fisteralda sword.
because otherwise i guess rondo will probably climb the tree because he's a dumb protagonist. ]
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how is karlach doing? chasing a crab.
ok.
uhhh. anything else going on around here...? ]
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it has something black in its other claw, waving it around, about a few inches in length. it feels plastic-y, but does karlach know a plastic.
rondo climbs the best coconut tree he has ever seen and felt. his weight makes it teeter back and forth. oh!! at the top, he can see something out in the water of the ocean... a large brown something.
one of the coconuts falls out of the tree at rondo's jostling and lands on the ground by ashlyn's feet.
except it isn't a coconut,
it's a beehive. (meme voice) run ]
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Ow! Fuck you!
[what hand did it snap so i can continue to be ethan winters
anyway, no, she doesn't know a plastic necessarily but she's going to grab at it anyway to try and get it away from the crab, and attempts to slap the crab off her hand. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO KILL IT. go home to your wife.]
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Wow, I can see really well from here - Karlach! There's something in the water! [ he calls out!!! how far out is it? is it a swimmable distance? can we discern the shape of the object from this amazing view that ashlyn suffered for. ] Miss Ashlyn, we should probably get back to -
[ bees
[ is there anything else in this fucking tree besides coconuts and bees ]
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AND NOW BEES. but ashlyn can't just abandon rondo up in a fucking tree, so she is just... AH!!! ]
Jump! Get down! Come on!
[ ACTUALLY. ARE THE BEES EVEN GOING AFTER HIM UP THERE OR WILL THEY JUST CHASE HER? BECAUSE IF THEY ARE IGNORING RONDO SHE'LL DITCH HIM AND JUST START SPRINTING AWAY TOWARDS THE NEAREST SHELTER. ]
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and then its entire arm, claw and all, rips out from karlach's sexy strength. it falls onto the ground, kicks sand at her, and then scuttles away!!! BACK TO ITS WIFE!! without a prize, so now she will reject his advances.
listen. the coconut tree wanted you all to look at it, i don't make the rules. the bees at the coconut tree chase ashlyn, of course, since she is definitely the one who has done the MOST offense to them.
out in the ocean, a lone barrel bobs in the waves within swimming distance. ]
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