week one: investigation

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Week 1

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investigation

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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.

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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RESULTS

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After two hours, characters will find that their surroundings warp and ripple as a veil of magic closes in over each location, restoring it to normalcy. But the village itself is not normal; the crows squawk, the pyre flares and holds an eerie blue, and the church bell tolls. The stars shudder and fall from the sky until none are left, the moon snuffed out last. The monster presence in your mind goes between quiet and restless.

There are some new posters on the bulletin board.


Rest in Peace

Karma Akabane, Karmic Retribution
Pickles, Went His Own Way
Ichiban Kasuga,
game over
continue?
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Happy Friday Dieday! A few things:

The crows can be heard, but not reached. Overseers are not available on Friday. The posters cannot be removed, vandals only receive more paper cuts. All investigation locations are cloaked in a veil of swirling magic; while this veil can be passed through painlessly, characters will find that locations look completely restored to normal after doing so, and will not be able to further investigate. That includes looking for bodies!

Characters will need to be responsible for holding onto evidence until trial, though they will not be able to tamper with it. Please use the sub toplevel to turn in evidence, unless your character ICly would withhold evidence, in which case you do not have to. See you all at trial!

THEATRE

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BEACH (SOUTH)

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RANCH (BARN)

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BEACH (NORTH)

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RANCH (FIELD)

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[bookpapers]

[invests and forgets everything about how to do invest again

WELL THEY ARE HERE... Lavi emerges from the fog, blinking -- and glances over at Nona and OUR THIRD PERSON]

This again, huh? You guys okay?

[while he asks he will look at theater from outside.... anything standing out here... IS IT ON FIRE?]

[ablazement]

[good morning she is alive, unfortunately

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]

[segnale]

Yeah... I'm okay. I mean, aside from what's obviously occurred, probably...

[WHO'S DEAD.

but if the theater isn't on fckin fire nona will attempt to go inside...]

[cumulative]

[wow we love being in places with THINGS GOING ON

anyway hello. good morning. mathis is here, a little rumpled-looking from sleeping in his clothes, but his hair is braided cutely and tied with a ribbon. yay! all ready to find something terrible probably.

how is the barn doing. is there a fire again. is anything broken. ARE THE ANIMALS HERE AND ALIVE.]

A-again...?

[flameguard]

[ rondo will hold the nasty hand that's okay. daisy chain ]

...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?

[recession]

[ He's here and he definitely looks a little harried. The same feeling is in the air, the morning dread. ]

Mathis.

[ He'd say good morning but it's not. He's drawn over here in a mixture of being concerned about yesterday's arrivals and seeing Mathis wandering around... alone... (ooo Yuffie's a ghost also) ]

Please be careful.

[ Anyway yeah are the animals fucking alive, are they going crazy. What's Dani up to. ]

[drymonster]

[ just feeling the Bad Vibes ]

Seriously...?

[ he hates this cursed-ass fucking theater so much... he will also look around outside first, at the ground and everything along the way to the entrance. ]

Let me know if either of you need me to take pictures of something, okay?

[killies]

[ oh nice, she gets the good hand. and will give a lil nod to rondo. we invest holding hands the whole way. ]

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. ]

[mogger]

Again....

[ hello she is alive i know everyone is disappointed ]

Alright, let's get this show on the road! Mathis, Daan, you guys good?

[ preliminary check of the barn..... in case it is on fire or there are large dents on the ground or something ]

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[ well, the first thing they will notice is that when standing outside of the entrance, the ground is oddly muddy? gross!

nona will walk inside and track mud in. you're in. unfortunately there's no fire. ]

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[ congratulations, the barn is 0% on fire!

dani is around! she greets them with a happy bark. the other animals are present, they seem to be eating peacefully. there are no major dents on the ground, but there are general signs of disruption on the ground, yeah: knocked over hay bales, barrels, that sort of thing. ]

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[ pitter patter pitter patter

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. ]

[bookpapers]

...What's with the mud?

[UNFORTUNATELY? OKAY

Lavi will nod at Totty in thanks, and then look at this... muddiness? hello? how big is the muddy area if he had to like mentally compare it to (spins wheel) pickles.

also are there any visible footprints in it besides the ones Nona (and they) just left]

[cumulative]

I... I'm fine.

[we'll see how long it lasts.

but yaaay the animals are okay. he'll crouch down to say hi to dani and offer her some pets before they get to work, just making sure she seems okay. phew.]

Good, you're all right-! I- I was worried something might have happened to the animals here...

[sorry guys but you don't ignore a dog greeting you please carry on]

[ablazement]

[i see...]

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.]

[segnale]

[well then.

SHE WILL CAREFULLY WATCH HER MUD STEPS SO THAT SHE DOESN'T STEP ON ANYTHING IMPORTANT... but is there anything of note inside the theater at a glance? any unusual mess?

if not nona will go and examine the benches first.]

[flameguard]

[ skittering... graham was here....

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...?

[recession]

[ He looks at Dani slightly judgmentally. Pickles has attempted to convey some things about you ma'am. However he cannot hate a happy dog, so he just lets Mathis have his small solace time before they discover a massive crucifixion scene in the barn Dangan Ronpa style or something.

Anyway, he's going to look around.

On one wall of the barn hangs farm tools: a hammer, a hoe, an axe, a watering can, a sickle, and a fishing rod.

All present and accounted for and clean in terms of typical barn activity? If not, are they lying around anywhere obvious. ]

[drymonster]

Ew.

[ also where is the mud relative to the building, is it immediately in front of it (like something could have spilled out from the building, maybe??) or further away?

he will try to walk around the mud if possible because, gross, and see if he can tell anything about where the wet might have come from... ]