week three: investigation

[mygod]

Week 3

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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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Comments

[concoctive]

... probably not wantin' - ow, son of a... [ shakes his hand and goes back to paying attention to what he's grabbing as he heads towards the pyre with this trail. ] Probably not wantin' to give their back to whoever they were with.

[ alright, is there anything else close to or in the pyre as he follows the orb trail? more fleeches? more unidentifiable orb? a weapon of some kind? ]

[nyas]

--Or they're being dragged. Can see some dragging to it, and with the kicked up dirt around, it's probably that.

[ in the most scratchy "i'm a genius" voice. ] So incapacitated them enough to drag them off to the Tree.

[ she will gather all the non-moving orbs, unless they're leeches pretending to be fake orbs then she'll flick them alfyn's way. but otherwise gather up the nonmoving-orbs into her hand and head on over to the splotches of red!! wow!! look at that!!

are these splotches closer to the fire, near the dirt marks of vague prints or just a (mumble) area. also some splotches of red in that there was a small injury encounter here or perhaps a more serious one? is there a trail of these splotches of blood or is it just in this one spot. ]

[mygod]

[ whoa geniuses at work here why are we even holding a ritual tomorrow i think alfyn and izutsumi should just point at the suspects and we behead them instantly

alfyn will be able to see both more fleeches and orbs on the way to the pyre.... and there seems to be some orb-like shape in the pyre? oh? oh???? what now, king

the splotches of red are by the dirt marks and seem to be headed toward the tree as well..... it does look like a trail. drip drip drip ]

[concoctive]

[ i'm going to bite your modly fingers that's what's now ]

... I mean, was it gettin' dragged off, or bein' hurt kinda dragmarks..? [ sighs and takes his axe to try and nudge the orb-like shape out of the pyre. or pull it towards himself. ]

[nyas]

[ i think the mod is onto something, and if they don't behead the suspect izutsumi points at she's gonna hurl a hairball on their feet

anyways, looking to this splotches of blood that drip drip drip and they drop drop drop. ] Considering one set is moving forward, and the other set is being kinda dragged backwards with this trail of blood... definitely hurt.

[ don't question her intelligence!!! but things seem good here, so she'll come over by the fire like ? ] What is it.

[mygod]

[ anarchy!!! alfyn and izutsumi our monarchs!!! only fleeches and hairballs at punishment

anyway alfyn gets one crispy orb!!!! imagine if it was a fleech. it's not. it's a florb. (flame orb)

the drip drip drip drop drop drop blood just continues to vibe ]

[concoctive]

[ WHY. THE CLOWN KING DOES NOT DECREE THIS.

anyways he'll try to kind of roll the orb in the dirt near the pyre a bit to make sure nothing is on fire, and will let it presumably cool before he picks it up. about how big is it just so i have an idea versus the smaller orbs. ]

I have no idea... it's crispy. [ looking up at izutsumi. ] The trails're all headin' to the Tree..?

[nyas]

[ THIS CLOWN QUEEN DOES. FLEECHES AND HAIRBALLS TO ALL THAT GO AGAINST THEM. stares at this cripsy? orb. hello what are you that i cannot perceive with my non-trial eyes ]

Yep, lil scuffle here, one hurt the other enough to start dragging them off in direction of the Tree. Body is probably there if anything.

[ SUCKS TO BE THOSE LOSERS*

*flash forward to i hope them just wholeass missing the body sleeping on a bench even though it was checked first thing.at least they got drip drip drop drop blood ]

[mygod]

[ the florb is the same size as all other orbs!

but hehehoho that's it clown king and queen carry on with your righteous decrees (fleeches and florb) ]