week six: investigation

[mygod]

Week 6

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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. 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.

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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[mygod]

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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

Vin, Tripped at the Finish Line
Yuffie Kisaragi, Failed the Mission

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!

EVIDENCE REPORTING

[mygod]

laboratory

[bookpapers]

what even happened in here i don't remember

- piece of glass
- his scarf with the chemical stain on it
- a malformed baby creature the size of a small dog
- empty bottle

cathedral

[cumulative]

-bottle of liquid
-fallen candle holder
-cake

laboratory

[marauderprincess]

-cloth with glitter goop

cathedral

[killies]

- misshapen balls
- a glittery balloon
- a book

LABORATORY

[mygod]

[marauderprincess]

[ She's here and alive unfortunately! What's going on in the lab? Is there anything obvious from the first look? ]

[bookpapers]

[lavi will look up at the ceiling and check what's there unless the entire lab is on fire]

[mygod]

[ hello.

well, the two of them are larping bruce wayne right now because when they start descending the stairs toward the lab and swarm of panicked bats runs right into them frantically. ]

[marauderprincess]

[ mods want us to take our time i see

anis is going to try to grab lavi's arm to pull him close. gotta protecc! ]

Whoa! What do you think upset them?

[ are they going to get scratched up here ]

[bookpapers]

[thank you anis Lavi is gonna do the dramatic dgm move of turning to shield Anis with his body as he tries to flatten them both down on the stairs,]

Could be anything -- maybe a fire?

[he tries to smell if there's any smoke in the air coming from the laboratory (wrong direction dumbass)]

[mygod]

[ STOP MY COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH!!!! anyway, for teasing me, the bats slam into their heads, flap in their faces, poop on them, and screech as they ascend the stairs back into the cathedral to become fried butter battered bat balls probably.

there is a faint scent of smoke, but it's coming from the other direction, dingdong. lavi and anis came from that way somehow, but they are now forbidden from going back...

the bats have dispersed now, so they are free to go inside.... ]

[marauderprincess]

[ thank you lavi for being a poop shield.

she will wait until it's clear before moving out from under lavi ]

I think I do smell something burning. [ still looking in the wrong direction ] Let's hurry up!

[bookpapers]

[fried butter battered bat balls.... i'm so hungry

Lavi will follow Anis down the stairs into the laboratory then! hope no one's burning to a crisp up in the cathedral hoo boy,

anything obvious at a first glance in here?]

[mygod]

[ YAYWON?

the way both of you are so confused now you're trying to make the other go in two directions. i think? now i'm confused. it doesn't matter, you're both forced down to the door of the lab, now bat free.

when lavi glances inside, he will see a lot of the monitors have been thrown around and broken. messy! there are some empty bottles lying around with the monitor mess. ]

CATHEDRAL

[mygod]

[killies]

[ WELL here we are. she is taking mathis' hand.

obligatory first question: is the cathedral on fire?? ]

[cumulative]

[accepting this and holding her hand, looking relieved...

also yeah is it on fire. is there something immediately very wrong. we have concerns, as usual.]

[mygod]

[ it's not on fire.






okay yes lavi jinxed you guys the cathedral is on fire ]

[killies]

[ yea i'm willing to blame lavi for this. she is just standing here for a second because. bro she is not walking into fire or letting mathis walk into fire. ]

Do we have a fire extinguisher or anything?

[cumulative]

I- I don't...!

[how Much of the cathedral is on fire? like... locally contained fire or the whole thing? taking stock of this fire situation real quick.]

Maybe there's-- there's a well?

[IS THERE A WELL IN THIS VILLAGE]

[mygod]

[ the fire itself is currently pretty localized to certain portions of the cathedral; they could probably walk around the burning spots if they're careful. there is no fire extinguisher because no one learns from any fire based hazards every week. there can be a small well, but they won't be able to put out all the fire and it will take some time to try and do so. up to you guys! ]

[killies]

[ hmmm okay... ]

Maybe we can put it out tomorrow when we have more time. For now let's just see what we can find. Be careful.

[ ashlyn will... move slowly to avoid the fire... aside from that some parts are ON FIRE, does anything else stand out immediately? is there a slippery blool underfoot? ]

[cumulative]

Wh-what if something important is on fire...?! We'll need to at least do something-!

[glancing between her and the door because he doesn't. want to just leave her alone in here but aaaaaa

he's going to try to get a look at which parts are on fire to see if anything appears to be on fire that they will really want to Not Be Burning...]

I'll see whether there's anything we need to take care of, if you'll go see whether you can find water--