WEEK 4

[whimsicalism]

WEEK FOUR

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, it would seem.

The students of Ira Academy will find themselves entering the new week with their hunger sated, but it's likely the grisly scene of Friday's murder and the demonstration of the execution make the food hit much heavier. The risk of death is still very real, and astute watchers might also find it haunting to think about what sort of twisted game could have forced Yuta to lose control of his own actions. Or perhaps, for the fifth week in a row, people are just finding themselves angrier at their circumstances and their captor than ever.

After her release from the washing machine last week, Nanami Kiryuu can be found more often shadowing the other students around, hanging out in the periphery and putting in appearances even if she doesn't have information to share or announcements to pass on to the rest of the group - as long as no one makes an attempt to shoo her away.

The stairs open up to another newly remodeled floor, offering new locations that may prompt more answers to your dilemma--or more questions. There's no way to know which it will be. Thankfully, there's always a new mind-numbing relaxation activity to take in.

How long can this keep going on?

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OOC NOTES

Welcome to Week 4! New locations are now open, a couple of old ones have been tweaked, and characters have started the next week of their education. Please hit the mods with a ping in Discord and put INVESTIGATE in your subject line if you're interested in exploring a new location. Nanami may be putting in some public appearances in threads this week; otherwise, please ping + Discord tag her or the (SHEEP) if you want to speak with then. All NPCs are still available for their private contacts as well!

As a reminder, AC runs Sunday to Sunday concurrent with these posts and is collected based on the prior week; this means you have a whole week to get in AC for the week prior. AC for week 3 should be submitted no later than this coming Sunday. Remember to submit your regains, and sign up for a spot exploring this week's mystery if you want to!

Comments

[hashtagwoof]

[ First was waking up to unseen bird girl torture. Then there was the vision with all the hungry monsters. And now this?!

Hunter needs a distraction. Now.

Hopefully the magazines in the lounge aren't all filled in by now. He's brought a pencil up there and is trying to work out some crosswords. Occasionally, he sees a jellyfish floating in the fish tank out of the corner of his eye, but whenever he goes to really check the jellies fade away. Weird. Where did they come from.

Then he wanders over to the butterfly room, and... Well, everything was fine until a projected butterfly landed on his nose. ]

.... WOOF! [ Whoops. That triggered dog mode. Now dog boy is chasing fake butterflies and barking his head off.

Eventually he snaps out of it and moves down to the dance studio. Or outside of it. Whatever that was last night is gone, like nothing happened... Except from that newspaper clipping they found he's starting to get more crazy ideas. ]

... Okay, I'm pretty sure this place has more ghosts than you-know-who.

[ You-know-who being A, of course. ]

Butterfly room 1/2

[canreallymove]

[...well then. To top everything off, Hunter has become doggo. His reality has collapsed. Nothing makes sense anyore.]

2/2

[canreallymove]

[




Well, Hunter's still more dignified than Antoine.

He can at least make sure that Hunter doesn't eat any chocolate or any poisonous plants anything.]

Hey boy, hey! C'mere!

[Clap clap.]

[hashtagwoof]

[ At least the chocolate should be fine. He only thinks he's a dog. ]

WOOF!

[ Also, better speed outta the way fast because he is going to ram into you in 3... 2... ]

[canreallymove]

Woah, woah!

[Thank goodness he's still pretty quick, even if he's not his normal fast.]

Calm down boy, it's just me! Come here, let's go somewhere where you're not liable to eat somethin' you shouldn't.

[Like the projector. What? It's possible.]

[hashtagwoof]

[ He tries to turn around while he's running, but ends up tripping over the plants and slams into a glass wall. ]

Ow... [ Well, he's sitting up like a normal person and rubbing his head. That's a good sign. ]

Ugh... [ He blinks, spotting a concerned Sonic... Great. ] Don't tell anyone you saw that.

[canreallymove]

I mean, considering we've already seen it-not exactly gonna be sayin' anything.

[shrug]

Also, uh. You ok there?

[hashtagwoof]

Mrgh... I'll be fine.

[ Just because everyone knows of it now doesn't mean he's any less humiliated by it. No matter how you look at it, sudden dog brain episodes aren't normal.

But yeah. He's letting it drop. With just one thing to note. ]

By the way, what was that about eating stuff I shouldn't? We got the food back.

[canreallymove]

Oh, you remember that, huh.

I mean...you were kind of in dog mode, so I just wanted to make sure you weren't going to eat the projector or chew on someone shoes or somethin'.

[hashtagwoof]

Yeah, I remember. Hindsight stinks.

[ Yeah, he forgets what he was doing when he dogs out, but remembers everything when coming out of it. Embarrassing. ]

... Why'd you think I'd eat the projector, though? Isn't it mounted on the wall somewhere?