FOURTH INVESTIGATION

[whimsicalism]

INVESTIGATION

Good morning!

...Except it really isn't a good morning for the students at Ira Academy, after all. The deadline prescribed in this week's motive came just as quickly as the one's before it. It might be difficult to repel the sinking sense of dread that bleeds into Friday's early hours. That secret written on a slip of paper might even feel heavier for some. Perhaps it's Father's hate-filled words instead: I’m getting a little antsy about your performance. Do something to spice things up, won’t you? By now, is a grisly discovery every Friday morning a guarantee?

Though you're surely awake at the same time as usual--if you slept at all--there's a certain gloomier, late-year feeling to the artificial light keeping the Academy illuminated and providing the illusion of a complete world outside. There are no real seasons to speak of in this part of Closetland; one step into the playground proves that easily enough. And yet, as you emerge from your rooms, free to go wherever you wish today, it's hard to deny it. You've been enrolled here for quite a while, and time has passed.

Will autumn come and go before you get out of here?

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[canreallymove]

[Ok, ok, cool.

Third floor it is!]

[whimsicalism]

[Something is clearly amiss here but you don't find any deceased students.]

[canreallymove]

[....uh, SURELY IT'S NOTHING.

Second floor!]

[whimsicalism]

[As you poke your head into the sensory deprivation room something seems... very off. Who would be using this room right now?]

[canreallymove]

. . .

. . . . . .

[Please don't let it be good to be true that the other floors seemed ok and cool.

Please don't let there be someone in here dead.




He goes in to investigate.]

[whimsicalism]

[An inhuman body is floating in the water. With paws he can no longer use, he won't be able to get out of here by himself.

Dylan is dead.]

[canreallymove]

No.






[He starts screaming.]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Immediately he's grabbing Dylan, dragging him out of the water-]

NO, NO!! NO-come on, Dyl, c'mon please don't be dead-PLEASE SAY SOMETHING-

1/3

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat hears the scream from the outside of the meditation room and NO NO N NO-

She rushes over to where Sonic screamed.]

WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED, DID-

2/3

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat... recognizes that dog.]

3/3

[violence_ensues]

D-









Dylan...?

[temmapathy]

[Emma sees everyone heading this way, and hurries after, only to skid to a stop when she sees who Sonic is holding. She drops to her knees, tears trickling down her face.]

[lets_dewey_it]

<sub>[...

He had been wandering about for most of the time everyone else was investigating.

But when he heard Sonic scream Dylan's name... his heart sunk.

Now he's just staring at the unfolding scene with bile coming to the back of his throat.]</sub>

[copycut]

[ oh yikes ]

Damn— I'll go get everyone else!

[ Kuro basically walks in and then immediately skitters off to, like. Alert Adorabat and anyone else she can gather off the first floor. ]

[canreallymove]

[don't mind him, he's hyperventilating and water is leaking from his eyes and the dog is wet and he is trying to revive him or get him to talk or breath or anything this is fine THIS IS ALL FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE-]

[keyringwitness]

[Yasu could hear Sonic's scream echo across the entire school. Bracing herself, she sprints up the stairs, into the sensory deprivation chamber, and-

No. No no no no no, not after Tuesday, not after everything he did, this wasn't fair, this wasn't fair-

She collapses to her knees, crying.]

[temmapathy]

[After she's done collecting ropes, Emma walks over to Yasu's side, sitting down next to her and wrapping an arm around the other girl. She can stay with her until they have to leave.]

[hashtagwoof]

WHAT?!

[ Hunter rushes to the sound of Sonic's screaming.

His eyes widen as soon as he lays eyes on the body. ]

No... Nonononono...