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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Comments

[canreallymove]

Hey.

[He does at least go to talk to her before he leaves.]

You doin' better?

[keyringwitness]

...b- better enough. Being a hermit in my room for, um, three days in a row gave me some time to recover, if nothing else...

I just realized I haven't seen her, [Yasu nods at Koishi's door,] for a little while, so... I thought I'd check in.

[canreallymove]

[Nods.]

That's cool, then. I'm glad you're doin' a little better, at least.

I'm gonna check around, just in case.

[No need to elaborate further. They all understand now, after all.]