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

[temmapathy]

[Definitely weird. She's going to go over to pick them up. Are they wet?]

[whimsicalism]

[No. They're laying near the pool but not in it. They're also tied together...or they would have been if they weren't cut up.]

[temmapathy]

[Well then. How exactly are they cut up? Near the knots? Into a lot of small pieces, or several big pieces?]

[whimsicalism]

[There is a total of ten jump ropes. Nine have been cut near the knots - each rope is a short piece and a long piece. However, there's one rope in four pieces. In this case, there's a very short rope part, a slightly longer rope part, a longer part with the handle, and the longest handle-part with rope that is over half the total length.]

[temmapathy]

[Well, that's odd that that one is different...do any of the ropes have bits of fur on them?]

[whimsicalism]

[The longest part that's pure rope does!]

[temmapathy]

[Just that part, huh? She'll make sure to bag that extra tight. Anything else about these ropes?]

[whimsicalism]

[Nope.]

[temmapathy]

[Well, time to bag them up, then.]