WEEK FIVE

[whimsicalism]

WEEK FIVE

There's one thing that belongs in Closetland: Monsters.

It was a monster that brought the students here to begin with, and it's a monster who controls their lives now. By now, some have even accused their classmates of turning into--or always being--monsters themselves.

The academy is just as cold as it was last week, autumn air seeping in through the unfriendly architecture and the artificial light seeming darker than before. The occasionally cloud of purple fog snakes through the hallways at ground level, a constant reminder of the new presence haunting the school and her role in the past five weeks of torment. Now that Kakuya is back in a body of her own making, the music room is silent, though the rooms and halls of the Academy themselves occasionally fill with a low, haunting flute melody. With the school's new overlord already wishing her ill, Nanami's already deflating power and free roam capabilities are more or less completely limited as well: She's just one more toy in the box.

The stairwell has opened into another new floor. Upon closer inspection, it seems to be the uppermost one. This is the top of Ira Academy, and while it likely bears some new answers and some new locations to try and find a solution to your plight, is there anything that can heal some of the rifts that formed from the accusations thrown at the last trial? Still, if you don't find answers, then you'll be here playing this eternal deadly game.

Is the devil you know better than the devil you don't?

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OOC NOTES

Welcome to Week 4! Nanami has joined the party! She no longer has office hours but still be contacted privately, as can Kakuya, who is no longer stuck in the music room. New locations are now open, and some minor adjustments have been made to the IC profiles and rules. 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. The SHEEP are still taggable, though you may find them in a...different mood.

You now have a week to make sure your AC in for last week and to start collecting AC for this week. Remember to submit your regains, and sign up for a spot exploring this week's mystery if you want to!

Comments

[copycut]

By now, that vending machine has given out plenty of bladed weapons. I can show people the basics of using them.

[violence_ensues]

OKay...

[Hmmm....]

...I dunno what other words to use, though... They can't be criminals, criminals are mean, but not that mean...

[hashtagwoof]

[ He may not have come from a religious family but maracas at church?

Whatever, dude. ]

I mean, it's not like we could sleep through the things... Or at least the ones who get woken up by the things.

[temmapathy]

Yeah, getting down the basics we'll need when escaping is the most important here.

[violence_ensues]

["...I'm... I'm not any good with swords."]

[Yeah, remember when she said that during the first trial?]

[Adorabat looks SO eager.]

[temmapathy]

[...the only two left, now.]

Sure. You should probably still bring your swords, though.

[Just in case the laundry monster is still angry.]

[shinedsobright]

Hey, works for me! Put me on whatever team you want.

[He has fought monsters AND been to dead people realms so he has no preference...!]

[temmapathy]

The music room and the fishtank too, right?

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat lands nearby. THANK YOU-FOR-TEACHING-SIMPLE]

Not here

[temmapathy]

[Tapping her fingers together innocently.]

[violence_ensues]

Oh! Yeah! Right! I should maybe be the one to search through the science lab again. I was there when all the blood happened.

[temmapathy]

It's no problem. I'm just as happy that you're willing to learn.

[shinedsobright]

Are we still trapping the sheeple in the bear trap? Or should we just keep it in case we gotta throw it at someone's face?

[violence_ensues]

If the sheepies try and fight against us, we'll hafta use it on them. I dunno how to use it and I promised big bro I'd ask someone older how to, so can you teach me?

[copycut]

You couldn't pay me to leave them behind~

[ Kuro hasn't been seen without them since she got them back. Honestly, it's a little weird. ]

Okay, that settles it. Once we're done here, we'll see what we can find!

[shinedsobright]

I guess I could try...!

[He has clearly never done this]

[violence_ensues]

Oh, yay!

[Adorabat doesn't notice. She takes out the bear trap, sets it on the ground, and looks to Fret, ready to be instructed.]

[copycut]

If we find a route out, we can set them behind us as we go. That should slow down anyone who decides to come after us.

[ h...opefully ]

[temmapathy]

Yeah, it's probably best if everyone re-checks the place they went to before.

[temmapathy]

[I mean, it's not that weird for Emma's conception of Kuro.]

Yeah! [Her enthusiasm is sort of infectious.]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat gets a unicorn doll out.]

Cynthiphelle's already been out over the fence. She's ivissibull to monsters and can tell y'all what she saw!

Investigation w/Kuro

[temmapathy]

[Well, right after the meeting, Emma first heads towards the laundry room with Kuro.]

So, we check that one first? [She gestures towards the washing machine that Nanami fell out of.] Then maybe the others, just in case they also have something?

[Afterwards, she heads upstairs to the pool, where she's going to spend most of the afternoon. She's mostly just doing laps with various strokes, although at times she does take a deep breath to dive down deeper, before surfacing swiftly. While she's doing this, she also tries to investigate, checking the wall and floor of the pool for anything out of place.]

[panglici]

I found something weird out from the furry doll.

[It's obvious that she assumes what she overheard Ava and Fret calling their captor was some kind of insult.]

Apparently while we were brainwashed, her friends couldn't feed off of us. I think they eat fear, don't ask me how that works. And we counted as monsters while we were like that, she said as much outright.

[shinedsobright]

[Crouching down by this thing.]

Alright, think, Fret. How'd Blackpink do it?

[After a moment of thinking, he reaches out.... does ANYONE with knowledge want to stop him]

[shinedsobright]

Huh. I knew they ate fear cause of the book Yuta found, but us being monsters is new. Is it because brainwashed people are scary?