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

[temmapathy]

[Sorry, she's laughing too hard to look at his lips properly right now. She finally settles down, her laughter trailing off as she wipes her eyes.]

Okay, okay. I guess we need to check it for poison somehow?

WITHOUT taking a bite!

[canreallymove]

Well, it might be a thought. Maybe sniffin' it?

[temmapathy]

And...I guess checking the mouth to see if there's anything weird there? [She bends to check the plush toy's mouth-see if it even has any chili dog stains.]

[canreallymove]

[Hilariously, there is some chili dog stains around the "victim's" mouth. He was definitely, uh, eating it beforehand.

But there's nothing overtly off about it. The chili doesn't smell wrong or anything like that.]

[temmapathy]

[Okay then. Since she's near here, she might as well examine that rope around the neck. Is this detailed enough to have neck bruises as well...?]

[canreallymove]

[Well, the rope is wrapped pretty tightly around poor Sanic here. You'll have to be careful unwinding it from there in order to see what's there, Emma!]

[temmapathy]

[Yeah, she can be careful about that. She'll also look at the rope as it unwinds to see if there's anything else stained on it.]

[canreallymove]

[Well, well, well.

As you unwind the rope, you will find "blood" on the parts of the rope touching the throat area. Which is also pretty "bloody".

[temmapathy]

[Oh. Well then. Is there a cut on the throat, then?]

[canreallymove]

[There is. It seems like this might be the killing wound.

However, the amount of "blood" around seems to suggest this is not the only wound.]

[temmapathy]

[Well...there's the obvious knife. But what if she flips him over?]

[canreallymove]

[Bingo. There's a stab wound on his back. It looks like you've found everything to be found, Emma!

Now to return to the actual Sonic to report your findings and make a theory!]

[temmapathy]

So...it looks like he was stabbed in the back, but then his throat was cut? And that's what actually killed him. The rope was just to make it LOOK like he was strangled. And the front stab was done...afterwards? And a bunch of the other stuff is also just red herrings?

[canreallymove]

Yeah, it looks like you got it! Poor guy was just minding his business and eating his chili dog when he got attacked!


Rude, if I might say so myself.

[temmapathy]

[Emma nods, before her expression falls slightly.] So...we'd probably be looking for people around his height or a little shorter, then?

[canreallymove]

Looks like it. Though it's also possible they were able to kill the poor guy on the floor...meaning height wouldn't matter.

[temmapathy]

[She nods.] So it'd be someone who was strong enough to knock him down, since he probably wouldn't be eating a chili dog while lying on the floor...