FIRST INVESTIGATION

[whimsicalism]

INVESTIGATION

Reactions to the Principal’s last announcement Tuesday were certainly mixed. Can the Principal do as he says and bring a dangerous threat from everyone’s homes, eager for revenge? Whether he can or he can’t, a student who believed it to be possible could have easily taken him up on his offer and turned on another classmate. Of course, it could all be a lie–a story to scare children into behaving themselves. But can everyone take that risk?

With no weekend class events scheduled, Friday is perhaps the highlight of the school week. Just one more day, and it will be the weekend! Fun, friends, and excitement await!

… If only that excitement could carry over into Friday morning at Ira Academy. As students go about their mornings, they may drift into various areas of the school. It’s early enough that classes haven’t started yet.

What will you investigate?

HOW IT WORKS

While most folks have likely been through this song and dance before, here's a quick breakdown of how investigation runs at Castle W:

1. Post with your character indicating the area they're visiting this morning.
2. The mod journal will reply letting you know if the area is normal, if something might be a little off and you'll want to check back later, or if something's VERY off.
3. Once the something VERY has been uncovered, the discovery will be announced, and mods will post a comment highlighting the areas of the school that have clues and toplevels for these areas.
4. Tag into the toplevels for these areas if you'd like your character to look for clues there.

Have fun!

Comments

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[violence_ensues]

[...Dewey must never know. Uh. Uh. Uh.]

[spychic]

[Anya shows up after hearing the yelp.]

...Hey. What's going on??? What are you looking a--

[and then she approaches, and]

HUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH?!?!?! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!

[violence_ensues]

[OH RUBY PURE HEART-]

[Adorabat rushes up to Anya to try and cover her mouth.]

Shhh, don't let Dewey know-

[spychic]

MMph!!! Mmmph!!!

[Anya flails. Everyone needs to know! They can't just hide it! That'd seem guilty!!!]

[1/2]

[canreallymove]

[SONIC HEARS SCREAM! SONIC RUNS!]

WHAT'S WRONG, I CAM AS FAST AS I--

[canreallymove]

.................................................................









Oh no.

[violence_ensues]

[...Uh. Well then.]

...I found a body? Eheheh...

[spychic]

Mmmphmmmph.....

[She's scared.

Anya's gonna cry.]

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[Dylan definitely heard the yelp, figured it might've just been something minor.

Screaming, though? Never something minor.

He comes in running.]

I'm here! Who's hurt, who's-!

[...oh...]

[violence_ensues]

[Yep, the body's right there. Nearby, there's a familair blue bat covering the mouth of Anya.]

...Eheheh... I... found a bodyyyy...

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[Dylan...doesn't really speak at first. Just sort of. Staring at the corpse of a girl. A girl who seemed like a perfectly fine person.

Then he just...walks closer to Adorabat. And hugs her close to himself. Still silent. Still staring at Luz.]

[keyringwitness]

[Now that gets Yasu's attention from all the way in the kitchen. Dropping... whatever it was that she was inspecting, she rushes over to the gym at full speed, careening inside, nearly tripping over herself, and...

She claps her hands over her mouth.

Yasu has read a lot of mystery novels, but nothing prepared her for how much blood there'd be in real life.]

[noblesnow]

[OH NO THAT'S A CHILD SCREAM REIKA'S COMING]

[spychic]

Mmmphmmphmppppp.

[ganbatte, reika]

[noblesnow]

[...

...just gonna kind of scoop her up.]

[bellabellabella]

[Well, the yelp had been enough to be slightly curious about, the scream was something different. Edward ran to the source of it, and when he got there, he could smell the blood and pulled to a stop, eyes widening in horror before rushing over to the body. He stopped breathing as he knelt before it, reaching out to check vitals.

Hey, any chance she's still warm?]

[whimsicalism]

[Unfortunately, even if Luz isn't completely cool, she's very much dead.]

[cellpreservation]

[Okay well he had been making his way to the cafeteria for breakfast but like everyone else, a scream is enough to get him running over and-

Oh.

Oh that's a body.

Okay.]

[panglici]

[It's pretty horrible when the better case scenario would've been running in after Sonic and Dylan and finding someone attacking Anya!]

Oh, damn it, no....

[britbrat]

Oh, for god's sake, what are you making such a racket about first thing in the...

[ Valmont stomps into the gym, bleary-eyed and pajamaed. It takes him a second to realize what everyone's crowding around, but when he does -

...Well. Uh. That's. That's a dead person. Um. ]

[panglici]

You - you sit with her - you haven't seen Jeanne yet today, have you?!

[Accosting a nearby person because she just did a quick headcount and realized they aren't all here, this kid?

That shouldn't be a surprise.]

not here

[holyironmade]

[In response to Carrie's question, Valmont may remember that Jeanne was very sleepy during movie night and had to be guided back up by Reika.]

[curdle]

[ well she didn't hear the yelp but she sure as shit heard that! ]

Anya? What is't--

[ But she sees, of course. Thomasin's world slows down around her and her heartbeat races, and the only thing that keeps her lucid is the thought that these two children are seeing this too. ]

Don't -- please, you mustn't look on it--

[ she may or may not just try and pick up any of the smaller guys here to hold them back, sorry bout it ]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat willl step away from being picked up.]

Back away, this is now official police business! You step away from the crime scene!

[hashtagwoof]

[ That is a lot of commotion in the gym today... And screaming?! ]

Oh my god! [ He rushes in, but the crowd's too thick and chaotic to see what caused all the screaming. The curse of sleeping in and arriving late. ]

What's going on?! Did- Did someone actually-?

[ ... That looks like a dead body.

That is a dead body.

Hunter is staring at it in complete shock. ]