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

[violence_ensues]

[Well... Adorabat's already in the gym. There's no police tape around, so she can't exactly set that up, so she'll just go straight to the investigating. She looks around the room. Is there anything suspicious?]

[whimsicalism]

[Other than the body? Yes, actually! There's some... little papers around?]

[violence_ensues]

[Papers?]

Evidence! Back off! Police time!

[She'll waddle on over to check them out. What's on the papers?]

[whimsicalism]

[Each one of them has a circle drawn on it with some sort of symbol inside the circle.]

[violence_ensues]

[Darn it, Adorabat should have talked to Luz more than just the once! She doesn't understand this weird art. Ugh, fine. She'll get her black bunny, Simon Norwell, out and have him flip the papers over. Anything on the back of the papers?]

[whimsicalism]

[Nope. Just the weird art.]

[violence_ensues]

[How far are the pieces of paper from the body?]

[whimsicalism]

[They're just kind of spread out. Sort of like confetti. Really sad confetti.]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat does not like sad confetti. She'd much prefer a happy party. With movies. And popcorn. And disappearing smiling cats. And evil red queens. What Adorabat's getting at is she wishes it was yesterday.]

[Were all of the pieces of paper face-up, or were some of them face-down, as if dropped during a struggle?.]

[whimsicalism]

[Some are face up, some face down.]

[violence_ensues]

[Hmmm, are there any blemishes on the paper, such as creases, wrinkles folds, dirt, ketchup, water, or blood or the like?]

[whimsicalism]

[Some nearer the body have drips of blood on them and some have streaks of dirt but nothing that really stands out to you.]

[violence_ensues]

[Hmm, well, uh... She doesn't have a camera with her to photograph the evidence, so, uh... the next step is to collect evidence. She'll gather paper one symbol each, trying to make sure she has no duplicates. She'll slip them into her... somewhere.]

[Adorabat makes sure no one was looking at her not following proper police procedure. Mao Mao doesn't have to know about this.]