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

[cellpreservation]

[As mentioned he's keeping an eye on the body, watching as Edward gets to work. But like, he's here if people want him for whatever reason.]

[hashtagwoof]

[ Well. Uh. Hunter is officially horrified. We are actually investigating a murder, which probably means someone finally snapped.

Not a fun time for anyone!

At least Hunter has come to trust Yuta enough to talk to him. ]

So... What now?

[cellpreservation]

[Still keeping an eye on Edward's movements.]

We have to look for clues and figure out who the killer is. If they get away with it, all of us die.

not a gagtag

[weirdlymagical]

[Hey, Yuuta. Keeping an eye on things? That body certainly isn't going anywhere.

But there is a flash of movement from the entrance of the gym... and a frantically hooting owl alights in the air over Luz before landing on the floor and plodding over to her body.]

Re: not a gagtag

[cellpreservation]

[...

Uhhh what just happened.

He glances one last time to make sure Edward's doing as he should before crouching down to take a look at the owl.]

Um...

[weirdlymagical]

[What happened is a bird just flew into the gym and is now cooing at the body of his (former) owner in the owl approximation of emotional distress. Gently nudging his head into her shoulder to try and wake her up because this isn't funny.

Not at all.]

[cellpreservation]

[...No, it really isn't.]

Hey. She's, um...

[Should he even bother talking?? It's an owl, after all.

...But then again it knew enough to find her and understand something's wrong, so...

After a moment of hesitation, he crouches down and tries to offer his hands out to it, cupped like a sort of platform, should he be able to coax it to him.]

...She's gone.

[weirdlymagical]

[He's hesitant, and still trying to rouse his sort-of owner from her spot. But Owlbert isn't a dumb Palisman. And after a moment, he'll hop into the offered hand, hooting in a way that sounds unmistakably saddened.]

[cellpreservation]

[Sorry, little... owl... guy. He carefully brings his hand up to his shoulder, because this seems like an appropriate bird perching place according to media.]

We'll figure out who did it, okay?