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

[holyironmade]

[Jeanne kneels carefully, so that instead of picking it up casually, she will also be able to note its orientation (any text up or down, whatever). Is it within arms length of the blood trail for that matter?]

[whimsicalism]

[There's a lot of little pieces of paper in the hall, forming a bit of a second trail to the gym. The piece she picks up doesn't seem to be in direct arm's lengths but it has been slashed.]

[holyironmade]

What on Earth...?

[She takes a movement to the side between the blood trail and the paper trail. She continues slowly on her hands and knees to observe the bloodless paper in parallel with the blood, continuing to perceive it as lacking writing. Just what can the trail's length be? It seems strangely deliberate, as typically tearing up an entire piece of paper would form a pile, however loose.]

[whimsicalism]

[Well, there's a lot of these squares of paper with these strange circles on them but not all of them were cut.

But some of the larger pieces have been stepped on.]

[holyironmade]

[So rather than slashed scraps of paper, there are some small, whole sheets of paper, such as from a small notepad? Curiouser and curiouser. She reaches the end of the trail. That's it? Was the slashing scattered throughout, or did the pieces tend to get bigger as she went along?]

[whimsicalism]

[It looks like some of the sheets have been slashed, cutting the drawing on them in two or three pieces. However, most of them are whole. It's these whole pieces that have been stepped on.

Strange, the ones that have been stepped on only have dirt, not blood on them.]