Day 13: Investigation

[pandatreasure]

[Morning comes, and with it, a distinct sense of unease. The raccoons spared no feelings in their offers yesterday, and even tried to ensure a murderer could get away with it... Only if everything goes according to the raccoons' plans, though, and that hasn't really been the case so far, has it? Haven't you been doing so well these not-quite-two weeks?

In some cultures, thirteen is considered an unlucky number, you know.]

((Groups of 2-3 tops under each toplevel, please! We shouldn't need more than one person at each toplevel so please don't double up and give other people a chance to explore.

Recyclr
Shrine))

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RECYCLR

[pandatreasure]

[today's ominous message:]

@̗̖̙o̲͇̣͖̳̗̰n̻̮͙̪e͕͉͙̼e͎͓͖̜̦͟y̭͔͕̳̼e̘͕̬͝d̜̩̜̹̫ś̪̜̜̖̝̙͙ṋ̙̫͓̀a͉̠̭k̳͚̟e
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͙̤̪͟
͟Pl̡͕͓͍̲e͔̼̙̪ͅa̦̼̞̻̳s҉e̜ ̻͔̠̼̘͍͝b͏̙̲̼͔̩͓̱ṳ̩͓̲̘̥̲r̸̻̥̹͓͎͎n̼ ̣͙̟͓͇m̶̮̺͔o̬̭̹̠͍̮r̙͉̣̹̬̳e̱̗ ̖̮͕̖̘͔̘t̲̥̘̲͈͔h̛̹̭̳i̹̳͕̙̬̩n̛͎̼̯͓͍̯͕g͈s̝.̦͚̮̜̘̞̠
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͘@̘̗̺̖͝s̩w̴͈̱͔̰̼̫ee̡̟̭tc̹̬̕o̬͈̥͙̫̤̹r̨̭̙̤͈̲n̲̩ ̶͕̲͔̰̞i̹͇f͏͎ ͓͜y̬̫͚̮̪̩o̷̰̱̗̗̱ͅu͕͔̩̱̦͈͖ d̡̠͕̠i͚̝̲̯̫͟e̻̣̺̪̞ͅͅ ͈̟͢I̮͇̻'̰̤̬̲͔̣̠͟m ̡g͕o̴i̙͎̗̞͞n̪̭g͖͈͔̮͕̪̬ t̙̣͕̹̀o͉̜̫͓̥̙ ̜s̨̺̞̗̗͖̲ͅp̟͔̪͎͉̳̺a̶̦̪n͏̳̞k͕͘ ͓̖͇̟y̻̩͘o͟u̖͍̣

SHRINE

[pandatreasure]

[you heard the man.

offerings for the shrine do not count unless they're placed under this toplevel!]

INVESTIGATION: SCIENCE LAB

[pandatreasure]

[This whole hallway reeks of something chemical... You won't be able to go through here without covering your face if you intend to be any longer than necessary to just pass through.]

INVESTIGATION: AQUARIUM TUNNEL

[pandatreasure]

[How about instead of dealing with murder we just look at fishies and be happy.]

INVESTIGATION: LIBRARY

[pandatreasure]

[The real first victim.

Content warning: This location is going to contain suicidal imagery. Please be aware before going into the investigation!]

INVESTIGATION: INDOOR PLAYGROUND

[pandatreasure]

[You've all been working so hard! You've earned an extra hour in the ball pit, or wherever it is you're going to be wandering.]

INVESTIGATION: MAINTENANCE ROOM

[pandatreasure]

[This place has a medical, sort of wintergreen scent to it...]

INVESTIGATION: GREENHOUSE

[pandatreasure]

[This place shares that medical wintergreen smell... It's really strong.]

[suppressthedark]

[Okay - Ichigo's been resting long enough, and now is as good a time as any to go out and finally get some talking in - even though it's only been three days, and he really should be resting. Even more worrying is that he's on his feet, without the aid of a crutch - but then, he's used to pain and being wounded, and stayed on his feet through worse injuries than this. A small walk to the greenhouse while supporting himself against the wall is nothing, and he can rest when he gets there -

...The hell is that smell, though. And the Raccoons didn't say anything...

Time to step in there and see what's going on.]

[purrtagonist]

["Akira go back to bed" NO SCREW YOU]

[anyway he's out and about this morning, probably in an ill-advised manner, leaning heavily against one crutch as he follows his nose (and Ichigo) to the greenhouse. . .]

[flamingprick]

[Well since Niles liked that book, let's get him some more trash to read!

And hopefully not get a body, nope.]

[chosemyfate]

[Totally doing that! ....except just also poking around for any leads while he stared at these fish he has never seen! Why not both?]

[respendent]

[ Hiyori's also in the library first thing, because this is a good place to look for his classmate. Tsumugi always seems to return, even though it's completely a burned out husk.

Hopefully he doesn't find dead Tsumugi, he's not interested in that version. ]

[very_good_end]

[Erika gets out of her room and decides to investigate the indoor playground for anything new.]

[suppressthedark]

[God bless you, boyfriend. We slipped out from the yoke of our chaperones to go investigate a murder!

Though he doesn't say much, focusing on placing one foot in front of the other as they walk.]

....

[Please don't let there be a body in the place where the bodies get Buried, that's disrespectful (if convenient).]

[pandatreasure]

[The library looks ordinary at a first go-over—but there seems to be a dark spot towards the back of it, like a light has gone out.]

[flamingprick]

[That is pretty weird! Let's go check out that area, and see if a light is broken or something.]

[respendent]

[ Okay, now Hiyori is following just because he doesn't want to be alone in a creepy part of the library. ]

If you are skulking in the dark, please answer so we don't assume you're a corpse or the culprit, yes!

[pandatreasure]

[No response.

They'll have to start weaving through shelves as they approach—it's a spot further back, where the fire didn't damage so badly. So, like, all of the erotica.

As they go through two narrow shelves where it's dark, they'll find, lying on the floor towards the end of the row, an overturned stool.

If they turn left they'll hit a wall. They'll have to round the right side corner.]

[pandatreasure]

[The boys will notice, contrasting nicely against the green grass, a trail of pink drip-drip-drops leading from the entry to the greenhouse into the offshoot area with the pond.]

[flamingprick]

I think someone's back there reading the porn.

[And look, they had a stool they were sitting on too! Definitely someone who fell asleep reading, NBD.

Let's go around the right side corner then.]

[purrtagonist]

[nnnnngh. . . pink is not red, but]

[shoots a glance at Ichigo, before approaching the pink drip-drip-drop trail and crouching down to to swipe a finger through it to see what it is. CROUCHING IS NOT EASY CONSIDERING INJURIES, but somehow he manages by putting all of his weight onto his good leg and his knee]

[respendent]

Truly? Who would bother doing so here, when they could simply transport it to their own bedrooms! But yes, I hope you're right! Please, Rin-kun, go first and confirm your guess, yes!

[ Hiyori is sticking close, but he pats Rin on the shoulders twice from behind— a motion to kind of shoo him onwards as they go around the right side corner. ]

[suppressthedark]

[Yeah fuck, that's probably not good.

While Akira kneels down (and he pauses to make sure the other can get back up), Ichigo continues to walk forward - though it feels like his guts are twisting into knots.]

[chosemyfate]