DAY SIX (morning)

[judgejudy]

DAY 6 (morning) Complex Population: 27 It's 8AM, and you wake from that deep, dreamless sleep that enforces curfew as always. There's breakfast avaliable in the cafeteria if you want it, as well as meals from 11AM-12PM and 7PM-8PM, but otherwise? The viewing stage is open. It seems that someone was busy during the night. — This post is for the second day as defined in the schedule. This post is for investigation and general mingling before the trial that takes place in the afternoon IC. ic rulebook character statuses character profiles private conversations graveyard

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[judgejudy]

[ The Viewing Stage is open, but there's not that much to investigate. The overhead door hides a small stage that you can look down on. Half a landing down, there's an odd, laboratory-like room. You can see doors on the left and right sides of the room, and the right side seems to have a two-way mirror.

However, you might notice the body first.

Franziska Von Karma has been killed. ]

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OOC Note: Thanks to the turbofist of a certain someone on day 4, the glass wall separating characters from the body has been shattered! Characters may now investigate the corpse and crime scene by dropping 5-6 feet down into the operating theater, but be careful, as getting back up may be difficult and the floor is still covered in glass. However, keep in mind that evidence in mafia-based games is usually inconclusive, so don't expect to find the key to solving the case even with access to the body! Please also remember that the room will undergo decontamination procedures from noon to 4pm, where the facility will go into lockdown mode without IC warning. Any character still in the atrium during that time will be killed.

As before, please use the same format for any investigation!

[mansplains]

..... I can't look at the body, but I can give someone a lift inside and outside. The glass isn't a problem for me.

[A beat]

...Provided they're not a woman. [wow, sexist, Guy!!] Sorry.

[tearable]

[ Because, you know, why not. ]

Don't let your bias show too much.

[ Good thing Elizabeth has fashioned the bedsheets into a tightly rolled fashion. She offers one end to Guy. ]

Least you could do is hold this and let me down easy?

[mansplains]

[why you gotta dox him Liz]

It's not bias! It's fear! I'm not doing this on purpose.

[He gets as close as he can and makes a snatch for it, shaking like a stupid baby]

Right, right. I'll try to clean up the glass to get you a safe passage.

[tearable]

Fear is something to get over, isn't it?

[ GUY FUCKING STOP BEING A YAOI? ]

I need some big strong guys to hold onto this and not let me slip. I already cut my knees up once.

[ Please lower her down like she's someone from a big tower, Guy?? I mean, sweep glass too but - ]

[mansplains]

Trust me, I've been trying. [He feels like he should have even managed it, or something.... memloss is such a tricky beast]

[anyway he's pretty sure Liz is mocking him, but he'll parkour over to corpseland with the the sheet and start clearing glass with his feet and free hand]

I'm not as unreliable a guy as that! I won't let you fall, fear or not. I promise.

[betraitor]

It's alright, I can give the ladies a piggyback in your stead, if they really want it.

[which they probably don't.

not that he wants much to do with checking out the body either, but someone has to pick up guy's slack here.]

[mansplains]

Sure. Let's go with that.

[it's the skeeze or the gynophobic loser..... your Tales protags, ladies and gentlemen]

Just don't hit on them while you're doing it.

[are you in a fucking position to talk, Guy]

[betraitor]

[they're taking one for the team? it's fine?]

Hey now, I'm a man with some integrity, you know. We're just trying to help each other out here, right?

let's combine threads

[tearable]

Hey, the more eyes we get on the body, the better. I'm not some detective but -

[ She thinks maybe they can all find something about this? After Guy tries to help with the situation by clearing the glass, she's just so ??? confused??? Why won't he touch a woman or be near them -

she looks to Alvin with a nod as she takes her heels off because jumping/ climbing is a bitch in them? ]

Think you're up for helping me again, mister?

[ Charm level: 900. Please watch her as she carefully hops down and nearly stumbles right into Guy. ]

time for a threesome

[mansplains]

[it's too bad Guy doesn't know how ironic that Alvin statement is]

[anyway Liz's doxxing aside, he's done his best to clear up the glass and has a steady hold on the sheet, even though Liz is riding the Alvin express and doesn't even need it anymore, smh]

[but sure enough Liz does stumble near Guy. Despite his obvious terror, he wills himself to stay still and catch her]

[despite the Johnny Yong Bosch noises coming out of his mouth]

AAAAAUUUUUGH!

[he tried and therefore no one can criticize him]

[betraitor]

Hey, we've made a good team in the past. No point in messing with a good thing, right?

[listen, okay. the alvin express is a solid ride in all ways—so he's got this under control.

well, except for the part where she practically goes careening into guy, but that's not not entirely his fault here.]

...You should probably save your screams for having a look at the dead body, don't you think? [morbid humor is the way to go here, naturally.]

[tearable]

Right.

[ Oh, look, she doesn't stumble too much to need Guy's help. She is a foot or so away and looks at him with a skeptical expression. ]

...Sir, there's a dead body. Can you show some re-

[ She cuts herself off when she finally realizes who the hell it was. She feels her blood run cold. Elizabeth said she'd kill the woman herself and now she's dead. ]

She put herself as a target. [ She says confidently, walking over and carefully kneeling to the body to look for the first sign of blood? Where it be? ] Revenge kill, I'd say...

investigating

[onepunchgirl]

[Veronica is pissed as fucking shit once she sees Franziska's corpse, and anyone nearby will be able to tell because she punches the (non-glass) part of viewing stage wall. Bastards.

She'll be going up to the corpse and searching the body. Did Franziska have anything on her at the time of death? Anything missing that should be there (her whip mainly)?]

[judgejudy]

[ It appears that Franziska had nothing on her at the time of death. Most notably, her whip is indeed missing. ]

[onepunchgirl]

[Well that sucks. Once she sees it missing, she'll head toward the room Franziska was sleeping in. Is the whip possibly there?]

[judgejudy]

[ The whip is still in Franziska's room, wherever she would have last left it! ]

[estimated]

[ he's just here collecting information... because that is also his roommate, and he feels obligated to examine her corpse, even if she's been nothing but rude and strange. but since there's already an investigation crew on this, he's just going to be stopping by to check for one thing.

around how many hours ago were franziska's injuries caused? ]

[judgejudy]

[ Since the wounds on Franziska are more difficult to judge the passage of time with, he'll only be able to tell that they were likely created no more than 6 hours ago. Assuming he's looking at this around 8am, anyway. ]

[estimated]

[ yes... he's just running around all over the place at 8am. it's murder season, apparently, and he has to check out every situation.

but thank you! so with that in mind, he'll quickly make his leave, leaving the rest of this up to the current group. ]

slides in here...hi

[newlugers]

[ this is pretty early for Steve, too, but Franziska being mysteriously absent from the room when everyone else woke up put the fear of the worst into his mind. A fear that, apparently, has been justified.

He's running up as Dazai leaves. ]

-- Hey! What's going on?! Is she...?

[estimated]

[ finally... the untouched room 3 has been touched with death. but steve will catch him at the right time, actually, and he stops in his tracks.

his expression looks somber, but not too upset, as he fills in the blanks that steve leaves behind. ]

...She's dead. Others are investigating right now, but I just wanted to see something for myself.

[newlugers]

[ really, he already knew that her absence meant nothing good. still, actually hearing it is worse. he clenches his fist. it's not that he particularly liked her - he didn't, actually - but someone in their room dying shows him just how vulnerable he is, despite his attempts to be tough and protect the room. ]

Dammit! [ THEIR GENIUS ROOM DEFENSE FAILED?? ] How'd she die? Did they cut her foot off, too?

[estimated]

[ clearly, one of these staff members has super strength!! but he pauses to think, recalling the image of her dead body... along with her wounds. ]

I can't say for sure, but it looked as if she'd been beaten to death. There was blood near her head, and she was bruised in several different areas.

[ which is kind of ironic, given lara and luke and elizabeth and the bat of "good intentions"... revenge killing indeed. ]

That's the strangest thing, actually. Both her feet are still there.

[ maybe the staff members have sensitive feelings and didn't like being called toe fetishists.... ]

[newlugers]

[ in retrospect, he's not sure why he asked. he supposes he just wanted to know. Steve runs a hand through his hair, forehead creased with stress. ]

Then she's totally different from the other two victims. [ the reason for that is obvious enough. ] It must be because she spoke up the other day and got one of their guys killed.