DAY SEVEN

[judgejudy]

DAY 7 Complex Population: ??? It's 8AM, and you wake from that deep, dreamless sleep that enforces curfew as always. There's breakfast available in the cafeteria if you want it, as well as meals from 11AM-12PM and 7PM-8PM, but otherwise? The day is yours. Take your time to explore the complex, relax, and enjoy each others' company, as who knows what the next day has in store? Though as you explore, you may notice that there's a new door unlocked and a new place for you to spend the day. For the more bookish residents, you'll now find a quaint little library open to be perused. Interestingly, none of the books have publishing dates, but for those of you that may know when the more famous books were published, you won't find anything past 1940. Also, anyone taking a stroll by the fountain this morning may notice that once again it's been subject to... something. The water is a darker red today. — This post is for the first day as defined in the schedule. This post is for general mingling and CR buidling, and will not include significant plot interaction. ic rulebook character statuses character profiles private conversations graveyard

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[judgejudy]

[ That water getting a deeper red probably isn't a good thing... ]

head count murder count

[injectors]

[So. The water sure is becoming a deeper shade of red with each passing day. Yikes.

Fortunately(?), Angel doesn't need to take another dip in the corpse fruit punch to know what it is. Once was more than enough, thank you very much. But knowing it's blood doesn't explain why it's getting darker, and with a troubling hypothesis in her mind... She turns to whoever is closest to her.]

... We need to do a head count. Could you please assist me in gathering the survivors?

[Because that's what they are at this point in time. Survivors.]

[liven]

[ shijima has given up on hanging out by the fountain ever because fuck getting sick like you losers, EVEN THOUGH SHE LIKED IT PREVIOUSLY...she's standing at the commissary or one of them or whatever and glances up. ]

Hm? I suppose I can pass word along. [ she shoves the packets of cigarettes she'd made the machine get her into her pockets. ]

[injectors]

[Shijima manages to be the smartest one in this gaggle of assholes. Congrats, Shijinyaan.

Nodding, Angel offers her a thin lipped smile.]

I would appreciate that. I'm afraid we might have another person missing from our ranks.

[liven]

[ cats are always smarter!!!!!!!!!!! in the cat's opinion, anyway. ]

Again...? I believe my room is accounted for, but I'll double-check.

[injectors]

As is mine, but... Anything could have happened after we left our apartments.

[So, yeah. Cats are, indeed, smarter. They don't go near creepy fountains, for starters.]

Please be careful. We still don't know where the last person went.

[liven]

I'll be fine.

[ probably. ]

[injectors]

I will hold you to that.

[DON'T BREAK HER HEART, SHIJIMA.]

[becauseimacoward]

[Eugh, a red fountain. Dojima stares at it for a moment before nodding grimly]

I'll be right back.

[Geez, things are getting worse and worse every day]

[injectors]

[She nods back, attempting to swallow the lump in her throat. Things sure are getting worse and worse, buddy.]

Please, stay safe.

[becauseimacoward]

[It doesn't take long for him to return, having done his part of the job, and as soon as he returns, he goes back to the fountain, walking around it. Yep, still as red as it was before]

Do you think this is Takami's blood? She was missing, this could be...

[Won't someone think of the children in this complex?]

[injectors]

[It takes her a moment to identify Takami as the missing girl from the other day, but once she does, she sighs. Someone think of the children, indeed.

Wait until they find out Ciel is missing, though.]

Yes. As well as that of another person, I believe... The water a deeper shade of red now — more blood must have been added to it.

[becauseimacoward]

Those bastards...

[But there's something curious to note, now that he thinks about it]

There's something about this water...It can't be from the same source than the water everywhere else, or everyone would be sick all the time. There must be a separate pool of water.

[...]

Do we know for sure what happens to the victims' bodies?

[injectors]

We don't. They simply disappear without a trace after the trial begins.

[And a bit wryly, glancing at the murder kool-aid.]

Perhaps the next room we'll uncover will come equipped with a corpse juicer.

[becauseimacoward]

...that wouldn't be surprising at this point.

[Who knows, maybe one of the executions will be via pushing the culprit into a giant juicer? Expect anything in murdergames]

It's possible Takami saw something she shouldn't have, or managed to enter a place she shouldn't be in. That'd explain why she'd be killed without there being a trial for her.

[selfsufficiency]

A head count? Sure—

[Or not. Alice whirls around and takes a couple of steps to head back to the apartments, but she sways on her feet and then blinks rapidly. Nope, nope.]

...not sure I should go alone. Do you mind if I search for people with you?

[injectors]

[Yeah. She sure is feeling the the murder juice side-effects, though probably not on the same scale as Alice. It's because of that that she nods, offering her a tight smile.]

I don't mind. Two sets of eyes are more effective than one, after all. Would you like to lead the way?

[selfsufficiency]

Sure... let's try going upstairs.

[There's an elevator they can take at... least... she'll just shuffle on over that way. Stupid murder juice.]

It seems like they've been unlocking doors after people die, so maybe... ugh. Maybe we'll find people looking for new unlocked doors.

[injectors]

People — or carcasses.

[Wrinkling her nose in distaste as they make their way to the elevator.]

Someone suggested that the missing girl could have been placed within one of the locked rooms, didn't they?

[selfsufficiency]

If that's the case, then we'll just need to follow the smell.

[Unless there's, like, a giant freezer up there or something.]

[injectors]

Assuming our noses still function. I might start to believe the water is a ploy to keep us from — literally — sniffing out the clues.

[Touching the water was a mistake. More news at 11.]

[judgejudy]

[ After taking a head count of everyone, there will be two people unaccounted for: Ciel Phantomhive and Jade Curtiss. For anyone that might have seen under Ciel's eyepatch, they might realize the eye found in apartment 2 is his, but there's no sign of Jade... ]

[newlugers]

Another kid, gone? What the hell...

[ he's not Ciel's biggest fan, but this just seems unnaturally cruel now. ]

[injectors]

He's only missing. We might still find him before the trial.

[Though with what happened to Minatsuki, she's... not holding her breath.]

[newlugers]

[ that optimism, though. Steve's mouth presses into a thin line. ]

Do you really think that's gonna happen?