DAY EIGHT (morning)

[judgejudy]

DAY 8 (morning) Complex Population: 19 It's 8AM, and you wake from that deep, dreamless sleep that enforces curfew as always. Of course, some of you might be waking up due to a rather alarming reason. — NOTE: This day post will be run slightly differently because of the large amount of things to be discovered. Please indicate where your character is in the subject line of your toplevel, and a mod will reply to conduct the investigation. Please note that some areas may be dangerous, and your characters may be injured, but characters will not be killed (unless you want them to be). 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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[karachan]

[ THIS IS FINE!!! except it's not fine, Ookurikara's covered in wounds from the shrapnel but it's not like he cares about that. WHAT HE CARES ABOUT is the fact that Mitsutada's body is just salsa now...goodbye corpse salsa...

he does give pause to see if Mitsutada's sword landed anywhere, that would give him some comfort and maybe not force him to go on a killing spree but who knows...who knows... ]

[heroizes]

[ Jack is pretty preoccupied with the damn fire, so he doesn't pay as much attention to Rhys as he gets up until he's at the door. He looks his way again, but this time, he sees the blood on Rhys's stomach instead of just the collar. ]

Woah, Rhys, buddy, you should—

[ Jack starts to call out to him to ask him to stay instead, but again, the fire takes priority. Rhys stumbles out, and Jack curses loudly, since this is already turning into a stressful morning. He'll go after Rhys first thing once this is out, just to make sure the guy doesn't bleed out or whatever. ]

[betraitor]

I'd tell you, but it's pretty tough to look over my own shoulder.

[he's got some basic first aid sense, because it comes with the job, but alvin's just clearly not in any position to do so right now.]

Just do what you can, I guess. [...] I'd appreciate it.

[he's not totally shitty all the time, look at him go.]

[judgejudy]

[ Luckily, the sword is at least nearby and unharmed other than now being soaked in blood water. It wasn't in the fountain in the first place, at least.

There's also some interesting shrapnel around. Whatever exploded isn't going to be easy to figure out, but there are also lots of long pieces of wood... Like a baseball bat. ]

[puffing]

[ definitely going to dodge the nudge as well, because what is sleeping heavy when the entire room is on fire and he's covered in wounds that weren't from immediate stabbings? Bigby sits up from the floor that he was sleeping on as well (you're welcome Alfendi), looking at the flames begin to consume the room. ]

What the fuck? Hell no. Try and put out the damn fires! Do you guys really trust sleeping somewhere else at this point!?

[ THE BED. save the bed, or else Shijima will go on a murder spree of her own. Bigby scrambles to his feet, reaching for some of the blankets that he and Elizabeth had been sleeping on. he throws them over a corner where the fire seems to be roaring, hoping to snuff it out by kicking his legs. ]

Need to find the damn source of the it―

[ and then he turns to see that Elizabeth's blouse is covered in red. ]

―and what the fucking hell happened to you? Are you alright!?

[ cue him getting distracted and the end of his pants getting set aflame. oops. ]

[betraitor]

Kinda like someone's really trying to make quick work of us or something.

[there are a couple of things to note, both of which might? be more important than what alvin's about to ask. but he's turning his back to jack for a moment.]

How bad's it look? Because I'll tell you, it feels like crap. [what kind of asshole takes a cheap shot like this when someone is sleeping and doesn't even finish the job? though alvin doesn't even actually know it's a stab wound, or how deep it is—though obviously it's not so bad that he's going to keep over. he's got his wits about him, at least.]

[liven]

Of course not. But how are we to put it out properly? If you fight the fire, I'll see to Elizabeth, but if you can't put it out we're leaving...it doesn't seem like any fire suppression sprinklers have come on.

[ shijima at least pauses when bigby nixes running, or at least she pauses near elizabeth, squinting at the other woman. ]

...I am getting very tired of all of you being stabbed in the dead of night. Really, we need to stab the ones who keep doing this and see how they like it.

[tearable]

[ I'm so sorry for my sins.

Elizabeth is able to get up from her knees, but yeah - her side hurts a sharp pain but there's no time to really waste. She got everything she wants and with her items in tow. Her main concern was getting Alice, Shijima, Alfendi, and Bigby out.. but of course, things are definitely a fucking Mess. ]

I - I don't know! A-ah... shit, someone must have... nnn.. why didn't they just kill us? Shijima, it's fine... I'll - we gotta get this taken care of. It's not deep...

[ They're playing games and she hates it. She's ready to get the hell out but then Bigby wakes up and immediately try and bark orders. Fitting. ]

Hey! You're hurt, come on - we can -

[ Nope, he's distracted and Liz fucking throws another blanket at his feet to try and snuff the flame out. ]

Bigby!

[grimdeity]

I have needles, but not the kind you're looking for.

[ said hoarsely. knitting needles, she has knitting needles.

not only does rose have a bloody stab wound under her ribs, she's also suffering smoke inhalation and burns. plus the glass wound on her arm has just barely started healing. it's taking a lot of useless self-control to not drink. seriously, she can't even make a case not to but damn it, she didn't drop the habit just to pick it back up when encountering a stabbing and apartment fire. ]

I'd like to use them on whoever decided to go on a stabbing and arson spree, personally.

[estimated]

[ while their immediate surroundings are blood salsa, dazai looks around for anything else out of place — and among the shrapnel, finds some long pieces of wood. on their own, they just look like strips of wood, but he thinks about what it would look like to push all of the long pieces together.

and if he's not wrong, there's been a murder with a baseball bat before, so if he puts two and two together... ]

Ookurikara, over here. [ and since he knows he'll be ignored if he leaves it at that: ] This might be the weapon that was used to kill Mitsutada.

[ please, baseball bat, don't explode on them too. ]

[newlugers]

[ ok, what the fuck. Steve has no idea what's wrong with her - he just woke up and is rather preoccupied with the actual fire in their room, so he hasn't noticed the collar - but tacks that onto the list of things to worry about. Once the blaze is no longer blazing, anyway.

The good news is that he is actually fairly quick-thinking and reliable in an emergency. Angel stumbles, but he's quick to rush forward when she does, snatching the burning blankets away as quick as he can (hope your toes didn't get too burned there) and shoving them into the sink gracelessly. He wrenches the faucet on and hopes to god it's not a grease fire. ]

How the hell did this happen?! Did that geezer forget to put out his cigar or something?

[ speaking of, that geezer sure is sleeping pretty soundly in his bed, isn't he...? maybe someone ought to check on him... ]

[karachan]

[ Lucky for everyone...for now...but for how long...either way, Ookurikara in his mess of shrapnel and blood goes to retrieve the sword and set it on his hip, next to his own. Dual wield.

He wouldn't stick around at this point BUT some part of him (the angry part) wants to find everything he can here. So when Dazai does call for his attention, he heads over to see what he's found. ] ...This? What about that bottle I threw at you then? What was that even for?

[ please no more surprise explosions ]

[heroizes]

No friggin' kidding...

[ Jack gives the sink a glance, but shakes his head as he looks back to Alvin. He steps closer and places a hand carefully on Alvin's back to try and wipe away some of the blood to get a better look at it. Luckily, he's not squeamish. ]

[judgejudy]

[ No more explosions, thankfully! They've discovered everything there is here, so have a good time. ]

[puffing]

[ his priorities are immediately conflicted when he finds that Elizabeth is the one that is wounded. it makes him realize he's not all too great at holding up his word of making sure she doesn't die. well. she didn't die, but standing around inhaling smoke that isn't from a cigarette isn't going to help her condition.

all of the screaming makes him neglect the fact that his leg is especially warm, and it's only when the cover touches his leg does he realize what was going on. Bigby growls and shakes his foot to try and put it out, but he's pointing his finger towards the door and glancing at Shijima. ]

Get Liz out of the room and make sure she's gonna be alright! Come back when you can.

[ he's so used to being demanding, so feel free to shut him down. sorry, not sorry. either way, he looks around desperately to try and confirm how this fire has happened.

is there a clear source? did it come from something electrical such as an outlet or gas? or was something specifically lit on fire to cause it to spread? ]

[liven]

All right. Leave the room if you can't stop the fire, Bigby, or I'll be rather annoyed with you. Elizabeth, let's go. He'll come after us whenever he's finished...or we'll come back, yes, when we are.

[ she'll help support liz out of the room as much as her tiny self will because honestly. this plan sounds fine. bigby is used to smoke and also probably will not sacrifice himself for the room portion of room seven. ]

I imagine he'll focus better if we're not all standing around.

[judgejudy]

[ The source seems to be a blanket that's mostly burnt at this point, but was clearly doused in something as an accelerant. The location of the blanket itself wasn't specified and doesn't really matter, so you can make that up! ]

[newlugers]

I think we all need some, [ he responds dryly... but he takes it, nodding to Sakyou appreciatively. ] I guess this makes us even.

[ steve he's definitely not giving it to you to drink ]

merging!!

[estimated]

[ so he's just going to watch angel and steve take care of the fire, because thankfully, the fire didn't seem too threatening? and they seem to have it under control now, after shoving the burning blankets into the sink and allowing the faucet to run.

but since they both seem to be busy in the kitchen, dazai speaks up. ]

I'll check.

[ and then, he'll reach right over and give dickson's shoulder a careful nudge, with his hand. the floor is a spacious place to sleep. ]

Dickson? Are you awake?

[judgejudy]

[ Dickson doesn't stir at all. It's like he's peacefully, deeply asleep... At least minus the fact that his chest isn't rising or falling at all. ]

[injectors]

[It's not the same jolt as before, but there are small shocks of electricity running through her body even as she turns to Dazai. The sheets are in the process of being taken cared of, but for now—]

We don't know, but someone seems to have set our apartment on fire. Please — get on your feet now.

[And there is still shit set on fire, so she's grinding her teeth and trying to make sure nobody suffers a heat death here? God. Save them all.]

[grimdeity]

I wish it were me.

[ she wishes she'd hoarded some bandages?? she used a strip of her own clothes on the glass wound from the other day, but doesn't really have more to waste on her latest wounds. ]

Whoever they are, they better hope they get wounded and actually use them. Otherwise it's truly an inconsiderate waste.

[betraitor]

[alvin will tense slightly, because it's uncomfortable, but he doesn't seem too bothered otherwise. it's not his first injury, and (hopefully) not his last. but the wound isn't really too deep; no vitals would be hit by it, though it'd probably impede his ability to wield a sword if he had it just thanks to the position.

all in all, not nearly as bad as it could have been. while jack's looking at it, he'll muse on the other important topic here.]

We're down another person for sure this time. [jade was already missing, and now danse is too. cool... that's cool.]

[tearable]

[ DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

Elizabeth nods, looking at the amount of people piling up. ]

Shouldn't you get someone to patch you up first?

gym

[mansplains]

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[....Guy's going to check out the gym]