THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[Friday morning starts off normal as can be. Or, at least as normal as it can be for a place like this. Especially with the threat, such as it is, of Marie's offer over everyone's head. Surely, though, no one would fall for it. That's what everyone is no doubt convincing themselves of. Unfortunately, the peace of mind is all-too-brief. A loud, piercing, pained scream suddenly echoes through the base - a scream that seems to originate from the onsen.

Whoever is making the noise is in danger. Will - can - anyone get to them in time to save them?]

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[mementodagger]

[Damn. And Yurick was just about to head there for a bath. But unlike last week, he... actually cares now. A little. Plus a scream is a bad sign.

So he runs toward the onsen, not giving a damn about the ice water dousing he'll get.]

[earietale]

[Guess who's now sprinting her butt to the onsen as fast as her legs can take her?

If you guessed Barbara, you'd be correct!]

[fashionfever]

[How much sleep did Angela get last night? Not enough to deal with this bullshit. She's trailing behind the others, not really making them see her, and when she finally sees the doors of the onsen flashing like everyone has rushed inside, she heaves a deep sigh.

Angela opens the door of the adjacent art room to see if it has been tainted.]

INVESTIGATION START

[strangerpeople]

[Ping. Ping. Ping.

Move over, everyone. Here comes Detective Bottson!]

heLlo! iT Is tIme tO...investigate the crime. i Am surE yOu wiLL Do YouR bESt!

[backuphero]

[Right. Leaving the onsen. Very glad he told the fluffy thing to stay put until he came back for it because Fridays are cursed or something, no weird cat-butterfly thing needs to see somebody die like that. Nobody needs to see somebody die like that. Nobody needs to die like that.

He's heading into the den, hoping to whatever God's listening here he doesn't see someone facedown in the stream or stabbed through onto one of the couches. The bar is... admittedly on his thoughts, but drinking on the job is a bad idea, and if this is anything it's a hunt, now, with that damn robot chirping -

So, did Angela miss anything on her way through?]

EVIDENCE SEARCH

[strangerpeople]

[fashionfever]

[okay well now Angela is sitting in the den. she brought barbara's cassette up here a few days ago so she can listen to it in the cassette player, and she's doing so now to calm herself down. drumming her fingers restlessly on one of the armrests]

This deserved a separate toplevel

[losergod]

[ After the body investigation and he's taken all the pictures of everything... C is... going to go to the bar and find the strongest, plainest vodka he can from it and then let it sit in his mouth a bit. It burns like hell, but he feels cleaner now after having to do that to Rosenkreuz earlier.

Gross. ]

SPIRIT BOARD TIME

[earietale]

[So, Barbara and Jonathan had set up the stuff they needed for the "ouija board" the other day and planned on using it today, but then...all of this happened. So, while they still have the time, they're going to try using what little time they have to try and contact the other side...if possible.

So everyone is going to be getting a message from Barbara on their wrist watch communicator things.]

séanCE IN MES HAL. COME IF I NTERESTED.

[...what did you expect? She's from 1960, the closest she has to instant messaging is a regular telephone.

If you come to the den, you'll find Barbara and Jonathan, sitting on the couch. On the table is...a piece of sketch paper with the alphabet, the words 'yes' and 'no', and 'goodbye' on it. And a shot glass on top of it.

This should go well.]

Thank you for coming here today, after...everything. I don't want to beat around the bush, so I'll just say it. We're going to try contacting the dead. Akira said it was possible when he went through this the first time, so Jonathan and I wanted to see if it was possible to do so here. If you don't want to be a part of it, I understand.