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[strangerpeople]

7 AM
(MOCK WEEK INVESTIGATION)

[The storm outside still rages on, several hours later.

Even though it is no longer night, it might as well be with the clouds, which have started to take on strange colors within their shadows. It is not comforting to know that the sun will probably not be out today. Nor is it comforting to know that the threat of death still hangs low on everyone.

Sleep was likely hard to get, for those who weren't trying to look deeper into the plane's secrets and truths, and whatever sleep was received was just not enough. Everyone is tired, cranky, angry, scared, and on edge, while the snakes continue to be an ever-present threat.

So, as 7 am comes, and people begin to move again, or at least move elsewhere, trying to be mindful of the snakes.

One of your number has already died, along with three hostages.

Will there be more to come?

There is only one way to find out.]

Comments

[backuphero]

[Two people are looking at... well, if he thinks of her as "the body" maybe he won't come completely unglued. But that's not important. Can't be.

The Carte Service itself - are any of those cabinets open? Does anything look blatantly out of place aside from the dead girl on the floor?]

[strangerpeople]

[There is nothi-wait.

There is something gleaming faintly under the bed.]

[mementodagger]

[And this is Yurick bumping into Atsushi at the "door" to Hiyori's room. He doesn't say anything until his friend emerges.]

Are you okay? Find anything?

[strangerpeople]

[Some melon bread seems to have been taken from one of the drawers.]

[mermaidkin]

[OK. Well. Good work saying an entire sentence, Kei. Hiyori knows how hard that can be.]

As in... Her dead body...? Understood...

[He threads his fingers through his hair, stressed.]

We're not even safe on this floor... We gotta block out the snakes...

[stingyshima]

[... ah.]

I might have found something.

[He gets down on his knees to get a closer look.]

[awitchdidit]

[Beatrice wonders how many breads this girl ate in her life, but that doesn't seem to be relevant now.]

[Anything else about the body itself? Head wounds aren't necessarily fatal, after all.]

[backuphero]

[And there's no way to tell if she did that or someone else did, is there... anything off about the way that drawer looks?

If the answer is no, he's just going to start opening cabinets at random. Might be shutting them a little harder than necessary, but... it could jar something loose, if there's anything to be knocked out into view. Right?]

[strangerpeople]

[Be careful, Kei. Whatever it is, it's sharp.]

[whitemoontiger]

I'm alright for now... I haven't found anything yet, but..

[ He goes to say something else but stops short when he hears Kei calling out to him. Was that coming from HIS room? ]

Let's go!

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There seems to be some swelling around Satan-chan's mouth.]

[strangerpeople]

[Unfortunately, nothing else seems to be out of place in the carte cabinets otherwise. Just that some bread was taken out.]

[whitemoontiger]

[ That's when Atsushi comes in, frowning a bit and looking a little concerned now. ]

Think you can reach it?

Re: EVIDENCE

[awitchdidit]

[Beatrice will sigh, crouch down, and take a closer look, suspecting a snake bite...and holding a taser in one hand in case this particular culprit is lingering under a seat.]

[stingyshima]

Yeah.

[He's going to reach out and carefully grab for the object, bringing it closer...]

[stingyshima]

[If anyone sees Kei, they'll notice he's just kind of standing in horrified shock, the color draining out of his face again. His breathing is unsteady... he almost looks like he wants to say something... Or maybe shout it.

It's a few moments before he just kind of... stumbles off. He... needs to be alone, for a moment...]

[backuphero]

I've got a flashlight if you need one.

[He's trying to help, not loom up suddenly. Honest.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[It's a razor.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[No snake bite.

But there is a jagged slash line of blood on the victim's neck.]

[handsoffmysprite]

[She's not sticking her hand in, ew! But since she's a Virus, it's probably pretty safe to assume she has good senses all around? Not wolf-like, but upper end of humanly possible.]

[stingyshima]

[..........oh.

Well, maybe it just... got dropped and kicked under? H-heh... time to... look at the razor...

...he's not saying anything to Atsushi at the moment.]

[awitchdidit]

She also shows swelling around the mouth...

[awitchdidit]

...and a jagged cut on her neck.

[awitchdidit]

I might.

...do you see any blood around her body, Mr. Morris?

[Does Beatrice?]

[whitemoontiger]

[ Atsushi inched closer so he could get a look at whatever it is that Kei had uncovered, only for his eyes to widen at what it was. Horror appearing on his face in seconds. ]

W-What is that... I didn't...