THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[How is everyone, this morning?

No doubt, most of you are sleeping. Perhaps you are dreaming. Whether they are dreams or nightmares are irrelevant. Hopefully, none of you are heavy sleepers. Especially not when there is a very loud BANG that suddenly permeates through the ceiling right above the bedrooms.. The force of the impact is such the rooms actually shake, sending dust onto those in their bed.

If that didn't wake someone up, then the sudden scream coming from upstairs at roughly the same time will do it, right?

In other words. Good morning, Strangers. Something is happening upstairs.

Best to check it out, and quickly.]

Comments

[notadinosnack]

[Thanatos gets up and holds an arm out to Arthur. He then is silent as he thinks a moment.]

If I remember right Harriet's profile mentioned archery. Why does that matter?

[incendiarize]

[He'll take the hand up, thanks.]

There were-- two visions, this time. In the first, I was someone who shot an arrow.

[notadinosnack]

Wait, what? Two visions and one where you shot an arrow? What does that have to do with the bookshelves falling?

[incendiarize]

The second one, I was Jun. He was reading, and something stabbed him, and there was a weird creature, and he fell....maybe he didn't pull the shelf? I don't know...

[Jun didn't get a lot of time to understand what was happening. So Arthur didn't get a lot of clarity, either.

Not many people get to experience a deathblow and live to tell the tale.]

[notadinosnack]

[Arthur will get a hand on his shoulder.]

It's all right. Just breathe and remember that it wasn't you. You're alive and well and you're going to remain that way.

[incendiarize]

Yeah... I've done this before. With Akko and Franciscus.

[Dying isn't fun. But he can deal. He's seen explorers suffer worse fates in the Labyrinth. And.....then there's the exceptionally bad cases, like Visil....]

Do you think I should try for more, or just try and remember all I can from the ones I've had?

[notadinosnack]

I think you should sit down and collect your thoughts first. It wouldn't do to try and see more and forget a detail of what you've seen.

[incendiarize]

Right.... I need paper, and a pen. Before I forget what the thing looked like.

[notadinosnack]

Go sit down. I'll grab you some.

[And Thanatos will go and grab Arthur a quill, ink and some parchment.]

[incendiarize]

[He obediently finds a place to sit. Once he has the materials.....he starts to draw. He draws a friend.]

Something like this...

[notadinosnack]

[Thanatos takes a look at the picture. It may not be a masterpiece, but it gets the point across. He's definitely never seen something like that.]

I think it's safe to he may have been seeing things. Hold on to that, it may be worth showing to the others.

[incendiarize]

Seeing things....right. I am the only one seeing fleshy walls right now, right? Just to make sure.

I wanted to draw it before I forget. I....might be able to show someone else the vision, too, but that's mean.....feeling it.

[notadinosnack]

The walls aren't made of flesh. They just have a ton of cobwebs on them. Nothing but spiders and books. [And a body, but let's just ignore that part and let Eric handle it.]

If you want to try showing your vision to someone, I don't mind.

[incendiarize]

Figures I start seeing that now.

[At least he's not inclined to lick this hallucination.]

It works like....I am someone. I see, feel, and think what they did. So only if you're alright with....you know. [He taps where Jun was stabbed on his own chest.] Knowing what dying feels like.

[notadinosnack]

[Thanatos nods.] I already know because I was made to see it earlier this week. With this at least none will question you if you end up a suspect.

[incendiarize]

Alright.

[And so, in a flash of light, Arthur becomes a pair of glasses. Sup. Thanatos almost certainly does not have the stupidest weapon form.]

Just....put me on? That sounds weird. I'll see if I can re-see it.

[notadinosnack]

[Thanatos will go ahead and attempt to put on Arthur. With the tolerable resonance they seem to have at least he can actually put them on.]

Anything else I need to do?

[incendiarize]

I don't think so? With Emma is just kind of happened - they do that sometimes. Come out of nowhere.

[So, let's focus! Can he replay the vision of Jun's death? And can he share it with Thanatos?]

[notadinosnack]

[Looks like it is working and Thanatos will remain quiet as the visions play. He stiffens as he sees the first one, but otherwise he keeps his calm.

The second one where he relives Jun's death however is not something he can easily remain calm for. As he can feel the pain in his chest he unconsciously ends up clutching his own chest. His breathing grows heavier and his knees buckle as he can feel the pain hit the second time right before Jun dies. He definitely looks quite shocked at all of this.

He's still breathing heavily even as it ends.]

How can you stand to do that every week? [He says this as he is still trying to catch his breath again. He has some thoughts he wants to share but will need a moment.]

[strangerpeople]

[Yes.

As he does the pain of course becomes more clear. Yes the back pain is pretty bad and makes everything worse overall, but on the other hand, when you think about it, he did just fall on his back and get crushed by a bunch of bookcases at roughly the same time.

That would probably make the spine of someone like Jun hurt....a bit....]