Sixth investigation

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[The sun rises on another quiet day. Quiet because you no longer have any hallucinations toying with your mind. Those familiar faces have vanished to be replaced by those that are left with you. There's fewer of you, and there's once more an unshakable energy that things are soon about to go very wrong.

Will today be different? Time will tell.

It's up to you to greet the day and what it brings. Stay strong, keep your hope. Hope is what makes us strong. It is why we are here.

There is, at the absolute least, no bodies right outside your doorstep.]

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Craft Room

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[Can't unravel those shrouds anymore.]

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[ Well. She's probably one of the only people left who uses this room regularly. Is anything out of place? ]

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[What Velvet will immediately notice, and what she would have noticed upon first coming down here before the announcement, is that the craft room door is shut tight.]

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[ Can she open the door? ]

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[She can! It's closed, not locked, and as she puts her hand on the knob to turn it she'll hear small, high-pitched sounds coming from under the door.

It sounds like...meowing?]

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[ ....Wait, don't tell her it's Aoi's cat (who she remembers was in the channeling room when they did it).

She'll carefully open the door, just in case the cat happens to be near it. ]

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[A fat little kitten drops back down onto all four paws when she opens the door, looking up at her with round, blank baby eyes before he opens his mouth to speak-scream,]

Myaaaa~!

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[ Ah, yes. Suddenly she is reminded of her brother's dog when he first found it as a puppy. ]

...At least this little one's safe.

[ She crouches down to check that the kitten isn't injured, just to make sure. ]

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[The little white lightning bolt mark on his forehead is stained a deep red-brown but Eru is completely uninjured. He accepts Velvet's check-up for only a few seconds before he tries to wiggle his round little body away to escape the room.]

Myaaaa!

[Where's Aoi? Where did she go?]

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[ Oh, that stain doesn't bode well.

She does try to hold onto Eru, though whether she succeeds is a different story. ]

I'm sorry, little one, but I need you to stay with me for a while.

[ Please, she does not want the kitten to see Aoi's body, whether or not he can comprehend it. ]

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[Unfortunately for Eru, he remains a small and highly abduct-able animal. Kittens are wiggly little beasts, prone to squirming away at the slightest inconvenience (in their opinion), but Velvet should be able to hold onto him.]

Myaaa...

[:<]

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...Sorry, little one. Aoi can't be here right now.

[ You know, in a certain sense.

With kitten in arms, she'll take a look around. Is there anything else that's unusual? ]

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[That's all for this area.]

AREA CLEAR

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