Sixth investigation

[letsplayamod]

[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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[fillets]

[ Honestly. Riful was furious over someone controlling her body and mind the way Typhon and his mystery patron have over the last few days, but that man of hers specifically... he was completely useless, and yet she still feels almost angry to have lost him.

... Welp, no use in showing vulnerability to any kind of audience! It's time for her to go to the forest and take one of her daily vibechecks. ]

[letsplayamod]

[Get your vibes, Riful. It's all good here.]

[murchada]

[babygirl is still going the fuck through it so we're just kinda. wandering. visiting the elysian fields, you know how it is.]

[pariunt]

[Last week, and yesterday, was A Lot so he's just going to go hang out with the horses.]

[raisethemoon]

[ Well, it's been...a week. Luna will go and take her flight around the grounds again, starting over by the cliffs. ]

[fillets]

[ okay ♥ yay ♥

Eventually, she'll head over to the eatery, albeit without any plans to eat anything! Because she knows someone's dead and "people gather here because they need to eat three times a day" makes it a safe bet as a location to check. ]

[letsplayamod]

[By the cliffs, you spot that ferdinand has died again.

Wait, no. That's just a weird bird. The area is disaster free.]

[taintedfayth]

[You know his routine, he's up and heading out to the gardens on this fine morning.]

[letsplayamod]

[It is how it is, but Cerejeira may not get that chance.

As she ventures to the lowest layer, she'll pass through the fourth floor and notice as she nears the stairs that things are amiss.]

[letsplayamod]

[Look at the horses, the horses are amazing.]

[letsplayamod]

[Enjoy the weather, Seymour. It won't last.]

[stringup]

[ Well, she's going down to the fourth floor crafts room since. She sure has been stalling on those death shrouds. ]

[murchada]

[is this because she carries the spirit of lesbians leb with her. has the curse passed.

yeah she will check that out, obviously, what's up...]

[letsplayamod]

[Well, those death shrouds may have to wait just a bit longer. But we'll be getting back to you, Velvet ;)]

[letsplayamod]

[Looks like there's been a situation at the bar again. Such a mess here...

Is that blood?]

[murchada]

[oh

fuck

yeah she's following that trail and going into the bar, what the HELL happened?]

[raisethemoon]

[ OH NO - oh wait wow that is a super weird bird! Anyway!

She isn't really feeling the training grounds for some reason, so. How about the garden? ]

[letsplayamod]

[You follow the trail of red in through the entrance to Quark's bar. Always a friendly place (barring a monster break-in or two). Instead, the lights are low, the mood is quiet, and the stench of blood hangs thick in the air.

Almost immediately, you spot the bodies on the floor. You're not the first to find them, either. The Winions, those lovable little furballs, are hovering over them absolutely distressed over this.

"No, no, no, no..."

"Terrible. Awful."

"Disaster!"

And it's not difficult to see why. Beneath them, resting in a pool of red and golden blood, is Aoi and Quark himself.]

[murchada]

[for a moment, she wonders if the hallucinations are still there. because ah, surely... surely what she's seeing isn't real.

she's going to blink, rub the sleep from her eyes, and look up to see Aoi behind the bar. Quark telling her to stop giving people free drinks, or grumbling about something.

...

oh. it's still there.




...gang she just screams]

[fillets]

[ Here's the thing: never in a million years would I ask the mods if Riful can scan the island to see who's missing, but once the bodies are found it's open season as long as it gets us to the body announcement faster, babey! If it wasn't the awareness they're down multiple auras, it would be the scream, and if it wasn't the scream, it would be the blood.

Oh.

She's dimly aware that Cerejeira's already precarious emotional situation must have dropped straight into hell, but also? She's not dealing with that. Literally anyone else can deal with that. She's just looking at the bodies. ]

[stringup]

[ So guess who was in the crafts room right next door and came rushing over once she heard the screaming? ]

Cerejeira?!

[ ....Oh. ]

[raisethemoon]

[ It takes Luna a little bit to arrive as well - she was flying around outside, after all! But when she does arrive -

She stands stock-still for a moment, then screams super fucking loud. If you didn't hear Cerejeira, you definitely heard this! ]

[murchada]

We-- We need-- Seymour, he can heal, maybe we can still--

[babe i don't think curaga is gonna fix this one]

A BODY(S) HAS BEEN DISCOVERED

[letsplayamod]

[There's not much pomp and circumstance. The sky just thrums red, and anyone outside (or a good few floors deep) will hear the Titan's booming voice.]

It would seem that you have two more bodies on your hands. Such a pity... I wonder if you'll be able to solve this one, or if it may just end up destroying you.

I suggest you hurry.

[With that ominous refrain, Typhon fades on the wind and you are left with two dead friends.]

[stringup]

I...

[ No, Velvet has seen enough bodies to know it's already too late. ]

There's no healing this.