WEEK 3

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WEEK 3

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Another week, another set of bodies to add to the pile. Two lured in by The Lady's machinations, and another two done in by misfortune; six of your number are dead already. Who knows who it will be the next time? And for what reason? Nevertheless, there’s no choice but to keep pushing on in your own way; whether that means barricading yourself inside your room for the rest of your stay, leaving artwork of your fellow Survivors around the housing area, or eating all the raw meat in the vicinity… well, everyone deals with things differently.

Either way, you understand the drill by now, yes? Another portion of the city reveals itself as the fog retreats yet again, lampposts lighting the way to the new areas as usual. The full moon wanes to half this week too, so make the most of it.

[[Welcome to Week 3! Note that new areas have been added, and can be found under the Week 3 tab on our Locations page. Once again, feel free to make top levels at your discretion, and remember to note it in your header if you plan on investigating any locations. You can also privately contact The Lady or Rembrandt.]]

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THURSDAY

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[Don't forget to respond to the Thursday night check-in post if your character is doing anything that may affect this week's case!]

WEATHER

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[Today's forecast is mostly clear with moderate cloud cover. Light seasonal winds will make the warmer than normal temperatures seem cooler. The moon looks about half-full.
High: 59°F (15°C)
Low: 40°F (4°C)]

SOMETHING HAPPENED

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[It's a bit too early for a big mess, you may think. Last time people had died on Friday, or at least late on Thursday, but this time it's early morning on Thursday and there's something going on.

It's at the hotel. Right outside an hydrant was broken, thrown aside against the wall, water flowing from the pipe it was connected to, flooding the street until it all flowed down the sewer grates. Puddles of more water litter the place, bits of ice float on them like tiny icebergs. Not too far away, one of the storefronts shattered, revealing the empty interior. Glass shards are all over the floor, but there's also a few larger, bright crystals among them, like something else also shattered inside this place. The hotel's facade is wet, but there doesn't seem to be any blood or anything similar around here.

The hotel lobby was mercifully spared, the only sign something went through are wet puddles spread all over the place -- the footprints of someone with soaked feet running by. There are so many it's going to take ages to clean! They all lead towards the same door, a door people may be familiar with already: the pool's door.

There's a short hallway behind that door. Once you leave the lobby and walk into it, you see the doors towards the pool, closed. Water's leaking under the door, soaking the carpet, spreading like a miasma at ground level, more and more coming out. There's nothing to do but enter the pool and face the music.

It's pretty bad in here! Water has covered every part of the floor, and there's much more ice around here, stained with blood. Red blood and, strangely enough, a blue liquid of the same consistency are sprinkled on the floor, the water not doing much to wash it. The pool itself has a rather large chunk of ice, embedded into the wall so deep it breaks some of the piping of the pool, leaving it unusable -- not that you'd want to swim in it, due to all the toilet paper and book pages floating in it!

In other words: this pool area is a complete mess]

I am majorly disappointed.

[That's a voice you may be familiar with, amplified by a megaphone. It's the Lady, standing at a side with Rembrandt dutifully doing his job as her bodyguard. She looks so annoyed, glaring at everyone gathered. The Lady raises the megaphone, continuing her announcement:]

Apparently someone is so useless he can't even kill correctly! And now I have to stand here and ruin the fun by revealing this is pointless because although somebody died, the creatures were the killer here! What good is that?!

[She sighs]

It doesn't matter, anyway. What led to that was great. Don't worry, everyone, we have already taken care of body cleanup. It's sudden, but Pizza is no longer among you. Don't ask me who is to blame here, you don't need me to hold your hands. This is going to be simple.

Call me when someone dies by your hands, alright?

[With a last scornful glare, she turns off the megaphone and leaves the pool area, taking Rembrandt with her. There's not even an autopsy report, or any information from them. After all, the creatures were the culprits here.

With that, Pizza is dead]

Re: SOMETHING HAPPENED

[inordertobelieve]

[ Mikami can be found in the pool room looking at the scene. He's pale, paler than he was with any actual bodies around. No trial. No trial means no execution and Pizza is dead.

If someone enters, they'll find Mikami's voice sounding hollow (hah).]

Where's Zangetsu?

[psychophant]

[All of this? Totally fine. There is not a single problem with this at all, which is exactly why Iago is looking a lot more furious than usual.]

That's what I want to know.

[inordertobelieve]

Considering the wreck this is, I'm amazed he even has the good sense to not show.

[ He might be framed but Mikami doesn't believe in that.]

[psychophant]

The only other person we know of with Gelu is Alfyn, and I have a hard time believing it was him over Zangetsu.

[Though admittedly he doesn't know Alfyn at all, so who knows!!]

There's only so far he could have gone. We'll find him at some point.

[inordertobelieve]

I'd rather find him now before he decides to go for round two in his attempt to get his powers back.

[psychophant]

Fair enough. Good luck out there.

[...because he's not going after the crazy guy with ice powers?? He'd rather not die today, thanks.]

[reanbeans]

You shouldn't go alone, Mikami. I'll accompany you.

[pr159]

Good question.

[drydrown]

...How.

[That is really the question of the day here, as far as he's concerned.]

The victim here wasn't precisely the most capable among us. How did someone fail this badly at killing him.

[notbymyside]

Clearly our killer is afraid of ghosts.

[Sarcasm is the right way to deal with sadness, right?]

[deadlygoals]

[ This is certainly a thing. ]

Zan hunt

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[ Let's check McD's ]

[moonfang]

[The fast food giant is not haunted this morning!]

[deadlygoals]

[ you could have had him passed out in the ball pit. WOW

okay, let's move on to the Tram station close to the hotel? ]

[moonfang]

[the inside of the tram station is empty, but if Dazai follows the trail of icy destruction from the Hotel to the side streets, he may notice there's a trail of blue droplets on the ground, leading to behind the station]

[deadlygoals]

[ Oh goody. Time to follow the blue droplets around to behind the station. What do we have here? ]

[moonfang]

[Following the drops leads to their source -- a boy in white, slumped against the wall of the tram station. He has a long katana in one hand and his white clothes are soaking wet and stained with dark blue in quite a few places, as well as some red splatter, making an interesting watercolor indeed. Parts of his clothes are also frozen solid, stiff in unnatural folds. Aside from looking beat to hell and back, one of his horns is broken about halfway down. But there's no doubt about who it is...

Zangetsu is...




still alive! Look, he's breathing, so it's all cool]

[psychophant]

[Well, now that everyone's busy on Zangetsuquest, time to look around. Iago's looking for something very specific here - crystals. The Lady said that they've taken care of the body cleanup, but... it doesn't hurt to look, does it? So do we have any Pizza crystals remaining anywhere around here?]

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[ Where are you looking, by the general scene of carnage that is the pool? ]

[psychophant]

[Yes! Checking the pool itself first, though hopefully there aren't any Pizza crystals in the pool...]

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[ God the pool is a mess there's bits of paper and ice chunks but they're not exactly crystals. Where to next? ]

[psychophant]

[oh thank the gods he doesn't have to go in there.....

Anyway, how about the area around the pool? There's a ton of water and blood and blue blood liquid here, right? Any crystals just sort of chilling anywhere in all this mess?]