antumbrac | WEEK 4

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Last week could probably only be summed up as a mess. Three people died, one was turned to currency and the hotel pool remains in a general state of unusability unless swimming in pulpy mush is someone’s idea of a good time. And that’s not even counting the haunted morse code T-Rex. At least the greenhouse is as relaxing as ever, even if someone seems to have made off with a number of succulents and cacti.

But with the new week comes a new set of locations to explore as the fog retreats to reveal another portion of the city. The half moon wanes to a new moon this week, leaving streets even dimmer this week -- hopefully you have some other portable sources of light available if you plan on straying too far beyond the reach of the lampposts in the new areas.

[[Welcome to Week 4! Note that new areas have been added, and can be found under the Week 4 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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[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!]

[Today's forecast is gusty with temperatures above the seasonal average. The waning crescent moon hangs high in the sky.
High: 59°F (15°C)
Low: 40°F (4°C)]

[Today's forecast is thunderstorms with severe wind. The storm will hit its peak in the afternoon before lightening up to scattered showers late in the evenings.
High: 40°F (4°C)
Low: 37°F (2°C)]

[The motive for this week will go up on Tuesday at 12:00 PM EST.]

[Today's forecast is clear skies with a light breeze. The waning crescent is but a small scar on the darkness of the night skies.
High: 53°F (11°C)
Low: 38°F (3°C)]

[Today's forecast is breezy with some intermittent cloud cover and higher than average temperatures. The waning crescent provides practically no illumination, its face almost entirely shadowed.
High: 64°F (17°C)
Low: 53°F (11°C)]

[POOL — Community Service Hollow;]
[Sorry new places, Zangetsu is occupied today. As part of his deal with the Lady and Rembrandt, he’s been relegated to janitorial duty. He’s pulled a mop and bucket, a giant rolling trash container, a squeegee, and a broom out of the closet for now. The water supply to the leaking pipes has also been turned off.

Perhaps most notably, Zangetsu is sans most of this clothes today, opting for a pair of swim trunks and bare feet. It displays his Hollow hole and its radial markings quite well. Depending on the angle, one can either see right through it, or into some sort of black abyss. Weird. His injuries are still apparent, but most of the larger ones are scarred over thanks to Seteth.

Before lunch, he’s grumbly and bitchy, chewing on a small bone and waiting for the pool to drain completely. Once that’s done, he’s squeegeeing up the paper from his sword experiment, then scrubbing up blood. He spends most of his morning down inside the empty pool.

Lunch means a break! Thankfully for everyone, he seems to have brought a few pigeons and not his prize from the trial. He has a comic book from the library.

In the afternoon, he’s in a better mood, maybe even cheerful. He again has a bone in his mouth, this one from one of the birds, and he’s picking up rubble and putting it in the garbage. You might even catch him humming to himself.

By the end of the day, the pool area is… well. It’s not immaculate. But the rubble and blood and wet paper has all been cleared up, and nothing is leaking any more! … as long as no one turns the water to the pool area back on.

Look, he’s a sword, not a plumber. Call Mario.]

Edited 2020-01-27 17:34 (UTC)

[ The figures aren't the only one perched and watching on the bridge. Dazai has managed to climb up and sit on one next to one of the figures. He may even blend in with them for a moment with all the dark colors he's wearing. ]

Hello~ This is a pretty interesting bridge.

[ He's not sorry if he startled anyone.

Then he's hitting up the Boutique, looking through jackets to put over his suit's coat. ]

What do you think? I don't think it's my color.

[ Later, he can be found in the arcade. Time to investigate! He's going to be checking coin slots and skeet ball holes to see if anyone stashed anything in them. ]

[Ango will probably investigate some places later, but there are more important things to do right now.

Namely, he has a makeup kit and a snowglobe with him and is going up to people and asking them the same thing:]

Does either of these belong to you?

[He's keeping the gun though. Because y'all are shady and he wants to protect himself.]

[Sometime over the weekend, Iago left the items he received out in the clergy housing dining room, so if you're looking for a can of crab meat or a weird snowglobe showing this, then feel free to claim it!

Anyway, Monday morning means time to check out the new locations! Iago's first stop is obviously going to be the boutique. With no one around and plenty of dark and warm clothes to check through, he'll be here for awhile. He is absolutely not leaving without several outfits, though his aesthetic tends to be way more weird than anything in here.

After that, he can be found in the tarot shop. Most of this stuff is entirely unfamiliar, but it's pretty much his aesthetic and he is absolutely looting stuff from here too. So many of those pretty stones are going with him, there's no stopping the looting. Maybe he'll even snag that one single crystal ball as well... Oh, and while he's here, he might as well investigate, starting with the stones because those are the most fascinating things in here since he doesn't know anything about tarot.

The end of the day finds him back home in his favorite spot, the museum. You won't actually find him taking notes this time, it looks like he's just here to enjoy the electricity and light; he's found a bench and is currently doing something in a sketchbook, though it's a bit hard to tell what from this angle since he's intentionally positioned himself so no one can sneak up on him. Just to be safe, of course! We don't need another murder in this amazing place!!]

[ Rean was in here himself, actually! He's...going to be in here awhile because there was so much to be had in here. ]

Really? What color is it?

[ He'll turn to look at the other suit carefully. ]

[ Well, it seemed like there were two people checking this place out. Though Rean was more on the lookout for sewing materials.

With this, he might be able to help a certain someone in fitting into clothes better. But, there was really a lot to see here...so he thought he might actually might be a little overwhelmed himself. ]

...Haha, enjoying the selection too?

[ Gremlin-ing off with his crab meat. <3 Iago ]

[ It's blue. He's going to walk over to Rean to drape the coat on him instead, while seeing what he's checking out. ]

See something you like?

[ Picking up the snow globe to shake it. ]

Did someone leave you gifts?

[ The voice from up in the hangers does catch Rideaux a little off guard, but he doesn't show much of an outward reaction to it. It's much better than having someone just drop down from above unannounced, anyway... which he also wouldn't put past this asshole, so counting his blessings.

He looks up and smiles. ]

A shame it's not high enough up for jumping to be reliably fatal, hm?

[rean continues to be the nicest person here who doesn't deserve this...]

Of course! Finally we have something a bit more appropriate for the weather, even though most of these are a bit plain...

[...he's totally going to wear the cape with them, i'm so sorry.]

Have you come to find something as well?

It is a shame. At this height, it would just be painful.

[ He doesn't even look to verify, which means he might have already entertained the thought for a moment. ]

Are you looking into places where I can die? How sweet of you~

[ Rideaux is here for stylish suits, and you can bet he's going to be side-eyeing anything Iago picks up. ]

Not quite your usual style, is it?

[ The crazy opera costumes seemed more IC tbh ]

[ Not surprised. ]

Always.

[thanks, rideaux.......]

Not at all, but I'll take being warm over my preferred style at this point.

[...also because the opera costumes don't really fit his aesthetic either. most of the men's clothes aren't wild enough!!]

[ While he won't go through with it any time soon, it's always best to keep his options open. ]

For the best~ Wouldn't want to ruin this bridge. It's a Lovers' Bridge.

[ He'll hop down from his perch to poke at one of the locks. ]

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WEEK 4

MONDAY

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THURSDAY

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community service time!

mingle + arcade investigation

COME GET YO SHIT

investigation!

boutique

boutique;

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bridge; cw: being really terrible about suicide again

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cw on this whole thing

boutique

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