January mini-event

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01/12 06:00

✽ The silence breaks at six to welcome in another crisp Wednesday morning. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and there's a surprise waiting for anyone who decides to sludge through the snow to inspect the area in front of the auditorium outside. There's a deep indentation in the snow, just large enough for a frozen, charred body to fit in.
✽ There are a total of three bodies to find. All three bodies have now been found.

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[adsum]

Miyuki may notice the faint smell of blood in the air as he moves down the hallway, though there is none that he can see. The student council room itself is locked tight.

[taketori]

cool cool cool cool

He'd double back, noting the smell and trying to determine where it may get a bit stronger. Let's check on the nearby club rooms to see if anything's open/potentially bloody.

[adsum]

There is nothing in the club rooms! The smell will grow weaker as he walks towards the clubs.

[taketori]

Which, he was afraid of. Time to head back to the StuCo doors. Since he's in the council now, he should have a key and have access, yes?

Because if so, it's time to check this room out.

[adsum]

He does have a key! The first thing Miyuki will notice upon opening the door is how much stronger the smell of blood is in the room. There is a small amount of blood on the floor.

[taketori]

Small amount, hm. But a definite stronger smell.

As much as he'd like to immediately call for backup, he's going to steel himself and move towards the blood. Is there any sign of a struggle or any drips indicating there's more than he sees at the start?

[adsum]

The blood on the floor appears to have mostly dried, though some spots appear to be more recent than others. As he looks at it, he'll feel a drop off liquid hit the back of his neck and roll down his neck, before another hits a few seconds later, then another.

[taketori]

It's not raining indoors, so that's probably not good. With a shiver, he's going to try to get out of the way of whatever the hell is on the ceiling.

[adsum]

Drip... Drip...

One at a time, coming slower yet still, a couple drops of red liquid hit the floor.

[notsosou]

Hey what's happening up h- MOM HOLY FUCK.

Shin is going to walk in, see the dripping red puddle on the floor, freeze and reflexively and slowly follow the movement up towards the ceiling with his gaze despite no part of him actually wanting to.

[adsum]

Shin is rewarded for his bravery with the sight of Maya Arisu nailed to the ceiling.

[taketori]

.......

Miyuki's eyes widen, he can feel his stomach churn, and he. Wants to run away as fast as he possibly can.

[notsosou]

[That is an immense mood as far as Shin's concerned and it's a little weird to be seeing it from the outside. After a moment's hesitation and trying not to look back up, gaze firmly not going above ninety degrees in this house right now, he'll put a hand on Miyuki's shoulder and sort of tug towards the door.]

Come on. L-let's go outside, okay?

[How is he the calmest person here, he has no idea what to do so he's just cobbling something together.]

[taketori]

[ Miyuki... can't turn his gaze away at this point. That was Maya Arisu. He had just spoken to her. He'd just worked along side her, had just accepted her offer to join the student council.

Suddenly, she's a corpse on display in their student council room. For all of the talk of needing to defend himself, suddenly this happened.

He barely registers Shin's comment, swallowing back the bile building in his throat. He takes a step back, unable to keep his eyes off Arisu, even as they move outside of the student council room.

She was dead. ]

[notsosou]

[Shin's going to just... shut the door once they're through, breaking the line of sight. Suddenly it might as well be Schrodinger's Maya... if it weren't for the fact the image is burned into both their brains.]

Sit here, I'll... get you some water.

[taketori]

[ Miyuki's silent for a moment, staring at the closed door. The key is burning in his pocket, and he forces himself to take a deep breath. ]

Thank you.

[ Sitting down, he can't force himself to do that. In fact, he doesn't know what to do with himself. Until, he grits his teeth and bangs his hands against the door. ]

Goddamn it!

[notsosou]

[Shin can't force him either, so after a second's dithering he heads into the newly unlocked science lab in search of a clean unused beaker he can wash the dust off and put some tap water in, because he doesn't want to go too far. He gets back just in time to see Miyuki smack the door, his own small jolt at it creating ripples in the water.]

Here...

[He'll hold it out... holding it against Miyuki's lower arm in the way that's his habit for handing people things now.]

...

[He fidgets with his scarf, looking away. He doesn't know Miyuki well, even as he's clearly upset. Does he even say anything? Can anything be said to this at all?]

...The others should... probably know, huh? C-can I borrow your PDA for a second?

[taketori]

[ It barely registers before he can finally meekly hold onto the beaker. Processing this felt impossible in the moment, and he has to somehow, some way, regain his composure. Even in this place... he's a member of the student council. He's supposed to show determination and leadership in his role.

He finally steps away from the door, reaching into his pocket and fishing out his PDA, staring down at it. ]

I... they should, hear it from me, shouldn't they? That Arisu--

[ He forces himself to take a drink of water, and continue his measured breaths. ]

Sorry, I... I don't know what to do.

[ For once, he can't think of a proper solution to this. ]

[notsosou]

...I'll do for you.

[He probably can't mimic Miyuki well, but it would at least be in his name? Mostly it's Shin not wanting to use his own if he can help it. He's holding out his hand, but he'll pull it back if not taken up on.

...

He's seen this kind of responsibility break someone before. He exhales, long, as the situation really starts to sink in.]

Don't worry about it. ...Ahaha, consider it delegation.

[It's not like he really knows what to do either but... he has at least seen this before... Can share the load a little.]

[taketori]

...

[ With everything that's been going on... honestly. There's not much of a choice on his end.

Miyuki hands over his PDA. ]

If you could. I'm not going to be much help at the moment. I... I'll hang out here, in front of the door until I'm ready.

[ Ready for what, he has no idea. ]

[notsosou]

I-It's fine... I'll keep you updated.

[He'll take the PDA and settle in place leaning against the side of the wall texting for a bit, face and frown half-buried in scarf, blood draining from his face as the response occurs and then a breath of relief as... Komaeda... seems to have it handled.

He looks down at the screen and turns it off, and then looks at the door to the room the same way someone regards a ceiling high pile of dishes except with the element that that's a dead person in there. He really doesn't want to go in, but... he passes the device back to Miyuki.]

Here... I'm... gonna head inside and see if there's any... clues, or something.

[He's darting in neat as you like, no need for Miyuki to see any more of the body than he needs to.]

[adsum]

Shin will return to the room to find it as he left it. There is blood in the room underneath the body. The room contains tables and chairs, a chalkboard, announcement equipment, and four filing cabinets that are currently inaccessible.

What would he like to check first?

[notsosou]

First thing I guess is crane his neck up and see if the blood's coming just from the nails being in there or if there's a larger visible wound of some kind, scarf being held against his mouth and nose in a futile attempt to block out the smell.

Soso tempted to touch the announcement equipment but after the disaster on the network Shin's a little reluctant to broadcast on the tannoy even if no one else is here yet - is there anything written on the chalkboard though?

[adsum]

The blood is coming from the nails pinning her in place, which are primarily scattered about her joints. There are no other visible injuries.

There is nothing written on the chalkboard; it's been wiped clean.

[notsosou]

He doesn't know about a certain lantern's blackboard revealing properties, but he can still wish he had it.

The horrifying possibility approaches that she might actually be still alive despite all this, so is she still breathing?

He's also going to drag a table under but not in the way of the blood drip under so that he can stand on it for a closer look.