First Investigation

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[It's been five days since the Champions woke up in the space station, and three days since Bolton's first incentive. And this morning, like the day of the incentive, Bolton is not in the library for his morning office hours. Unlike the day of the incentive, there is no breakfast being served either. The space station is still open for the champions' exploration, but there's something eerie about the suspension of routine, like unfinished business hanging in the air.

The Art Room door is ajar. Maybe someone's channeling their inner art student and pulling an all-nighter...?]

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[stitch_in_time]

[The Doctor really just wanted to get some coffee this morning. But the Art Room is between his bunk and the cafeteria, and that door looks weirdly ominous. He's going to regret this, but let's take a look inside, then.]

[yukionna]

[ In the absence of a training room to keep her from going stir-crazy, Rukia will absolutely head out there to get some more pencils.

But uh.

What's going on here, friends? ]

...something wrong?

[tasteslikesurvival]

Oi, what's happening?

[Kurumi was just going to start her running again but open door beckons. Also crowd.]

[stitch_in_time]

Maybe. You seen many doors left open overnight, since we got here?

[Ohai, he's been meaning to talk to you more anyway. Hopefully this is just someone getting a little sloppy, and not anything terrible.]

[imnotfat]

[Togami was walking by, intending to go to the Library, when he finds the Doctor and Rukia in front of the Art Room]

What's going on here?

[yukionna]

...no, I sure haven't.

[ oh fuck ]

[fatherofsin]

[ ...And then there's this asshole who grumbles and heads on forward to the library while you guys go play with a body probably. ]

[stitch_in_time]

Hopefully? Paranoia.

[Let's actually go in, shall we?]

[kingshaming]

[He hadn't been intending to go to the art room, but the growing crowd got his attention]

What is it? It's too early for any silliness.

[yukionna]

For our sake, I hope it's nothing. But, the door was open.

[ let's go take a look, Sir Beefsalot ]

[voltrounds]

[MEANWHILE HERE'S RICKY OBLIVIOUSLY MAKING HER WAY TO THE CAFETERIA SINCE HER ROOM IS PLACED TO LET HER MISS EVERYTHING ENTIRELY.

...and from there into the kitchen, because... no food being served? Weird.]

[kingshaming]

... perhaps Jamison was using it again?

[How odd...]

[fatherofsin]

[ While a bunch of people pile into the art room, Seth heads off to the library because he's grumpy and doesn't care. ]

[imnotfat]

[Togami motions with his hand towards the door. Go ahead, Doctor. Open that door further. Let's see if the game has started]

[curdle]

[ Her routine has become to wake, pray, and get to sewing, so it doesn't take long for her to see the rapidly growing crowd around the art room door! ]

What is it...?

[decarded]

[yeah, where's the food at]

[bylight]

[Okay what the hell is going on? Jusssssst going to watch everyone from a bit away because guys. What are you doing?]

[stitch_in_time]

[Please don't be covered in blood, please don't be covered in blood-]

[cyan_maid]

[Hm, it's morning - it'd be Friday, wouldn't it? Jane yawns as she emerges from her room...

...And hears something going on. Here comes one more teenage girl to the group.]

Mm...? What's going on? Another meeting, this early?

[airlockedmods]

[The Art Room smells of blood and paint.

Everything is in disarray, but the most obvious thing here is the figure lying on the floor. She may have been here all night, but she wasn't working on art - unless you appreciate the knives sticking out of her, or the way her blood has pooled on the floor.

Chitanda Eru is dead.

[voltrounds]

Something weird is going on.

[Just gonna go in and pick out some... ice cream... for breakfast...]

INVESTIGATION START

[theoverseers]

[It's not the mechanical woman's voice that makes the usual announcements whose voice comes out from the speaker on the PIPs, but Bolton's. Considering how gleeful he was at the incentive earlier in the week, he sounds distracted and almost...upset? The announcement is almost too brief to tell.]

Attention, Champions, the Champion Curiosity's body has been discovered. Now there will be a short period for investigation before the trial.

CASE FILE

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[The Case File will be loaded onto each Champion’s PIP to examine.]

Victim: Chitanda Eru

Location of body: Art Room

Estimated time of death: 12:30 am

Cause of death: Multiple stab wounds

Wound diagram.

[tasteslikesurvival]

[What the hell. No. Who the fuck did this shit? Kurumi just turns around and glares at the assembled people.]

Okay. Which one of you did this?

KITCHEN

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