THE FIRST VICTIM

[monoguests]

[This morning, it seems like the world should have ended, but if anyone wakes up early enough or just (quite understandably) couldn’t sleep… well… they’ll see four giant Monobears catching the falling moon and pushing it back up into the sky.

That sure is a thing that happened, but it seems to have happened before touching the ground. That’s a good thing, right?

...Unfortunately, there might be something a little wrong. For one, there’s no music playing on the loudspeakers… which kind of leaves an unsettling stillness hanging in the air.

Maybe it’s best to check around the camp to make sure everyone’s alright.]

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[fitnessenthusiast]

[Wow, using her brain is oddly exciting. She's never done that before. Let's see what's on the rack!]

[monoguests]

[Red-and-white striped socks.]

[fitnessenthusiast]

[Well there you go! She'll pick them up and examine them because no one told her not to touch evidence.]

[monoguests]

[The stocks themselves are both stained with mud and very, very wet.]

[fitnessenthusiast]

[Huuuuh.

She walks outside the shower and carefully place the socks on her yoga mat. She'll take it to the lost and found later. And also find out if there's a lost and found here.

With that mental work done, she seems eager to get back onto showering.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[So after helping Yomiel out and ordering her dragon to go through the fire and the flames, Clair decides to do some more investigating. The showers was one of the places she didn't check, so she heads over there. It doesn't take too long for her to follow those muddy footprints, though, and when she does...

What the-]

Wiitney?

[AUDIBLE GASP.]

Don't touch that!

[fitnessenthusiast]

[Whoa what? She freezes in surprise, head tilted in confusion. Hand hovering over the handle.

She's more than a little perplexed.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

Pull your hand away from it.

[As serious as Clair's tone usually is, this time is clearly different.

This time it's an order.]

These footprints are evidence, and we can't let them get destroyed.

[fitnessenthusiast]

[Oh, an order. Wiitney understands orders. Even if she's confused, you gotta obey orders. She slowly puts her hand down.

But since Clair's not a sentient balance board, she feels relatively safe questioning them.] I was told to shower.

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Oh boy. Explaining this is going to be fun (especially since Clair was probably one of those people who told her to shower). At the very least, her ignorance about why this is a bad idea seems in tune with the rest of her actions. Plus it doesn't seem like her act is a front.]

You do, but not right now. Not until we examine these foot prints and tell the others about them. Right now gathering clues is more important than your shower.

[fitnessenthusiast]

[Oh, okay. She doesn't really know how clues are involved but she assumes its important.]

Is the pink liquid a clue?

[sunflowerfields]

[HELLO FRIENDS Hinawa looks a bit flustered as she walks in on the scene.]

Oh- I heard voices, I was worried that- is everything all right in here?

[tsungeonsanddragons]

Yes, actually. From what we found, it's actually bl-

[Blunders? Blunts? Blips? WE MAY NEVER KNOW, as Clair gets cut off by Hinawa.]

We're alright, if that's what you mean. Watch your step; the shower seems like it was part of the crime scene.

[sunflowerfields]

Crime sc- oh, oh! [she takes a few frantic steps back in disgust] Was someone else... don't tell me someone else got hurt!

[fitnessenthusiast]

[Someone got hurt? Yikes. She hopes they get better soon.]

I did not see anyone else here.

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Clair nods.]

Wiitney's right. No one else got hurt that we've seen. Whatever happened here is likely related to what happened to Mac.

[sunflowerfields]

Oh, dear. What... what happened in here, do you think?

[fitnessenthusiast]

Showers.

[Wiitney, come on.]

[sunflowerfields]

[wiitney r u 4 srs]

What I mean is, do you think somebody... did something to him here?

[That was a very hard thing for her to say, and her voice was shaking. Hinawa still can't believe this is happening.]

[fitnessenthusiast]

Like steal his socks? Or he stole their socks?

[She isn't sure who's socks those are.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

No, Wiitney. It's not his socks. Mac...

[...]

Do you know what death is?

[fitnessenthusiast]

[She spends a long time thinking. Clair's tone sounds like one of those things where Wiitney looks like a moron if she says no.

So she bluffs again.] Yes.

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Not sure if she believes her or not. Worth a try, at least.]

Then you should know what it means when I say Mac is dead.

[fitnessenthusiast]

[Mac... that's... the muscle guy, right.

She isn't sure what to say so she nods slowly.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

Are you sure you know what that means? You don't have to lie to me. I'm not going to get mad.

[After all, it's not like Wiitney killed him. Hopefully...]