...THE FOURTH VICTIM?

[monoguests]

[Friday, Friday, gotta get down on...well, there's nothing to get down to, considering the music has stopped. There seems to be a distinct lack of Shadow Bugs too - has the threat of a murder been carried out?

Well, it can't hurt to check. Those who go by the showers will hear the sound of faint running water, and there seems to be...something in front of the Pokemon Center.]

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[superstylishschism]

[Don't tell him someone killed over this. Who would be idiotic enough? Well, he's noticed a pattern that people seem to die in the most recently available area, so he heads for the lethal lava land. Just what is that he sees in front of the Pokemon Center?]

[monoguests]

[Well, that...doesn't look like a corpse, at least one that he recognizes. It looks like some brown mush, though there is quite a bit of pink blood everywhere.]

[superstylishschism]

[Swearing under his breath, he bends down to examine the brown mush. Is there blood mixed in with it?]

[monoguests]

[...the mush is solid, surprisingly, and it almost seems like the blood is leaking from it, from near every orifice.]

[superstylishschism]

[Wait, how is it mush if it's solid? Well, this might be a bad idea, but he's going to try nudging the mush to see if it moves.]

[monoguests]

[...it doesn't.]

[superstylishschism]

[...Then there's probably no point in trying to be delicate. What happens when he tries to roll it over?]

[monoguests]

[He'll see a tan underside and a pair of squished-yet-stubby feet.]

[superstylishschism]

[Well that's...he's glad he's the one that found this. Anyone else might've lost their lunch. But is there a rest of the body?]

[monoguests]

[Nope. This is it.]

[superstylishschism]

[Wait a second, he remembers something...does this shade of brown match the Goomba student profile photo?]

[monoguests]

[Yes.]

[superstylishschism]

Guess he didn't make it out of here, after all...

[Well, this is a murder investigation, even if it's not of anyone he knows. Are there footprints?]

[monoguests]

[Not anywhere nearby. In fact, there...really doesn't seem to be any signs of murder besides this.]

[superstylishschism]

[No signs of murder except for a murder. Okay. Well...maybe it's time to talk to the resident expert on Goombas? So off to find Luigi. Dear god this will be horrible.]

[monoguests]

[...actually, before he does, he might notice... someone walking out of the Pokemon Center, yawning, and ---]

Auuuuuugh!

[superstylishschism]

Ack-!

[What is it with people he didn't even know were here today?!]

Where did you come from? ...And don't say the Pokemon Center.

[monoguests]

[...okay, seeing someone else there kind of knocks her out of her freaking out... temporarily...]

...w-well, kind of? I live in there, so...

Wait, who did this? Do you know...?

[superstylishschism]

I guess we missed each other, then.

[He's regaining his composure from the surprise, at least.]

And no. I looked around, but I couldn't find any evidence that anyone else was even here. Aside from, you know, the fact that something had to squish this guy and then leave.

[monoguests]

Yeah, sorry about that. I met the guy with the green hat, but I've been so used to being by myself that I just... kind of forgot to see who else was here...

...wait, are you the motorcycle guy? Are you a hedgehog?

[...hang on, uh]

...but yeah, I've been kind of used to holing up in the Center because it's familiar and not firey death, so I can't really help you out there.

[superstylishschism]

No, I'm a demon. The hedgehog's a friend of mine, though.

...Wait, are you Clarice?

[monoguests]

Oh, okay. Darn, I really wanna meet that motorcycle guy!

And... well, yeah, that's me.

[superstylishschism]

I think he tries to avoid coming this far, he isn't exactly fond of the cold in the area before it.

But you kinda confused me when you just closed out of the chat like that. I thought at first you were trying to hide or something.

[monoguests]

...oh, that... was you? I kind of thought it might be, like, a Meowth walking over the Dual Screen or something...

[superstylishschism]

[Facepalm.]

Sorry, English...isn't my first language.