...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]

[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.

[chaoscontrol]

What is that.

[Hedgehogs, much like devils, come when spoken of. Shadow may have lost his sweater in a dreadful accident, but a blanket will do just as well. A blanket that he has in a ball in his arms because it is HOT HERE.

And that blob is gross]

That's not a student is it? [oh, wait, another person] Who... is this?

[monoguests]

Oh... yeah, sorry, didn't think of that...

[...she looks kind of ashamed at being kind of blunt, but then...]

...okay, you're not a Pokemon, right...?

[...she sounds a little defeated at that.]

[superstylishschism]

He's a hedgehog. And that's...I think it's a Goomba. I was about to go look for Luigi to confirm, since he's the one that's met one in person.

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow confirms Alastor's description with a nod] Sorry to disappoint. But I've been told that the resemblance is uncanny. That must make you... Clarice? Have you been here all along?

... Goomba. [he quirks a brow ridge, then looks down at the goo....mba.] Kind of hard to tell that it's anything, to be honest.

[monoguests]

Yeah, I've been... uh, literally here, and ---

Wait, you're the hedgehog, so you're the motorcycle guy.

[superstylishschism]

I...uh...think it was squished. He was squished? Do mushrooms even have genders?

Anyway, it looks like it used to match the picture on the student profile card Luigi found, so...

[chaoscontrol]

... I don't think they do.

[he blinks at Clarice] Um. Yes? You mean, the person who drew the motorcycle on the DS, right? My name is Shadow, actually.

[monoguests]

Yeah, that's exactly who I meant! ...Wow, though, you were not the kinda guy I was expecting at all.

[chaoscontrol]

I'm sure you were expecting someone taller. I get that a lot.

[monoguests]

...Kind of, yeah. Wait, do they make hedgehog-sized motorcycles in your world?