WEEK 5 INVESTIGATION

[killerwaves]

INVESTIGATION

Good Mourning. Unlike the previous weeks, there's no musical serenade to greet you, just the ambient sounds of the island and the stirrings of those you spent the night with, if you were the type to want company. For those of you on certain islands, the background thrum (and siren laments, for those unlucky) of the warp phenomenon may also have sung you to sleep; but will they sing you to waking? You know how this goes by now, so is anything on this of all mornings really comforting? And is everyone you spent the night with still with you...?

Indeed, the not-so-dulcet tones of the ever-present haze fill the morning; you may not want it accounted for, but here it is nevertheless.

(( OOC: Welcome to your final murder investigation, let's get this party started☆ ))

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[dakicover]

[ crea jolts slightly when beel growls, but as soon as the other relaxes, so does he. he watches the other sob openly, and realizes that he himself doesn’t have many tears to shed.

ah… right. the others. ]

nona at the snow room

im sorry

[plunges]

[ Do you love him, Xiao?

He didn't know, when she'd asked. He knew he had love for his yaksha family, for the Archon who saved his life, for the Traveler. And yet, when Nona took his hand –

I love you.

– and told him those three words herself, he couldn't say it back. Xiao didn't know how he felt. All he knew was he had the desire to protect her and be there for her.

Weeks later, he knows, now. He knows who he loves here. There are quite a few, like the Dodo cabana, Wei Wuxian, Haruka. He wouldn't have realized his feelings for his partner if not for Nona.

...Ah. He never told her he loved her, too, did he.

Crea's text and the announcement start to sink in. Xiao stares blankly at the ground beneath him as his eyes, for the first time in decades, start to well up with tears. One trickles out from the corner of his eye and down his cheek.

One more person he couldn't save. One more person he couldn't protect. But it's time to get back to business, isn't it?

It's a good thing Haruka is here.

Xiao is silent. ]

[townmusician]

[Nona's body is at the snow room... All Haruka can picture is the chaos left behind in the wake of Xiao's death, which seems an ill-fitting place for Nona. He didn't know her very well, but she seemed kind and loving, even if she was a bit odd at times. (But everyone here is, so it wasn't like it made her stand out more then anyone else.)

Xiao, though...

He looks over at him, quiet for a moment before hesitantly reaching out for him.]

Xiao...

[This is awful. And it's not just Nona who's dead, either. Zelkov and Alice are gone, too, and it seems strange to think of Zelkov dying. He seemed so put together and capable, even if he did unintentionally do some mad science, but that wasn't enough to save him.

(The circus coming up later today won't be the same without Alice there to poke and prod and make snide comments, either, which is a strange thing to think about.]

[gluttoning]

[Once Temenos has agreed to look at Nona and Beel's had a little bit to try and calm himself, he's going to scoot over to Crea with a hand to his shoulder. His voice is weak.]

...Crea. We need to do something.

Help me look around. Please.