WEEK SIX

[killerwaves]

WEEK SIX

16 Vacationers

Throughout your time on the island, there's been a steady rhythm; the murders, the trials, the executions, the clean-up afterwards that leave just up remnants for you to remember what was lost. This Monday morning though, things are different. The debris and any biohazards are cleared, but no effort has been made to repair the games at the arcade, or to restock the chemicals and damaged equipment at the laboratory.

Odd.

If you cast your eyes to the sky, you'll also notice that the distortion is also lingering—there's certainly less of it at least, a haze still lingering over the go-karts, one whirlpool lingering out in the sea. It could be worse, surely.

Though there's no new locations for you to take your mind off of all these oddities either. In fact, looking at your device to access the resort map area and scrolling past Kakapo's Nest triggers an error.

There’s one more, slightly more eclectic change: the kittybots, instead of having cute kitty ears and faces, are now without exception round-headed. This would make them look like ordinary robots, but their heads actually now look like a bowl of fish swimming, which occasionally form up into expressions. A change of pace for everything, it seems.

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WEATHER ALERT:

Bulletin:
The current barometric pressure is 29.90 inHg, and is expected to steadily decline over the coming days. Rain and storms are likely in the latter half of the week.

(( OOC: Welcome to endgame week everyone. We'll be running an endgame investigation Friday during our typical investigation timeslot, and Saturday will be endgame proper.

This week your admins can be contacted Monday and Tuesday only, after that they'll be incommunicado. ))

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[butcherspice]

You ain't gonna know what's even in it if you rip me throat out before--

[He groans a bit when punched in the nose, but takes the chance when she falters to turn her uninjured arm behind her back and push her towards her pal Wei Wuxian.]

Now, we can hash this out all civil like, or you can kick my skull and learn jack about shit. I've made my preference clear, how about you?

[He's gonna try and grab his crowbar while Psyche isn't in his general area just in case anybody else gets the bright idea to jump him.]

[diabolizes]

[ And he’ll catch her and hold her back, though he isn’t holding on particularly tightly. ]

What the fuck is going on? Explain yourself. Now.

[chosenwang]

[ Directed to here. He'll stand between Wei Wuxian + not!Psyche in Psyche's body, and Billy, but isn't making a move to pull his sword out. ]

The scene of Xiao's crime... [ The prints and indication someone tol tango'd with her ]

[chrysaline]

[ He gets a little grateful smile, as upset as she looks. Standing between people is good right now. ]

I really should have expected it, shouldn't I?

[chosenwang]

We all overlooked it. [ Or looked at it and second guessed themselves out of it. ]

How are you feeling, beautiful? [ He isn't going to turn to look at her, his eyes staying on Billy, but hopefully all knows he's talking to her ]

[chrysaline]

A little strange. I used to be... a little sickly. It's not so different.

[ She's fine! This is fine. ]

[diabolizes]

[ He reflexively reaches for his flute as he feels a rush of anger rise up within him, but his hand quickly relaxes. ]

That explains the footprints, huh?

[chosenwang]

[ A glance back. ]

We were almost there, but we convinced ourselves no one among us would be that stupid. [ How foolish...

He does pull his sword out, but it's still in the toothpick stage. He won't use it unless necessary, but will to keep Wei Wuxian from using his abilities. ]

[chrysaline]

[ Well, she's not pulling against that hold for the moment, which might tell him plenty. She groans a little and rests her hand on his shoulder as she tries to catch her breath.

A little golden light flickers around her arm, and then gutters. ]

He jabbed me with something. My power feels... strange...

[necrotiem]

[Ah, gone again?

That's strangely painful.]

Don't try to heal. You know what'll happen.

[chrysaline]

Oh! Thank you, Waltaquin.

[ She's a little too stressed to track things properly right now. She tries to give her another smile, but her eyes go a little unfocused... ]

[diabolizes]

[ He puts a hand on top of her head. ]

Wait it out. Listen to Waltaquin. Don’t heal.

[chrysaline]

[ She nods, but there's a little flicker of light again and she stiffens in his hold. At least she's not making a break for it yet. ]

Wei Wuxian. Is this not yet resolved?

[diabolizes]

[ He shakes his head. ]

No. Not yet. But it will be.

[butcherspice]

[Billy lowers his crowbar but keeps it held on.]

Won't hold it against me being armed, will ya? Man needs to be prepared when surrounded by a gaggle of angry supes and demigods.

[A sardonic joyless smirk makes its way onto his face, as if it's already defending him from the tidal wave of hatred that's about to drown him.

It was going to turn out this way from the start. But hey, he did say whatever it takes.]

I'll save the effort of giving you porkies. I'm a bastard, but not a complete twit.

That bug you got two weeks ago was from me. You just happened to draw the short straw of takin' the drink I spiked.

I gave the same thing to Xiao last week and Psyche just now. No clue why it turned Xiao into an overgrown lizard, but Psyche should be fine if this shite does its job properly.

[diabolizes]

Should be fine? What are you gonna do if she isn’t?

[ He feels anger welling up within him, but the lack of resentful energy he’s so used to allowing to course through his body keeps his temper from rising much higher, so he huffs rather than makes a move to attack him.

He’ll let other people ask the other relevant questions. ]

[butcherspice]

Well. If she ain't, what I do comes down to which one of you lot takes a swing first, don't it?

[He shrugs. He's got no illusions about what's most likely to happen to him.]

But you're right as rain now, ain't you? Willing to bet Xiao was a special case.

[diabolizes]

[ At least Billy is fully aware of what’ll happen, and that oddly gives Wei Wuxian a small sense of peace… at least, enough so that he doesn’t make a move to lunge at Billy. That can wait should the worst come to happen. ]

Why? Was it her specific power, or did you fuck up the dosage?

[microtransactions]

Pretty weighty if, isn't it?

[chosenwang]

[ turns out Wang Lu's theory of russian roulette with drinks wasn't so far fetched and he hates it ]

I don't know, it sounds like you're a complete twit to me. What is it supposed to do? Amplify powers?

[necrotiem]

The opposite!

[She laughs, because she never considered it, even once, not after the others.]

As if we couldn't take his throat out with our teeth because he thought he tamed us.

[chosenwang]

Ah. He was going on some stupid tirade about powers with Kanon's case. Was he jealous? That's pretty midboss of him.

[chrysaline]

[ Medea is having the most annoying day of her life right now, but this gets her to laugh in earnest. Thank you, Waltaquin. ]

Ah... I think I see what she saw in us after all. No one ever did accuse me of being beloved by god.

[ Get her her sword again and she'll show that powers have nothing to do with it! ]

[butcherspice]

Opposite, actually. Once it kicks in, she shouldn't be able to use her powers at all. Would be better if it kicked in right away without the stutters in between, but I can't be picky.

[chosenwang]

Why would you want to eliminate people's powers in a place like this? I thought you would have had some braincells in there with how you approach cases but turns out I missed the mark. [ Clicking his tongue. ] It's a shame I overlooked and overestimated you.