WEEK ONE, SATURDAY

[killerwaves]

INVESTIGATION(?)

Exciting night, no? Were you able to get to sleep, or did you stay up into the wee hours, seeing that far-off shimmer near the gazebos and listening to the rising rumble of whatever-that-is and wondering when it would come for you?

At least, when dawn finally comes and the shimmer is overcome by the rising light of the sun, it seems that last night wasn't the end. For you.

Instead, once it's morning proper, there's a shift -- like the breeze and the smell after a bout of sudden summer thunderstorm without the storm: the pressure and the oppressive atmosphere of yesterday is gone, just like that. But also: accompanying it a few seconds later is a clean whipcrack of sound, like giant hands clapping together. And a moment after that, you'll feel something pass overhead -- you won't be able to see anything, but anyone outside at the time will find themselves staggered by what seems to be a small shockwave spreading throughout the island.

That's not the only change that awaits you this morning, however.

You might want to get out of bed, if you haven't already, and take a proper look around.

(( OOC: Welcome to our peace week Saturday event, islanders! Please note that this will be run similarly to a normal investigation, but will not be a full investigation. As such, everyone is welcome to explore for the first part of the event, and then we will take a limited amount of people for the second half, investigation-style. ))

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PSA (PALMTREE SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT)

[ho_ohs]

[Not long after Merlin is found, a nearby palm tree (or rather, the speaker in it) clears its throat with a lengthy crackle. There's something like a dramatic pause, or maybe just contemplation of the mess here.]

Seems to me like somebody's taken matters into their own hands after the island did its thing yesterday. Thanks for being a sacrifice to the cause, Merlin.

Tell you what, why don't you try figuring out who did it? I'll give you, say, an hour or so. Should be enough time.

un: xiao, literally a second after ho-oh's announcement

[plunges]

[ ..........wang lu do you really want this

But okay, guy's having a moment. Xiao takes in a deep breath and opens the app. Don't mess this up. You can do this. You can send the message with 100% accuracy – ]

want lu, calamari and i are at garden. mermaid is dead. mermaid. marmalade. wang lu kallamar

[ Five seconds later: ]

merlin. sorry. he's gone. merlin has passed.

[ho_ohs]

.....

un: twopied

[divector]

thank you for the one and only announcement

[ 10/10 this is the only one that happened now, deal with it ho-oh ]

un: patriarch

[diabolizes]

you need to learn how to type

un: songofpeace

[idologue]

I must agree. I have sympathy for your lack of experience, but matters such as this may require more gravity.

[conceivesfrenzy]

you know theres a backspace button


right?

un: bishopkallamar

[hearnoplague]

Please use the buttons next time. You are making yourself look like a fool.

Anyway, did anyone actually see Merlin around yesterday?

[idologue]

He was listening to our song yesterday. I cannot say I know what he went to do after.

[diabolizes]

i saw him last night

un: ironlotus

[felame]

[ she is unsurprised on so many fronts and staring at this message for the reason that she probably shouldn't ]

I'm going to ask for your time later.
We're going to correct this, Xiao from Teyvat.

[ JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS THE OTHER XIAO ]

But thank you for the information.

[ right yeah dead body ]

un: makuracover

[dakicover]

I don't know whether to feel more sorry for Merlin's passing or the fact that the death announcement was like this.

[stilllovesyou]

Typing is hard.

[gluttoning]

[First the blood, now this. His cinnamon roll has been ruined.]

You're saying one of us did it?

[butcherspice]

Hm. Wizard's the first to bite it, eh?

[Billy gives a non-committal head tilt at the news. Well, he was right that it'd be a week tops before someone died.]

[necrotiem]

[Presumably they're still in the same vicinity, so -] Are you surprised? After what we've been told, someone might have taken the directive quite literally.

[immortalpoet]

Mm.

[Just nodding...they talked about this.]

Why him, though?

[dupiety]

[Did someone fucking say MURDER?

Temenos quickly exits the pelican cabana to listen to the rest of the announcement...yikes.]

I presume this is also part of your "process"?

[He'd have tried investigating even if a formal offer wasn't made. Merlin deserves that much.]

[chosenwang]

[ Hey bedmate hey. Since Ho-no is leaving you on read... ]

It's that or our dear Merlin decided to test something out and it got him killed.

[divector]

One week... Well, that's long in a way.

[ Not surprising, but there goes the rest of the fun vacation vibes. Time to make much more coffee. ]

[diabolizes]

[ Wow. Already? ]

...Ah. That really didn't take very long at all.

[ He actually liked Merlin, so this kind of sucks. ]

[conchy]

Très bien!

[Ding dong, the witch wizard is dead. The mood is depressingly somber, much too quiet, but Lobelia doesn't seem quite as disturbed by this news as the others.]

That is the risk you run when you boast and brag... but who knew we would end up with a body on our hands so soon?

[idologue]

[ Lacus is definitely upset by this, though she doesn't seem particularly shaken either. Lobelia will receive a stern look. ]

I understand that we were all prepared for this possibility, but... Some tact, please. There is nothing 'bien' about this.

[dupiety]

[Hey crime discussion buddy--]

Our captors did state their desire for a sacrifice every week. It's very likely that the abnormalities occurring on the island leading up to it were related. A symptom of the island needing more power, if they were being truthful about that...

[passetemps]

[ closes his eyes and sighs. he hadn't really wanted that particular suspicion to be correct. ]

...Unfortunately, it seems there is now little question as to whether this all really works as they've told us.