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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[dakicover]

I think they realized that simply telling us to keep the island stable via blood sacrifices ain't gonna cut it, so they're trying to sweeten the pot.

[ he chuckles. ]

Sounds like a honey trap to me.

[conceivesfrenzy]

Seems like it'd be a lot easier for them to just kill the two people they need themselves and not worry about the stupid handwringing, right?

[ She pushes her hair and stupid hat ribbon thing over her shoulder. ]

I mean, this is probably the better way to do it in the long run, but it kind of seems like a lot for something they could do themselves in the long run.

[divector]

It is a lot of extra steps. Didn't they say they had to do this themselves before?

[finalmix]

They're probably just in for the dramatics of watching us try to figure out who killed who and how someone would get away with murder. Must be boring wherever they are.

[ mildly condescending ]

[dakicover]

I'll give them a 2 out of 10 on imagination. They should go back to playing video games or whatever you call them.

[finalmix]

Huh, what do you know, there might be a video game with this exact plot.

[ when was dangan ronpa released and would josh reasonably know if it - the question I spent 5 min of my life googling ]

[dakicover]

So they really have zero creativity even in torture!?

[finalmix]

I personally, am not impressed.

[dakicover]

Same. At least be unique.

[passetemps]

I agree, it does not exactly seem logical. Simply making their own sacrifices would be much more straightforward.

[dakicover]

It might be a lot, but aren't they depending on too many variables? What if we all were to just say 'fuck it' and let this place be disintegrated?

[ mind you, he's not in any mood for this place to fall apart, but still. ]

"Please help us kill, we'll give you a treat if you do and get away with it," is the stupidest sales pitch I've ever heard, if you ask me.

[dupiety]

They're likely banking on our survival instincts kicking in before we allow that to happen.

[dakicover]

I agree...which means that at least a weekly murder is pretty much a given, isn't it?

[ ... ]

They really dealt us a low blow. Damn it.

[ it's not like anyone here doesn't want to live. of course they'll all trying to fight to survive. ]

[dancing_flames]

Unless they aren't capable of it. Not everyone has the strength - or the will - to be able to kill.

[microtransactions]

They haven't made a secret of having done this before, and even if they're having trouble with it, it didn't seem to stop them with Merlin.

[dancing_flames]

Are we so sure that they're the ones behind this?

[microtransactions]

You're saying someone else might have done it and what, texted the admins from Merlin's communicator to try to pin it all on them?

[dancing_flames]

It's not impossible. At the moment, we can't rule anything out.

[chrysaline]

If that were true, why would they take credit for it? ...To make us believe they could kill us easily if they wanted to? Or because they want people to kill and not be caught?

[dancing_flames]

Most likely the latter. They say they want more than one death per week, but how many of us would be willing to kill if they knew the chances were high that they too would be caught and killed for it? It'd be pretty hard to sweeten a deal like that.

[microtransactions]

Well, if so I guess that rules out at least one person as likely culprit...

[ unless xiao was playing the long game with them, gasp ]