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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Investigation results?????????

[gluttoning]

[He has so many turkey legs with him right now, but that's not important because he also has investigation results.]

He was covered in wounds all over his back. Round ones. The sizes looked like they were all over the place.

Under him were a bunch of ring shapes, outlined in blood. They were definitely bigger than his wounds. All over the place around him and even partially into the crater. [He'll hold up a smartphone.] We checked the size off of Billy's crowbar. I have pictures.

All he had on him was his key, and a rose, and his network device. Billy found a message from Merlin to the administrators asking for a meetup last night. That was the most recent thing on there. No other damage to him.

There was a body-sized crater in the ground immediately next to where he was sitting. Whatever caused it might have started at the entrance. There was a fissure in the ground leading from there straight to the crater. It damaged a lot of the statues, but it doesn't look like that's where he died.

...

Oh. Alice got jumped by some sort of white animal while we were exploring. I don't think she caught it, though. So I'm not sure what it was.

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ Alice is about to get offended about Beel's wording, but she realizes this is probably the most generous description of what happened, so she leaves it be. ]

No, I didn't get it. It disappeared in a flash of light before I could get my hands on its grubby paws.

[chrysaline]

[ Look. She will look at gruesome pictures shortly, but... ]

White animal... did it have long ears like a rabbit, and a big fluffy tail?

[conceivesfrenzy]

Something like that, yeah.

[chrysaline]

It does sound like Fou... he must be so scared.

[diabolizes]

I wonder if it was Fou. Merlin had an animal with him last night.

[passetemps]

He did?

[ why didn't he get to see it, it sounds cute... ]

[diabolizes]

Yeah, biting at his pants and everything. Seemed to like attention, because I was able to pet the little guy.

[passetemps]

Perhaps we should put out some food for it tonight.

[passetemps]

Then you were unable to identify the type of weapon that was used?

[gluttoning]

That's right. We didn't find anything left behind in the area.

Billy thinks it could have been something like a stake. The wounds on Merlin were a lot smaller than the rings left behind.

[passetemps]

Was there evidence that the administrators were physically present in the garden? Any footprints or other signs?

[gluttoning]

Not that we found, no.

The only prints I ever found were small animal ones. I'm assuming that's the creature Alice saw.

[passetemps]

Hm... I wonder if they might have made use of some of the automatons that run things at the resort to carry out the killings on their behalf... though I am unsure as to why there would have been so much irregularity in the sizes of the wounds in that case.

[dupiety]

Bravo, Beelzebub.

[THAT...should not be his initial reaction, but it is. He is very proud.]

You said you have...pictures? Could you show me what you mean?

[gluttoning]

[He shrugs, though there's a brief little roll of his eyes.]

Wasn't just me. Billy took care of the body, Alice looked at a lot of the grounds.

[As for the questions, the redhead simply nods, turning on his D.D.D's screen and flipping to his photo gallery, before holding it out to Temenos.]

Here. Billy's crowbar is there, too. He's got it on him if you need a better idea of the size.

[There's one photo of the rings left behind on the ground, and one of the bloodied back of Merlin. The wounds are much smaller in circumference than the circles on the ground.]

1/2

[dupiety]

Haha, but of course. A hearty bravo to all of you.

[He watches Beelzebub's demonstration, eyes widening slightly as the pictures come into view.]

My, this would be so useful for my investigations back home. Let's see here...

[He takes the device and begins to study the pictures...]

[dupiety]

[...and he's going to be doing this for a long time.

No amount of speaking to him will break him from some sort of trance-like concentration.]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ after a good amount of watching temenos basically not move an inch: ]

Did he die?

1/?

[gluttoning]

[It's fine, he can wait.]

[microtransactions]

[ whoa, look at him go. ]

[chosenwang]

Ah, so he decided to try something after all. [ He sighs as he shakes his head ] I suppose I'm equally at fault for not discouraging it.

[ It feels bad to be honest, but he's trying not to show that ]

[gluttoning]

...Did he tell you he wanted to have a meeting with them like this?

[chosenwang]

Not a meeting precisely, but he did want to work on a new spell as well as see what their weaknesses may be. He may have gotten in to his pretty head to find out on his own. [ why this ]

[gluttoning]

...He did say he was a pretty powerful mage back home. Maybe he's used to being able to pull off spells like that without much effort.

I wonder if he found anything out, or if they got to him first.