[ WEEK THREE – INVESTIGATION ]

[chiefexe]

INVESTIGATION

The beach is quiet, eerily so. All animals, all insect noise, all gusts of wind have come to a complete stop this morning. The only sound is that of the ocean, but even that seems muted. Everything is hushed and as the doors of the huts opens, the only sensation that rings utterly true today is this: One of your own is gone. And now, as the rules state, it is your job to discover their fate. Welcome to the investigation post! If your character decides to search an area, please post the name of the location in your header and wait for the mod replies. Anything to discover or not to will be indicated during the course of the thread. After the body is discovered, an announcement will be made and characters are free to spend the rest of the afternoons how they like. If there are any questions, please shoot a message either to this journal or at tikirobo.

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DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT

[chiefexe]

[ So, time for some creepy twin action.

Hal and Pal are going to move, completely in sync, to bend down and pull two heads out of the sand. They brush them off too, both in sync, share them with the crowd, in sync, and then jam them down on the pikes, in sync.

First, there's Mello's head, skull crushed and what's left of his throat looking pretty bruised up. He's covered in dirt, blood, and sand but his skull is too mangled to really have much in the way of expression.

Then, there's Lelouch, eye missing and the only thing really showing how it was removed is the lingering optic nerve hanging out of the socket that's cut clean. The rest of the face is covered in blood and he looks like he's smiling.

Mello and Lelouch Lamperouge are dead. ]

Haha, this one was fun.

[alienated]

[Well. His partner sure is dead, and that means—

If Keith looked pale before thanks to getting his ass wrecked on Wednesday, then he's... not doing much better now. This, too, is fine.]

[seaclipsed]

[ hey keith, katara is immediately next to you!! she's placing a hand on his arm. ]

Keith.

[alienated]

[Yeah, he's. Flinching away from that, but it's not with ill intent.

Either way, without much intonation:]

Focus on tomorrow. [Not him.]

[reidentify]

[With his good hand, Lief reaches out to place a hand on Keith's shoulder. There's... nothing that can make this better, but...]

[alienated]

[Sorry, Lief. He knows he means well, but he's still flinching away from the contact.]

[spinatalltale]

[casting him a glance]

[. . .]

[alienated]

[Nah, he's fine. He's just furiously avoiding eye contact for a while before he leaves. Bye, Magilou.]

[zerotohiro]

[Yeah, that's another look cast his way. This...is definitely not good, is it.]

[alienated]

[It's most definitely not. Go cast a look at someone else, though.]

[cutefaced]

[This is. This is not fine.

Yona has no idea what to say to him, but she shuffles over, just in case.]

[alienated]

[It is fine, shh.

Even if Yona doesn't say anything, Keith lets her stand nearby for a moment before he speaks up.]

Tomorrow— Everyone needs to work together. Don't fight between yourselves.

[jokered]

[it's not like akira can do much for keith—but after their last talk, this is just kind of the worst stamp on things.]

...Sorry.

[about everything, honestly. there's no time to hold onto any feelings of aggravation from before.]

[cutefaced]

...no...

[She had a feeling, of course, after the body they found was wearing Lelouch's clothes, but... some small, stupid part of her had been hoping that it was a mistake, that there had been some mix-up, that someone had just borrowed his clothing.

The chances of that were incredibly low, but she couldn't help hoping, just as she can't help crying now.]

Lelouch! You jerk, you can't just be dead—!

[why does her cr keep dying :c]

[hypertoxic]

[ ...................

Vriska, of all people, will be the one to show up at her side, frowning in some mix of concern and frustration.

And then she .... actually ...

hugs Yona????

wow. ]

[fragmento]

[ there's a lot he could say. "he had more of a death wish than i thought he did," and "despite everything, he was only a boy -- one who deserved to live longer than i did."

none of it comes out. his features are stern, and jacopo says nothing more than: ]

Possa la sua anima riposare in pace.

[spinatalltale]

. . .

[it's the same look of displeasure and disappointment she wore for Josh last week. mild, but still etched in her expression, in the way her gaze narrows and her mouth curls downward]

. . . that's too bad.

[reidentify]

... So it was...

[He knew Lelouch was likely, after Hayner identified the gun, but it's still painful to see. Mello's death as well, even if Lief didn't know him. (And what this means for their partners—)]

[fragmento]

[ wordlessly, he sets his hand on lief's shoulder. it's difficult and awkward for him, but in this moment, he finds that this matters a little more. ]

[zerotohiro]

[He doesn't expect any answers from the Chiefs, but he does stare for a moment.]

I have a lot of questions for you tomorrow.

[But he's also just staring back and forth between the two heads examining the injuries, though his gaze lingers on Lelouch for a while. Yikes.] Unbelievable.

[seaclipsed]

[ katara mostly just looks like she wants to throw up. it's week three and she still isn't used to seeing heads getting shoved onto pikes. her gaze lingers on lelouch's in particular though. ]

...

[jokered]

[it doesn't get easier. nobody deserves to die. and worse yet are the people who have to live two more days, knowing their fates are sealed.

bullshit.

it's all just bullshit, and even if he's numbed himself to seeing the heads like that—his fists still clench in quiet frustration at his sides.]

...

[thewinner]

[ That's his partner alright

Hayner jerks back like someone has physically punched him.

Gripping onto his own shirt as he sees that expression. Why was he making that expression? ]

What the hell??? You were. You were supposed to make it back to your sister!

[ He's heading over to the heads on the pike as he gets louder. ]

You were supposed to make it!

[ Ignoring the tell-tale stinging in his eyes as he balled up his fists. ]

You were supposed to live.

[eisenundblut]

Kid-

[She's not going to stop him from yelling, because she knows as well as anyone that yelling is. Very important. The best coping mechanism tbh. But she grabs his shoulder to keep him from getting any closer to the pikes, gripping tightly. She's... probably stronger than him, and she won't let go if he tries to fight it.]

Hayner.

[eisenundblut]

...

[Prussia pauses for a long moment after the announcement, brow furrowed before she dips her head, whispering a quiet prayer in German. Because look, this is needlessly brutal and goes way beyond desecration of a corpse.]