WEEK 1 - Investigation

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (1)

friday (?) survivors Friday careens around the corner soon enough, much like every day preceding it does. This morning, however, is greeted with a surprise — your datapad is making a strange noise. Perhaps it's buried under the duvet you're sleeping under, or at the far corner of the room, maybe you're the forgetful type and left it in the bathroom, or maybe, just maybe, you have it right next to your ear when a song blasts at full volume. Upon inspection, you'll find the accompanying video is playing as well. The song seems to loop, this time being overlain with a voice recanting the history of the band in a steady, robotic tone. Was it the AI? You probably didn't care, and, instead, decided to leave your room. Once you do, the song finally ends. You are free. You may feel rather manipulated right now, or you are just satiated to be away from the music. Either way, it's clear your day has only just begun. ENTER COMMAND_

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[puzzlesss]

[ the field chill bar always has to be at 100% chill

but oh look. what a surprise! something Out of Place when they've all been woken up by ominous music. ]

Not a body, I hope. [ studio laugh track ] Just woken up, and someone's already put things where they don't belong... Be careful with whatever it is.

[ s i g h ]

[al2955]

[It looks like it's an intricate key with an engraved handle and a butterfly-shaped tip.]

[socloverit]

There aren't any bodies in the cabinet. [said far too flatly...... but anyway this is here!]

It's just a... [SQUINTS] ...key? Weird shape for a key... Here. [handing that over to Light so he can examine it!!]

[puzzlesss]

[ ....... ]

A key?

[ ..... oooookay. he'll take that key. "examining" in light and zero escape's case is running your hands along the tip and handle throughly with care... because it really is Weird.

why hide this? ]

... Hm. Let's check the rest of the room as well.

[socloverit]

[aaaaaand that's a body discovery announcement. to her credit, Clover only jumps a little! The person she'd be most worried about is right here, and she didn't discover a body, so this is like, relatively fine, as far as murdergames go.]

...beat you to it. ["the investigation has begun" but they ALREADY found this SICK KEY NONSENSE!!!] I'll check the cabinets and drawers and stuff. [and pajama-clad un-caffeinated Clover is going to start doing just that! WHAT ELSE IS HIDING]

[al2955]

[There doesn't seem to be anything else in the cabinet!

While running his hands over the key, Light will likely be able to detect a small catch in the handle. It's not something that would be immediately obvious, but he's got super Daredevil blind senses, he can probably tell.]

[puzzlesss]

Indeed. It seems their choice of wake-up routine wasn't merely a coincidence, which is... to be expected, I suppose. [ so safe to say this key hiding business is related to that. ] And thank you, Clover.

[ as he continues to fondle things because that's all he does in this game apparently. and it pays off! hell yeah super daredevil blind senses. ]

Ah. Perhaps this is why...

[ fiddling with this newfound discovery, thank you. ]

[socloverit]

Mhm... [If the rest of the cabinets and drawers are devoid of anything interesting she'll be peeking around under all the tables and chairs and such next. Also is the robot nearby, can she investigate the food robot or is she gonna have to yell for it.]

What's why?

[puzzlesss]

I was wondering why anyone would hide something like this... With further inspection of this odd-shaped key, there's something interesting in the handle.

[ can he open this catch...? ]

[al2955]

[He can! The handle will unfold, changing the key into a knife.]

[puzzlesss]

[ well then.

.... that sure is a thing. ]

And there we are. [ ... ] Clover, would you mind giving this a look? Its switched shape to something... quite sharp.

[ he'd rather not touch it all over to confirm its status, thanks. ]

[socloverit]

[YEAH NO PLEASE DON'T TOUCH THAT and she scurries right over from whichever table she's crawling around under right now]

Thaaat's a knife. Definitely a knife. No wonder it was shaped so weird!

[puzzlesss]

[ clover his hero

he nods. ]

One mystery solved. A key that becomes a knife... Something as unique as this may have been brought on as someone's possession.

[ ... ]

I assume it's clean?

[ given she didn't outright go "BLOODY KNIFE" ]

[socloverit]

Uh-huh. Maybe we should check the datapads and see whose it might be.

I don't see anything else weird around here. ...Maybe we should go find out who... [fuckin DIED]

[puzzlesss]

Two good ideas, Clover. I'm certain I remember a key being mentioned in the profiles explicitly...

[ .... ah— ]

Speaking of. I'm sure we can expect for this discovery of ours to be collected soon.

[ R U L E S. why can't they just keep things in junpei's impossible pockets like in canon. ]

[socloverit]

Whoever's collecting it can come find us, because I'm not gonna wait around for them to show up. [gotta make sure no one she actually likes is dead so she can make her coffee and wake up enough to put on not-pajamas in peace!!!] C'mon.

[AND WE'RE OFF]