Final Investigation

[thecastle]

Unless you're outside the change in the environment is subtle, a spike of electricity in the air that lasts only for a moment. And if you're outside, well, it's hard to miss the blossoms of the sakura tree as they fall in a flurry. It's rather beautiful, if not somewhat disturbing; sometime in the past few hours, they've changed color from a cheerful pink to a blood red.

Regardless of whether you see that as an omen or not, you'll hear what comes next through your pendants:

Third floor, there is little time left.

The Teishu's words are clipped and urgent, so you probably shouldn't tarry.

What awaits you when you climb the stairs are three new corridors and one ornate, black, wooden door directly opposite the solar. There's a keyhole here so you don't need to worry about trying to force it down (and you still have that key don't you?) but it would be wise to explore the rest of rooms first.

Best to be prepared and all.

Explore?

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Comments

[melodyoflogic]

[Ah.... it's time then.

Ayumu quickly locates Hiyono and Elliot before cautiously heading off to the third floor with them. Safety in numbers and all that, even if they are squishy teenagers.]

[divertimento]

[Elliot was outside, but he came hauling ass back into the castle when the tree started doing its thing. Nope. Nope, nope, nope, noooo thank you.

So, now he's here, trying his best to put on a brave face and not give in to his urges to cower behind the others.]

[pseudoregelia]

[Hiyono has been conveniently sticking with Ayumu anyway. She's got her FUCK THE SAGE shirt on, friendship bracelet around her wrist, and cage necklace from Ros around her neck.

Bring it.]

[thecastle]

[ It's okay we gave this group the task of fighting the dragon.

Actually what you'll find at the end of your corridor is a fairly plain wooden door. It's almost shockingly basic, and... it looks like it's slightly open. ]

[godinsolitude]

[damn it they're bite sized the poor dragon will get them stuck in it's teeth.

Hmm.... well, if it's open, Ayumu's going to take it as an invitation to peek inside. Nothing in there about to rip his arm off, is there?]

[divertimento]

[oh come ON at least let him have his arts back then?!

Peering from slightly behind Ayumu. One fear.]

[pseudoregelia]

[Peering from behind the boys AS IT SHOULD BE.]

[thecastle]

[ You can peek! There's no dragons or anything antagonistic, it looks like you've found a personal bedroom. For a better view you'll need to step in, but man is it bright in here, probably because this room is overwhelmingly white, from the wooden floors to the walls, and even the furniture (you can spot a low lying bed from the doorway).

Whoever this room belongs to needs a lecture on color theory. ]

[godinsolitude]

[Ah... they certainly do. That can't be tasteful or healthy, can it?

Ayumu steps into the room, glancing around before motioning to Hiyono and Elliot to follow.] It's just a bedroom... a disturbing one, but nothing dangerous I think.

[divertimento]

...Ghk. [Elliot shields his eyes a bit as he walks in.] It's definitely something... haven't they ever heard of color?

[pseudoregelia]

It's blinding in here... how can he stand it?

[Hiyono then checks the room for porn.

Hiyono actually wanders in, looking meaningfully at that bed.]

[thecastle]

[ Now that you're fully inside the room, you can take stock of your surroundings (even if you might need sunglasses, damn). The layout of this room actually mostly mirrors your personal ones, albeit with much less furniture, and it definitely feels almost sterile in comparison. From what you can immediately see there is a bed, a work area with a desk, and the back of the room with the bathroom and closet.

The aforementioned bed is actuallyoff-white if you're staring at it hard enough, but something else on it will probably catch your attention first. Seems like there's a red bedrunner draped across the bed; at least there's a little color in here?

Also, this room has a sweet panoramic window which overlooks the outer courtyard— you could see almost everything outside with this view. It's probably best to split up and see what you can find from this point! ]

[pseudoregelia]

[OH ME OH MY let's see what Sage-san keeps tucked away in his bed, shall we?]

[thecastle]

[ Assuming you're going to be nosy and inspect that red bedrunner(?) you'll notice it isn't a bedroom accessory at all. It's actually a worn, red sash that has seen clearly seen it's better days. Weird, because everything else in here appears to be kept in pretty well condition besides.

Of course that's not all there is to see here, so where else are you looking in the bed? ]

[pseudoregelia]

[Under it, under the pillow, under the mattress - she's going to thoroughly comb this thing.]

[thecastle]

[ Your thorough searching yields...nothing in the bed itself! But under it...

You've found a plain wooden chest. Jackpot? ]

[pseudoregelia]

Sage-san isn't very creative about hiding things...

[Alright though, can she open up that chest or is it going to turn out to be locked, thus necessitating the patented hairpin lockpick technique, she can do that as a stalker.]

[divertimento]

[To the back of the room with the bedroom and closet, awaaaaay!]

[thecastle]

[ Let's start with the bathroom, then. It's very, very clean in here! And once again everything is white I am so sorry for your irises.

Ah, but there's something stuck to the mirror. ]

[divertimento]

[It's fine. It's not like he needed those to see, anyway.

Oh, so there is. Let's check that out!]

[thecastle]

[ It's a sticker. Actually it's half of a sticker that reads

Tube

in white letters against a red background.

..................... ]

[godinsolitude]

[Ayumu will leave Hiyono to tossing the Sage's bed, he's going to go check out that work area and desk. It seems like a prime area to look for information, anyway. Or at least any smoopy poetry about Sen-chan.]

[thecastle]

[ In continuing with the trend of this room, there's a red object on the desk, in addition to a single piece of paper. What are you going to look at first? ]

[godinsolitude]

[Hmmm... Might as well inspect the object first.]

[thecastle]

[ What you're looking at is a red gem, specifically a ruby. It would almost look similar to the rubies you've seen on the pendants here, except it's dull and not attached to a wooden amulet. ]