day two

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dreamland day two 40 players remaining. There are no clocks in your dorm room to help you mark the passing of time, but at a certain point, in the early hours of the morning, a cheerful chime tune plays over the loudspeaker. Whether you're awake or asleep, the door to your dorm room is now unlocked. You'll have about a forty five minutes, in which you can get ready or grab some breakfast, before the door that allows you into the park unlocks. By this time, you may or may not have noticed that one of your number is missing. The chimes play again, to announce that the park is open, and the rides and music begin to come back to life as a voice plays over the loudspeaker. "Rise and shine! Let's have a lot of fun today, or at least all of you who are left!" You will have until 4 PM to explore the park and talk amongst yourselves. Somewhere in the park, you'll find the body of Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu. rulebook character statuses private conversations graveyard Voting will close at 10 PM EST on September 27. Though a special comment for discussion will go up shortly before voting, you are encouraged to discuss who to vote for throughout the day. Voting

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[terci]

[Being a little slow on waking up, Dipper exited his dorm a bit late compared to everyone else. Even Peko's scream didn't wake him up, as he had stayed up quite late to write down notes and think about everything that happened the day prior.

Once he left his dorm, he immediately went to his sister Mabel's and got her out of bed, and the two left with getting breakfast in mind. Though, it wasn't hard to miss the crime scene just by wandering a little. He had a feeling it would've been too good to be true if someone didn't die this morning... and it unfortunately happened to be Hiko.

He silently reached back and took Mabel's hand, giving her a look of concern, knowing Hiko was one of Mabel's friends..]

[ineptus]

[And her grip is immediately tight in his. It's different when it's a friend. She hadn't known Malik really at all, but she really liked Hiko...

And it's such a gruesome death...]

I-I'm fine. I'm fine Dipper...

[terci]

[Yeah he just. Tightens his grip on her hand as well.]

...I'm sorry I didn't trust Hiko sooner..

[ineptus]

It's okay. It's not like we could know this would happen.

[Brave face, Mabel. You have to stay focused. You have to figure out who did this.]

Where do we start...?

[terci]

Y-yeah.. [He looks back over to the body.]

Well I guess we should see what the cause of death is. [Are you prepared to become close and personal with a dead body, Mabel?]

[ineptus]

[She's as ready as she'll ever be...]

Okay.

[Deeeeeep breath and moving to bend down by the body and...ugh this is gross....]

Um...it's probably whatever happened to his face...

[terci]

[He reaches into his vest and pulls out a few sheets of paper, along with the marker Mabel gave him.]

It's a good thing I looked for paper last night... I wouldn't want to draw a diagram of this on your back or something. [He walks to the other side and crouches next to the body, drawing a slightly detailed diagram.]

It looks like his face was bashed in by something.. maybe the butt of the gun that he was shot with? Or like, they could've smashed his head into the ground but I'm pretty sure his body would be face down if that were the case.. [Eugh.. this was brutal....]

[ineptus]

He was shot??? [She's still new to this you better cut her some slack. This information revealed to her though gets her looking his body over for the gunshot wounds...]

[terci]

Oh uh yeah, see? On the leg here. [He points to his leg.]

I'm guessing he tried to run so they shot him down... [Quietly writes that down as a note.]

[ineptus]

.....

[She's quiet as she gives that some thought.]

Why not shoot him in the back if he was running?

[terci]

Huh? [He looks up from his paper and looks down at the leg, thinking for a second.]

..because you run with your legs? [That is a little weird though, he'd admit.]

[ineptus]

Yeah but...if someone is running from you, why would you aim for their itty bitty legs? Hiko was kind of short too so his legs were even smaller...

[terci]

[Itty bitty legs..]

You have a point there. [He crosses out something and writes something else down in it's place.]

If he wasn't running then... maybe he was trying to fight back?

[perfectstrike]

There are no signs of a struggle.

[SUP. Here she is. Here's the screaming girl from before. She's not crying anymore, though her eyes are all puffy. It's hard to tell if they're red from crying, or just red because she's so anime. It is a mystery.

Her arms are crossed, but it's hard to tell if she's trying to look defiant, or if she's trying to hold herself together.]

There is no blood trail leading elsewhere. He would not have fled.

[ineptus]

[OH HEY SCREAMING GIRL. Mabel wanted to say something earlier, but she hadn't been sure what to say. And she's still not quite sure what to say either but...maybe investigating will at least distract her. SO HELLO SCREAMING GIRL.]

So then...why was he shot at all? If he's not running or struggling...what's the point?

[Pushing at her cheek a little, she moves to crouch by Kuzuryuu's head, kind of...poking at the gore.]

And why kill him like this? Couldn't they have shot him in the head instead? Especially if he wasn't doing anything...

[perfectstrike]

Don't--!

[Peko gives a violent start and steps forward, grabbing Mabel's arm with maybe a little more force than necessary. Don't. Don't poke that. Just don't. She lets go quickly after, looking a little ashamed, but she's not going to apologize, either, just repeating more quietly,]

Don't.

[ineptus]

[That...that really made her jump. And at first there's a lump in her throat because she was already close to crying and this didn't really help, but she just...ignored that and wrapped her arms around her knees instead with a nod and a quiet apology.]

U-um...so...a-any thoughts on what I asked maybe?

[perfectstrike]

[Peko Pekoyama: scaring small animals and children since 2k4ever.

She doesn't look directly at Mabel, her attention falling to Kuzuryuu's chest instead. That is intact. Which is weird as it is.]

He... would not have done nothing. I... he would have fought back. So I had thought to check for injuries, but no one seemed different.

There must be a reason two different people saw fit to attack him. I do not know why...

[ineptus]

Two people? [Excuse her, Peko. The thought hadn't yet occurred to the twins that it could have been two people.]

Maybe...they were scared of him? Being part of a mafia would make him pretty scary to try and kill I would think!

[ionicwoman]

[Anise's concern is Mabel (a widow, already.... that's so tragic), but really, both of these kids shouldn't be seeing something like this]

[(Says Anise, a whole year older than them)]

Good morning, you two! ♪ [She's cheerful as usual, but... are those tears in her eyes? No, of course not]

[terci]

Uh... morning... [He rubs the back of his head awkwardly with his free hand and looks over at Mabel, not sure what to even say in a situation like this..]

[ineptus]

Good morning, Anise... [Sorry she's not her usual cheerful self. Give her a little time.]

[ionicwoman]

[Anise has cheer enough for the both of them! Don't mind her red and puffy eyes, shh]

It looks like we need to get clues! Are you two ready?

[terci]

As ready as we'll ever be. [Dipper's actually very ready but he's treading lightly for Mabel's sake...]

[ineptus]

Yeah...Dipper and I are always ready to look for clues!

[She's minding the red and puffy eyes. She's worried. Even if you seem really cheerful...]

Um...but first, are you okay? You look like you've been crying.