third investigation

[stagemanagers]

[At the start of Friday, things are surprisingly calm. There’s no blood on the hall carpet, presumably no bodies ready to fall out of a broom closet, nothing especially incriminating when the cast wakes up and emerges from their rooms. It’s possible this time, even with the palpable temptation of the Phantom’s motive, that no one has taken him up on his offer to kill. Maybe later today you won't have to march yourselves into the trial room to decipher clues and watch more of you die.

But the day is young.]

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[musacal]

[ Her face is in her hands now and she manages to get out through her sobbing. ]

Clau-chan! Someone... someone hurt Clau-chan!!

[ Don’t say kill can’t say kill you can’t you can’t yet you can’t ]

[mcfife]

Nana...

[He crouches down to be level with her.]

Nana...

[He is at a loss for words.]

[musacal]

[ Nana just keeps sobbing. ]

I’m supposed to protect them! I’m always protecting them! Every cycle, every year, everything I did has always been to protect them! My dearest, only friends—!!

[ Everyone at Seisho is like family to her. Or the closest thing to one at least. ]

But now Clau-chan’s—!

[mcfife]

Every...cycle?

[He looks down at the body, Claudine, Nana's companion. Whoever did this...]

We'll fine them. Nana, I will find whoever did this to her. That I promise.

[musacal]

[ You heard her. Every cycle. Maybe that means something!

Like how she really quickly accepted that dimensional portals and space time shenanigans were possible.

But right now she doesn’t clarify what she meant or say much of anything else. She just nods at Angus’ promise before breaking back down in to her crying. ]