fifth investigation

[stagemanagers]

[Friday dawns, seemingly normal despite all of your recent discoveries. There is no blood in the hall. There are no bodies immediately visible when you first exit your rooms.

But when you think about going to get some breakfast...you get a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach.]

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[musacal]

[ Okay she's going to go check that out then. WHAT'S IN THE TRASH besides me ]

[stagemanagers]

[It's you! The meta has returned!

No, it's not, but you should be careful when digging through trash cans. Someone might have thrown away some improperly packaged sharps.

Some pink, crystalline sharps.]

[musacal]

[ Wait what? Her first thought is Spinel but her pieces were gone now weren't they?

...Wait. ]

Uncle Mephisto! [ WHERE DID THE UNCLE COME FROM-- wait not the time ] Try and see if there's anywhere on Steven's body where there would have been a gem like Spinel's if you can!

[stagemanagers]

[He's on it! Maybe look through the trash a little more?]

[musacal]

[ Can do! She's going to look through more while also attempting to gather the shards up. (if they're even big enough to do so?) ]

[stagemanagers]

[There's nothing special here re: the size of the gemstones, so I suppose we can say they're big enough?

While searching, you'll also come across a cloth. There is some sparkly pink dust clinging to it, as well as a lingering chemical smell.

We know how you all are, so let's just advise against smelling the cloth right here.]

[musacal]

[ Yeah definitely not doing that, in fact she's gonna try and like... wrap it up in something later. Maybe like... a plastic baggy if there's any or something smart like that.

Anything else? ]

[stagemanagers]

[Well, if you want a plastic baggie, you can grab one from the drawer by the sink?]

[musacal]

[ Okay we gonna head there to get one then to be super safe!

So what's over here now then? ]

[stagemanagers]

[There are two mugs in the sink! They appear to have been cleaned.]

[musacal]

[ Okay she's got the cloth bagged and... huh.

Gonna check those closer just in case. Even though they've been cleaned is there anything else about them at all to note, like any missed residue or something...? ]

[stagemanagers]

[Nope! They were cleaned pretty well!]

[heathencall]

What did you -- [Priorities.]

Right. Of course.

[madgiganticfeelings]

[WAIT THERE'S SOMETHING SHE CAN DO-

She pipes up from her spot behind them, just panicking.]

He does have one! On his stomach! He told me about it! What's, what did you...

[heathencall]

Uh.

[Well this is awkward.]

You're certain it was on his stomach?

[musacal]

There's... there's crystal shards... over here...

Like Spinel-san again...

[madgiganticfeelings]

I know it is. He showed me. It was a pink diamond. He said it was where his powers came from, before this place messed with them. Is, is it not...

[She looks where Nana indicates, and tears immediately spring to her eyes.]

It's broken... who broke it? Who, who took him?