second investigation

[stagemanagers]

[One week out from the first deaths in this place, now. When you wake up on Friday morning, everything seems pretty quiet. There's nothing immediately, obviously amiss when you leave your dorms - and if maybe not everybody is in their beds at the moment, well, that's not so strange, is it? Maybe the No Murder party worked! Nobody wants to shatter Spongebob's poor little heart, right?

But, you know. Maybe you should make sure.]

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[sugarlumps]

[So. Has the kitchen been cursed again, or can she get breakfast in peace?]

[stagemanagers]

[Nope, no curses here! Get your breakfast!]

[voicerights]

[Have one no fear, the SQUIP is also here-

-and turning right back around. Nope.]

[comeandfindme]

[ It's another morning, so it's another workout in the gym. ...And, you know, she'll have to get changed in the girl's locker room too, but, we start here first. ]

[stagemanagers]

[The gym is safe! And so is the girl's locker room!]

[mcfife]

[Maybe Spongebob really did stop the murders. Who knows, this could be another peace week.

The first thing Angus does in the morning is head to the library to pick up a few more books to research.]

[stagemanagers]

[The library is safe!]

[themuseabandonsyou]

Good morning, Angus! [ says Orpheus, carrying a stack of books on canning methods over to one of the tables. He's in relatively high spirits after the party, optimistic about their chances at foiling the Wizard's plans after that show of camaraderie. ] Are you looking for something?

[themuseabandonsyou]

[ Orpheus is going to make a beeline for the Library, in search of more books on preservation and survival foods. ]

[stagemanagers]

[Everything's good here! Say hi to Angus!]

[alchemistake]

[Unlike last week...Varian doesn't have no reason to be concerned as he rises for the morning.

It's the auto shop he goes straight to, to get his usual early start. Who needs breakfast until almost lunch time, right?]

[stagemanagers]

[Varian, no...

But at least there's nothing in the auto shop to make this much worse. Do your unhealthy eating schedule, child.]

[barberic]

[Benjamin is going to head toward the costume room to set up shop for the day, because obviously everything is Fine.]

[stagemanagers]

[Have fun! Everything here is fine!]

[fourbutts]

[ Ah, what a beautiful morning! Janis is going to go to the Scene Shop to visit her son Will Graham. ]

[stagemanagers]

[Will Graham is still inanimate, thankfully.]

[disharmonizes]

[Just going to take a morning trip down the computer lab, why not.]

[stagemanagers]

[We might be returning here later, but there's nothing immediately wrong!]

INVESTIGATION START

[tailor_made]

[Within minutes of Connor's discovery the PA system crackles to life. Just like last time Hester's resigned-sounding voice comes from the speakers.]

Connor Murphy, Most Likely to Befriend Evan Hansen, is dead. You may now start your investigation and then the class trial will begin.

EVIDENCE LIST

[stagemanagers]

TOTAL: 18/18

Boy's Locker Room: 11/11 [cw: blanket warning for suicidal imagery for this whole area]
- Cause of death
- Knife Week Intensifies
- Found the missing knife
- Suspiciously clean
- Suspiciously damp?
- Suspiciously lacking in a struggle
- A printed suicide note
- Last night's clothes
- Can't blame anyone for needed some help sleeping
- Sometimes you just need a deep in the AM shower
- two whole towel

Nurse's Office: 3/3
- Tsk tsk, so disorganized
- Thank goodness for supply lists and Peregine's survivalist coping mechanisms
- PLEASE DO NOT DRINK THE EVIDENCE

Kitchen: 1/1
- Time to lock up the knives

Computer Lab: 3/3
- Just a fun little screensaver!
- Always save your files before shutdown!
- [cw: suicidal imagery] Oh.

BOY'S LOCKER ROOM

[stagemanagers]

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[themuseabandonsyou]

[ well. looks like it's time for Orpheus to touch a dead body again. How do things look at a glance? ]

NURSE'S OFFICE

[stagemanagers]

[This place is pretty much fine.]

[alchemistake]

[The shock is going to carry Varian through this whole thing, isn't it?

He's too dumbstrucked to even have a proper emotional response, mostly because he doesn't want to make Rina cry by showing that in front of her.

Sorry Salieri. Looks like he's got to bottle things up one more time.

He has Rina gently by the hand once they've gotten away from the locker room, and he ends up taking them all the way to the Nurse's Office on autopilot. It seems like a quiet, safe place to be right now, with nothing...dangerous.]

Let's...s-stay here for now, okay?

[He doesn't say it'll be okay, he just...needs the space to be grounding.

But it's not, is it? He's prepared to look for evidence too.]

KITCHEN

[stagemanagers]

[Just one quick thing here! Then you can have eggs or something?]

[voicerights]

[well with LSP running out
it'll just. go back in?]

COMPUTER LAB

[stagemanagers]

[mild yikes]

[disharmonizes]

[Okay, well, once the initial panic is... dealt with as well as possible for now, let's take a look in here. So what sort of yikes are we dealing with over here?]