itscurtains | Week Four

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Week Four

[Last week, Gershwin High School Academy University saw its very first intentional murder! What a milestone! And right after Spongebob's No Murder party, too - that doesn't seem like it bodes very well for anybody's future.

You all wake up this morning with yet another new memory returned to you. You'll also find that the school's external doors have now unlocked. Congratulations! You're free! Unfortunately, you also seem to be entirely in the middle of nowhere. So maybe it's more of a symbolic victory.

Still, you should look around and do some investigation! Maybe you'll find a fun surprise.]

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(( Be sure to submit your memory regains and your AC for this week! Hester's office hours and the merch booth also remain available! ))

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[Bolting out of the kitchen-]

OH GLOB SOMEONE TRIED TO KILL MISTER BARKER, WE NEED A DOCTOR OR A HEALING WIZARD OR SOMETHING-

[yeah someone'll hear that]

[ …… ]

[THAT IS REALLY NOT HARD TO HEAR--Salieri, who's just left the Library and is headed in that direction, sucks in a breath, glances briefly at Discord, and then takes off running down the hallway.

When he spots LSP, he's heading straight for her]

Mademoiselle, what has happened--?

MISTER BARKER- KITCHEN- SICK OR DYING, I DON'T LUMPING KNOW!

What--?

[Salieri's head immediately turns towards the kitchen, his heart going to his throat. He swallows, hard, reaching out to set a hand on her shoulder]

Go find some of the other adults, if you would. Quickly.

[and with that, he's booking it to the kitchen, sliding to a stop when he sees both Rina and Benjamin]

Mademoiselle Rina--

[and yep he's coming straight over there, already moving to get down and see what's happened]

What has happened?

Salieri-san...!

[ Well... ]

[Yeah, she's off. Still just kind of screaming for help, but maybe with slightly more purpose? She's covering more ground now, not just running randomly. Maybe.]

[Angus is here, please don't let it be another body.]

I heard something happened! Is someone hurt? Please don't--

[He freezes at the body at the floor.] Is he...?

[well...]

[Discord is not far behind, because wherever Salieri goes today, he goes.]

I enjoy how every time we just run towards the screaming. Will we ever learn?

[#helping]

[Well... That sure is screaming. And while Maya is neither a doctor nor a healing wizard, she does have a sword?

So uh. Here she comes.]

Barker-san? What's going on?

Maya-san!!

[ Hi Maya, Rina's here. ]

I h-heard a crash and when I came to check, Barker-san was on the floor!

H-He's still alive but he's burning hot! I don't think he's doing so well...!!

Thank you for finding this, Rina-san.

[LSP took off in the direction of the nurse's office so... Maya's going to either find some papertowels or a dish rag and put some cold water on it. After that, she's going to kneel down and put it over his forehead.]

[hello, Salieri is here as well]

We should check him for any injuries, as well. Perhaps turn him over, if we can?

M-Mm...

[ She nods. She'll help with whatever she can. ]

[commence turning over??]

[As the sound of panicked voices grows around him, Benjamin lets out an anguished howl and writhes away from the worried hands on him, curling into a trembling ball on the tile. His breath is coming in short, ragged pants, and any touch - especially to his back - makes him react as though he's been burnt.

Under his breath, this strong, grown man whimpers:

Please don't- stop- I'm sorry- I didn't do anything-]

[Salieri's eyes go wide at that]

Benjamin--[his expression morphs into one of intense worry, his voice urgent]

Benjamin, my friend, please wake up--whatever you are seeing, it's not real. You're not there right now, you're elsewhere--

[he glances at the others] Here, help me turn him over, gently now--

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[He gasps, ragged, sweat beading on his brow. From his fever or from what he's imagining, it matters little, because he moans:]

It's hot- It's too bloody hot... [And then, with a brief flash of recognition, he reaches out desperately for Antonio.]

Help me...

[But that recognition is enough that he doesn't resist, as he's turned over.

Notably, there are no wounds on him whatsoever.]

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[as Benjamin reaches out, Salieri is going to immediately clasp his hand]

I have you--I have you, Benjamin, help is on the way, don't worry--

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[Angus runs to the kitchen sink and soaks a cleaning rag in cool water. It's not the best kind of cloth, but he can't let someone die from a medical emergency again.

He returns with the damp rag and places it on Benjamin's forehead.]

Ser Barker?

[He nods, though it's not so much because he's comprehending what's being said to him, as it is because of the comfort received.

The cool cloth on his forehead shocks him, suddenly, and his nostrils flare and his breath catches, thick in his chest for too long a moment-

But it isn't saltwater, and so his other hand - the one not holding Antonio's - reaches up and pulls it lower, over his eyes, with a groan.

There seems to be something slightly more grounded, in the way that he relaxes, then.]

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[While everyone else is working, Maya will just sort of. Sit down by his head and work on running her fingers through his hair? Very gentle, of course. And since they're here, she'll sing a little, too. It's not exactly a pleasant song, but it's a nice memory of their performance?]

Par les larmes dont votre fille
Arrose en tremblant votre sein
Mon père de votre famille
Ne devenez pas l'assassin!
Mon père, Mon père...ne devenez pas l'assassin

[Salieri nods at Maya when she moves to help, and then they can slowly start to turn him over]

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