becomehero | Week 1: Investigation

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Week 1: Investigation

week 1:

investigation

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Early Friday morning, our heroes awaken to the moon setting, and finally, the freedom to leave the locations they fell asleep in the night before. It's a normal morning... if you ignore the sirens echoing through the city streets.

Police and prinnies have gathered in certain locations. With the sight of heroes giving them hope, they call upon you for help in searching for evidence, that we may all learn what happened on Thursday night.

So what are you waiting for? The investigation is yours.

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Welcome, heroes, to your second investigation!

We will be posting top-levels for locations to be searched - one set at 6 PM EST / 3 PM PST and the second at 7 PM EST / 4 PM PST. Each block will run for two hours during which characters can search the locations for evidence related to the events of Thursday night, and each location will have something to find. Please coordinate investigation groups on Discord, as we ask that group threads consist of no more than 2-3 characters.

Once the two hours are up - at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST for block one and 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST for block two - threads will no longer receive mod tags and the investigation will conclude for the night. Whether you find everything is up to you, but don't worry if you don't! Characters will get the chance to revisit locations tomorrow at trial. At 9 PM EST / 6PM PST, an announcement will go up, confirming the victim(s).

If you have any questions at any time, please let us know by pinging us on Discord!

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[ he does. we're doing another alley-oop in through that hole, completely unnecessarily.

it kind of sounds like something blew the fuck up in here if it even hit the ceiling lights, so is there any sign of scorching or any other kind of marks that can be seen from a cursory look around? ]

[what a time to be wearing the flimsiest pair of flip flops... girl, help. she is tall now until she decides she wants to see something on the other end of the arcade, i guess.

are there any signs of what may have caused the lights to break? like are there any scratches or dents where the bulbs used to be, like someone might have smashed them up? also scorch marks, but datz is already checking for that, so.

are the arcade game screens also broken up, since that's glass?

does there seem to be anything on the tops of the games, prize booth, or any of the doors? how's the crane machine looking today?]

[Nimona can't tell what the glass got crunched from at a glance. There are also no traces of blood, but by looking at the ground Nimona will eventually find a trading card.

There is no sign of scorching or any other marks on the ceiling. There are also no scratches or dents on the light fixtures.

The arcade game screens are indeed broken too, and Saya will actually find a screen that looks a little weird. Still broken, but weird compared to the others.]

[nimona's what the fuck senses are going off but she ignores them for now. she'll... pick up the card.

and put saya down so she can look at the weird screen. what's on the trading card?]

[ ok well! great! not ominous at all!

datz is going to just survey the perimeter here... he'll go check around/on/behind the prize counter first, anything to see here? ]

[HM.

yeah, she's going to take a look at that weird screen. what game is it, and why does it look different from the others?]

[It's a card of Datz.

The real Datz will find more broken glass behind the prize counter.

It's a Duck Hunt game, and there's something weird about the glass screen on it specifically. It's broken, like all the other glass, but it looks a little different.]

[is it like, a real card of datz? or is it bootleg.]

Uhh. I found a card of you? [waves it at datz...]

Wait, really? I haven't seen it yet.

[ pauses the investigation for a sec to come check it out, is it a more flattering picture than his angry wanted poster???? ]

[duck hunt... okay, well. comparing it to the other broken glass in the vicinity, can she tell how it looks different?

like, does it look like it was broken in a different pattern? are there stains or anything of the sort sticking to the broken glass glass? can she see anything weird if she peers into the duck hunt machine, through the broken glass?

she will use her phone flashlight to take a better look at all of this, assuming the phones have flashlights.]

[It's fine, it's a normal picture of him. But this card seems to have been modified.

It does look like it was broken differently, yes. And when Saya looks in the machine, she will see a bullet.]

[what does modified mean LET ME LOOK AT IT WITH MY SPECIAL EYES]

[ YEAH WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???? DID THEY DRAW A MUSTACHE ON HIM?

BUT I GUESS HE NEEDS TO BE PRODUCTIVE IN THESE REMAINING 40 MINUTES SO HE'LL GO CHECK AROUND ELSEWHERE.... how about by the crane games, how's it looking here aside from empty of stuffed animals ]

—Again?

[JUST SAYING THIS. WITH NO CONTEXT. STOP SHOOTING UP THE ARCADE!!!!

anyway, she carefully reaches for the bullet to remove it. is it only the one? and is there anything around or under the machine?

also anything under around the rest of the games, too?]

[Modified means it's got DLC that can only be unlocked on 09/30/2023. Check it at trial.

The crane games aren't empty anymore, now they are full of broken glass.

Saya can reach in to grab for the bullet, but it's surrounded by sharp glass. Good luck not getting cut on it.

Also at this point all three of them would realize there is a faint smell of smoke in the arcade.]

[WHY IS THERE FIRE

where is the smoke coming from... she's going to go look for the source of smoke. she should probably check the crane games for stuff since they found a bullet there last time but like, she doesn't. she shoves the card in her pocket.

is it like, coming from somewhere or is just the smell of smoke around?]

[ WELL NOW I'M CONCERNED THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY SAID SMOKE AND DID NOT MENTION FIRE, is there actually a fire?? does this smoke smell like anything in particular or familiar in any way??

he'll try to FOLLOW THE SCENT LIKE A MISERABLE DOG ]

[she rolled an 18 for retrieving the bullet so she unfortunately avoids cutting herself on the glass. boo.

is the smoke visible...? or does the smell seem to be coming from a particular direction?

we probably do not need three people to search for fire, though, so saya sniffs the air but heads over to the crane machine to take a closer look at it. anything weird about the broken glass? or visible under the shards of glass?]

[There is no visible smoke, it's just the smell of smoke. It's all over the whole arcade too, and doesn't seem to be stronger at any point. Datz is going to be sniffing in circles I guess.

There is nothing weird about the glass in the crame game, other than it being broken like all the other glass. It seems to be consistent with the broken glass from everywhere else, minus the Duck Hunt game.]

[uhhhhhhh okay let's see.

is there anything else weird here? like the walls, blood, weird signs, anything like that? can she go look at the glass again where it was crunched and take a closer look to see if there are like boot prints or anything on it, maybe, since you said she couldn't tell anything at a glance. are any of the other game cabinets fucked up?

is there a fork in an electrical outlet somewhere. a toaster in a bathtub perhaps]

[ YEAH!! SNIFFING IN CIRCLES LIKE A MISERABLE DOG!!!! has the smell just been here this entire time?? what the fuck!

i guess he'll like??? try to get down and look under the games for anything that might have rolled under something? i rolled a 10 for if he eats shit doing this so idk i guess he's cutting his hands a little ]

[squints. the crane is okay, too?

how is the employee backroom looking? and the storage room?

is the coin exchange machine okay?

she will look at the electrical outlets/plugs/cables??? actually, even with the broken screens, are any of the arcade machines on? we have electricity running in the arcade, right?]

[Imagine if there was a bathtub in the arcade.

It's very difficult to tell any specific shape about the crunched glass. It could be a boot print but it could also be other things. Whatever crunched the glass crunched it both inside and outside the arcade. There is not a fork in a socket anywhere.

Datz can get down (and cut his hands? Datz please, there's broken glass everywhere)and all he finds under the games is more broken glass.

The crane itself is okay, as is the coin exchange machine. The employee backroom is locked, as is the storage room.

The arcade machines are on and plugged in, just busted. None of the outlets/plugs/cables look damaged.]

I don't see anything else.

[she says, a little confused, but. i can't think of anything else and nimona longs for the swan boats]

... I'm gonna keep the card for now.

...Yeah. OK.

[ if there's nothing else to see anywhere in this damn arcade i guess we'll just go sit in a swan boat ]

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