CHASMA... ADULTS!

[malewife]

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W2: THURSDAY

[malewife]

[ So... We are back in Hua Cheng's room? ]

Did we want to buy the glitter? It may be useful in trying to incriminate us, but then we counter it with the fact that daemons do not bleed gold anymore. It should lift some suspicion.

[afterword]

[ well Dokja is here, more healed and in a new fresh clothes given his old ones were completely burnt to crisp. ]

Aren't you worrying a bit much? [ he says it in a collective manner. ]

[callalilies]

I like the idea. Could be useful down the line.

[supremity]

[ you've met them right dokja ]

[malewife]

... They are precautions.

We may or may not use them.

[supremity]

[ y'all just live here at this point. ]

I agree. It would make for a useful means of throwing suspicion off ourselves, if need be. So we could make use of it and prove otherwise at trial.

[malewife]

Memory sharing effect should be coming up soon. Even if we don't divulge daemons once bled gold, memories may show it for us.

[ ... ]

But we need an explanation for the missing tickets, and proof.

W2: FRIDAY

[callalilies]

TO: Diluc Ragnvindr, Hua Cheng, Kim im Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk

Did any of you steal Barnes' shoes?

He threw a bit of a tantrum about it.

[ and we kind of had him on our scape list so like. who is starting early???? ]

[malewife]

No.

Seems like we might not be the only ones considering scapegoating him, unless one of us got shadowed since the beginning of the week.

[callalilies]

Somehow I wish it had been one of you because otherwise someone else has gotten into the room next to mine.

[ SIGH ]

That, or Barnes did some sleep walking.

[supremity]

no. but it sounds funny.
i suppose if any of you killed last night, you couldn't say.

[callalilies]

Funny would have been throwing my boot at his shortly after for being so beastly about it.

Suppose if it were, we do have a system in place for it, don't we?

[afterword]

His shoes? Are you sure he didn't just lose it somewhere?

[ why ]

[callalilies]

[ why is right ]

He was at the bar last night, doubt he was there without shoes?

[ i asked him so we'll see if bucky rly just went barefoot to the bar??? ]

[shinetrue]

Are there others that plan on framing him, then?
When I had something taken from my room, it was something insignificant, so it had to have been purposeful.

[ me, reading over this and feeling like it makes no sense. brain small. ]

[callalilies]

It didn't sound like it was the same thing, but the rules might be shifting just a little. Who's to say?

I wouldn't be surprised if others were thinking the same thing about framing him him for a kill, though.

Seems like a silly framing tactic, however, if he's going to be shouting about his missing shoes...

w4, late monday.

[afterword]

[ to the adults only, sorry rin you've been babyblocked from this ]

>> reader: My room.

[ when everyone gathers in Dokja's room, they'll find not just Dokja but Joonghyuk already here. of course, so is Niah and Jin. Jin is lounging in a bean bag with uh.... something is notably hissing under all her fur from where she has her paws crossed over. umm...??? ]

Alright, so the Sunday before the last I found a room key on my desk. It looks like our keys but it was unmarked. I spoke with Joonghyuk about it but, the most I could get from it was a feeling that I needed to keep it a secret-- especially from the staff.

[ a pause, to let this information settle. ] After our meeting earlier today, I noticed the key was different. It had a newly-added letter glimmering on the key tab. I assumed it meant it could be used now so I took Yoo Joonghyuk and we roamed around the hotel for anything that might stand out. We ended up in the Mezzanine and found a door with the same letter.

So we checked the door and we were able to get in. It didn't take us long to realize that this was a suite room, so we looked around and investigated as much as we were able to. It did have an extra room attached to it unlike ours, but it also had a shared bathroom like we do as well. We weren't able to peek into whatever room is attached to that bathroom. We were only limited to the room we unlocked. [ he pauses again, making a face before ] It was incredibly dusty- looked to be that way for weeks of build-up. And in case you're wondering, the key vanished the moment we stepped outside once we were done but we have some things from it.

[ so... about that hissing under Jin... she seems to be fussing with it a little, which gets more offended squeaks and hisses as a smaller paw peeks out and tries to swat at her muzzle. it's fine. don't worry about it. ]

For now, let's keep this information only between us.

[ he'll gesture for Joonghyuk to share what he has. ]

[supremity]

[ an eyebrow raises at the hissing and squeaking, but hua cheng manages to ignore it as he listens to dokja.

tanhua, however, comes to approach, sniffing at jin and then down at whatever is taking swipes at her. hello? ]

"Some things" being what, exactly? [ the fuck is that ]

[afterword]

Four postcards, mostly. They were just as dusty as the rest of the room so they were probably in there for as long as the room had been abandoned.

[ Jin perks at Tanhua, wagging her tails. because she's shifting a little.. Tanhua will see a... very, very recognizable stinky weasel. the second it sees Tanhua, it looks torn between wanting to attack and hiding.

however, Jin will intervene if it looks like a fight might break out. no harming the weasel. we must stay on our best behavior. ]

He has the postcards with him. But, we kinda figured that this room belongs to one of the staff. I'm sure you can get an idea of whose.

[callalilies]

[ polaris does peek at jin curiously, tail wagging as he sniffs a little around her paws? hello? hissing?

meanwhile kaeya hums. ]

Do you think it's a suite that maybe belonged to one of them? Or maybe even some of the dead?

[ is this like an anchor basically? or a way to maybe pass messages to wherever they might be? ]

[afterword]

[ a... weasel is spotted by polaris! it hisses more, cursing in weasel tongue ]

Oh definitely. It was obviously a staff we are very familiar with.

[malewife]

[ Joonghyuk takes out the postcards! There are illustrations one side, then words on the other. Everyone can tell by the look and the touch that it’s a little old, has some lingering dust despite being recently brushed off (by the orvs).

GHOST: 1 They're like furniture + wedding 2 No one remembers if they're not here too 3 I can tell no tales 4 [there's a bit here that's smudged out] --------

PUG 1: i killed -- -- --- ------. did not want to. canterbury bells & cp heliotropes + pink/white roses together. happy endings. we will return. --

PUG 2: All gold here. I'm sorry for breaking our promise. Tell ---- sorry too. You aren't alone in this—I believe in you. --------

SPACE: gold is good applied to us + --------, not -- yet sorry i couldn't stay working hard: see you soon. cheiranthus pink camellia red roses - --

Yeah!! ]

We found these in the room.

[supremity]

[ oh, hua cheng snatches those up. ]

Canterbury bells mean gratitude. [ scanning quickly. ] Heliotropes are love and devotion.

Pink roses are innocent, romantic love. Grace, sweetness. White are loyalty, purity. Wallflowers are fidelity, from one love to another.

[ ... seeing the pink camellia, he glances at kaeya, before to the card again. ]

Pink camellias mean longing for someone. Red roses are love, obviously, but sometimes courage as well.

[shinetrue]

[ canopus will also approach jin, cautiously sniffing at the source of the hissing. ]

What was the letter on the key?

[ nods with the other questions being asked. ]

[afterword]

[ all these daemons ganging up on the hissing... anyways canopus will spy a weasel, held partially hidden by Jin's paws. whether it's so it doesn't escape or for its safety is hard to say. ]

"D."