forum And The Sun Went Out // Fiction Mystery // Open

Started January 04, 2019 by @PuffPoff

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"Well…I guess one more person wouldn't hurt…" Jonah muttered, wondering if he would regret this later.

"To the library!" She said, dramatically.

Jonah walked in to the library, immediately heading over to the computer that held the entire catalog of books in the building. "Alright. Let's see if there are some science books or something that can help us out." He typed in the keyword 'sun' into the catalog. The only book that showed up was a medieval fantasy novel. "Well that isn't going to help us solve this mystery." Jonah muttered, noticing that a wide selection of books at the bottom of the page that also included the word 'sun' in the title had been checked out years ago. Interesting…

"Okay, nothing about the sun specifically, but I know one with some really good chapters about the sun." Raven said, nudging Jonah so she could type in the title. "I took it out a while ago to study- and now it's been checked out. It's been checked out for three months. Dang. I actually liked that one."

"Wait….hold on a second." Jonah reached over Raven and used the mouse to click on the book. "It says it was checked out by someone named Henry Coles Jr." He then clicked the back button until he found the books that had been checked out a few years ago. All of them were overdue. "These were all checked out by the same person."

"Wait… I heard some one say he was that asshole that never shows up to class! We don't even consider him a student anymore!" She said. "But why would he check out all those books?"

"Good question. Luckily, having this badge has its benefits." Jonah replied, pointing to his investigator's badge before making his way over to the librarian. "Excuse me, I'm Jonah Carpenter and I'm an investigator's assistant. I was wondering if you would have any information on Mr.Henry C-" The librarian cut him off, making a disgusted face. "Ah yes, Mr.Coles. He checked out every book about the science of the sun over ten years ago. He pays the fee for the overdue books, but he hasn't returned one since." The librarian reached down below the counter and pulled out the longest overdue slip Jonah had ever seen. "If you do find Mr.Coles, give this to him for me."

Ahhh I'm in school right now but could you guys wait for a while until I get home do I can reply cause I can't right now?))

(I'll make a character then!

Name: Aria "Ari" Jackson
Gender: F
Sexuality: Asexual(panromantic)
Age: 19
Occupation: Bookstore employee and attempting author on the side
Personality: Though extremely loyal to those she is close to, Aria is on the shier side. She usually has her nose stuck in a book or notebook, and reading and drawing are two things she is especially good at.
Appearance: Blonde hair that is shaved on the sides and floofily dyed pink on the top, blue eyes, and pale skin. She wears a blue and white My Hero Academia tee shirt under an open sky blue zip-up hoodie, black skinny jeans, and grey Converse and accessorizes with several bracelets on either wrist, a black tattoo choker on her neck, a blue dragon almost choker(it usually hangs down to about her tee-shirt's neck), and a silver necklace.
Other: Ari doesn't go anywhere without her grey and black trapper-keeper binder slung across her torso. It's decorated with various buttons. She's also basically a self insert character that's better looking than me.

I thought they had to be adults))

Raven hummed, playing with her fingers.

Ricky looked around the library and sighed "what now?" She asked

"A lot of stuff."

"I mean, our only lead now is this Henry Coles Jr. guy." Jonah replied, holding up the overdue slip. "We could see if he has a social media profile or something. He might know something about this sun disappearance."

"Well, which website are we searching first, then?" She asked, pulling out her phone.

"We could search for just his name first." Jonah said, taking out his own phone and typing in the man's name. To his surprise, quite a few websites popped up in response. None of them were social media profiles. "It's a bunch of news articles and gossip sites."

"What does it say about him?" She asked

Jonah clicked on the news article first. "It says he worked for…some millionaire named Sabrina Vaught in D.C. He got fired a few weeks ago." He sighed. That didn't seem too helpful. He backed out of the news site and instead began reading the gossip site, which basically said the same thing. "This doesn't seem like super important information, but the whole media seems to be obsessed with the fact that Henry Coles got fired from his job."

"What even was his job to the point that it's a big deal he lost it?" She asked, trying to peak at the screen.

(I'm guessing I'm accepted?)

(Yep!)