CHAPTER 1 ; INVESTIGATION

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... CHAPTER 1 - WEEK 1??? Narrators Remain ; The clock begins to chime, and on the first note, curfew lifts. Your doors swing open, whether you are ready or not. Leaving your room is a blur. The person you fell asleep beside — are they still there? Have they vanished? Were they ever there at all? You can't seem to recall clearly. What you are most aware of is the pervading sense of wrongness in the air, and how you can't hear anything but the chime of the clock. Even the sounds of your own voice and your own footsteps do not reach your ears. By the time the time the clock strikes nine, you know one thing to be true: blood has been spilt. Search the castle carefully — you wouldn't want to miss a single important detail, would you...? Welcome to this week's investigation post! This time, you all will be posting your own locations that you wish to search. Please note the Locations page for your reference. Evidence — or lack thereof — will be noted in these threads. We ask that group threads consist of no more than 2-3 characters. After the discovery of the body (or bodies) and any pertinent evidence, an IC announcement concluding the investigation will go up. You are then free to make your own toplevels on this post for any threads you would like to have between the end of the investigation and the start of the trial. If you have any questions, please ask on our Discord server or ping us on plurk. Please direct pings to Danielle (entrappings) and Britt (bloodthirstiest), as we will be taking point on this investigation! Instructions on this week's investigation can be found in a pin in the General chat! full navigation. locations taken (statuses) stories (profiles) info & faq wishing well private conversations

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[themodsgrimm]

[Hi, Varian. Unfortunately for the three of them, there isn't much to notice in the Foyer...

Except for something on the ground that doesn't quite belong.]

[vigilantics]

[ well steph will just... waddle to check it out while varian and rapunzel have their gag, i guess. ]

[hairbrain]

--Oh, hi Varian! [ awkward. ] I didn't see you there.

[ but she's quickly distracted by Steph hobbling, and runs after her to make sure she doesn't fall. ]

Hang on --- what's that?

[alchemenace]

[ he's just staring at her for the longest time even after she runs off to Steph and then just. shares a look with his raccoon before following ]

What's what? ... And if you're about to say a body, don't?

[themodsgrimm]

[It's...not a body! Actually, it's...a leaf? What? Why? Take a closer look at the very special leaf!]

[vigilantics]

It's a body.

[ she goes to lean down to inspect it... gives up. ]

Uh can. One of you get that.

[hairbrain]

Don't hurt yourself, I've got it.

[ crouching down to look at it! ]

Varian, come take a look at this.

[ :* ]

[alchemenace]

[ everyone in this thread is dead to me :)

Varian goes to take a look at the leaf and FUCKINF PICKS IT UP TO LOOK CLOSER IG YOU FUCKS ]

What, you mean this leaf?

[themodsgrimm]

[I can't believe Rapunzel, Steph, Varian, and Mod Danielle are all dead. But anyway, the leaf looks as if it has been tracked around on the bottom of a shoe, clearly not left behind intentionally. It's wet and muddied from the snow outside.]

[vigilantics]

I guess this could be relevant. Or just a leaf. Who knows.

[ stares directly at zia ]

Is this the only thing here?

[hairbrain]

[ also examining it but letting varian take point on this. ]

It's from outside... I guess someone must have walked in here. What do you think, Varian?

[ rapunzel's also looking around for anything else!! ]

[alchemenace]

[ hey do I have to ask what kind of leaf it is. wanna tell me if it's a maple. tell me this leaf's backstory. It's from the fucking hedges isn't it. ]

It's a leaf, and it is from the outside. I wouldn't write it off just yet-- Sharpay's half prints were a pretty big deal last week.

[themodsgrimm]

[Varian, considering his experiences so far, will definitely recognize this as a leaf from the hedge maze. Its backstory is probably pretty typical of that of a piece of a shrubbery. It wanted to travel the world, probably, but got more than it bargained for before it ended up here. Alone, trampled.

Other than that, nothing is out of place in the Foyer!]

[vigilantics]

Okay, I guess we should probably meet up with the others then.

[ ... ]

Uh. I'll meet you there, go on ahead.

[hairbrain]

Well --- what if I piggyback you?

[ time for the smothering to begin. ] I'm not going to just leave you behind, Steph.

[ varian can stay behind w the leaf, zia's fave character. ]

[alchemenace]

This leaf is from the hedges...

[ oh wait are we talking about something else now?? ]

Um. Isn't everyone going to come back here anyway?

[ we are in the foyer geniuses ]

[vigilantics]

Oh.

[ her ic excuse is she's in pain because she got stabbed and doesn't have painkillers

so fuck you ]

I'll just sit down then.

[hairbrain]

[ francy stop ignoring my tags. she's gonna fuckin piggyback steph!!! ]

Let me help you.

[alchemenace]

[ Varian is just going to keep this fucking leaf ig and. watch that trainwreck. ]

[vigilantics]

[ SHE... OBVIOUSLY WANTS TO ARGUE..... ]

... okay.

[ help her, rapunzel :/ ]

[hairbrain]

[ remember when rapunzel lifted steph up and steph had a boner??? it's happening again, time for piggybacks. ]

Upsy-daisy!

[alchemenace]

[ there is a child in the room please have no boner ]

You know, you wouldn't need to be carried by the Princess if you just stayed off your feet.

[ Varian says, smugly walking on his own ]

[vigilantics]

Rapunzel, please bring me to him so I can yank his ear.

[hairbrain]

I do kind of agree with him, but....

[ heading over to varian. have at it, steph!! ]

[alchemenace]

[ hm

No bad Varian is just going to go ahead and go hide behind some suits of armor thanks bye ]

I gotta go!