CHAPTER 3 ; INVESTIGATION

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... CHAPTER 3 - WEEK 3??? 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, the mods will be providing top-levels for you 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 Britt (bloodthirstiest) and Danielle (entrappings), as they 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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[faceripper]

[ Fane makes a sound of irritation and shakes his head ]

Again? Ugh... [ He shakes his head ] Wonderful. Why, I would hardly be surprised by either, but I would certainly prefer the latter. That would make tracking them down far, far easier. The faster we get through those blasted spectacles, the better.

[themodsgrimm]

[rapunzel knits :c ]

[wagashis]

I should have recalled this sooner.

[and shirasu follows, peering in over her shoulder, because let's see if someone left their things lying around in here instead.

or something else lying around.]

[randori]

[ lmfao why did she let him carry it

He lets the rag drop to his feet— it's actually good that she said to put the rag down and not the sword, because then fingers wouldn't be the only missing appendages here ]

Alright, alright! I'll set it down, okay? [ goes to set it down on that table back there ]

[resumed]

Of course it's a magically-appearing door. Of course it is. [But with that, he's also following right along.]

[axilium]

Don't be so bitter, Hikage.

[he'll wander back to the puppet. also, because it's closer to the door, and he'd really like to stop inhaling smoke sometime soon.]

[themodsgrimm]

[Inside the fridge is...fridge things! No more unaccounted for fingies.]

[themodsgrimm]

[That sure would be easier, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, there isn't anything about the basket of fire strikers to indicate who took it this time. Maybe it's a very clever copycat.]

[doublecrows]

Certain hobbies know no age, Bunch.

[POOR RAPUNZEL]

[anything else amiss in the tailor or is that it, I think they hit up everything in the top level]

[concasse]

[After giving Stephanie some water, Sanji's going to do one more go around through all the cabinets because if someone stole a plate on top of a fork... that actually wouldn't be that surprising but he'd still be mad, tbf]

If so, the hell did the shitty arsonist wait this long?

[themodsgrimm]

[No missing fingies (or other body parts)! It looks like aside from being set on fire, they were respectful of Jae-ha's puppet. I mean, as respectful as an arsonist can be.]

[selfinserting]

[He heads back out to the balcony as he hears Souji and, because I'm Paranoid, he's going to give the telescope a quick glance to make sure there's nothing amiss with it.]

...Are you sure? I-I can if you, if you need.

[psychedelica]

I'm gonna punch him when I see him.

[ maybe you should be thanking him, hikage

in any case, he stands up, shaking his head, and holsters his weapon again. ]

Isn't there a backstage? We should check that out, too.

[themodsgrimm]

[There's a body!




No, really, there is. The very fashionably dressed body of someone with blond hair is lying face-down on the ground in the soundproofed room. There's a glint of something metallic a foot or so away from the body's left hand, but they'll need to get a little closer to see exactly what it is.

One other thing they'll note - there is no ink on or around the body. Hm.]

[axilium]

I checked out the pulley area, but it doesn't hurt to take another look.

[themodsgrimm]

[Veronica seems to be having a hard time. A few rusted weapons scatter across the ground where she kicks them, but it could be worse... she could have tripped!]

[discardia]

[ Cardia's breath hitches in her throat (because unlike some people she's never actually found a body before), but then she's hurrying forward to the body, crouching down, and trying to carefully turn said body over to a.) identify who the hell it is because surely it isn't someone familiar and b.) SEE IF THEY'RE STILL GODDAMN ALIVE. ]

Please--

[ please just be taking a quiet nap in this totally deserted room. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[The telescope is perfectly fine!]

[themodsgrimm]

[Hikage is uno grumpy boy, maybe it will hurt him to check again with that attitude.]

[vigilantics]

It would be more convenient if they set everything on fire when we're not looking for.... [ bodies

what about?? the freezer?? did we check the oven yet because if not she's going to look there too, after accepting the water from sanji. ]

[psychedelica]

[ he's back and checking! Hikage climbs up to the second level to investigate the walkway proper. Any signs of weirdness about?! ]

[disclosures]

[Let her be the judgey person she not so secretly is, mods.]

It's so booooring.

[She'll at least look over the tables in the middle of the room.]

[wagashis]

[while cardia is busy with the body, shirasu investigates whatever that something metallic is! she's fine, right? yeah. she's fine.

is this our missing fork of one type or another...]

[themodsgrimm]

[There are no missing plates, and the freezer and oven are clear of anything suspicious or out of the ordinary!]

[themodsgrimm]

[Nothing seems out of place about the room in general or the tables at a glance!]