CHAPTER 5 ; INVESTIGATION

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... CHAPTER 5 - WEEK 5??? 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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THE KITCHEN

[themodsgrimm]

An oven with a stovetop lies across the room from the entrance - counterspace lines either side of the oven to give any would-be chefs plenty of space to prepare. A sink is set into the counters to the right of the oven, and a refrigerator is to the left. Drawers - for cutlery, measuring instruments, and the like - are set into the counters, and cabinets are mounted on the walls above them. There is a spice rack on the countertop as well as a knifeblock (though it's... empty...), an alcohol cabinet (thankfully unlocked) along the northernmost wall, and a door leading into a pantry along the southernmost wall.

[concasse]

[Sanji is here.

Not as... energetic as usual! Wednesday kinda sucked for him and his entire body is covered in bandages, great.

Also what the fuck his left arm kinda hurts? What?? He keeps rubbing it, looking miffed by this.]

If there's a fuckin body in here...

[Just let him have his coffee.]

[finethanks]

[Eichi peeks in shortly after, his eyes betraying the confident way he moves. He's never looked around on a Friday before, and it's kind of terrifying!

But how interesting, he's holding his left arm as he walks in, himself... It hurts?]

Ah, I certainly hope there's not. Even if I'm here to help look around, I'd prefer to find nothing at all, you know?

[concasse]

[eyES ZOOMING IN ON THAT ARM?

What the actual hell is going on??]

You're in luck; normally there's nothing in the kitchen except some magical burnt cake that disappears and people stealing my shitty silverware.

["his silverware"]

C'mon, let's check around... your arm okay?

[finethanks]

I hope that today will be the same. To ruin a kitchen would be too cruel...

[Also finding a dead body? But as he moves over to check the oven, because that seems like a horrible place, he glances to his own arm and then over to Sanji's. Ah, actually, he's rubbing his sometimes too, isn't he?]

It aches quite a bit. At first I thought I had slept funny, but it can get intense, on occasion... It's impossible that I've pulled a muscle. [So what the heck?] Is yours bothering you, as well?

[concasse]

Yeah, a little bit.

[he does not sound like he cares much about his own limb but that's just the Sanji Condition; Eichi knows this. He will refrain from hovering over the other guy, demanding to see what that arm looks like (for now).]

Anyway, you check the oven. I'm gonna look through the drawers.

[finethanks]

Perhaps it's similar to those scratches that appeared out of nowhere that one week.

[And harmless? He hopes? But, he'll do the worrying for Sanji. At first, he thought it was just a heart issue, but if Sanji has it, too... That's not good.

Still, he'll do as told. Eichi on the oven, Sanji on the drawers! After they've both taken a broad look around, I'm sure.]

[themodsgrimm]

[The oven is empty! No mysterious burning ghost cakes in here today, thankfully.

Likewise, the drawers are the same as ever. It looks like no one decided to get sticky fingered with the cutlery this week!

Both of them are standing relatively near the sink as they search their respective choices, however, so they'll hear a soft, slow drip... drip... drip...]

[concasse]

[BLESS THE LORD, SANJI HAS COUNTED ALL OF THE SPOONS AND ALL OF THE FORKS AND ALL OF THE KNIVES, AND HE NODS FOR IT IS GOOD IN HIS EYES.]

I'm gonna make everyone fuckin medals for behaving themselves this week.

[Uh. Who was wasting water, though? Immediately going to look at that sink. JOIN HIM, EICHI]

[finethanks]

Thank goodness.

[He's so glad for Sanji not missing silverware this week. It is a blessed week, truly. But he also notices the dripping and steps over to the sink, peering at it closely. Why is it dripping? Was it not shut off all the way??]

[themodsgrimm]

[The faucet's handle is indeed not turned all the way in! That might account for the dripping water.

With Sanji and Eichi both looking at the sink, they might notice something out of the corner of their eye on the nearby counter. Some kind of crumbs. ...maybe someone made a snack and was in too much of a rush to clean up completely?]

[concasse]

[So someone was an uncultured heathen in his kitchen.

Sanji is losing the energy to get mad, guys.

... ALso Sanji is a ... uh. Well. He's weird in that he can just smell shit and figure out what it used to be?! What I'm saying is he's examining these crumbs in the hopes of figuring out what the snack was, I'm so sorry, I did't make One Piece.

Let him fail, don't let this man go around sniffing crumbs and get away with it.]

[finethanks]

[Eichi can canonly learn talents from youtube videos and tell someone's health from their nail color, but he still thinks Sanji sniffing at crumbs is weird. He's going to get them up his nose??

But he decides to politely not say anything and turns off the sink, instead, trying to see if he can see down the drain, just in case.]

[themodsgrimm]

[I'm sorry, he's going to get away with it. These are breadcrumbs, as he'll... be able to smell.

The dripping water stops when Eichi turns the handle on the sink. Peering down there, he'll see faint traces of liquid, but that's pretty normal considering, like, there was just water.]

[concasse]

[It was either sniff or taste! And these crumbs could be poisoned!!]

You find anything?

[For his part, Sanji is going to look at the rest of the counter space to see if there are any other crumbs or telltale signs of someone having been in the kitchen. Otherwise he's going to start checking the cupboards]

[finethanks]

Not at all. I can't tell if it was merely food washed down the drain from here, and I'd rather not reach into it.

[So, he'll let Sanji work on that and head over to the pantry, himself. His arm aches get pretty irritating, considering how he can't take pain, so he keeps rubbing at it between looking. But, is there anything amiss in the pantry?

He'll still call out to Sanji as he opens that door.]

There wasn't anything strange about those crumbs, was there? Was someone simply messy?

[themodsgrimm]

[The cupboards look the same as they always do! Every cup, plate, bowl, etc is accounted for. Luckily Sanji is familiar enough with the kitchen to be able to tell this!

The pantry itself doesn't appear to have anything out of place at first glance, either. Various foodstuff line the shelves here, neatly in order. Nobody's going to be starving any time soon.]

[concasse]

[HM. Nothing out of place. Sanji is still kinda shooketh over that, he's used to people just taking shit outta here wholesale.]

Yeah, just breadcrumbs. Could mean a sandwich, could mean any number of things...

[Cupboards accounted for, he's going to check the fridge next.]

You find anything?

[finethanks]

How strange...

[Eichi doesn't see anything, but he steps in further to take a thorough look around. He doesn't want to be the one responsible for missing some hidden important clue, okay! So, he'll move food and boxes and jars aside to take a look at every shelf, and thankfully he's tall enough to check all of them!]

No, I haven't. I'm simply making sure... You haven't found anything strange either, have you?

[themodsgrimm]

[The fridge has dairy products and some leftovers in it! Nothing seems particularly out of place.

And the only thing Eichi finds as he moves around food and boxes and jars is ... more food and boxes and jars!]

[concasse]

Nothing so far.

... You're by the pantry, right? Can you check if anyone took any pieces of bread?

[He's thinking about the bread crumbs, basically, and is hoping the kitchen didn't just restock that shit already.]

[finethanks]

What a relief... There's nothing bloody or scary in here at all.

[He's honestly glad, even if it means other people are finding horrible things elsewhere. But sure, he'll check on the bread!]

Let's see... I'll have a look. ♪

[themodsgrimm]

[There are loaves of bread in here! Some of them are missing pieces, but that's pretty normal from people eating things during the week. The kitchen hasn't restocked it overnight.]

[concasse]

The kitchen usually doesn't have too much in here...

[Which might be why he keeps coming in here first. That or he just wants his coffee.]

Find anything strange?

[Looking at the spice rack and the alcohol cabinet now... he fully expects the latter to be half-empty, AS PER USUAL.]

[finethanks]

It doesn't appear as though the kitchen restocked anything, so there's some bread missing. Nothing is strange, however.

[He's tired of this useless pantry and leaves it, now moving back to Sanji's side to help him peer into the alcohol cabinet.]

There's nothing that I should... move to check behind, is there, do you think? [Sanji knows what he's asking, but he figures he'll check if he can be useful.]