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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[asswipe]

[... Well. This is pleasant.

After verifying that Evan is still checking out the floor, Veronica is going to quickly put her hands around Jae-ha's neck and carefully give it a squeeze. Will any ink come out if she does?]

[selfinserting]

[Once he's checked out the ground for anything else strange, he's going to examine the glass cases themselves now, checking for any marks or damage they might have sustained.]

[themodsgrimm]

[Once again, Evan's search comes up empty: none of the cases seem to have been tampered with in any way. As Veronica squeezes Jae-ha's neck, crimson ink seeps out of the wound.]

[asswipe]

[As soon as she sees the red ink:]

Oh, thank god.

[Veronica...............

Anyway, she's checking to see if he has any items or whatever on him. If not, she'll move away from the body.]

Did you find anything, Evan?

[selfinserting]

[As soon as he hears her say that, he looks over, and while he sees the crimson ink and understands what she's talking about... There's a note of disappointment in his voice regardless.]

...This, this isn't something to be relieved about.

[After a small pause.]

No, I haven't. Do, do you want me to check anywhere else?

[themodsgrimm]

[I'm sure somewhere, Jae-ha is frowning at you, Veronica. But it looks like he's not carrying anything.]

[asswipe]

[If Jae-ha didn't want this then maybe he shouldn't have died!! Gosh!!!!

Anyway, she's making a face when Evan reprimands her but not. Defending herself or anything.]

... It's only us and the dead bodies here, right? I don't think there's anything else to check, unless you noticed anything off about the glass cases. [Like the names on the cases or if someone swapped a body or something?? Probably not, though.]

[selfinserting]

...I didn't see anything wrong with the cases.

[But since I am Paranoid as ever, he's going around to each of them to make sure the names match whoever's inside, etc.]

[themodsgrimm]

[Everyone is present and accounted for! Wouldn't that be really funny though if someone had gotten switched around? Lmao...but yeah, no funny business.]

[asswipe]

[it would have been a little funny

next week's blotters, where u at.

Anyway — she helps Evan check the glass cases. Once they confirm there's nothing wrong with them, though:]

... I didn't see anything wrong with them, either. [...] I hate that I have to say this, but I really hope someone found an obvious murder weapon with fingerprints in another room.

[selfinserting]

...Yeah. I hope so.

[He stills sounds Upset, though, as he looks towards the door.]

Anything else we missed...?

[asswipe]

I... I don't know. I hope not.

[If there's nothing else to look at, they should probably Leave.]

[selfinserting]

...Yeah.

[He glances back at the body one more time, expression pained, but then... Yeah. Time to go.]