CHAPTER 6 ; INVESTIGATION

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... CHAPTER 6 - WEEK 6??? 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 1-2 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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[themodsgrimm]

[as rebecca is leading the swan away, she may catch sight of a scrap of something purple and gray near the line of trees!

nico, meanwhile, will find that it looks like the arm has been either cut or torn off from the shoulder. pretty violently, too! there's a lot of dirt on it, yuck. ...also it seems to be a left arm, judging by the fingers.]

[disclosures]

[She definitely see the whole ass arm, her face goes pale and she looks away. And finds a- something!]

Great! You're right! Deal with that! I think I found something.

[Time to look at that scrap of something! As long as it's not an arm it'll be better! Probably!]

[resumed]

Hey! [But okay...off she goes. Have fun or whatever, he'll be on the ground with this stupid arm.

...gross. He looks at the scratch marks on the ground though before looking at the arm again. He's putting the arm down and using it like a rake to see if the fingers leave similar marks, or if the marks are from swans, or if they're unrelated.

Did swans rip off someone's arm and bury it? Why are there so many feathers?]

[themodsgrimm]

[Rebecca will snag the scrap! It's fabric. At first glance, it looks pretty clean.

Nico's experiment will result in almost identical claw marks in the dirt - lighter, perhaps, if he's not being particularly forceful with his raking.]

[disclosures]

[At first glance. What about a closer inspection...? She found this scrap, she's going to examine it.]

Does anybody wear... purple and gray?

[resumed]

[That's alarming. He looks up from the arm.] Just...people who aren't alive anymore. Or someone I don't know. [He'll look at the lake again. How's the shore looking?]

[themodsgrimm]

[upon closer inspection, it ... also seems pretty clean. hm. the swan shuffles closer to rebecca as she examines it and waits until it's right next to her before it honks obnoxiously.

the shoreline looks about the way one might expect after a whole arm has been found there. there's the scuffle marks and feathers they found earlier, and out on the water, they'll see a swan rapidly swimming away from some of the others with something in its mouth.]

[disclosures]

[Rebeccca jumps when the swan honks! You're a rude swan, you know? But while she's here are there any other fabric scraps around?]

I'm... going to keep looking over here.

[Because she doesn't wanna look at the arm.]

[resumed]

Yeah, okay. [She can go. He's going to approach the water to see if he can get a better look.] What do you have...?

[themodsgrimm]

[there aren't any scraps of fabric! there's a shadow of something behind one of the trees, though... will she go check out what it is before the swan attempts to bite her?

as nico approaches the water, the swan that's swimming away looks at him. from this angle, it looks like it's got a pair of gloves in its mouth.]

[disclosures]

Right now I just have a scrap of fabric. But I think I see something else. A shadow of something? If it's more body parts I'm going to yell.

[She's going to start walking towards it before the swan decides to bite her.]

[resumed]

I'll keep an ear out then. I might have to go for a swim? [Swans why!! He's going to approach the shoreline and...splash the water to try and get the swan's attention.]

[themodsgrimm]

[rebecca narrowly misses the swan's beak as she heads over to the trees. ...it's a shovel! there is a shovel there, propped up on the other side of the tree.

the swan on the lake looks at nico.

and then swims closer to him. and closer. and closer. it's ... charging?

but hey, if it attacks him, maybe it'll drop the gloves!]

[disclosures]

I found a shovel!

[She is not touching the shovel with her bare hands though. Anything interesting about the shovel? Any ink or stains on it?]

[resumed]

Anything else? [It's shouted over his shoulder but he's not moving because there are swans charging.

He's not moving. Come at him, swan X(] I think the swans found something, too!

[themodsgrimm]

[The shovel has some dirt on it! And some golden ink stains. Yikes.

The swan makes it to shore and lunges at Nico - thereby dropping the gloves. They're sort of ripped up, but hey, maybe if they act quick they can get it.

Meanwhile, out on the lake, the swans are sort of circling around something in the center of the water.]

[disclosures]

... I think a hero died! [Yelled because she's still not looking back at Nico and his whole ass arm.

Anything else off about this place with this unsettling shovel?]

[resumed]

[Yeah he doesn't get to reply because swan!

You know. He has a sword and instead he tries to hit the swan with the arm instead before dodging and scooping up the gloves.

Dodging also means charging directly into the lake so. Fuck.]

Rebecca, I need you to take the arm! [He's in the water, can he see what the swans are circling?]

[themodsgrimm]

[the shovel seems to be the only thing out of place behind the trees!

enjoy your swim, nico. it doesn't look like they're circling anything on the top of the water, but instead, their heads are angled down to look into the lake. occasionally, one ducks underneath the water and stretches to try and grab something, but comes up empty.]

[disclosures]

[... Does she have to pick up the shovel and the arm? She doesn't wanna... pick up the arm...

But okay, she'll at least stand near it and try to keep the swans from eating the arm. While she's here, what color ink is in the arm? She's looking but she also doesn't seem to be doing great with this.]

Come back!!

[resumed]

In a minute! [He's throwing the arm to the shore, she can scoop it up with the shovel? Whatever??? Meanwhile those swans are trying to grab something and after last week's fiasco he's not going to be the one to miss something. He swims out a little further and does the opposite of coming back.]

If I'm not back in five minutes just take the arm. [He's trying to play nice with the swans and he's also looking down. Can he see what they're seeing from above the water?]

[themodsgrimm]

[rebecca is now in possession of one shovel, one arm, and an angry swan which is definitely going to try and lunge for it because it's hungry and that is FLESH you're holding, human!!

also the arm bleeds gold ink.

out in the lake, when nico looks down into the water, he'll see a shadowy mass of... something. it's not really moving all that much? but it seems as though the water's weighing it down and it is slowly drifting to the bottom of the lake.]

[disclosures]

[This is the second worst day of her life!! She hates this so much! She's trying to keep the shovel between the swan and the arm.]

Don't just leave me with an arm, Nico!

[resumed]

Just keep the swan away from it! [But gods. Okay he's...gently pushing some of the swans out of the way and he's taking a breath before ducking under the water.

Fully clothed. And with his stupid sword. Bye.

What sort of mass are we talking here?]

[themodsgrimm]

[the swan lunges at the shovel!! it will have its flesh snack one way or another... but it hits the metal part of it and looks a little dazed.

under the water, it seems to be some kind of mass of fabric. above nico, some of the swans duck their heads down and stare at him.]