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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[wearys]

[ pets him! pets his snout and reaches up to give an ear scritch. horses are like big dogs, right.

pegasi > swans, holy shit ]

You see anything suspicious, dude? Or uh, [ frowns. ] Dudette? Or whatever you prefer?

[ he doesn't want to... misgender the winged horse. because then, from the distance, alex fierro would appear and garrote him, probably. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[the pegasus makes a little nickering sound at "dude," but doesn't respond to "dudette". apparently he's a dude!

anyway, he doesn't seem to react in any other way.

did he see something? didn't he? magnus doesn't speak Horse, so he won't have any way to tell. too bad he doesn't have any living friends who are good with pegasi to translate for him, huh?]

[wearys]

[ wow thanks for that unnecessary reminder, mods.

with a pat to the pegasus' neck, ] Okay, dude, I got to go find the rest of a dead body. Maybe later I can come back with an apple for you?

[ does the left path continue past the field of wingy horsies ]

[themodsgrimm]

[the pegasus seems GREATLY pleased by the idea of an apple, and noses at magnus's cheek. it also might try to nibble at some of his hair.

the left path does indeed continue on past the pasture! though further up ahead, it seems to curve to the right.]

[wearys]

[ that's fair, he has straw hair.

then onwards and forwards, he guesses. searching for parts. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[the path is miraculously clear of parts!

as he gets to the part of the path that curves, he has two options: continue forward, or take a right, which seems to lead to .... the glass enclosure with the little tigers and dragons! congrats, he's made it to the side of the menagerie opposite the entrance.]

[wearys]

[ hm neat!

let's go to the glass enclosure next. visit the cute babies. see if they've eaten anyone. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[a tiny dragon and a tiny tiger make a beeline for him as soon as he enters the enclosure!

take me home, their eyes say. take me home i love you.]

[wearys]

[ ohhh

nooo

what is he going to do he knows he can't take both home, but wants. to. this is suffering.

for now he'll pick up the dragon to hold while he checks out the place. if the tiger wants it could probably latch onto his pants and ride around, as kittens do, honestly. ]

Hey there, little guys. You see anything suspicious?

[themodsgrimm]

[the dragon flicks its tongue out at him then curls up close in his arms. it seems like it's been lonely.

the tiger seems to have been, too, because it sure does latch onto his pants and not let go. it makes sad little mewling noises, even.]

[wearys]

[ has no one been playing with the baby animals, oh my god?

besides the cute babies, is there anything else in the enclosure. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[the enclosure is full of nothing but cute baby animals that want magnus to take them home!]

[wearys]

[ worse than a dead body. ]

Okay, one of you can come help me look for dead body parts. Then the other can come see the pegasi with me later, okay?

[ he's going to be visiting this damn place every day now to take them on "adventures" isn't he. this is what he has to do? he has no choice? ]

So who wants to go find a body jigsaw?

[themodsgrimm]

[the tiger and the dragon both look up at him with pleading eyes. they BOTH want to go find a body jigsaw!]

[wearys]

[ this is hell.

what if he tries to take both out anyway. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[magnus will find that while he has both with him, the enclosure doors will not open.

:) ]

[wearys]

[ I can't believe magnus just. lives here now. he can't ever leave.

no, but he'll set down the dragon for now. ] I'll see you later, Sam. Go play with your buddies, okay?

[ the dragon's name is sam, because why not.

he'll take alex the tiger with him for now, to continue the investigation. he doesn't miss his friends from home, what are you talking about. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[hey megan: wtf im sad

anyway, sam the sad dragon gives him a betrayed look before sulking away to the other dragons, who swarm her and shoot accusatory glares in magnus's direction. you abandoned their buddy...

alex the tiger mewls happily on their adventure as they head outside! the pathway looks pretty clear as they walk along, though.]

[wearys]

[ yw ]

Hey, blame your mothers, or whatever they are.

[ it's not his fault!! :(

but okay, onwards. does the path keep being clear? if so, magnus will start going off-path he guesses. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[the path does indeed keep being clear! ...off-path is slightly more run-down. alex the tiger runs on ahead and pounces on something!

...

it's a mouse. a soon-to-be-dead mouse, if the way alex's mouth is opening wide and sharp teeth are flashing in the sunlight is any indication.]

[wearys]

[ typical. zoos are always underfunded.

alex no. alex why. magnus not even surprised, but yikes. ]

Hey, be careful, you don't know where that mouse has been!

[themodsgrimm]

[alex doesn't know where that mouse has been and alex doesn't care

the tiger cub swallows the mouse whole

nature!]

[wearys]

[ this is why people shouldn't own exotic animals. ]

All right, come on killer, we've got to scour this place good. Don't want to miss any pieces of dead bodies right?

[ will the tiger's hunter instincts help find dead bodies. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[the tiger's ears perk up at that





and it takes off running, back toward the pasture with the pegasi]

[wearys]

Hey! Wait up!

[ he doesn't want alex the tiger to get hurt or something?? he's a cub he needs to be Protected and he knows some weird shit lives around here.

he briskly follows back to the pegasi pasture. he doesn't even have an apple for his pegasus buddy. ]