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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[asswipe]

[Oh.

Hm.

Veronica willingly gives up the letters she took from the Owlery once the investigation comes to a close. Though she looks pretty disturbed by all of the corpses, it's... not until Evan's name is called out and she realizes which of those corpses belong to him that she kind of wobbles where she stands, paling immediately. It looks like she's about to collapse where she stands, but she manages to gather enough strength to

turn around

and promptly puke by the stairs in the foyer.

Anyway, bye.]

[sanguinairy]

[HM. BAD. Souji's pretty stricken by this list of names too, but definitely not as bad off as Veronica. He's quick to go to her side in any case - they can... clean up the puke in a little bit...

First and foremost is to get her something to drink and a place to sit, preferably away from the displayed corpses.]

Come with me.

[asswipe]

No, no...

[She looks obviously unwell, but she's still shaking her head as she wipes her mouth. This is disgusting and she's pretty much in tears right now.]

I can't— I can't leave him. I can't leave them. I can't leave, Souji.

[sanguinairy]

[THIS IS GROSS but Souji's dealt with worse and doesn't seem offput in the least. He lays a careful hand on her shoulder, expression simultaneously stern and somewhat melancholic.]

If you feel the need later, return then. Right now, this isn't something you can see.

[Bluntly, but considering her reaction, he feels it's pretty honest.]

[asswipe]

[She wants to argue about that.

She really does.

But in the end, all she can manage is a nod. He's right and she knows it.]

... Okay. Okay. Just— [...] I don't... Why.

[sanguinairy]

...I don't know.

[He doesn't... know. He doesn't understand why these people, or why such brutality.

But he'll start to lead her to the kitchen instead, and pours her a glass of water once they get there, pulling a chair out.]

Please sit and drink what you can.