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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THE FOYER

[themodsgrimm]

A central staircase leads from the second floor dormitories that the Narrators will be approaching from down to the foyer itself - although Narrators may note that the base of the staircase doesn't look entirely clean. The marble floors and high ceilings make the room seem larger than it really is. The walls are lined with several tapestries depicting a tiger, a dragon, a girl, an unidentifiable beast, or some combination thereof; there are six tapestries on either side.

The tapestries to the east of the stairs, from staircase to entryway: a lone dragon, a lone beast, the beast and the dragon together, the dragon facing down a tiger, the tiger and the beast together, and the dragon and the beast staring down the tiger and the girl.

The tapestries to the west of the stairs: a lone tiger, a lone girl, the girl and the tiger together, the beast and the girl together, the dragon and the girl together, and the girl looking between the dragon, the tiger, and the beast.

In between each tapestry stands a suit of armor on a pedestal - there are a total of ten, five on each side. Closest to the stairs, expanding outward, they hold one of the following: a shield, a sword, an axe, a spear, and then a shield again. The suit of armor between the tapestry of the tiger and the girl on the west side is noticeably less shiny than the others and looks a little dinged up at first glance.

[concasse]

[Sanji is lowkey wondering where everyone is, he hasn't seen a lot of people around... HM.

Anyway, here he is in the foyer, a place he barely ever pays attentions to, don't come for him if he misses shit, guys.

But seeing as he came down the stairs, the base of the stairs is where he'll focus his attentions on first. Why exactly is it unclean? He's assuming maybe scuff marks or some shit but MAYBE IT WILL BE BLOOD, god he is so tired.]

[themodsgrimm]

[Well. The reason it's a bit dirty is that someone seems to have spilled some red liquid here! There's a puddle of it at the base of the stairs, with some droplets leading away from them.]

[concasse]

[O-oh...

Well admittedly when sanji sees red liquid he thinks "mcfuckin ink" so he's a lot more stiff as he follows the droplets. Where do they lead, exactly?]

[themodsgrimm]

[The droplets lead vaguely away from the stairs - toward the entrance, perhaps? Or to one of the other rooms on the first floor? Whatever was dripping this red liquid seems to have run out before forming a definitive path.]

[concasse]

[Well to keep Sanji in his designated spot, he'll wander close to where the entrance is, looking to see if there are any other clues to scan, but if not, he's turning his attention back to the room at large.

Time to look at them tapestries. West side first. Sanji decides he might as well be thorough and so will look at them all (and behind them if possible) for anything that seems out of place.]

[themodsgrimm]

[At a glance, there isn't really anything else to see in the room at large - he'll have to look at things in more detail.

The tapestries, at least, seem untouched; there's no crimson ink or blood stained onto the front, and the only thing behind them is wall.]

[concasse]

[Alright, west-side tapestries accounted for. He'll leave those alone.

Since he's on the west side already, he's finally gonna look at that suit of armor between the tapestry of the tiger and the girl, seeing as it's not SUPER SHINY and therefore suspect.]

The fuck happened to you?

[Any dents in the armor? And Sanji is gonna take the suit of armor helmet off because. Y'know. Just in case.]

[themodsgrimm]

[There's a small dent in the armor ... it looks identical to the dent left when Fitz kicked the one that danced.

Has it been standing here ever since?

Anyway, there's nothing under the armor's helmet. Just an empty suit of armor.]

[concasse]

[IS THIS SANJI'S DANCING BUDDY?




Yeah he doesn't give a shit, putting the helmet back on. ]

Huh... were you always here?

[Maybe not? Who knows??? Time to move on, Sanji is gonna check the shield, sword, axe, spear, and second shield that are being held by the suits of armor (still on the west side). Do any of them look damaged or like they've seen use?]

[themodsgrimm]

[none of them look damaged! it doesn't seem as though any of them have seen any use lately.]

[concasse]

[Whelp, that clears the west side for Sanji.

he's going to go to the east side and pretty much do the same thing. Checking the tapestries first for damage, then underneath them, and then the armor suits in-between.]

[themodsgrimm]

[he gets the same results! anything else in the room he wants to take a closer look at?]

[concasse]

[WELL he checked the tapestries, suits of armor...

... Honestly he's gonna go back to that red liquid.

...



And sniff it.

LISTEN THEY LOST DAZAI, SOMEONE ELSE MUST PICK UP THE SLACK.]

[themodsgrimm]

[IT SMELLS LIKE INK.

but does it taste like ink... that is the question. do it for science, sanji. and also is like like... just looking at the puddle as he sniffs it, or what?]

[concasse]

[Excuse you, Sanji is a professional sniffer, on all fours with his face to the ground.

Also after looking over his shoulder multiple times and assuming there is NO ONE TO JUDGE HIM--

He's gonna dip his finger into it and

taste it.

WHAT IS IT LIKE?]

[discardia]

... Please stop.

[ Cardia's catch phrase.

HI, SANJI. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[with his face this close to the ground near the base of the stairs, he--

oh wait never mind, he's caught trying to lick questionable liquids by cardia.]

[concasse]

[OH DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.

HE LICKED IT.

HE LICKIED IT.

And now he must hang his head in shame as Cardia judges him]

A-aah~! Here's the lovely Cardia-chwan with impeccable timing~!

[discardia]

I was looking for you to make sure you weren't dead or about to do something dangerous and you're licking the floor.

[ Why. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[oh, well in that case, the ink tastes like ink, too.

congrats on your science, sanji.]

[concasse]

[NOOOOo don't look at him with those judging eyes.

This grown-ass man is gonna chew on the hem of his shirt like a scolded child]

I just wanted to help, Cardia-chan....

[...]

And we got a dead Civilian on our hands, unfortunately. That's ink on the floor.

[discardia]

[ Why is he like this ]

... Were they carried away from here?

[ The majority of the ink is at the base of the stairs, but she's going to check on the few stairs above it to make sure there's no other marks. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[there isn't anything on the first couple of stairs above it!

but as she approaches the base of the stairs, there's a crunch under her foot. hm.]

[concasse]

[Thank god Cardia is here because Sanji was gonna flounce after the ink stains.]

... W-what was that...?