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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[axilium]

[... well, he can't complain too much, since this is why he was kicking dirt earlier??

this time, though, he's going to cautiously brush away the dirt with his hand...]

[themodsgrimm]

[it looks like there's some writing on the parchment! it's barely legible. the top of reveals to whom it's addressed: someone whose name ends in "van," though the first part of the name is burnt away.

belph will find that it definitely feels like there's something solid under there. he will, however, have to dig more deeply to see what.]

[concasse]

[... HM.

Okay he'll pick up the parchment... gently... If he turns it over, will he find anything else to read?

He is looking behind him at that pumpkin carriage, though.]

[axilium]

Ugh...

[he'll dig some more...]

[themodsgrimm]

[there isn't anything on the back side of the parchment! there may be more on the front, it's just hard to read without looking very closely because of the condition of the paper.

as belph digs further down, his hand will close around something spiky. hope he wasn't digging too roughly! will he pull it out?]

[concasse]

[WELL HE IS GOING TO LOOK CLOSE. SUPER CLOSE.

What do your elf eyes see, Sanji?

... Or does he need a magnifying glass to read this nonsense]

[axilium]

[... please don't let him regret this, but okay, he'll pull it out?]

[themodsgrimm]

[Sanji's elf eyes will be able to make out a few words! They are “meet”, “pumpkin patch”, “tonight”, “utmost importance”, “else you”, “friends” and “dire”.

Also Belph pulls out a rusty mace from the ground.]

[concasse]

[... So he's gonna pocket that parchment and--]

I'll be right back, Belph.

[Sanji's taking out his

kitchen knife

IF BELPH WANTS TO STOP HIM HE GETS ONE CHANCE]

[axilium]

Uh...

[... you know what, you live your best life, sanji.]

Have fun?

[he's just going to pretend that's not happening as he examines the mace. why are we getting fancy with potential murder weapons.]

[concasse]

[PERFECT in that case

Sanji is going to use the knife on the charred corpse.

Specifically the thigh! And try to create a small cut that will hopefully give him an idea of what the blood/ink color is]

[themodsgrimm]

[the mace has rust and dirt on it! and also a few flecks of gold liquid.

back with sanji and the charred corpse, the teeniest, tiniest amount of gold ink seeps out of the cut.]

[concasse]

[HEROES BE DROPPING LIKE FLIES TODAY.

Anyway he is marching back over to Belph, expression grave]

Found a piece of parchment. I think it was addressed to Evan.

[...]

And our charred corpse bleeds gold.

[axilium]

... Well, disclaimer now that my fingerprints are on this thing...

[but he's just going to gently place it back on the ground.

calling over to sanji—]

Yeah, found some gold blood on the weapon!

[themodsgrimm]

[what a coincidence! gold blood on two separate things in the same location!]

[concasse]

[Marie why do you keep missing the place to tag]

If Evan was a Hero....

[WHELP.]

The note gives the impression he was lured here. [He'll hand it over for Belph to read if he wants]

[axilium]

[he'll read it, yeah.]

... Pretty low move, if that's the case.

[themodsgrimm]

[yeah, that note sure implies that someone was sneaky and rude.]

[concasse]

[Yeah there's no love lost between Sanji and Evan but still.

Whomst the fuck.]

We done here? I can't see any other places we gotta check here...

[axilium]

... I swear, if we somehow missed another body...

[GOD.]

I think so, though?

[themodsgrimm]

[ :) ]

[concasse]

[Petition to boot the mods to the moon B|

BUT YEAH THAT'S A WRAP UP, Sanji needs a cigarette break and to find out someone killed his son.]