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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[sanguinairy]

[LET HIM CHECK,,, Is there any blood on the gloves? Hairs, tears? Souji will carefully extract the second and peek inside that too, careful to hold the edges in case... someone can idk fingerprint gloves???

ALSO

JUST

Turning to give her a look at that. Que]

--You don't mean that gold blood got on him?

[PEERING AT THE CORPSE. Oh, hm, yeah. That's gold.]

[themodsgrimm]

[no tears or hairs on the gloves - but there a lot of crimson on them! it sort of looked like they were just red gloves at first, but as he pulls them apart, he'll be able to see that some bits are suede.

...inkstains? bloodstains? who knows? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

on the wrist area of the one that was inside the other one, there's a slightly darker patch of red.]

[asswipe]

Um, no. Pretty sure it's coming out of the wound, because I... mighthavesqueezedhim. Sorry.

[If there's nothing else on Natsuo(?), though, she's gonna look at their surroundings. Anything that might have been dropped around or inside the well?]

[sanguinairy]

[does he have to sniff this dark patch of red

he's gonna sniff it.

Also, to Veronica:]

--No, it's fine. We need to be thorough.

[rip sorry Natsuo.]

[themodsgrimm]

[the dark patch of red is very close to a much larger patch of red liquid ... it smells like ink with just the faintest hint of iron. or maybe that's just souji's bloodthirst talking?

(shut up. we know he has bloodthirst.)

the immediate area around Natsuo(?)'s body seems to be clear of anything that's been dropped; likewise, there's nothing visible down in the darkness of the well.]

[asswipe]

... I don't see anything around or inside of the well. Have you found anything else?

[Hm. Nothing on the cobblestone either, right?]

[sanguinairy]

[well, you aren't wrong about that.]

--It seems like there might be blood on these gloves? [HE SMELLS IT.] They also have ink on them. Red ink.

[And suede but does he even know what suede is by name?? Good questions. ANYWAY while she's checking the path, he'll also check the surrounding shrubs and grass and go stand near the well to see if anything's amiss out in the distance.]

No signs of a struggle...?

[themodsgrimm]

[Nothing amiss with the cobblestone or with the shrubs, grass, or well!]

[asswipe]

[HM.]

Not that I can see. Natsuo didn't have any other injuries besides the, um... One on his back, either.

[Who the heck went after Natsuo again, though? Sheesh. She's going to go back and check Natsuo's nails just in case, but otherwise—]

Is this all there is here?

[sanguinairy]

I don't see anything else...

[HE'S NERVOUS THOUGH. A WHOLEASS BODY IN THE PIANO. IT HAUNTS HIM.]

[themodsgrimm]

[The Natsuo(?)'s nails are clean!]

[asswipe]

Me, neither. Natsuo's nails are clean, so... Let's go find out what everyone else got.

[it's fine. this is fine. everything is fine.

off they go?]

[sanguinairy]

Mm, alright.

[OFF THEY GO. Hopefully they didn't miss any crucial evidence or another wholeass body.]