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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[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. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[alex the tiger zooms right on past the pegasi

picks up the leg from the path in its mouth

and then trots back to magnus with it before dropping it at his feet. look! a body part!! aren't you proud!!]

[wearys]

Oh my gods.

[ well. he did kind of want to have another look at it, anyway? ]

... Good job, Alex. [ pets the tiger.

what color blood does the leggy have, by the way. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[alex purrs and bumps his head into magnus's palm

the leggy has golden ink for blood]

[wearys]

[ so it is a part of the rest of the pieces that magnus doesn't yet know about.

is it a long leggy... how many baby tigers is it long. is it longer than magnus' leg. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[it's a couple of baby tigers long. definitely longer than magnus's leg! probably it belonged to someone taller than him.

unless there was someone with a short-ass torso and long legs.]

[wearys]

[ huh, who knows. ]

Hey, bud, are there any more of these things around here? [ gives alex the tiger ear scritchies.

he hopes no one expects him to carry the leg around, because he won't. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[alex the tiger purrs again as magnus gives her ear skritches

then sniffs at the air and shakes his head

...

alex the tiger also tries to gnaw on the leg]

[wearys]

Good j-- no, no you can't eat this, it's evidence.

[ it's also someone's leg? ]

Come on, let's go see if the kitchen has any meat that you'd like, huh? Some nice, non-evidence meat.

[ he'll pick up alex the tiger and. leave, I guess.

I lied he will drag the leg by it's pant to the entrance, anyway. ]

[themodsgrimm]

[alex the tiger seems enthused enough by the prospect of eating nice, non-evidence meat that he abandons the leg, at least]

[wearys]

[ thank gods.

bye, menagerie. see you later to check on sam the dragon and peanut the pegasus. ]