MOCK ROUND - WEEK 2 INVESTIGATION

[foundationmods]

Even though they had already been through this once before, the atmosphere in the air as they woke up on Friday still felt incredibly ominous.

Yet again, they would have to see the death of one of their own, and investigate as much as they could to find the culprit among them... 🗈

But unlike last time, today felt much more....intense. Like an odd smell in the air, or a palpable feeling of tension, something horrible hanging over them with a knowing sneer.

Even the sounds felt different, though all that could be heard is the normal sounds of the morning...
...

After this - after the final trial - things would be over.

Yet, has this....really been worth it...?

((OOC: Characters will need to bold locations/put it in the subject header to look for clues...or the body!))

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[helmdivide]

[ Since he's waking up here, just going to quietly check Riku's room first. Also going to look to make sure Riku is breathing and wasn't bleeding out next to him or something. ]

foyer

[overlordad]

[Well, that's sure a bit more... everything in the air than last week. Let's try and do the morning routine?]

[foundationmods]

[Yes, he's fine, and nothing is out of place.]

Bruno's room...

[beastlybruno]

[When Bruno woke up this morning, he noticed three things wrong with his room.

One, there was blood on the door handle.

Two, there was blood all over his room.

Three-]

GAAAHH!!!

[. . . There was blood splattered all over him.

What in Neopia was the killer trying to do?! Frame him as a murderer, or make him look like a victim? He- Ugh, he can't stand this. He's going to spend some time in his bathroom this morning washing all this off his body before he can properly investigate.]

hallways

[helmdivide]

[ Okay good. Let's the hall where all the guest rooms are. There anything here? ]

[foundationmods]

[As he enters the foyer, it's clear that something happened last night.

...Especially as there's a trail of blood leading in and out of the mansion. It looks like it came from outside, and is heading towards one of the guest rooms...?]

[foundationmods]

[Well, there is a trail of blood leading to Bruno's room...]

[overlordad]

[Let's follow this towards the guest rooms then? The blood doesn't seem to bother him too much]

[foundationmods]

[It leads towards bruno's room...]

[helmdivide]

[ OKAY time to go check that out- and we can move over to Brunos thread \o/ ]

Bruno's Room \o/

[helmdivide]

[ Doot de doo, following this suspicious trail of blood to Bruno's room. ]

Hey, Big Blue? You alive?

[ Let's see if the door is unlocked and what's waiting for him in there ]

[overlordad]

[Sup dude, this sure is... something, huh?]

Garden

[artificialhighness]

[Well, since the blood leads outside, is it anywhere near the gardens because she's ignoring the blood trails for the moment and checking on the roses.......]

[foundationmods]

[The door is unlocked!

Enter?]

[helmdivide]

[ Yup. Let's go \o/ Hi Takashi. ]

Hey? Blue~?

[overlordad]

Think someone got him?

[He follows in after, face pinched]

GORE WARNING STARTS HERE

[foundationmods]

[Ah. Hm. Well.

The Roses are....okayish?

The real issue here, though, is the body placed in the center of the path.]

Third time's the charm

[beastlybruno]

[By the way, someone's using the shower right now, so that means someone is alive in here... Someone who responds to the nickname Big Blue, by the voice shouting back.]

Huh? Jack? Takashi?! I'll be with you in a second!

[helmdivide]

[ ... not it for checking out the big naked dude in the shower. Takashi, you're a furry. Go see if he's okay? ]

[overlordad]

[He kinda glares at Jack, but whatever. Go check out the room kid while he goes over]

Bruno, are you okay?

room investigation

[helmdivide]

[ YOU ARE A PAL. WHILE HE DOES THAT, let's go check out the room. What can he see? ]

[artificialhighness]

[That’s a traffic hazard. :/

Luna stops when she sees the corpse, backs up a step, her face twisting a little.]

Must you die here?

[It’s very rude when a lady’s trying to go for her morning walk?? Anyway, as she’s judging the dead person, first impression deets on the corpse?]

[beastlybruno]

[Please don't actually come into the bathroom, murderdad, Bruno would appreciate some decency right now.]

Mostly... This is going to sound horrible, but I woke up finding everything covered in blood this morning. Including myself...

Give me a few minutes to wash this off, please?

[foundationmods]

[For starters, the most immediately obvious thing is the intense blood smell, along with the fact that bruno's bed is practically soaked in blood. That mattress is definitely going to have to be thrown out now.

The door actually also has blood smudged around the doorknob, both inside and out. Should have told y'all that before you opened it, whoops.]

[overlordad]

[He waits outside, don't worry]

Try not to wash away all the evidence.