WEEK 1 INVESTIGATION

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It had almost been a week since everyone had been brought here.
The days had gone by with no hint of trouble, not from the Witch, or any of her servants. It almost seemed like nothing would happen after all.

Yet, as everyone woke up...something felt different.
Like there was some kind of predator nearby...waiting... 🗈

...It felt....off. Like they were going to see something that shouldn't be seen....or feel something that shouldn't be felt.

After all....there was this ominous feeling echoing in the rooms. Like something nearby was just...waiting for them to stumble the right way, bringing them closer to it's hungry mouth...

...

No matter what it is, though, they had to step forward.

They had....to finally, truly start this game.

((OOC: Characters will need to bold locations to look for clues...or the body!))

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[aleph_armed]

[There is also an irate robot checking out the halls in that area, having woken up... In front of the stairs to the basement.]

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[Nothing there!

Will she be checking anywhere else?]

[aleph_armed]

[Yeah, she will. Next we should do a quick check of the boiler room just to be safe.]

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[The boiler room Is clear.]

[aleph_armed]

[Well, good. Nobody passed her while she was passed out. That makes her a bit less irritated, at least.

Let's check the Library next.]

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[Nothing in the Library!

Except books. And Dust.]

[aleph_armed]

[Then, since we're here, let's check out the hallway just outside the laundry room and servant room.]

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[Also clean!]

[aleph_armed]

[...Let's be thorough and check them anyways. Checking out the Servant Room...]

[foundationmods]

[It's clean! ...As a whistle, actually. You could eat off these floors.]

[aleph_armed]

[...I have no idea whether that should be considered suspicious or not, so let's check the laundry room to finish off this section.]

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[Laundry room is clean!

....There's a goat butler in there shoving a whole sheet in it's mouth. It pauses like a kid with their hand in the cookie jar when Gebura shows up.]

[aleph_armed]

[. . .]

...Let me see that sheet.

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[There's a tense moment of silence, before it reluctantly hands it over.

There's no blood on it - the weirdo was just eating a cotton sheet.]

[aleph_armed]

[...She's not going to question it. Lobotomy has more questionable Abnormality diets.]

That's fine then. Just needed to make sure you weren't eating anything important.

[And with this, the western half should be cleared! Next is... the foyer, maybe?]

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[Foyer's clear! The Marble slab looms ominously.]

[aleph_armed]

[She takes a moment to glare at Violet Noon the marble slab as though it will respond or sprout tentacles and murder people, before eventually moving on.

How are the hallways of the second floor?]

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[WELL....there seems to be a pile up outside of Erika's room...]

[aleph_armed]

[...That sure is a pile up all right. This feels like a job for Gold Rush-- wait, she can't do that here. So she's just going to hover outside the pileup until she can figure out what's going on, and we'll see after that.]