WEEK 1 INVESTIGATION

[foundationmods]

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!))

Comments

[chaoscontrol]

[it's a smell he knows all too well.

Shadow heads back to Erika's door and knocks again, very loudly this time]

Great detective Erika Furudo. If you are in there, please respond.

[keydomhearts]

[ He'll follow behind. ]

I tried that already, she's not answering. Her door taped. Think we should kick it down?

[chaoscontrol]

No. We need to preserve the crime scene. I'm going to go try the window.

[Shadow stops by the kitchen and grabs a long knife before heading outside and to Erika's window. Anything out of place here?]

[foundationmods]

[Actually, there's the faint imprints of someone walking from Erika's window to the front of the mansion.

You can't see anything if you look through the window, but there's also duct tape on the windowframe.

...? Something looks off about it, though.]

[keydomhearts]

[ He's going to peek out through the Doctor's room's window. ]

Can you see?

[ Let him know he can kick down a door ]

[chaoscontrol]

Don't walk out here. [Shadow himself takes great care not to disturb the footprints, as best he can]

Hmmm... [what seems off?]

[fullbodied]

[regarding those footprints, if Ann puts her foot next to one of them, what's the size comparison?

since she's snapping a picture.]

[foundationmods]

[It's hard to make out - they're incredibly light, but they seem on the smaller side. Maybe around the same size as hers?]

[anonnomnomnom]

If you're going to stab her, I think you're a little late for that.

[He's no hedgehog, but he can sniff the air too?? It's pretty easy to tell from here.]

[youkaiwatch]

[ Well, it's sure busier in this hall outside her room than normal. Which is... probably not good. ]

Did something happen?

[chaoscontrol]

... I'm not sure yet. But I think something may have happened to our "great detective".

[youkaiwatch]

[ Oh, well, if it's Erika she doesn't care as much. ]

Wouldn't that be ironic...

[ Sigh... ]

Do you think she taped the door like she was talking about?

[oceanicbutterfly]

Probably. She seemed very serious about it.

[Karen is here now! She tries the door, because she wasn't here when someone tried it earlier so she doesn't know that we aren't all being too stupid to do the obvious thing.]

[keydomhearts]

[ Oh it's her. ]

It's smells bad out here. We think it's coming from Erika's room.

[youkaiwatch]

[ hi

Anyway, yeah, the smell is kind of hitting her now. It makes her cringe a little. ]

So someone did it, huh...

[improbablenotimpossible]

[Well he ends up finding the gathering crowd, nostrils flaring - that is certainly blood]

Nothing good it seems.

[kiddatheart]

[ coming inside and going up to ann's room after running around the flower garden and noticing the commotion ]

Nothing good... you don't think?

[literalidiotball]

[Here is a very frustrated Wheatley, coming downstairs to find... This crowd.

He's not as frustrated anymore.]

Uh... What's going on?

[oceanicbutterfly]

Furudo-san might be dead.

[kiddatheart]

Apparently not anything good

[improbablenotimpossible]

It seems that way.

[goldenmaniac]

[Takumi is finally awake from all the hoopla, hair at all angles]

Whazza?

[keydomhearts]

[ Waves at friend! ]

[aleph_armed]

[Yeah, someone else has been here for a while, and is just now speaking up.]

We'll need to take anything that looks like evidence with us. It seems like the goats will eat anything we don't take with us.

[literalidiotball]

[Finally! He missed her in the servant room.]

Wait, you're joking right? I mean, they are goats, but... Yeah, goats do that, don't they. Bugger.