WEEK 2 INVESTIGATION

[foundationmods]

Two weeks had gone by, and Friday had once again come.

As always, they woke up, knowing one of their number was now gone...
It was just a matter of finding their body, now.
No matter what the killer had done to it...a killer that was one of them.🗈

They would have to do that trial again...and would they get the killer right, this time? Or would they condemn another innocent person to die yet again?

...No matter how they felt, they had to search, had to find things that they didn't want to see, dodging the shadow of death.

That...was how this game was played, after all...

...But why...did it feel especially foreboding today...?

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

Comments

[cryosurgeon]

You're being very cryptic. That's not reassuring.

[improbablenotimpossible]

I don't like it either, but there is another letter I have in my possession that must be read after someone is convicted but before they are executed, if the one I'm looking for isn't there. I cannot open it in any other circumstances.

[cryosurgeon]

Two letters? Are they from the witches, or do you not know?

[improbablenotimpossible]

I don't think it's a good idea to say where it's from in public.

[cryosurgeon]

... I'd like to keep you under observation in my room until the trial anyway. You can tell me then.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Very well. I shall do so.

[cryosurgeon]

[Erhard and Ruler will return to the window to access Ruler's room, the doctor carefully helping the other man over the sill out of concern for any lingering weakness or vertigo.]

[goldenmaniac]

... like Syaoran's?

[now this is interesting]

[improbablenotimpossible]

Syaoran has one too?

[His brows shot up, his expression for a moment unreadable]

[goldenmaniac]

Yeah. I... won't say who it's from. You should talk to him before the trial.

[improbablenotimpossible]

I think I shall, thank you for letting me know.

[literalidiotball]

[Wheatley needed some time to process the revelation that THIS WAS THE SHERLOCK HOLMES. FROM THE BOOKS. Also there was a letter and-]

Oh! Right, the bird witch mentioned she would do something during the trial.

[Wheatley, stop assuming the Bird Witch's gender.]

You think that involves the letter.... Holmes? Sherlock? Uh- Do you want us to call you something else?

[improbablenotimpossible]

Holmes, though you can keep calling me Ruler if that's easier for you.

[He inclines his head]

The letter, I think would most certainly cause a great upset.

[literalidiotball]

Alright, got both messages. I'll keep those points in mind-

And I know this feels a bit late, but if the trial goes wrong again it was an honor to have worked with you. In the chapel. Last week. Even if it was a huge waste of time in the end.

[Look, there's a chance Holmes might get scapegoated tomorrow.]

not actually here

[excavated]

[ SAME LETTER HAT, HOLMES ]