RECORDING 2: THE FIRST MURDER

[foundationmods]

An entire week has passed, and nothing has happened. For a brief glimmer of time, it seemed like they wouldn't succumb. That they would be able to face down the Vessel, the Curse, and come out stronger on the other side.

....But when they wake up today, it's easy to feel the wrongness in the air. The sense of satisfaction from something lurking deep inside, pleased that it was fed...and pleased that finally, the killing had started.

As you all rise and look towards a new day, the faint traces of Miasma lap at your heels...

...And around whatever corpse now lingers in the hallways...

((OOC: 2 people max under a heading, please! Just to keep things easy on the mods.))

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[oxidegreen]

I'll try to make a copy later.

[lmao good luck Marona.]

Let's see what else there is first.

[kaliedoscopes]

Thanks. [ He'll leave the blood and oil around the sigil to Marona and opt to look at the bunch of lamps and garbage in the corner. What exactly is he looking at here? Is it literally lamps and random garbage? Also how big of a pile is it because he has a feeling he has to go garbage digging which is karma for his player surely. ]

[foundationmods]

[It does seem to be random lamps and other assorted debris from Sho's art, though it's not a huge pile - There's also a screwdriver and, oddly, a lamp with a lightshade and a purple braided cord.]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Hmm... well because you can never be too careful he'll use the screwdriver (checking first to make sure that there's no blood or oil on it or anything) to rummage around in the pile. That lamp and lampshade are noted but he'll get back to those later if there's nothing else interesting here. ]

[foundationmods]

[Oh, there is absolutely blood and oil on it. More specifically, there's Grease on the handle, and then blood on the metal end - not a lot, but enough to notice along the tip.

However, there's nothing else unusual about the pile, save that complete and untouched lamp.]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ And this is why meta text is glad it asked! In that case he'll have removed the screwdriver gingerly and placed it aside for safe keeping and just rummaged with his boots.

But with the trash handled let's focus on the lamp! Aside from the braided cord is the most noticeable thing about it that's pristine? He'll turn it over carefully in case there's some oil on the underside of the lampshade or what have you. ]

[foundationmods]

[Well. He'd notice it's quite heavy when he picks it up, but -

The moment he tips it over, the weight suddenly leaves as Olympia's head falls off and thumps to the floor, the lightshade scattering away from her head as it does so. it rolls away until coming to a stop against another piece of trash.

Her eyes are blank, and oil stains the bottom of her face - her hair braided into a cord.

The lamp is untouched, otherwise.]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ ...ah. There were enough hints that what he was going to find here wasn't pleasant, but a head of all things? To his credit he doesn't yell, but he can't help the disgust that carries in his voice as he just returns the blank look. ]

Urk...it's started. [ A beat and then two. ] Marona, someone killed Olympia—I found her head.

[ Reverence is something he should probably be expressing but he's laser focused instead, kneeling down next to the head to investigate it further. He's not familiar with robots but he'll give it as thorough of a look as he can. ]

[foundationmods]

[Oddly, it seems there's not much damage - like her head was made to be detachable.

Other than the oil stains, there's not much that was done to it beyond that.]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Well that's good at least. After a cursory look over he slides her eyes closed, it may not be much but it's something. This is better left in the hands of someone who's familiar with machinery, so if there's nothing else he could notice on his own then he'll run off to grab a sheet from his bed to wrap her head in for the trial that awaits them.

The rest of the lamp can come too, just in case, along with the screwdriver. ]

[foundationmods]

[Sure is nothing else!

It seems like you've gotten everything you can from the ballroom.]