THE FIRST INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE FIRST INVESTIGATION

[Good Friday morning, everyone!

Ah, the sun is shini--no.

Well, the birds are singi--....no...

It's time to take a shower and--...oh.

It's...the bats are...cute....?




Ok, it's a dreary and miserable morning and everyone is annoyed that they are here and there's an infestation of spiders and creepy happenings and the Stewards are jerks and no one likes this place, ever. Fine. Be that way. So.

What is everyone doing?]

Comments

[yonosoymaria]

[Eric has got a proper spear with him today, the weapon he's always carried, courtesy of Franciscus' luck with paper spider prize roulette. If anyone took the bait and is willing to attack again, he'll be ready.

If there's nothing immediately visible outside the bedrooms, well. The servants' quarters are evidently cursed, but they're close, so he'll head there first.

Is there more blood? Maybe not in a bottle this time?]

[strangerpeople]

[Not at first glance. No cascading waterfalls of blood or anything!


Yay?]

[yonosoymaria]

[Well, he wasn't expecting a blood fountain, but... really, nothing?

Nothing up in the rafters? Nothing stuffed under a bed?]

[icanhearscreams]

[Jun is in the arena, leaving the dragon staff where he saw other people leave stuff.]

[strangerpeople]

[The dummies like you, Jun. You are good to go here.]

[icanhearscreams]

[Oh good. He leaves the staff and heads to the music room.]

[relieable]

[even though he had a fairly interesting night, it doesn't stop the day from coming. Osomatsu wanders out of a room that isn't his. don't worry, nothing too eventful happened. he's still clothed, rubbing his eyes as he steps out into the hallway, quite possibly to check on the others]

[strangerpeople]

[Nothing amiss here!]

[relieable]

[hm... maybe nothing has happened, yet. he might be up early enough to stop it!

while others are checking out this floor, Osomatsu heads to the main staircase to look it over, and go down, taking his time]

[silvertongueheir]

[Franciscus is actually looking quite cheerful as he leaves his room. Nothing seems immediately wrong...he's going to head towards the gardens with Hydrangea in tow.]

[strangerpeople]

[After a few seconds in the gardens, Hydrangea's head suddenly jolts up, nose twitching.]

Shay! Shay! Min Shaymin!!

[Then, without warning, he leaps off of Franciscius' shoulder, turning into his Sky Forme as he breaks away.]

[silvertongueheir]

Hydrangea? [Franciscus immediately starts following his panicked Pokemon son.] What's going on?

INVESTIGATION START

[strangerpeople]

[Upon the discovery of the body, a cadre of bats suddenly descend on everyone.

No worries, though. They will not harm you. Instead, they will be dropping off scrolls to each and every one of you. They glow with a strange aura, and clearly have a magic to them.

The Elder Steward's voice echoes through the webs that are strewn throughout the Mansion.]

My, my. The Ursa has been cruelly taken from this world. It appears one of you is a murderer.

Now, you shall find that these scrolls are different from those you have been given before. These scrolls are capable of retaining and sending information you have written or drawn on it to anyone else who possesses one. Ink is not required; using your fingers will suffice.

Now. I suggest you start looking for clues that will aid you in avenging that poor girl. And I do suggest you start now.

The clock is ticking.

[Everyone, as if on cue, begins to hear a ticking in their minds. It will not go away until they have found everything needing to be found - or until time runs out.]

BASIC INFORMATION

[strangerpeople]

NAME: The Ursa
TIME OF DEATH: 12:45 a.m.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Strangulation
INJURY CHART: Here

EVIDENCE LIST

[strangerpeople]

EVIDENCE SEARCH

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GARDEN

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[silvertongueheir]

[Well. He's not sure he can move, right now. Is there anything in the garden other than the body to look at?]

[incendiarize]

[Before Arthur goes anywhere, he's gonna focus on his power as The Approach. It's a bit of a gamble? But as far as he's concerned it couldn't hurt to try.

Any visions to be had?]

DINING ROOM

[strangerpeople]

SERVANTS' QUARTERS

[strangerpeople]

LATRINES

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ROOM 14/THE URSA'S ROOM

[strangerpeople]

BANG-SITTING

[whiterosefoes]

[because why not take a good excuse to not investigate as a mod player character

Harriet is just sitting here, on promised duty and seething once she hears there was a body and it was Akko of all people. Her nose has been in her magic scroll thing the entire time, waiting impatiently for updates.]

Re: BANG-SITTING

[surrender_and_die]

Bang was looking at the far wall. At a bit of structure that looked easy enough to crack a sharp bit off of. Not that she really needed to.

"So they stuck you babysitting the dangerous scary pirate Queen, huh?" she asked, sounding amused.

They left her with her ally. So nice of them. She should send them a thank you dagger.