THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[How is everyone, this morning?

No doubt, most of you are sleeping. Perhaps you are dreaming. Whether they are dreams or nightmares are irrelevant. Hopefully, none of you are heavy sleepers. Especially not when there is a very loud BANG that suddenly permeates through the ceiling right above the bedrooms.. The force of the impact is such the rooms actually shake, sending dust onto those in their bed.

If that didn't wake someone up, then the sudden scream coming from upstairs at roughly the same time will do it, right?

In other words. Good morning, Strangers. Something is happening upstairs.

Best to check it out, and quickly.]

Comments

[strangerpeople]

[As she does, she will be able to feel the clay that's scattered all over the floor around it.]

[necroyalty]

[ She... takes a bit of clay, then spends a few seconds fiddling with it in her fingers. She even brings it up to smell it a little.

How's the clay going? ]

[strangerpeople]

[It's heavy and thick, akin to slag.]

[necroyalty]

[ Alright, thanks. Anything around the bucket that's also of note, or should she start looking in it? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Nope. Otherwise, when she looks in the bucket, there's just some more clay.]

[necroyalty]

[She will take that clay bucket! ]

[strangerpeople]

[Excellent! What would you like to look at next?]

[necroyalty]

[Any other messed up furniture of note? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Not on the floor, but she might notice something with the door to the library as she looks around.]

[necroyalty]

[IF IT'S COLD CUTS AGAIN I SWEAR TO PELOR]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[OH GOD IT'S TURNED INTO A STICK OF PEPPERONI




No wait, that's just what I want to eat right now.

Actually there's something stringy-looking tied around the doorknob that's facing inward towards the library.]

Re: EVIDENCE

[necroyalty]

[She's going to touch it. ]

[strangerpeople]

[It's a wire of some kind.

Also, touching it will allow her to notice that said wire is not just around the door-the rest of the wire goes upwards and away from the door.]

[necroyalty]

[Well then! Let's just see where this leads.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[The wire leads up to the rafters, where a long, tidy line of said wire is strung across the ceiling in a straight line.

At the end of that line is a pillowcase, dangling forlornly by itself, near where the bookshelves had fallen.]

Re: EVIDENCE

[necroyalty]

[Alright, gonna follow up to that pillowcase.

Can she get it down? ]

[strangerpeople]

[She can. It's low enough that the pillowcase can just be untied from the wire.]

[necroyalty]

[She's gonna untie it and look inside.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Nothing in it, but there is something on it: hair.]

Re: EVIDENCE

[necroyalty]

[What color ]

[strangerpeople]

[Dark. At the very least it’s not blonde.]