THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[It is very early. Very, very early. It's still night, even. Most are probably still asleep.

They will not be asleep for long.

Not after the screaming suddenly starts coming from the voices outside their doors, if they are in the apartment car, in their rooms.]

Oh god oh god oh god-

B____R! FOOT IN MY MOUTH INDEED!

[And certainly not after the big

BOOM

That suddenly rocks the train. There is screeching, moaning, and a flash of great darkness. Everyone, for a moment, is blinded by blackness. There are shouts and screams that echo, no matter where one is. Smoke and begins to fill the hall of the apartment car.

Whatever has happened-it's bad. It's very bad.

And the darkness is starting to clear up...]

Comments

LOUNGE

[strangerpeople]

[otherworldlyking]

[ He probably walked back here at some point.

So, anything off at first glance? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Not at first glance, no.

Looks like McBurn is going to have to look at little harder.]

[otherworldlyking]

[ What a giant pain, but fine.

Okay anything with the chairs and couches? Or on the floor? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Nope!]

[otherworldlyking]

[ ...Anything going on with the tvs or book shelves? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Everything clear there!]

[otherworldlyking]

[ Anything with the gramophone? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Nada!

Don't give up, McBurn!]

[otherworldlyking]

[ ...

How about he just looks under the couches and everywhere he could look under things. If that doesn't work he'll just knock everything over in the room and hopefully it'll reveal itself. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Well, after he does that I assume he finds himself in the bar area. He will notice something in the ice box where the wines and ice are kept.]

[otherworldlyking]

[ Well this is what happens when he's woken at ass crack of dawn...

Anyway what's in the ice box? ]

[strangerpeople]

[There is something...weird in there. It looks like, er, cold skin.










Take it out...?]

[otherworldlyking]

[ hm.

that's....weird. this whole week is a mistake, actually.

but he'll just take it out. maybe he can throw it at someone if they start bad puns again. but also what the hell is he looking at?? ]

EVIDE....NCE (cw: body horror?)

[strangerpeople]

[Congrats, McBurn! You just found someone's face!




And yes, it's real. This is. The skin of. someone's face. It's eyeless sockets stare back like mask.]

[otherworldlyking]

[ ...

This is really really weird. There's no way to tell whose face it is...right...? ]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Actually, there is.

And McBurn can easily tell its none of the Strangers' faces. It's also not anyone McBurn would automatically recognize, like from his world.]

[otherworldlyking]

[ Hrm...

Okay. Anything else weird in here while he gets a drink? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Nope! McBurn has...found everything.

Have that drink.]

AREA CLEAR

[strangerpeople]