INVESTIGATION III

[lesmodsalouette]

Investigation

CLANG, CLANG, CLANGCLANGCLANG.

Your early morning begins with the infernal but familiar chime of dozens of grandfather clocks crying out in unison. Or does it? Let's rewind a little!

For those of you on the first floor of the castle the morning may begin just a few seconds earlier and it may sound more like BOOM!! - and who doesn't enjoy the ominous rumble of an explosion as their wake-up call? At least nothing seems to be immediately on fire this time.

Whether it is the boom or the clocks that wake you, you'll find that it is just past 5am and another Friday is upon you. While this may fill you with a sense of trepidation, you might still enjoy taking a quick look out the window. Every single flowering plant in the garden is in full bloom today, despite not even getting to the point of budding during the rest of the week. You don't remember spotting cherry trees out there before, but there they are. There's plum and apple, too, seemingly new saplings you don't remember from last night crowding the palace windows. You can only hope that this is a good omen for all things to come.

(( OOC: Comment to this entry with where your character is going in the morning. A mod response will let you know if there’s anything to be found there! The Investigation is a free-for-all until all bodies have been found.

Once the victim(s) have been identified, there will be an IC announcement, and mods will provide Investigation sub-headers for the relevant locations. Up to 3 characters are welcome to investigate under each header unless indicated otherwise. ))

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[ocenon]

[ everyone say it with me


IS. AYAKA. OKAY. ]

[simulacres]

Saber!

[ SHE’S FINE.

can she take stock of the others in the narcissus suite? ]

[ocenon]

[ Okay he's going to split up with Ayaka as part of AndyQuest 2k25, he'll go to the theater. crying on mobile sorry if this has been hit up already ]

[littlegentleman]

[Another wonderful wakeup call this fine morning. First thing's first--anything immediately concerning/out of place in the workshop?]

[lesmodsalouette]

[ Junior will get the sense that something has been moved here since he fell asleep - what exactly that is might be better examined later though, because one of their number is missing. ]

[uiscebeatha]

[ we have GOT to stop waking up like this

Peeling himself from the floor and looking around: how's the photography room doing? ]

[lesmodsalouette]

[ Nothing is out of place here and all his companions are still with him! ]

[oncefallen]

[If Vanis wakes up moist I swear to god--

How we doin' in the aquarium?]

[lesmodsalouette]

[ The good news: everyone is accounted for!

The bad news: something definitely changed here since last night. There's a faint red mist floating through the largest aquarium tank. Look closer? ]

[spotsalone]

[ Oh great another very peaceful wakeup call... Hickey is all by his lonesome in the solarium. How are things looking? ]

[lesmodsalouette]

[ Lovely! He has such a nice view of the beautiful bloom outside!

Nothing is out of place here. ]

[arbalestrier]

[Another week, another clusterfuck!

He's waking up in the ballroom once again, and he is going to go check the entrance to the mars room (again). Anything interesting or should he move on to find out where the explosion came from??]

[lesmodsalouette]

[ Nothing here except his own handiwork! Sousuke is free to go look for the explosion! ]

[safetycheck]

[ Okay, she will try to look for the source of the explosion. How's the chapel? ]

[lesmodsalouette]

[ So funny story - the chapel is inaccessible. An Lili can press the door handle all she wants, but the door won't budge.

But from the inside, she can hear a mournful drawn out cry of the organ, one single note in an endless continuation, showing no signs of stopping.

From where is she approaching, specifically? ]

[allrounder]

[ TAGGING ALONG ]

[snakeblood]

[ He is gloriously alone, just putting a pillow over his face and continuing to sleep through that alarm and explosion ok. ]

ANNOUNCEMENT

[calamitish]

[ like before ish will appear before everyone either as a projection, or he can be glimpsed up high above the grounds. ]

Is this early wake-up going to keep being a thing? I think the person from this week and the person from last week owe everyone else an apology.

Anyway, this week we have two victims. The first is Andrew Grace and depending on how you look at it, this is either the most surprising thing or the least surprising thing ever. It's too bad, huh?

The next is Sabo. [ yes that's it, he does not ramble or make commentary like he usually does. totally normal! ]

You know what to do, so get to it. Experience will be your guide in everything, including murder. Let's see what result we wind up with this time. Good luck!

[ with a doff of his hat and a bow, that concludes the announcement.

is the witch of ruin a bit less obnoxiously grating this morning? it's probably just your imagination. as always, he'll summon everyone at midnight for thr carnival. ]

[safetycheck]

[ And while she's crying over Andrew - ]

Oh, Sabo...!

[simulacres]

[ andrew… is dead as well?

of course. of course she would be. ayaka, with her head on her knees, looks up and sees sabo’s head staring back at her.

…

with an unsteady pace, ayaka forces herself to walk away from the salon and towards… wherever. it doesn’t matter where. anywhere is fine, as long as she can be alone. ]

[baebladie]

[ ...he wakes up to this.

For the sake of everyone else, wr can say he just fucks right off. ]

INVESTIGATION

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SALON

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AQUARIUM

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GALLERY

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