third investigation

[stagemanagers]

[At the start of Friday, things are surprisingly calm. There’s no blood on the hall carpet, presumably no bodies ready to fall out of a broom closet, nothing especially incriminating when the cast wakes up and emerges from their rooms. It’s possible this time, even with the palpable temptation of the Phantom’s motive, that no one has taken him up on his offer to kill. Maybe later today you won't have to march yourselves into the trial room to decipher clues and watch more of you die.

But the day is young.]

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[isawallflower]

[ Trailing behind Steven. Official Steven Minder today, apparently. ]

[holyspit]

[You're doing God's work, Riley. Only maybe not, if Mephisto's experiences are accurate, but you're doing good.]

[stagemanagers]

[Something's glittering in that pile of hay in the horf's munch box!]

[holyspit]

Spinel-!

[Nyooming right for that before horf tries to eat it.]

[Is this the missing gem corpse bit, which is a really cursed thing to type, or something non-pink but equally awful?]

[stagemanagers]

[It's two missing shards! They aren't really buried under the hay or anything - like they were just sort of dropped in here.]

[holyspit]

[That's fine, that's fine! Everything is fine except for how nothing is.]

[He's just gonna pick those up, does it seem like this is all of her?]

[stagemanagers]

[Not yet.]

[holyspit]

[Thanks this keeps getting more and more ominous and I appreciate your dedication to hurting us all.]

I don't suppose you saw what happened, did you?

[...The horse probably can't talk, but it can't hurt to ask right.]

[stagemanagers]

[The horse cannot talk, but he looks at you when you talk! Are you talking about apples, is this an apple thing? Or - a sugarcube thing???]

[holyspit]

[She was definitely sweet like sugar! But no, do not eat the rock corpse, horse.]

[And no apples right now, sorry.]

[He can offer a nice pat on the snout, will that be acceptable?]

[stagemanagers]

[Yes, this is good too!]