Fifth Investigation

[stagemanagers]

[This week being what it is, some of you probably aren't quite asleep right now.

So when the morning hour rolls around, you may be the ones to hear the sound of the stairwell doors clicking open again.

Maybe someone should go check that out.]

Comments

[inforapenny]

[Billy hears it. And immediately is filled with dread.

First off, is there anything weird on his own floor that he would notice before he runs down to the third?]

[stagemanagers]

[The fourth floor is pretty gosh-darn clean!]

[inforapenny]

[Good, then he's going to book it to the third floor. His heart is racing and he can't trust himself to speak except for one name.]

Anna? Anna!

[dieformymusic]

[He hasn't slept at all so when he hears that noise Winslow bursts open through the second floor when he hears those doors open, rushing to the garden.]

Seymour! Seymour!

[stagemanagers]

[Woah there, friend, you might need to slow down!

There is a body in the western hallway on the second floor.]

[dontfeedplants]

[... On one hand, Seymour is glad that he might be able to sleep again. But the fact that clicking sound probably means someone died fills him with a sickly dread.

Before he goes anywhere else, he's just going to quickly check the Second Floor rooms to make sure the girls are okay.]

Natalie? Jezebel? Did you guys hear that?

[stagemanagers]

[Go meet up with your boyfriend, dear.]

[trettende]

[ Well, shit. It finally happened, huh? For all that Hans has been going this long without sleep, the sound of the doors clanging open is enough to get him moving. Anything strange in the third floor hallway? Since fourth floor is apparently murder-free, yay us! ]

[stagemanagers]

[Nah, you're good!]

INVESTIGATION START

[tellthestory]

[When the Balladeer finally speaks, he still sounds tired. It's been a draining week for everyone.]

Natalie...Natalie's dead.

[stagemanagers]

EVIDENCE LIST

TOTAL: 13/13

HALLWAY - 8/8
- Shot: Not Thrown Away
- What a mess
- Eye'm real sorry about this, guys
- Lucky for you, there's no property damage rule here
- Good old Raoul, Blood King
- At least you've got this to cushion the blow
- This game and blood, man
- Fuckin everywhere

GARDEN - 3/3
- Dig, dig, dig
- No owls stamped on the sides
- And no more bullets, either

MEN'S ROOM - 1/1
- Hans is so excited to strip, gosh

LIBRARY - 1/1
- So that's where that came from

SECOND FLOOR WEST HALLWAY

[stagemanagers]

[dechagny]

[Oh no. Oh, no. Raoul had wanted to see the others again, but...not like this. Not with a death. And not for Natalie.

He doesn't approach the body right away, instead taking a moment to lean against the entrance to the hallway and breathe, eyes sweeping the area. Is there anything strange about the hallway - scuff marks indicating a struggle, blood spatter, discarded items, anything? Or are the clues mostly on her body?]

[allicareabout]

[Well. That sure is Natalie's body on the floor, and Billy sure has been awake for three days and he's not exactly sure how here for any of this he is, but this is another great example of the law not getting to have feelings and that's definitely a good thing! Because otherwise, haha, wow, would this be fucked up or what?

...It's taking him. A moment. To actually get anywhere near her.

He'll just be hovering near the wall for a moment before actually moving to do anything, and for the time being he's perfectly content to dismiss that as the lack of sleep talking, and whatever weird things the feelings he totally isn't having right now are doing can be blamed on that too because why the hell not, but eventually? Eventually he'll approach, and just...start seeing what's going on here.

First off. Does she have any visible injuries on her that might have contributed to the pool of blood she's lying in?]

AREA CLEAR

[stagemanagers]

GARDEN

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[dieformymusic]

[He trusts the others to look after the body. Natalie's death wasn't too far from the garden. So naturally, it wouldn't be too farfetched to assume something happened there.

First off is there anything that sticks out in the dirt?]

AREA CLEAR

[stagemanagers]

SECOND FLOOR MEN'S ROOM

[stagemanagers]

[trettende]

[ Okay, Hans has had enough with the dead bodies and this week he's going to just go to the bathroom maybe wash his face and wake himself up before he yells at more people.

Anything immediately weird in the bathroom? Hans will check the mirror and sink first. ]

AREA CLEAR

[stagemanagers]

LIBRARY

[stagemanagers]

[catliketread]

[Well. This is upsetting. Poor Natalie...

But the Pirate King is here to search for clues again!! The library seems like a good place that doesn't have a body in it so uh. Is there anything immediately off in here?]

[aflatouttahell]

[After some sort of appropriate mourning numbness, Jez makes her way into the library. If there's any week to help with the investigation, this is it. Is anything immediately out of place here?]

AREA CLEAR

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