week 7 - investigation

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 7 - investigation ♫ friday On Friday morning, the loss of the motive isn't terribly noticeable. As there were no mental effects this week, and everyone had taken their envelopes to at least destroy them, it's almost impossible to tell that something is off. Unless of course you're getting up in the wee hours. Perhaps just to go to the bathroom? Whatever your reason, though, something is noticeably wrong--the power is out. >Investigate? cast setting

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third floor hallway

[fourleafcleaver]

[meanwhile on the third floor, where the sounds of clover shrieking have certainly been missed in the past couple of weeks

BANG BANG THUD WHUMP]

SERIOUSLY?!

[maybe if you cleaned your room once in a while clover you wouldn't have so much shit to knock over on the way out of it. someone please make sure she isn't about to die]

[vicedirector]

[ nothing on the third floor. screech in peace, ms. field. ]

[fourleafcleaver]

[okay well she's just gonna bumble her way through the darkness and down the stairs because maybe there are candles or flashlights in the general store? so unless anything trips her up or is especially noticeable on the way, that's the next stop. she's going to spend the whole journey cursing and complaining because Clover may never know peace.]

[vicedirector]

( There's blood splattered about the lobby in general but, actually, just as she's leaving the hotel, she might notice blood on the entrance doorway. )

[fourleafcleaver]

[Clover has absolutely not had nearly enough coffee to deal with this shit??? She just kind of. Squints unhappily at the blood in the doorway. Seriously.

Is it just the doorway, like the door had been open when whatever the fuck happened here happened, or is it all over the door, too?]

[sobowtor]

[Oh hey. People are milling around. Must be safe to come out of Lithuania's room on account of someone else getting murdered.

With flashlights. And protective pony detail. With defensive dragon.

Juuuuuust in case.]

Want a flash light?

[Poland sure wishes she didn't have one now that there's blood.]

[vicedirector]

( Its just on the doorway so it looks like the door was open! There are, however, some blood splatters on the door too... but again, there are bloody spots all over the lobby in general. )

[fourleafcleaver]

[Blood is almost as bad as glitter about getting all over the place. Been there done that.

She's gonna take that offered flashlight, though, and shine it right at the blood to make sure she hasn't missed anything.] Yeah, thanks. I was just headed out to see if I could find one. [She nods her head towards the general store.] Extras aren't gonna hurt, though. [And she's off to the general store for real this time!! Poland please come with her.]

[sobowtor]

Lithuania's always prepared for everything so.

[Following Clover, with her animal entourage. Poland shines her flashlight around as they walk, looking for anything else out of the ordinary.

Blood splatters... bodies...]

[vicedirector]

( BLOOD all over the place, still. No, really, there's a trail of blood splatters and luckily for the, it'll lead them straight to the general store for now if they follow it. )

[fourleafcleaver]

[GROOOOOSSSSSSSS Clover just kind of gingerly steps around it as much as possible but really, worse has happened. Worse has been scraped off her shoes. There are no organs this time? That's a win, as far as murdergames go.]

This is gonna suck. [And without further ado because self control is a myth forever, she goes right into the general store, flashlight out. WHERE'S THE BLOOD GO TO]

[sobowtor]

[WELL. It's not a set of charred up people so this is already an improvement over last murder.]

Eh... maybe it's not so bad?

[It's gonna be bad isn't it.]

[vicedirector]

( Hmmm, the blood doesn't appear to go into the store, actually. But before entering, they might notice splatters of blood on the outer wall of the store.

That said, while there's nothing in the store, check it out inside! )

[fourleafcleaver]

[All right, what the hell.

Clover shines the flashlight around a little from where she stands in the entrance, and when she sees nothing of note, follows the blood splatters to see if there's anything cool/terrible around that corner. Because investigating gore and horror takes precedence over anything else, of course.]

[sobowtor]

[Yeah that's actually really distracting.]

...I'm guessing something not so good happened here.

[vicedirector]

( If Clover or Poland very carefully at the ground, they'll find a tooth. )

[fourleafcleaver]

[It takes her a minute but Clover notices whatever the thing is, stoops down to pick it up, squints at it real close, then shrieks and flings it back onto the ground.]

That was a tooth! Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew!

[sobowtor]

Oh my god-- [This is worse than a murder.

Someone's smile has been irreparably damaged.]

[Poland somehow has a piece of tissue in her hand from seemingly nowhere. She's just gonna pick that up again.

Does it look bloody and knocked out? Are there more signs of a struggle occurring here than bloody wall splatters?]

[vicedirector]

( It definitely looks bloody and knocked out. And there's nothing else to see about the blood outside the wall. )

[fourleafcleaver]

Oh my gooooddd, I touched it, I touched iiiiit! [WAVES HER HAND AROUND THIS IS TERRIBLE] Ew, ew, ew! [She's just gonna bring her tiny tantrum into the general store now. Gonna get some flashlights for the rest of the crew! And also complain some more.]

[sobowtor]

Wash your hands off in the snow! [Poland's following. With said tooth. Blech.]

I'm guessing there was a fight and somebody's tooth got knocked out... gross.

[vicedirector]

( The general store looks okay. At the very least, there isn't any blood. They'll find their flashlights just fine but wait!

All of the chains are missing. )

[fourleafcleaver]

Why the snow?! That's not gonna help! [WHYYYYYYY

Clover's just gonna gather up every single flashlight into a basket and just take those, is that cool. It better be. No one she doesn't like gets flashlights.

It takes her a second, but...]

...The chains are missing. [oh no]

[sobowtor]

It'll help a little! [DO they keep sanitizer in here at all use that.]

Oh. Um. Okay...

So. They stole all the chains. And punched a person. Who... bled all over leading back to the hotel.

[Where are the chains.]

[vicedirector]

( Where are the chains is a good question... But there's nothing else to find in the store! However, they may have noticed while they were outside earlier that the trail of blood continues beyond the general store so maybe they'll want to go out and follow that. )