week 1 - thursday

[productions]

craven castle week one



thursday

29 players remaining.

This is a general mingle post. Please put your character's name, the time, and location in the subject heading of their comment. Players may also thread in logs, either posted to murdermanor or in a private locked journal post filtered to include productions.

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Terrace - 8:15 PM

[productions]

[There will most likely be some weeks where the body will be difficult to find. This is not one of them.

Anyone emerging from the main stairs to the third floor at this time will see Kouha Ren's body propped up on one of the seats in the terrace. There's no chance at all that someone might mistake him as just sitting down, thanks to the enormous amount of blood staining his torso.]

[tyrian]

[You know what Feferi was expecting when she woke up this morning? Not this. She rushes over to Kouha.]

Hey, are you okay? [That's a lot of blood, but she's a troll, to be fair, and she's not totally sure how humans work in that regard.]

FOYER - 8:20 PM - INVESTIGATION START

[productions]

[In the foyer, the grandfather clock begins to chime. The tone is far deeper than the regular hourly chime, and it chimes thirteen times.

The players have discovered the body of Kouha Ren. The investigation of his death has begun.]

Austria - Parlor

[ladyofthehouse]

[Parlor Doorway - 8:20]

[When the clock starts chiming more than nine times, Austria raises an eyebrow.] It can't possibly be that late already.

[Hearing it chime thirteen times though...]

Is it broken or... [Is this what the rule book meant about the clock chiming over bodies?]

Yuyuko \ 8:50PM \ Terrace -> Melusine Wing

[bloomnobly]

[ You know, from a distance, Yuyuko really does look like something out of a spooky movie. What with the skin as white as a sheet and red eyes...which, right now, is nicely accented by her hands completely drenched in blood. She thinks she's investigated Kouha's body enough by this point, tyvm.

She's heading from the direction of the third floor staircase, seemingly intending to go to the Melusine wings, but if she seems anyone on her way there, she'll call them over. ]

There's...a body.

[onethirdthesoul]

[Ryou had heard the chiming, but chose to ignore it. Unfortunately, i's hard to ignore Yuyuko with covered in blood like that.]

No...

AROUND THE CASTLE/GROUNDS - 8:25PM ONWARD

[tyrian]

[Rapping at the windows, crying at the locks, etc--Feferi can be found darting all around the area, knocking on wing doors and popping into any room she has access to, with the same announcement.]

Guys! Kouha's been killed! Hey!

[souredsweet]

[FEFERI... Kaoru peers out from Phoenix Wing when he hears that, blinking owlishly.]

...I'm sorry, what?

[she just says it so cavalierly that he's like 99% sure he's misheard...]

foyer

[impheired]

[Kuzuryuu and Pekoyama had left dinner together, quietly disappearing into the ballroom and bar beyond. It's been four days since they formed their alliance, after all. May as well...see if anything worth discussing has actually happened or not.]

[It hasn't. Surprisingly.]

[At least, not until a decent way into their conversation. THAT SURE IS A CLOCK CHIME GOING OFF. HEY DIDN'T THE RULES SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? Time to go find us a dead body I guess. They both run out into the foyer, only to realize...]

Yeah, a clock chime is real fuckin' helpful. That sure tells us where the body is. What do you think? Upst--

[OR FEFERI CAN JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THEM. Ty, friendly neighborhood sea troll. You've done an amazing job.]

Well that answers that, I guess. Oy, let's split up for now, Pekoyama.

[mightiswright]

[ He's heading back to his room after dinner when he hears Feferi's shouting, and that stops him dead in his tracks. Nevermind who 'Kouha' is, this means someone really did step up to the plate to get the incentive. ]

Where?

[pasodoble]

( Way to catch him on his way to his room on the second floor! His expression drops when he hears her and he becomes serious, )

How?

8:25 PM - Melusine Wing

[fjords]

[ There's too many people looking at the dead body, so Norway is mostly just trying to get away in his own wing. It is suspiciously close to the wings, though, so he'll take the chance to look for any clues in the hall. ]

[productions]

[There doesn't seem to be anything out of place in Melusine Wing.]

8:25PM - THEATRE

[volcanoes]

[So much for hoping no one would go through with it--there's more than enough people checking out the body itself, so Iceland opts to check out the area around the body. The theatre is first--he opens the door and starts looking around for any signs of blood, abandoned knives, or other suspicious things.]

[productions]

[There doesn't seem to be any blood or weapons in the theatre.]

8:30 PM Tower

[ladyofthehouse]

[Austria will try searching the Tower. She'll begin ascending the staircase to the tower observatory on her way to the tower top.

With that amount of blood, if they were in here she imagines they must have dripped at least a little bit.]

[productions]

[There doesn't seem to be any blood in the tower.]

8:35 PM Dragon Wing

[acemedium]

[A certain spirit medium (possibly with antenna-headed defense attorney in tow), is trying to get into the Dragon Wing, knocking loudly if the door isn't open]

[And checking it out if it is open]

There had better not be any princesses or gold locked up in here!

[derepressed]

[Chizuru's had some time to calm down - or rather, she's a little calmer, but she really wants to get back into her room. She has to go into the wing to do that, though, and she pauses behind Maya (and possibly Apollo).]

...umm... if it's locked, I can let you in.

8:40 Dragon Wing Bathroom

[impheired]

[At Peko's suggestion, Kuzuryuu went straight past the body to check out the Dragon Wing's bathroom, taking note of anything that might be out of place in the hall itself while he's at it.]

[Anything of note in here?]

[productions]

[Everything seems to be in order! There doesn't seem to be anything unusual.]

8:40 Kitchen

[perfectstrike]

[Maybe it was one of the knives provided in the rooms, maybe it was something else. Either way, Pekoyama's checking out the kitchen, opening the drawers to see if anything looks awfully out of place. Knives and suchlike.

Also the sink. A bloody murder generally means a bloody murderer. While she's here on the first floor, might as well see if the murderer somehow decided to go back down to the first floor to clean up and return their weapon. It's a long shot, but, well, she's here.]

[productions]

[The sink's clean. If Peko has a very good memory of how many knives were in the kitchen before, she may realize that one seems to be missing.]

8:40PM - GROUNDS

[tyrian]

[After alerting everyone, Feferi has decided to search outside. Since it's getting dark, it would definitely be possible to hide out here or drop something out here, right? She'll check around the immediate castle perimeter first, especially the area beneath the murder scene and the wings closest to it.]

[productions]

[There doesn't seem to be anything unusual around the perimeter.]

8:30, GAME PARLOUR

[pasodoble]

( Spain assumes the killer was male because there's no way one of the women here would kill a unicorn Kouha. So he decides to check out the game parlour. A room that only (about) half the castle can access right now seems like a good place to hide something too.

Is there anything noticeably out of place at first glance? )

[productions]

[Nothing seems to be out of place at first glance.]

9:20-9:40, around the castle and grounds

[derepressed]

[It doesn't occur to Chizuru to check the bedrooms in the Dragon Wing until much later - which, of course, means she'll have to be tracking people down; the only bedroom she can get into is her own, after all. She's rushing around everywhere, looking for the others residing in Dragon Wing as well as anyone who might know where to find someone who lives there.

Basically, if she spots you at any point while on the move, she'll probably call out to you.]

Um, excuse me...!

Let's say he was checking out the body. why not.

[impheired]

You again? The fuck do you want?

[Didn't you have enough of team up time already? CAN'T YOU SEE HE'S TRYING TO CHECK OUT A DEAD BODY FOR CLUES HERE?]

around 9PM - further kitchen investigation

[seamen]

[ Ian has been left alone to watch over the kitchen, so he needs to busy himself with some more investigation. He'll look over the pantry and other utensils, and even check around in the fireplace and oven--anything that could be used to store clues. ]

[productions]

[Nothing seems to stand out in any of those areas.]

various

[redsea]

8:30, terrace

[ Once everyone's gotten a look at Kouha, Kougyoku comes running, shoving anyone aside if need be. ]

Kouha! [ Although she's only known him for less than a week, she feels as if she knew him more than anyone in the castle. So, she mourns his death. So, she holds him in her arms. So, she cries. ] Kouha, Kouha... I told you to be safe...

[ If anyone wants to take a look at the body, approach Kougyoku with caution. ]

9:20, terrace

[ She's still at the terrace next to Kouha's body. She heard of bloodstains they found on the west hallway near the Dragon Wing entrance. That only means he was stabbed there... He was probably looking for her. It's a small clue, but in her present state of mind, Kougyoku doesn't feel like investigating his death herself. She should have been by his side, and so she is.

She's calmed down and seems to be open to helping with the investigation, so if anyone wants to talk to her, now's your chance. ]

9:20

[souredsweet]

[after running around kind of aimlessly for about an hour, Kaoru's finally decided to swallow his fear and go have a look at the body himself. except... the body isn't really alone anymore, and Kaoru can't bring himself to ask to look it over while Kougyoku is there. besides, he's sure other people have already examined it by now.]

...Kougyoku-san?

[his voice is soft, but it carries well. he won't actually go out on the terrace just yet, though.]

9:10 PM - Storage

[onethirdthesoul]

[Ryou's more hiding than really helping the investigation at this point. He's been doing that pretty much the entire time; just keeping to himself and letting the situation sink in.

But while he's down here, he'll look around the floor and in some of the boxes to see if there's anything suspicious. He has to do something, after all...

Is there anything of note?]