week 1 - thursday

[productions]

craven castle week one



thursday

29 players remaining.

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Setting & Rules
Private Conversations
Plotting

Comments

[souredsweet]

[DID THEIR ENTIRE WING HEAD UP AFTER DINNER are they a wing of recluses... but Kaoru's moved his hand from his mouth, both arms crossed over his stomach in an anxious-looking gesture.]

I can't believe this...

[wearesuperior]

[WELL THEY'RE ALIVE unlike foolish Kouha who was not locked up in his room...]

Stay calm, Kaoru, we must be made of sterner stuff than this. [Swallows.] We must not allow this to go unpunished.

[souredsweet]

[everyone could learn a lesson or two here clearly]

Ah— You're right, Lady Maribelle. [he breathes in and out once, slowly, trying to regain his composure.] I just... I had hoped...

[wearesuperior]

I know, darling, we all did. [...] Did you know the fellow?

[souredsweet]

[he shakes his head at that, knitting his fingers together.]

I only spoke to him briefly, but he didn't seem like an unkind person...

[wearesuperior]

You seem to make friends so easily, Kaoru... Well, it seems unlikely he did anything to draw the brute's eye. He may very well have just been an easy victim. [Maribelle is good at comforting people.] Terrible, vile thing...

[redsea]

[ Kougyoku was just on her way up to the Dragon Wing when she sees Kaoru and Maribelle. The atmosphere is heavy... ]

Who is a victim? [ She doesn't know. ]

[wearesuperior]

Ren Kouha, apparently, we only just heard ourselves. Ah- don't go too near the stairs, darling, not just yet. [Kougyoku is so delicate she should not see a murder scene without being prepared...]

[redsea]

[ Kouha. The name sends chills down her spine. A lump forms in her throat. ]

He is there? He's there, isn't he? [ It has to be a lie. ]

[wearesuperior]

I haven't seen him for myself yet, princess. [Perhaps she should, she's a healer, even if it's too late to save him maybe she should...] Stay calm now, your highness.

[redsea]

How can I be calm? [ She snaps back. Her eyes begin to well up with tears. ] I don't remember him at all, but he's my brother!

[ She gathers the front of her skirt to run up the stairs before Maribelle can get another word in. ]

[wearesuperior]

Ah- Kougyoku, darling, wait! [Her brother! Well, she certainly can't blame her for being upset. Perhaps it would be best to leave her to her grief... Or should she follow...]

[redsea]

[ She's here if she chooses to follow! ]

[souredsweet]

I do try to get along with everyone... [FRIENDS!! but wow Maribelle, someone here could use a few lessons in comforting others.]

Do you think that's it? Ren-san wasn't unpleasant, so I can't imagine why anyone would do such a thing... [but he tries to square his shoulders after that.] —I apologize. Standing here talking about it won't... won't help to bring his killer to justice.

[wearesuperior]

I cannot imagine why anyone would do such a thing to anyone, especially so soon. [Seriously, guys, they couldn't last one week?]

Fear not, Kaoru, justice they shall have. Watch for anything suspicious.

[souredsweet]

[YEAH FOR REAL... good grief, there goes his expectations!!]

I will. ...May I ask what you plan to do, Lady Maribelle? I would... rather not be left alone as things are now.

[wearesuperior]

... It seems we're splitting up to search the castle for the time being. [And once they've done that, she plans on barricading the door to her room for the rest of the night, but she's not telling him that.] I'm not opposed to doing so as a pair, if you would like.

[souredsweet]

[he's pretty sure they're all going to barricade their doors... but he looks just a little relieved at that, nodding in agreement.]

If it wouldn't be too burdensome for you...

[mightiswright]

[ Recluses stay alive okay!! But yes, he nods in agreement. ]

We'll find them. It'll be impossible to hide in a mansion of this size.