week 1 - thursday

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craven castle week one



thursday

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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...]

[tyrian]

Kouha's dead! The body's up on the third floor. [She pauses in her running around to make sure Kaoru understands the message she's imparting.]

[souredsweet]

Dead—? [it seems like realization dawns on him, at least. he raises a hand to his mouth.]

What... what do we do? Are you sure that he's dead?

[wearesuperior]

[Standing inside the Phoenix Wing behind him, having just left her own room.]

Did someone just- Kaoru, what was that I heard just now?

[souredsweet]

[he turns to face Maribelle, face paler than usual.]

It... was Kouha. Someone has killed Ren-san.

[tyrian]

He's definitely dead. I checked! [Poked him and stuff...] It looked like he got stabbed.

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.

Re: foyer

[perfectstrike]

Whose voice was that?

[She doesn't give the clock or Kuzuryuu a second look, instead moving toward the door itself with single-minded purpose, trusting the other gangster to follow.]

You! [Contrary to the icon, her sword is still safely in its case on her back. If she has to run a bit to catch up to Feferi, she'll do it.] Where?

[tyrian]

[Feferi slows down when Pekoyama calls out to her--she's trying to let everyone know, after all.] Up on the third floor, on the terrace!

[perfectstrike]

Tell me what happened.

[There's no mistaking that appearance for anyone else at least, so Pekoyama can at least recognize Feferi from the notebooks. And instead of storming up the stairs, it'll be faster to just ask for details now and then break off to elsewhere in the castle.]

How was he killed?

[tyrian]

I was coming upstairs and saw his body on one of the terrace seats. There was a lot of blood, and it looks like he got stabbed a lot. [That's as much as she knows as far as how he probably got killed.]

[perfectstrike]

If there was a lot of blood, the murderer would likely be splashed by it.

[She looks to Kuzuryuu at that.]

The Dragon Wing is on the third floor. Check the bathroom, see if you can find someone to check the Melusine Wing's as well. You. Peixes. Is there anything else you can tell me about the type of weapon?

[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?

[tyrian]

Third floor! On the terrace, he was stabbed! [Feferi has a bit of the blood on her hands herself, although she avoided most of it.]

[mightiswright]

Make sure no one moves the body- [ He cuts himself off when he realizes that this time, there are no police coming to investigate.

It's just... them. ] Nevermind. Were you the one who found him? Was there anything that looked like the murder weapon?

[tyrian]

Me, Chizuru, and Yuyuko found him first, and then a bunch of other people started showing up so I went to let everybody know. [And here she is!] I didn't see anything, but it looks like he got stabbed.

[mightiswright]

Can you tell me where he was stabbed, and how many times?

[tyrian]

Through the chest. I'm not sure how many... [A lot of times.]

[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?

[tyrian]

He got stabbed. We found him on the terrace!

[pasodoble]

( So quick and dirty and not very far from where they are right now. )

Were there any clues? Sign of a struggle?

[tyrian]

He was just sitting on one of the chairs. But it looked like he got stabbed a lot. [She gestures to her chest as a sign of where he was stabbed.]

[pasodoble]

( The first thing he thinks of is that the blade had to have been short. A long would have been awkward to stab with repeatedly, wouldn't it? Unless there was something more complicated at play. )

I see... I'm going to check the parlour for something; you should keep letting everyone else know, okay?

[tyrian]

I will! [She offers something of a reassuring smile.] Good luck!