week 1 — investigation

[mcmurderer]

The ticking of the grandfather clocks in each house draws louder and louder — soon, the ticking turns into a defining gong. Characters are stricken from their beds with the noise, allowing them to venture out.

Despite the frantic nature of getting out of their homes, upon exit out into the Abode, they'll see something unlike their arrival — the celebration seems to be over. Ribbons and streamers ripped from the lamposts, oversized candies were pushed into the river, wrapped presents were smashed and torn astray.

It looks like someone was not having a good unbirthday?

Shall you explore?

NOTE: Anyone in the House of Clubs (Foxes and Butterflies) and House of Spades (Snakes and Sheep), please do not reply to anything immediately. You have presents.

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Welcome to the Investigation Log! To streamline things, I am listing locations and a cap of investigation slots. Please choose only one for now! I'll announce on Plurk if we need people in other areas. For the sake of setting — please have characters enter without getting too far into a building.

RESERVES + APPLICATIONS + PRIVATE CONVOS + LOCATIONS + IC PROFILES
+ MURDER PROPOSALS + IC RULEBOOK + HOUSING

Comments

[mcmurderer]

[ Kira will notice that there is glass on the inside of the home and on the windowsill. Mejojo will see a small rock laying amongst the glass. ]

[throning]

[ he nudges the rock with his foot. his ears fidget with every sound kira makes, signifying that he's paying close attention to each and every one of his movements.

anyways. ]

[civilized]

[ kira, meanwhile, walks to the glass and kneels down. his head turns up to the window and he picks up a shard of the glass carefully... with the hand that lost a pinky. he rather not risk damaging his still pristine hand. the glass is turned in his fingers and he smirks faintly. ]

Amateur.

[ he tsks and looks at the window, trying to garner as to whether the entry made by the broken glass is large enough to get past? he also examines the size of the shards - are they large pieces or small? ]

[mcmurderer]

[ They're large pieces! Most of the window is shattered, but it is obvious there was no skill in this — there doesn't seem to be any trailing glass into the house either past the inside wall the mirror was located.

Mejojo would notice that the stone is a typical one — one that may have been taken from the garden right outside of their home. Go venture forward? ]

[throning]

[ well time to go outside this goddamn house. he glances back at kira before leaving. ]

[civilized]

[ he isn't going to go outside and around. instead he treads carefully around the glass and then maneuvers his body outside the break-in hole. the goal is to see if an adult could pass through comfortably, without getting any cuts.

(this is such sloppy work, he feels a little irritated by it.) ]

[mcmurderer]

[ As Mejojo glances back to Kira, he'll see tacked onto the door in a parchment paper reads:

Hold onto your head
Hold onto your head
If you wait too long to catch me--
I'll paint the roses red.

If Kira tries to even lean against the windowframe, he'll feel a glass pressure against him. Any further pushing and he'll be cut. So no, no one could get in or out without getting cut. ]

[throning]

[ mejojo has nothing to say. his eyes simply rove over the parchment, ears perking as he reads each and every word.

with a scoff, he turns around and leaves. ]

[civilized]

Ugh.

[ he stops trying to get through once he feels the pressure and steps away from the window, still carefully walking around the glass in a purposeful manner. this is just so sloppy. whoever did this should be ashamed of themselves.

he turns around and goes to the door where the parchment is, wrinkling his nose at the contents. then he leaves and follows the way mejojo is moving. ]

[mcmurderer]

[ Nothing else here! You're good. ]