week 8 - wednesday

[productions]

murder manor week eight



wednesday

9 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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[productions]

[It doesn't, it's very stuck.

The foyer door, the handle won't turn. It seems as though it's locked, but this door is not normally locked.]

[vytis]

[He frowns at the door and shoves it harder. Then he'll give it a kick to see if that works.]

[productions]

[Nope.]

[vytis]

[Jeez, what was done to these doors?

Next option: the windows. He'll go outside and try those. The windows are usually unlocked, at least.]

[productions]

[Locked. Curtains drawn.]

[vytis]

[Rude! Okay, back inside. Lithuania will straight-up try to break the foyer door down now.]

[productions]

[Okay, I think that's doable. The door will break open at the pressure, revealing the cause of the "lock" - the bolt of a crossbow wedged in the handle.]

[vytis]

[About time! Also--a crossbow bolt? Not what he expected. He'll take note of it and then look at the room itself.]

[productions]

[The room is something of a mess, with the clock from the mantle lying smashed on the ground, and a crossbow bolt above the mantle in its place. It seems as though there was something of a struggle.

You can also see the reason the kitchen door wouldn't open - Poland's body is propped up against the door handle, blocking it from turning.]

1/3

[vytis]

[Mess? Clock? Crossbow bolt? Wait, what room is he even in? He doesn't see any of those things.]

2/3

[vytis]

[Poland's body is the only thing he sees.

And, not that anyone is around to see it, but Lithuania's expression breaks into completely unchecked fury.]

[vytis]

[And then--nothing. He looks, suddenly, like he's never felt an emotion in all his sixteen hundred years of life.

Dimly, mentally wading through static, he registers the state of the room. He checks behind the door he broke open before approaching Poland's body.]

[productions]

[He's extremely pale, though that might be the illness, and his face especially is cold. His eyes are wide open, and there are a few spots of blood in them. There are no visible wounds on his body, aside from some light bruising around the front of his neck.]

[vytis]

[Lithuania pauses for perhaps a minute. Then he turns around and goes to the foyer, calling out loudly enough to hopefully be heard at least through the first floor.]

I need two more people to come into the dining room, please.

[His tone might be mistaken for calm, but really it's more like he can't get his voice to inflect anymore.]

[humanic]

[Stiles is just about to head towards the ballroom when he hears Lithuania's voice. He'll come rushing towards the foyer with panic on his face, but it fades to a confused wariness when he sees how calm Lithuania seems.]

Uh...this would be the time when you give me a heads-up on how badly I should be freaking out. Is someone dead or do you just need an escort to the bathroom?

[vytis]

Poland's dead.

[So is Lithuania's tact.]

[hollowheart]

You're joking. [Her voice is as flat as Poland's, though.]

[humanic]

Poland--

[The name doesn't even make sense to him for a moment - and then it hits him and he staggers back as if someone's punched him in the gut.]

No...no, no, goddammit, no!

[vytis]

I wouldn't joke about that. [Lithuania feels like it's his fault. All his brain knows how to do is accept that guilt as the truth, so he does. He feels a little like a robot.

He remembers Poland liked Stiles.]

You don't have to look, Stiles.

[hollowheart]

[This is the most awkward hug in the history of awkward hugs, but Annie pulls Stiles to her--partly discouraging him from going to look. At least not yet.]

Lithuania, could you get Susan?

[humanic]

[He appreciates the hug as awkward as it is, even leaning into it while he gets a hold of himself. After a few moments he pushes away, a determined set to his shoulders.]

Fuck that, I'm going with you guys. He was my friend - I owe him that much at least.

[inthebones]

...I'm here.

[Susan speaks quietly as she appears in the doorway. For having constantly fought with Poland, the expression on her face is quite melancholy as well.]

Three people need to look. That's all. If either of you feel like you can't examine the scene, don't feel the need to.

[She has a feeling neither Lithuania or Stiles will go, though.]

...Otherwise, I'll bring the pills to those too ill to come down and inform them of the news.

Lithuania - can we speak tonight? Before the trial?

[vytis]

I need to finish searching the room. [Emotion, finally--anger. Not at Annie, but one might get the idea that, if they can uncover who did this at the trial, Lithuania may have to be prevented from strangling them himself before the voting can conclude.

After a moment, he nods at Susan.] Alright.

[hollowheart]

[She heads into the room, arms folded over her chest as she forces herself to look at the body as just another dead body--but there's no mistake that Poland is no longer alive.]

[humanic]

[He follows behind, swallowing when he sees Poland's body. In a sick way, he's almost a little relieved; so many of the murders had been gruesome and awful. While he hasn't examined the body close-up yet, at least at first sight it didn't seem like he might have suffered too much.

First things first though, he'll go to the window and throw open the curtains so they can get more light in the room.]