week ?

[productions]

murder manor week ?



weekend

9 players remaining.

[After the trial ends, power has shut down in the manor entirely, and all of the clocks have stopped as well, right at 6:31 PM. Of course, light still filters in through the windows during the day, and there are always candles as well.

No one will interrupt anyone in the manor, or interfere. No bells will ring to tell you how to go about your day. New food will not appear at meals, but there are supplies in the kitchen and pantry, at least enough to cook meals for everyone remaining for several weeks.

There is a complete stillness in the air, however. For now, it seems you've been abandoned.]

This is a general mingle post, covering the period from Lithuania's death Friday evening to Sunday evening. 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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Friday Night, Opal Wing

[pasodoble]

( After the trial, Spain will be one of the first to try to leave. He'll explain to anyone that asks that he's going to Lithuania's room and if anyone else wants to come, they're free to follow because he has nothing to hide. In fact, he'd prefer if more than one person went with him.

When he talks, he's quick and brisk, straight to the point, and strictly business. The entire time he's heading to Lithuania's room, he hurries, and the only thing keeping him from running is the fact that others might be with him.

When he arrives, he'll try to go into Lithuania's room. If the door is locked, he'll use Lithuania's keys to go in. Anyone else can try to search if they want, but he'll go straight for Lithuania's bed and do as Lithuania's note instructed. )

[vytis]

[Lithuania's room is quite neat, of course. There are several wreaths on the desk, made mostly of rue but with other flowers mixed in. One, on its own, consists of rue and poppies. Then there are five others grouped together. Four are in a row: the first contains asters, the second marigolds, the third snapdragons, and the fourth edelweiss. The fifth one, beneath the other four but not in the row, contains rue and carnations.

In following the instructions of Lithuania's letter, Spain will find a hole in the mattress along where the seam lies; it would be nearly impossible to find if you weren't told to look for it. He will be able to pull out a card and two letters.]

[godwhisperer]

[Gundam will follow, still holding Ruta. He won't try to read the note, however. Just keep an eye that Spain doesn't destroy anything.]

[inthebones]

[Susan follows as well, not because she thinks Spain would try anything untoward, but because if there was anything Lithuania had to leave them, it would likely be of the utmost importance. ...Unless it were already tampered with, of course.]

The one room we never did search.

...Spain, how much did you know about all of this? You knew Lithuania was the Mastermind? You knew it was a role assigned to him as well?

[allice]

[Alice follows along after getting Lithuania's blood (ugh) off her body as much as possible, head still reeling over what happened.]

You know, how are we certain there's another person in the group who's the real mastermind? I don't mean that Lithuania lied or anything, but...

[She knows it's illogical to say, but she can't imagine anyone else in the group being associated with the Producers. Who else is there, if not Lithuania?]

Saturday & Sunday

[pasodoble]

Saturday

1. ( Early morning Spain can be found at the church with Ruta. He has some of the flower wreaths from Lithuania's room. One by one, he carefully arranges them in front of the altar. The only one that is missing is the one with the carnations.

When he finishes, he'll remain kneeled down in front of the altar, eyes closed, and head bowed down in prayer. )

2. ( Around 5PM Spain will be in the kitchen again. He'll be trying to coax Ruta into eating food and will eventually convince her to eat some. Whenever someone comes into the kitchen, he'll look up to acknowledge them and then go back to trying to get Ruta to eat some more. He won't completely ignore them though because he'll suddenly say, )

... We should probably make dinner.

( If your character can't cook, after Saturday, Spain will help anyone that asks for help preparing food. )

Sunday

1. ( Sunday morning, he'll be back at the church with Ruta again. This time, he has the paper flowers from his own room. It isn't all of them, considering he's been making them since he arrived and there are too many for him to cary down by himself. He'll set the flowers down in front of the wreaths in no particular order.

Later, he can be found in the kitchen, again, trying to feed Ruta. )

Kitchen

[hollowheart]

[After moping quietly and away from the others for the better part of the day, Annie's in the kitchen as well. Having memorized where everything is, she retrieves a large pot, filling it with water and setting it on the stove.]

Could you peel potatoes?

[pasodoble]

( Once he's convinced Ruta to finish what looks to be a bit of biscuit, he'll pet her behind the ear, and get up on his feet to help Annie. There's a quick, "yes" and he'll come back with a few in hand. )

What are you making?

( And he'll wash his hands and the potatoes before he starts peeling. )

[hollowheart]

Potatoes and onion soup. And I'll fry some sausages, too. [It seems like a lifetime ago when she was puzzling over the stove with Belarus, and when Stiles was explaining the gas mechanism to her. She starts chopping the onions once the water gets to boiling.]

How's the dog?

Saturday, Church

[inthebones]

[It's unusual to find Susan in the church, but she's there this morning for a reason that is certainly more valid than simply being nosy. She'll unobtrusively wait for Spain to finish before speaking up.]

...Did he make those for the five of you?

[pasodoble]

( It is strange to see Susan at the church. When was the last time? Poland's Mass or something? Spain will nod his head yes, )

And a few others too... Mine is in my room for now though. ( On his desk. ) Do you know what they mean?

[inthebones]

[Asking Susan if she knew the language of flowers is a bit like asking her to propose a theory of quantum physics. She pauses.]

That... he's quite sorry for any inconvenience and heartache he's caused and he hopes you find it in him to forgive him?

With a bit of... intuitive extrapolation.

Phoebe Ashe | Parlor | Saturday, 4pm

[throe]

[ For most of the day Rapture has been sticking with others (or rather, one other: Susan) but now she's wrapped around in a blanket and sitting on one of the chairs in the parlor. The curtains are drawn open and she seems to be staring outside with an expression mixed between tense, worried, and absolutely terrified. She is paler than ever.

Thankfully, her adrenaline is too high to even consider eating, so she hasn't made a fuss about food. She seems to be quite lost somewhere else though. ]

[pasodoble]

( Spain will come to check on her a little later. He'd seen her on his way downstairs earlier. After taking care of some things in the kitchen, he wanted to see if she was still there. He doesn't want to startle her or anything so he'll knock on the parlor's door and announce himself, )

Miss Rapture?

[throe]

[ She does startle a bit, but not enough to make a big scene, though she does pull her blanket closer to her. ]

Oh, it's you. [ There is no contempt in her voice. There's hardly any emotion at all, really. ] Sorry... I was distracted.

Annie Leonhardt | 6:30 pm | Dining Room

[hollowheart]

[Since this is no longer Hogwarts, Annie and Spain have taken it upon themselves to feed everyone. There's a large pot of potatoes and onion soup, plates of meatballs and potatoes, and sausages. There is also bread and wine.


And for someone who's witnessed a fellow player explode, Annie doesn't seem to have lost her appetite. But she will glare at others help themselves to the food.]

[godwhisperer]

[Looking at the food so skeptically. Staring into the soup.

Finally, puts a bunch of sausages on a plate and nothing else and starts to put the plate on the floor.]

[hollowheart]

[If it's good enough for the dogs, it's good enough for humans. Even Gundam.]

[humanic]

Whoa, did you make this? Can I have some? Otherwise I'm just gonna have to settle for toast and coffee for the rest of our stay here.

[hollowheart]

I did make it.







Spain helped.

[throe]

[ Rapture sits in her usual seat, drinking a glass of wine and trying to stomach her food. The moment she lays her eyes on any of the meat she tries to keep her gaze off of it and try to get pass the feeling of sickness when she too easily relates it to the trial's final events.

Like most others, she's keeping too herself and indulging on alcohol more than the substance of food. ]

[hollowheart]

[Annie's not judging, really. She's dealt with grisly deaths during battle where it was hard to eat soon after, but in her case most humans lived on little food.]

At least eat some bread with your wine.

Susan Sto Helit | 6:30PM | Dining Room

[inthebones]

[And while Annie is doling out the food, Susan will stand and place a letter next to the offerings for everyone to see.]

"Nice try.

Doris got in deeper than she ever should have. Don't make the same mistakes.

If you want your people safe, play your part. You can keep playing the clueless angle for now, but when they find the medal, give them a good show. Sell it well enough, and we can forget that you lost us a host."

Spain found this in Lithuania's room. ...I suppose no one's come up with any brilliant ideas since yesterday?

[pasodoble]

It might be easier to figure out who we can trust compared to who we can't right now.

( What a useless idea, but Spain will address everyone too. Since last night, he'd been spending a lot of time thinking about his time in the manor and then Lithuania's, )

Lithuania didn't leave a full confession of everything he'd done. I don't know what he may have done in private with others but he and I met many times; mostly with the others ( the other designated killers, that is. ) but also just the two of us.

I couldn't say more before because we were threatened to keep everything a secret as much as possible but since everyone knows now... If there are any questions about him or our group, I'll share what I know.

( No cryptic messages and being purposely vague. )

[inthebones]

...Rather ironically, you and Annie are probably the least likely, given how close you both came to execution.

[Not that this means Susan trusts them, although that can probably be surmised.]

I'd like to ask what, exactly, the penalties were for 'breaking the rules'? Rules - we keep harping on rules all the time.