week 4 - day 3

[productions]

murder manor week four



wednesday

21 players remaining.

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[productions]

[Her eyes are open, and she doesn't move when shaken. Although there's not much of a way to tell whether she's living or dead, there's no sign of life to her.

The smell seems to be emanating from her midsection, which is smoking slightly.]

[notyetlost]

[Poland covers mouth and nose, grabbing a conductor's baton to poke around where he's noticed the smoke coming out from.] Maybe it's not so bad! I mean... um. Maybe we can just reboot her system and play with the cross-platform sensor so we can back up the SSL microchip!

[He has no idea what anything he just said actually means, but what's there to find where she's smoking from?]

/2

[terriblesister]

[....Poland. what the hell.]

[terriblesister]

[a-at least there isn't blood everywhere. Trying to be careful and not touch any parts that might be on fire / hot, Yuzu will try to roll Rin onto her back so they can get a clear look.]

[productions]

[There is a sword sticking out of her midsection.]

[notyetlost]

Or not. [Well that sure is a sword sticking out of a robot. Even without being a tech nerd Poland is pretty sure that's not fixable.]

... crap. [Poland looks at the sword trying to ascertain the type if he'd be able to recognize it.]

[terriblesister]

[...even if she was expecting a murder today finding it is...

she'll try to see if there are any other marks but admittedly that sword is hard to ignore]

...Someone needs to raise the alarm.

[productions]

[There doesn't appear to be much else going on with the body, aside from the smoke and slight warping of Rin's skin around the hole.]

[notyetlost]

[Poland lets the sword stay in, he doesn't want to botch any finger prints that might be on it.] It's a rapier.

[And there's the damn clock.] Yeah um. I think it's been taken care of.

[terriblesister]

-Eh?

Aren't there only two of us?

[productions]

[It's a particularly thin sword, but it seems to have done the job.]

1/2

[notyetlost]

[Poland quickly counts-- One. Two. Er...Technically three! But Rin doesn't count being impaled and non-operational.]

Did the rules change or...

[Oh god.]

2/2

[notyetlost]

[Poland pulls Yuzu over, whispering in her ear as discreetly as possible.]

Someone else is here.

[terriblesister]

[she stiffens]

No, someone found it first.

[and didn't tell anyone.]

[productions]

[If there's anyone else around, it isn't obvious. However, there are signs of a struggle - the piano bench has been pushed out of its usual position and there is sheet music on the ground. A layer of dust also seems to be settling in the air.]

[notyetlost]

Nggh...!! [Poland checks anyways taking note of the disorder and almost jumping out of his skin seeing a bust in the corner of the room. Yuzu's idea is slightly less terrifying, so he'd really prefer to go with that.]

Why wouldn't they tell someone then, usually whoever finds these things first
can't wait to run down the hall screaming about it. [The disturbed dust isn't lost on Poland though.] ...You think maybe they saw what happened?

[terriblesister]

...I don't know. But someone needs to stay in this room. Sapphire and Emerald are two closest wings, right?

[productions]

[The dust is settling; there isn't much of it left in the air.]

[notyetlost]

[How long does it take dust to settle anyways-- that's probably a good experiment for the trial not so much now. focus.

Poland wields his baton like he would very much like it to be a rapier.]

Okay so you stay here and I'll like! Catch them or something!

[terriblesister]

-Wait!

We need to check the room first!

[partly for evidence and partly because they may well still be in here

checking the piano seems the obvious starting point though; she'll head over here]

[productions]

[Sheet music is set out, but has been knocked askew; the bench has also been pushed aside.]

[notyetlost]

[But they're getting away Yuzu!!! Although Poland doesn't really ant to face a murder alone even if he could catch up with them.

Poland moves to investigate the bench for anything weird.]

[terriblesister]

[they can't leave the scene though. They'll catch them at the Trial, anything else could make things... complicated. Also she doesn't want to be left along with a body damn you.

not forgetting the first trial, she'll check inside the grand piano, just in case]

[productions]

[It just looks like it was pushed aside in the struggle. It's one of those benches you can store sheet music in, and the top is ever so slightly askew.

There's nothing inside the piano.]

[notyetlost]

[Pulling his sleeve down over his hand, Poland tips open the top of the bench.]