week 5 - wednesday & thursday

[productions]

murder manor week five



wednesday & thursday

18 players remaining.

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[teenspirit]

Wh...what happened? There is no other blood anywhere else, is there...?

[ Are his eyes open? She examines them. ]

[inthebones]

...We'll have to examine him thoroughly for any other injury.

[Susan forcibly closes his mouth again when she is done. Cold and rigid - he had been dead for some time. But it wasn't much good saying that now when it was so late in the afternoon.]

Drunkards choke on their own vomit. I don't think they generally bite through their tongues.

...A seizure comes to mind. Perhaps... poison.

[Susan will glance around to see what Michael was drinking in his final moments.]

[productions]

[Nothing really stands out.]

[teenspirit]

He wasn't like that! He drank, but he did not have such a problem... I never saw him going overboard...

[ She looks down. ] Why... why two...

[inthebones]

...I was hoping, perhaps, that it might not be murder.

[Susan looks back towards the body.]

But you're right. There's no sign of alcohol in this room...

[Even the smell was different than Belarus's.]

Where is the vomit?

[Was it all over his bed as if something had happened to him in his sleep? Or elsewhere? For that matter, was he dressed for bed?]

[productions]

[He was not dressed for bed, but he is in a state of partial undress, having taken off his shoes, belt, and coat. There is vomit in the bed.]

[teenspirit]

It's in the bed... I swear it, he was not an alcoholic... He had problems but they weren't things he was trying to drink away... It must be something like poison.

[inthebones]

...He isn't dressed for bed. If it's poison, it must have been something he had late last night. He took ill and came back, preparing to go to sleep, but never quite made it.

[A frown.]

What could possibly have happened that led to two murders? ...Could Belarus have seen someone poisoning Michael, necessitating her death as well?

[The other way around was unlikely. One didn't accidentally oversee someone being casually hacked into pieces and end up poisoned.]

...Could there have been two plots altogether?

[teenspirit]

...what were the conditions of that double murder prize? Does this even fit the requirements?

[inthebones]

It can't be. Michael Altman and Belarus were both on the bottom two lists. The double murder would have necessitated the death of someone who wasn't on any list at all.

[Susan shakes her head.]

That's why... I suppose that's why I wasn't concerned about him until now. There was nothing to gain from killing him as well.

[teenspirit]

...Then... some sort of explanation... Anything but needless cruelty... Nothing could be worse than a death for no reason nor reward at all...

[inthebones]

...

We'll uncover it at the trial tomorrow. If the same person was responsible for this as the rest... They have quite a lot to answer for.

[With a stiff expression, she turns back down.]

I doubt there's much more to find, but... We should check to make sure there aren't any other injuries.

[This is a cue to Sonia that Susan intends to strip down some of the body. She'll lean forward and sniff around his mouth, first, though, to see if she can detect a scent of anything besides blood and vomit. Afterwards, she'll examine his head for any obvious signs of head trauma.]

[productions]

[No signs of head trauma, and nothing to smell.]