[He whirls around, then puts a hand to his chest when he sees what she's talking about.]
Oh, you mean a fake one. [But he goes up to it and gives it a wary poke anyway.] Yup, it's fake. Geez, don't scare me like that. I've had enough of body parts for a lifetime, thanks.
[He'll go ahead and open her drawer then. While he's at it, he'll take a look at that folded paper too.]
[The closet is fairly standard, although Touko clearly did her work too since nothing in it looks 1920ish. A modified black ballroom dress, shirts with different sorts of sleeves, pants, no other dresses... although by the end on the left side, a red nagajuban is hung up, in one color and looking to be completely finished (maybe that's what happened to the curtain...??). Next to it is an actual kimono, pink in color, in the works. There's no pattern on the top of the cloth, but the bottom bears embroidery that seems done; looks like she's been using white thread to give it a more subtle sort of touch. On the hanger next to it is a sash, blue in color.
On the floor in the corner are cigarette boxes piled up to resemble the Eiffel Tower. It changes every week.
As for the folded paper, written on it are names and numbers:
Alice May Lithuania Latvia Phoebe Anastasia Stiles Yuzu
Susan may remember a certain quip from last week; Touko's put down on paper the suspects that have been selected from the start, and tallied how often people have individually cropped up only taking in relevant names after last week's trial. The bottom are people who've never been brought up, excluding today for obvious reasons.
There's nothing else on the paper. The rest of the drawer is filled with cut cloth stripes, she probably just left things in there after finishing up with tailoring stuff for the dolls, from the looks of it.]
With the amount of arts and crafts she's been up to, I'm surprised she's ever seen around the house at all.
[Susan will examine each piece of clothing in turn to look for blood, tears, or any other less obvious signs of wear that shouldn't be there. They will be patted down individually as well for pockets hiding anything inside. The red garment will receive an extra close look. When she's done, she'll push aside the clothing and peer into the very back of the closet to see if there's anything of interest, making sure to examine the upper corners as well.]
[The list is definitely interesting and he quickly memorizes the last section.]
Huh...looks like me, Yuzu, May, Lithuania and Anya should start our own club.
[While he's there, he'll go ahead and examine what's on the desk in more detail. He'll pick up each doll to see whether they might be hollow or hiding anything, then open the facial powder case to see whether there's anything in there that shouldn't be as well. He'll also pick up the glass to see if there's any remnants of liquid inside it.]
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate dolls? Because I hate dolls. These are super creepy, by the way.
[Susan understands what he means quickly enough even without seeing the list.]
I still say there ought to be a sort of rotation schedule. It's practically unfair. Simply because you have no skills to speak of doesn't mean you can't be a potentially unhinged murderer.
...And here I stand with my back to you rummaging through clothing.
[The clothes are normal, the cuts are clean. She wasn't kidding when she mentioned making things to people on occasion, the few times she did bother branching out. The pockets are generally empty, although one has a button from god knows where and another holds a strip of folded cloth. The color and motif matches, so it's safe to say it's from the same cut. Nothing in the top corners, but there's a book at the way back of the closet: "The Hound of the Baskervilles". The ground's littered, but nothing else of interest. No stains on the kimono either: if anything, it may just potentially be the most well-taken care of thing inside this room.
The dolls are not hollow, carved from wood and weighting at a normal estimate of how much it should. The case only contains powder, there's a faint dip on the surface so it's seen use. The glass is empty, no trace of dried liquid though there might be a bit of cigarette ash.
Stiles should also look elsewhere because he has no sense of appreciation for the arts, clearly.]
Are you implying something about me, then? Twice in four weeks; I have enough nonsense to deal with.
[Susan will prod around in the back of the closet a few more moments before taking the Hound of the Baskervilles. She had read a copy herself a few weeks back; Sherlock Holmes was admittedly rather addicting.]
[Inside the cabinet are bottles of alcohol. There's a few spare wooden parts, some of the bits are colored. Next to them is more makeup, including liquid foundation, concealer, lip gloss, stuff like that. A few brushes of various sizes are in there too, used. If the wooden pieces are examined, they definitely bear mark of having been tested on, the same type of wood the dolls were made from.
As for the chest, inside are more clothes and some books taken from around the manor, one about the art and culture during the Romantic period of 1800 to 1850, another being a copy of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". If dug deeper, over a quarter in the chest is where discarded clothing that's been used to better other things have been unceremoniously shoved stashed in. There's a mascara stick and a bottle of orange nail polish in there too, actually.]
I'm not - I'm not implying anything, nope. I'm not saying you're kind of terrifying when you want to be at all.
And no, not unless you count the dolls. Which I totally do, by the way. No one over the age of twelve who isn't a serial killer plays with dolls. It's like the first sign that you're in a horror movie and dealing with a crazy person. Did you know she puts make-up on them? Who does that? Why would you put make-up on a doll? What, are they going out to seduce guy dolls? Covering up doll zits? Paint I get because blank dolls are even creepier than normal dolls, but I'm pretty sure the make-up takes it from interesting hobby to probably dresses up corpses for fun. Like I would not be surprised at all if I found out that this woman dismembered Belarus so she could rearrange her limbs with Altman's to make some kind of fusion corpse puppet doll.
...oh great, there's more make-up in the cabinet too. I hope these go on her face.
I like to think I'm terrifying all the time, actually.
[She sifts through the books in the chest and removes the scattered articles of clothing. Each one will be examined carefully in turn but we all know already that there's not going to be any blood. The makeup at the bottom of the chest will draw a slight frown.]
I don't think Miss Aozaki herself wears much makeup, actually. ...Is there anything important about the color orange or does she simply enjoy hiding different colors about the room to surprise herself?
[She leaves the chest now and turns to Stiles.]
Miss Aozaki is a 'master rank puppet maker.' It does sound a bit ominous, doesn't it? As far as I can tell, though, she's simply quite good at making toys.
For someone who doesn't wear a lot of makeup, she sure has a lot of it then. Maybe her dolls really need that [he squints at the makeup and reads off the names] liquid foundation and concealer. Oh hey, lip gloss, I actually know what that is! Which doesn't make putting it on dolls any less creepy.
[Glances over as he starts looking through all the stuff on the ground.] A less than sign? The letter C done rune-style? A convenient container for cigarette ash since she obviously doesn't have enough?
'Liquid foundation and concealer' sounds vaguely ominous, really. What exactly are we trying to conceal?
[She continues to walk about the room, examining each doll and unusual object in turn, lingering on the pocket knife and a few of the other unusual objects. And because there was talk of ash, Susan will eventually examine the candles to see if there's anything unusual about them. What exactly had she been using them for? Heating the knife to carry out her work?
She'll also take a look at one of the ashtrays, comparing it with what she recalled of Poland's ash.]
...Is it too convenient to think that the ash we found came from her smoking?
I dunno, I'm not a girl - is this stuff they regularly use? Maybe dolls can have skin problems too.
What, you think she took a smoke break outside while carrying around Belarus's limbs? She's either have to be terminally stupid or an addict beyond belief. [There's a long, long pause as he looks around the room with its many ashtrays and cigarette boxes.]
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[He whirls around, then puts a hand to his chest when he sees what she's talking about.]
Oh, you mean a fake one. [But he goes up to it and gives it a wary poke anyway.] Yup, it's fake. Geez, don't scare me like that. I've had enough of body parts for a lifetime, thanks.
[He'll go ahead and open her drawer then. While he's at it, he'll take a look at that folded paper too.]
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On the floor in the corner are cigarette boxes piled up to resemble the Eiffel Tower.
It changes every week.As for the folded paper, written on it are names and numbers:
W1:
Bernkastel, Clyde, Felicia,Sharon, SusanW2: Annie,
Kanaya, Kaoru, Poland,UkraineW3: Beat,
Michael, Spain,Aya,BelarusW4: Gundam,
Kanaya (2), Sonia, Susan (2), ToukoAlice
May
Lithuania
Latvia
Phoebe
Anastasia
Stiles
Yuzu
Susan may remember a certain quip from last week; Touko's put down on paper the suspects that have been selected from the start, and tallied how often people have individually cropped up only taking in relevant names after last week's trial. The bottom are people who've never been brought up, excluding today for obvious reasons.
There's nothing else on the paper. The rest of the drawer is filled with cut cloth stripes, she probably just left things in there after finishing up with tailoring stuff for the dolls, from the looks of it.]
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[Susan will examine each piece of clothing in turn to look for blood, tears, or any other less obvious signs of wear that shouldn't be there. They will be patted down individually as well for pockets hiding anything inside. The red garment will receive an extra close look. When she's done, she'll push aside the clothing and peer into the very back of the closet to see if there's anything of interest, making sure to examine the upper corners as well.]
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Huh...looks like me, Yuzu, May, Lithuania and Anya should start our own club.
[While he's there, he'll go ahead and examine what's on the desk in more detail. He'll pick up each doll to see whether they might be hollow or hiding anything, then open the facial powder case to see whether there's anything in there that shouldn't be as well. He'll also pick up the glass to see if there's any remnants of liquid inside it.]
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate dolls? Because I hate dolls. These are super creepy, by the way.
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I still say there ought to be a sort of rotation schedule. It's practically unfair. Simply because you have no skills to speak of doesn't mean you can't be a potentially unhinged murderer.
...And here I stand with my back to you rummaging through clothing.
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The dolls are not hollow, carved from wood and weighting at a normal estimate of how much it should. The case only contains powder, there's a faint dip on the surface so it's seen use. The glass is empty, no trace of dried liquid though there might be a bit of cigarette ash.
Stiles should also look elsewhere because he has no sense of appreciation for the arts, clearly.]
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...ugh, there's cigarette ash in the glass? What does she do, drink the stuff?
[And speaking of that, he'll head to the cabinet next and open it.]
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[Susan will prod around in the back of the closet a few more moments before taking the Hound of the Baskervilles. She had read a copy herself a few weeks back; Sherlock Holmes was admittedly rather addicting.]
Nothing of interest in the desk?
[Susan will go for the chest herself next.]
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As for the chest, inside are more clothes and some books taken from around the manor, one about the art and culture during the Romantic period of 1800 to 1850, another being a copy of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". If dug deeper, over a quarter in the chest is where discarded clothing that's been used to better other things have been
unceremoniously shovedstashed in. There's a mascara stick and a bottle of orange nail polish in there too, actually.]no subject
And no, not unless you count the dolls. Which I totally do, by the way. No one over the age of twelve who isn't a serial killer plays with dolls. It's like the first sign that you're in a horror movie and dealing with a crazy person. Did you know she puts make-up on them? Who does that? Why would you put make-up on a doll? What, are they going out to seduce guy dolls? Covering up doll zits? Paint I get because blank dolls are even creepier than normal dolls, but I'm pretty sure the make-up takes it from interesting hobby to probably dresses up corpses for fun. Like I would not be surprised at all if I found out that this woman dismembered Belarus so she could rearrange her limbs with Altman's to make some kind of fusion corpse puppet doll.
...oh great, there's more make-up in the cabinet too. I hope these go on her face.
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[She sifts through the books in the chest and removes the scattered articles of clothing. Each one will be examined carefully in turn but we all know already that there's not going to be any blood. The makeup at the bottom of the chest will draw a slight frown.]
I don't think Miss Aozaki herself wears much makeup, actually. ...Is there anything important about the color orange or does she simply enjoy hiding different colors about the room to surprise herself?
[She leaves the chest now and turns to Stiles.]
Miss Aozaki is a 'master rank puppet maker.' It does sound a bit ominous, doesn't it? As far as I can tell, though, she's simply quite good at making toys.
[Not that the toys weren't creepy, but.]
Do you know what this is?
[She refers to the glass with the rune.]
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[Glances over as he starts looking through all the stuff on the ground.] A less than sign? The letter C done rune-style? A convenient container for cigarette ash since she obviously doesn't have enough?
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[She continues to walk about the room, examining each doll and unusual object in turn, lingering on the pocket knife and a few of the other unusual objects. And because there was talk of ash, Susan will eventually examine the candles to see if there's anything unusual about them. What exactly had she been using them for? Heating the knife to carry out her work?
She'll also take a look at one of the ashtrays, comparing it with what she recalled of Poland's ash.]
...Is it too convenient to think that the ash we found came from her smoking?
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What, you think she took a smoke break outside while carrying around Belarus's limbs? She's either have to be terminally stupid or an addict beyond belief. [There's a long, long pause as he looks around the room with its many ashtrays and cigarette boxes.]
...maybe we'd better take one back just in case.
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[Given that ash has a nasty habit of floating everywhere, Susan will cover the top with the Hound of the Baskervilles and carry it away.]
Anything else you think we ought to take back?
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Nah, I think we're good for now. We can always come back later if we think there's anything else to find in here.