[ WEEK THREE – INVESTIGATION ]

[sheriffexe]

INVESTIGATION

The town is quiet, eerily so. All animals, all chatter, all gusts of wind have come to a complete stop this morning. A tumbleweed passes by through the center of town and the rocking chair on the Sheriff's porch sways but remains silent. Everything is muted and as the door of the hotel opens, the only sensation that rings utterly true today is this: One of your own is gone. And now, as the rules state, it is your job to discover their fate. Welcome to the investigation post! If your character decides to search an area, please post the name of the location in your header and wait for the mod replies. Anything to discover or not to will be indicated during the course of the thread. After the body is discovered, an announcement will be made and characters are free to spend the rest of the afternoons how they like. If there are any questions, please shoot a message either to this journal or at robowest.

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Sheriff's Station

[hydrokinetics]

[It was a bad idea. It was bad, the whole thing was bad, and sure, they had agreed to it but that doesn't mean he wasn't nervous as hell the entire night. He didn't sleep at all, wide awake and restless and honestly a little scared…

...so when the doors open he's off like a shot, booking it for the Sheriff's station and the stocks with Mrs. O'Leary at his heels for once. He's immediately scanning the stocks for Annabeth or any sign of disturbance. Anyone who thought he'd go anywhere else sure would be wrong as much as he would also like to look at the hole, there are Priorities]

[sheriffexe]

[ Right into the fire, huh? So, yeah, Annabeth isn't there.

The stocks she was held in are also kind of, uh, black. As if it was burnt.

Those are the two most obvious things but you also might want to look around a bit, Perce. ]

[bittybat]

[PAPIKA AND DAMIAN ARRIVE.

Annnnd they're going in the station because (Percy is busy rn) fuck their lives, why not bother the Sheriff.

PLEASE DON'T BE NAKED]

CHURCH

[generously]

[ Well! It's that time of the week, and Claire is searching for clues inside the church. ]

[tightly]

[ And Chane is right by his side, looking all about. ]

corpse tree

[impulsiveness]

[look everyone knew this would be one of the first things we'd hit up

so on a scale of one to death how bad is the Mystery Hole^TM?]

[glaring]

[ she really wanted to ignore that hole.

but alas, here she is, wandering up behind him. ]

General Store

[ceded]

[ Xion, whenever she appears on the scene, seems both out of it and kind of mad, for some reason. So hey, let's go hobble into the general store to check things out! ]

[alcobrawlic]

[ ... And accompanying her to this place yet again, because no one needs to fuck with the general store-- ]

... Sure you don't need to sit down?

Saloon

[guiltlevel]

[ Russell will take a peek in the saloon to see what's up! He'll check the kitchen and upstairs too if things seem out of the ordinary. ]

[sheriffexe]

[ Everything's quite fine here, though it does look like one of the beds upstairs was slept in recently.

That's it though. ]

railroad station

[flippity]

[ what's up train??? ]

[sheriffexe]

[ Train is just chuggin' along. The shadows on the outside of the windows seem to be a bit more but that's it. ]

Doctor

[combattente]

[Let's continue that trend of checking places that had been previously covered in blood to make sure they aren't all bloody again.]

[sheriffexe]

[ No one's fixed the porch yet.

But the reception has been pretty swept up! There's also some uh, banging coming from the doctor's office. ]

Watering Hole

[leadastray]

[Elizabeth has become familiar with this area, so it's the first she checks for anomalies.]

[sheriffexe]

[ Another week, another lack of body in the lake. No corpse soup today. :(




Or at least, not here. ]

Graveyard

[bittybat]

[please god say nothing is wrong here]

[beyeotic]

[something is gonna be wrong here]

BONFIRE

[thatsthespirit]

[HI SHE'S HERE now that Ezio and Elizabeth have released her from the clinic]

[she slows to a trot when she reaches the bonfire, gaze harrowing, as she looks for anything out of place. she's focused particularly on the ground, and is especially on the lookout for something shiny]

[cherrypuncher]

[SHE WAS NOT BUILT FOR SPRINTING LIKE THIS so when she catches up to Milla she's wheezing, leaning forward with her hands on her knees to keep herself from collapsing.]

There's—there's—no one here...!

Tailor

[dubiousalignment]

[Tarvek is in very bad mood. That's why he stomps into the Tailor shop, browsing everything with impatience and looking around as if he expects to find something.

There's...nothing in the Tailor building, is there? Because he really wants to turn this place upside-down!]

[sheriffexe]

[ There's nothing in the tailor, mate. ]

BODY ANNOUNCEMENT

[sheriffexe]

[ From the second floor of the Sheriff's station, the window opens and the Sheriff's head pops out. He whistles to get everyone's attention and calls out -- ]

Three bodies this week, folks! Annabeth Chase, Nui, and Riku are dead. Corpses are, ehh, but you ain't having body rights this trial anyway.

[ Then he pauses slightly before -- ]

Also, one of you fuckers killed my cat. The hell is wrong with you?

[ He disappears back inside a moment later, slamming the window shut. ]

[guiltlevel]

... There was a cat?

[ ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS??? ]