FOURTH INVESTIGATION

[whimsicalism]

There were no punishments this week though some uncovered secrets might have hurt just as hard. Everyone's been in the castle for over a month and bonds have been forged. As Friday dawns, there's a faint hope that maybe nothing will go wrong again.

It's time to gather your courage and your wits as you see if anyone decided to kill once more.

Comments

[golden_king]

[ Alllright let's head down to the arcade to play some early day games. Anything there or on his way? ]

[whimsicalism]

[There are some things amiss here but not enough to be alarming. The arcade is free to be your playground, Gil!]

[octopups]

[As afraid as he is of the grim weekly pattern, Amdi still heads up to the Hall of Mirrors to chat with Molly again.]

[whimsicalism]

[Molly isn't at the mirror window today but he can probably see the outline of someone in the bed of the bedroom. She's safe!

But there is something odd in the Hall of Mirrors. Weird but not alarming. Feel free to go on your way, Amdi!

[strictura]

[ Starting out as usual... How's the dining hall, and the bedroom hallway along the way? ]

[whimsicalism]

[Well, things are weird in here, too! I won't say it's not alarming because it's probably to him but there's no body or any clear signs of murder. Feel free to continue.]

[prescience]

[It's hard to shake the specter of last week, so Oriko will head to the third floor like a ghost to haunt some of those old sites.

Is there anything to be found this morning in the bloodstained digsite?]

[whimsicalism]

[No, not at the digsite though the playground is messy today. Though, there's no body.]

[imozon]

[Dark Dream is off to the graveyard again.]

[whimsicalism]

[Nothing here! Though, as you pass by the playground it sure is messy, though.]

[battlestations]

[is everything great at our Julys?]

[whimsicalism]

[Messy but yes. No body, here.]

[whimsicalism]

[Okay, guess who's pissed? The Cat. The Cat is very pissed. Not just at the fact that ripped up pages from various books are everywhere in the castle.

More pressing, of course... is:]

Which one of you did this! Was it all of you?! Queen Alice is dead and someone must be responsible or all of you will be found responsible!

Go do something!

EVIDENCE

[whimsicalism]

Total: 24/24

City Center: 4/4

- Let it snow! Let it snow!
- More snow? Wait, that's just doll dust.
- Who is touching the dust?
- It's not so great today, Julys.

Library: 8/8

- Okay, what is this even?
- Reading is... good for your mind?
- Just book things
- Someone made a bed with this
- Off with her head!
- Death with reading!
- We might have lost one doll but...
- Apparently some were spared from the carnage.

Cove: 3/3

- She's giving us a hand! Or arm, anyway.
- Drowning books
- Someone was here

Room 29: 3/3

-Lock your doors!
-Someone got axed a question
-Someone stole bedding!

Carousel: 3/3

- Leggy!
-Alice, where did you go?
- More friends!

Hospital: 3/3

- Don't steal hospital equipment!
- A trail?
- That's where that ended up...

[ballooncaged]

So do we have to be afraid of you anymore or not?

[She's at the edge of the city, already too small for her, screaming up into the ceiling, where the voice rings from.]

When I see you... WHEN I SEE YOU!!!!!

CITY CENTER

[whimsicalism]

[Holy shit it's not snow is it]

Re: CITY CENTER

[seventhlittlemonster]

[...damn. That just happened...

Well, he might as well make up for being cooped up in his room all day yesterday and look around for clues about this mysterious death.

Seeing as he's never been here, he's just going to look for any obvious messes.]

AREA CLEAR

[whimsicalism]

LIBRARY

[whimsicalism]

[Sorry for the trauma, Nagisa.]

[strictura]

[ AT LEAST HE'S USED TO IVS EVEN IF HE HATES THEM, so he can deal.

Though... why is the game still going on?

...

Okay. So, just how much of a literal doll is this body? There isn't any blood, is there? Do the parts look like they were just detached at the ball joints, or like things were shattered?

And how are the IVs "hooked" to the arm if she doesn't have skin or veins or anything? Just taped on, or...? ]

[nothingposh]

[More to himself than anything:]

I said it was bad to go around asking questions that shouldn't be answered. Now look at it.

[Gavroche cares about literally nothing related to the actual murder. What he starts investigating is the book pages. Are they all from the same book? Do they say anything interesting? Is it all just pages out of Alice in Wonderland?]

COVE

[whimsicalism]

[Okay will people stop throwing things into water]

"it's funnier to make oriko dive" pt 2

[prescience]

[........Again?!

The arm she apparently spotted up in body hunt will be more important than the books, so Oriko will hop in the water and wade over that way.]

ROOM 29

[whimsicalism]

[Could this room get even messier?]

[xxxx_me]

[He'll go ahead and poke around here, since he's been going in and out of all these rooms anyway. What's up with this room today?]

CAROUSEL

[whimsicalism]

[Round and round and round and round]

[golden_king]

[ Okay he's amused upon hearing who died but hey.

What's going here? ]

HOSPITAL

[whimsicalism]

[Okay but why though]

[battlestations]

[hey maybe it's just gonna be 'some IVs are missing'. surely nothing traumatic could happen in the honkspital]