First Investigation

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's Friday the 13th, the deadline for taking the motive. Even the most optimistic guest would have noticed the tensions rising in the hotel. After all, The Narrator seemed pretty sure someone would die in this hotel. Still, there have been attempts to make sure morale remains high in this hotel, and maybe it all worked?

Nothing seems off on the bedroom floor. Perhaps the attempts to keep morale up worked after all?

But maybe you should Investigate anyway]

Comments

[theduck]

[Donald's been trying to push the motive to the back of his mind (things had been going fine thus far, hadn't they?), so when he leaves the bedroom he's actually. Not really thinking about it.

He goes down to the kitchen first, since it's kind of his new habit. There's... nothing off about it, is there?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well there is certainly no body in the kitchen, at least.]

[nocasetoobig]

[well first things first LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY because that's the way down the stairs. though he's pretty set on heading to the kitchen to get himself a snack breakfast, so he might miss whatever's in said lobby unless it's super obvious.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Hey go have some breakfast, Chip!]

[greatwidesomewhere]

[Belle wakes up on the morning of the deadline, hopeful that the day will pass as peacefully as the previous days have. She's an early riser by habit, and figures she may as well head toward the kitchen to break her fast before finding something to occupy herself for the day...]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Enjoy the kitchen party, Belle.]

[forgottenfounder]

[Another day, another day with the looming idea of the motive staying right in the back of Oswald's mind. He didnt want it to bring everyone down, so he was trying not to think about it.

Rather then the kitchen, he started off today, aiming to return a few books to the library Let's hope there's not a body in here...!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The Library is clear!]

[higitusfigitusmigitusmum]

[Merlin mostly kept to himself the rest of the week. He has been busy trying to figure out a way to combine everyone's magic to try and escape. He was not having luck though. When he wakes up this morning however, something feels terrible wrong. While trying to shake it off, he heads to the gameroom to try to find another book to help.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It looks like something happened in here.

The first thing that should jump out at Merlin is that there appears to be bloody candy scattered on the floor?]

[sentree]

[ You know what, screw the kitchen, Thalia has something to check for in the coat check, for variety. ]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The coat check is clean!]

[darnsitall]

[Sally is as blissfully unaware what a dire situation this is as ever as she heads downstairs. She peeks into the dining room to see if anyone else is up yet.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It looks like a fight took place here. It isn't a wreck and there's no body though!]

[geomanctic]

[Forget breakfast, Cornelia has to start her morning off with the stressful realization that if she doesn't do something, she's going to become a dreaded outfit repeater.

Coat Check, please answer her prayers.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The coat check is clean!]

[goofy_er]

[Goofy's been terrified with all this stuff going on in the hotel. Perhaps going to the game room to investigate will take some of the stress off his mind. He is definitely investigating the board games at least. ]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well...]

[tadaishi]

[Tadashi's on his way to the kitchen, as many of the others, in search of coffee so he can function properly. He's cutting through the dining room though, first.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There are no bodies in either rooms, although it looks like some fight happened in the dining room.]

[keyofimagination]

[As people start to gather around Vanellope’s body, a familiar, smooth voice echoes through the hotel.]

Vanellope von Schweetz has died. There will be a short investigative period to collect the evidence. Once you’re finished, the door at the back of the library will open and take you to the boiler room. A working service elevator will be waiting in the back for you.

[And nothing will be the same again.]

CLUE COUNT

[grimgrinningghosts]

Total Count 17/17

Game Room 6/6
Who would take the world's best board game?
Oh yum, bloody candy
Tables are the worst
Spoilers: Vanellope really just screwed up drinking a soda very badly.
Maybe it's friendly fear.
There's no kill like overkill

Lobby 3/3
Thank god the board game is safe
Save Goofy from this blood
Now who here could have such a sweet tooth?

Dining Area 5/5
Careful where you step!
Someone please be nice to the tables
Please throw away your candy wrappers
This blood is gonna be such a pain to clean off
And the scuff marks!

Kitchen 3/3
Sure Donald, the eggshells were so hard it caused Belle to bleed
And then stabbed herself with a fork and told no one
There's a thief in this hotel!

Game Room

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Now we can finally play irl Clue.]

[fairlypushy]

[. . . So what else is up besides the body.]

Lobby

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.]

[nocasetoobig]

[After an initial stare at Vanellope's body, a numb Chip is wandering towards the lobby. He's a detective, but this is...this is awful. The first time he's seen something like this, and he's just going to need a minute before he does anything.

Just...gonna sit on an ottoman and rub his face as he tries to decide what to do from here. Unless, of course, something else catches his attention]

Dining Area

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Maybe have a nice, fancy meal while trying not to fall into despair.]

[darnsitall]

[FINALLY A MURDER TO SOLVE. Sally took note of the state the dining room was in, and rushed back over to look for clues! How bad was this fight, anyway?]

Kitchen

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Thank god we can continue using this place.]

[theduck]

[Donald takes a few seconds to mourn the entire carton of eggs that Belle dropped (at least they don't have to pay for those) before deciding he'd rather look around right here than go anywhere near the body of a kid, thanks.

Aside from the eggs all over the floor, is there anything else in plain sight?]