Fourth Investigation

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Five people died last week, but so far besides possibly The Narrator, no one else has died this week. Not to mention your new host seems pretty confident that no one will kill anyone, despite the motive. And hey, like last week nothing seems off… at least with the second floor.

Investigate anyway…?]

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[coulombslaw]

[Oh, Belle...why does this have to happen every week? Frustrated, Virgil goes to her room, there may be something useful there. It feels bad to have to go into the room of someone who just died, but it's necessary for the investigation.

Anything glaringly wrong in here?]

[tadaishi]

[Well, someone else had the same idea, but he also happened to be in the same general area, so he's following you, Virgil. He doesn't want to see her body; he's already seen Thalia's and that's enough for him for a while.]

Find anything?

[coulombslaw]

Something happened here.

[Judging by the bed and furniture]

I'll take a look. I hope you're prepared to deal with the rest of this room, Tadashi.

[He's trusting you to do your best]

[tadaishi]

I don't think I'll ever be prepared for this stuff, but as long as there isn't a body in here, too....

[Even though the announcement's already done. Still, there's a possibility.]

I'll take whatever part you don't check.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It looks like something happened last night. Especially if the bed and furniture is anything to go by.]

[coulombslaw]

[Is it in disarray? Any signs of a fight, or like someone searched for something in these?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well the furniture doesn't look that way. It just looks like someone just decided to rearrange the furniture last night.]

[coulombslaw]

[That's unusual. Why would someone rearrange the furniture? Any marks or something like that? Did Belle or someone drop anything around these furniture?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[No marks! But there is some weird shoe laying on the floor.]

[coulombslaw]

[So this shoe doesn't belong to Belle?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well maybe, but there's no way she could have worn it in normal situations.

And that's because it greatly resembles an ice skate with the blade missing.]

[coulombslaw]

Tadashi, do you know if ice skates come out of the penny press?

[tadaishi]

I've never seen any come out, but I've had a glass bell jar come out of it before.

[He indicates the shape and size of the rose cloche he returned to Belle.]

So it wouldn't be weird to see ice skates. You find a pair?

[tadaishi]

[Gonna check out that bed! Is there any sign of an attack, like blood or damage to anything?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The bed certainly looks messed up enough that there might have been a fight on it.]

[tadaishi]

[Or other activities.

Is there anything under the blankets?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There's a notebook.]

[tadaishi]

[The plot thickens! Sorry Belle, he's going to grab that notebook and after a few moments of hesitation, flip through a few pages. Anything worth noting?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[... Well this is sad.]

[tadaishi]

[IT IS EXTREMELY SAD. He's not going to read the letters--even his, yet--besides to note the names on them and just close the notebook instead.

Anything of interest under or around the bed?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Nope!]