Mock Victim

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It’s Friday. Your first week stuck in Doomville is almost up. While Judge Doom’s motive was certainly big, it’s hard to judge, for lack of a better term, if he could manage to change anyone’s past, let alone your own. So maybe you forgot about it, or maybe you’re so caught up with the “what if’s” that it hangs over you as you wake up today.

However, as you leave your dressing room, you may find that the door to Edgar’s Room is mysteriously ajar. While it was open for investigation yesterday, it seems more open than it was yesterday.

Investigate?]

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I sure did just notice this

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The clothes hanging all seem to be in very good condition for the most part, it appears. Although some of them, both hanging and folded, that appear slightly wrinkled.]

[defyingfrigidity]

[Strange... it could just be that some of the others were messing around with the costumes during the week, but just in case...

She'll start with the ones on the rack first, pulling them out to examine them more closely. She'll also be checking to see if there any similarities between all the wrinkled clothes. A similar theme, maybe...?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The ones on the rack seem noticeably less wrinkled, it appears that someone was messing with the hems of them. And while all of them seemed to have been moved at least a little, it appears that the men's clothing was looked over more closely.]

[defyingfrigidity]

[Okay, so narrow it down to the men's clothing on the floor. Are they just wrinkled, or is there more to it there?

Also, are there any missing clothes?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The ones on the floor appear more wrinkled and thoroughly looked through. While nothing is missing it looks like a deeper investigation has taken place here.

There is a very small suit tucked away near the back of the room, however.]

[defyingfrigidity]

[Well that's! Hm. Is there anything odd about the suit, other than its size? And is it small enough to fit Perry, or one of the mice?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It's small enough to easily fit Perry. And nothing on the outside appear to be off, but maybe if Elsa looked very closely...]

[defyingfrigidity]

[Yep, she's absolutely going to look on the inside!]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Just like all the other ones, the suit has a tag inside it with a name written in marker. Only this one is unique from the others - "BARON VON ROTTEN - PPP"]

[defyingfrigidity]

[... WELL THEN. That's... not a name she recognizes at all. Odd.

Is there anything else off about the suit? Or any of the other clothes, aside from what she's already seen?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Nope! There has to be something pretty special about this, though, considering where it's placed.]

[defyingfrigidity]

[Where it's placed? Is there anything else around the back of the room, or anything off about the area itself?]

[terribibble]

[Guess who else is investigating this room. And, hey, it's that nice royal he had a conversation with from around a door.]

Your m-- Elsa. You -- you holdin' up alright? Find anythin'?

[He looks like he got hit by a truck so they probably feel about the same right now.]

[defyingfrigidity]

... I'm not, no.

[Elsa's not one to just. Dump all her emotions out right away without a fight. But after what happened yesterday, after this... there's no point in hiding it. She'd look like an even worse person if she tried to say that she wasn't affected by all of this.]

I found several wrinkled clothes, and a bit of a mess... and this. [Ever so carefully, like she was worried she'd ruin the evidence just by touching it, she picks up the small suit, showing off the tag attached to it.] Does this seem familiar at all?

[terribibble]

[You know, he's about to surprise even himself, but--]

Yes. I think -- hold on.

[His brain's not working at full capacity exactly but something about this has pinged it. Looking very hard at the little suit he reaches into his own coat and pulls out a folded piece of paper, one of the ones he took from the office desk. On it is a creepy little animal.]

PPP. Right?

[defyingfrigidity]

[That.... what?]

What is that?