( INVESTIGATION - WEEK 3 )

[abhoth]

Promptly at 8:00 AM, both of the Grandfather clocks will begin to ring, the sound traveling to every corner of the motel. All residents will wake up as if it was any other morning. There's the usual hum from the air conditioner units and the sound of harsh wind blowing against the windows. While the sun may not have ever set, the amount of times the Grandfather clock rings makes it clear: it's time to get up and greet the brand new day. However... something seems off. Maybe it's a shiver of cold leaving a trail of frost on your skin or a burning sensation in your chest — but it feels like something is drawing you out of your room and into the outdoor hallways. Where will you go? Welcome to the investigation log! Please put the name of the location your character will be exploring in the subject header. If you plan on grouping up with someone else for a location, we ask that you keep it to 2-3 characters maximum. Mod replies will be sent out at 6:10 PM onwards, so we ask that you hold off having lengthy threads until then just in case there's a corpse smackdab at the entrance of a room. Happy body hunting! ( quick navigation ) ic rulebook | locations | statuses | room assignments private conversations | ic profiles | graveyard | full navigation

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SECOND FLOOR OUTDOOR HALLWAY

[abhoth]

[The meta text will have mercy upon all of our souls tonight and say that someone should check out Room 116's door.]

[ungodly]

[ heather wasn't really feeling up to straying too far from the motel today. as such, her investigation is limited to the 2nd floor hallway of the motel. what's going on up here? ]

POOL + OUTDOOR AREA

[crushcard]

[ since it's the first place closest to his own room... ]

[rextenebrae]

[ ... And he'll be accompanying him quietly. Don't mind him.

He can only hope nothing is really out here, though. ]

lounge

[disinterested]

['Sup, anything fishy/bloody/etc. here...]

[fauxtetsu]

[ What the crab said— I mean, Girge. It's a long story involving Mabel. ]

laundry room

[nowyouseeit]

[making his way to the laundry room! his right arm is in a sling so he has his clothes bundled under his left]

[lohengrins]

Oi! You!

lobby

[pinesfortruth]

[he's breaking the dark room habit by heading to the lobby. he also looks like he is about to fall asleep where he stands and if there is no blood he's gonna lie down on the ground tbh]

[ninjay]

[ what's up dipper, jay is walking over to you to also check stuff out! ]

dark room.

[blacktailed]

[if Dipper won't do it, someone has to go check this out. especially if things are happening in their hallway...

she opens the door to look inside.]

[abhoth]

[ The moment Quer opens the door — she'll absolutely be able to make out someone's feet from the light filtering into the room. The darkroom is limited, so maybe try and holler for a flashlight? This person is sleeping and needs to wake up, after all. ]

kitchen

[willremember]

[ may as well grab breakfast too and kill 2 birds with 1 stone ]

[abhoth]

[ Clem can find that A LOT of forks as missing, along with a bowl. ]

first floor indoor hallway

[bownthisway]

[At 8:00 AM precisely, the door to room 102 slams open and Aloy comes tumbling out of it, cursing. She grabs her knifespear and looks around frantically for anyone nearby, particularly those in the neighboring room if they're out as well.]

Did anyone else hear that scream?!

[crimsonsparrow]

[Suzaku emerges from 103 shortly after, looking a bit dazed from the sudden wakeup call but not nearly as alarmed.]

Yes, we heard it in here as well.

hunting lodge;

[rextenebrae]

[ ... And if he swings down by here, after deciding to check somewhere else out (there is a lot going on), is there anything amiss? ]

[abhoth]

[There's nothing immediately amiss. However... Knoll may notice one of the unloaded firearms is gone from its former position. Weird.]

grocery store

[lohengrins]

[ he ran here. ]

[nowyouseeit]

[and he followed!! he's as tense as one can get, though]

storage room

[inventurous]

[ well ok the screaming-and-blood situation looks. busy. and violet knows she can't really assist, so she's going to check out the storage room to see if anyone swiped anything instead. ]

[abhoth]

[People did, indeed, swipe stuff. Specifically, a bucket and a pair of plastic gloves.]

INFORMATION SHARING, DINING HALL

[lohengrins]

It's Friday. Let's not act stupid.

Did any of you uncover anything?

[willremember]

I don't know if it's relevant or just people being people, but the kitchen is missing a ton of forks and a bowl.

[ninjay]

There's a trail of bloody footprints leading from the lobby area to the stairs leading to the second floor of the outside hallway. The prints fade away before they reached any room in particular though.

[ he goes to fold his arms over his chest and then changes his mind and stuffs his hands in his pockets instead. ]