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[ START PANICKING - THE HALLOWEEN MURDERFEST. ]

Oct 30, 2011 20:09

Who: gargleblasted
What: HALLOWEEN BALL UNTIL SOMETHING GOES DREADFULLY WRONG AKA THAT PLOT.
When: Halloween.
Where: A fancy mansion converted for the use of parties.
Warnings: It's a murderfest, albeit a fake one. You can expect some trauma.

[ Your invitation leads you to an extravagant ballroom, looking as if it's been converted from the makes of a mansion ( Read more... )

kanji tatsumi, karen minazuki, minato arisato, cassandra cain, remilia scarlet, yusuke urameshi, chie satonaka, stephanie brown, naoto shirogane, barbara gordon, terezi pyrope, tim drake wayne, maka albarn

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[12 AM - Steph.] tsundelta October 31 2011, 01:30:05 UTC

[ Now that you have all of that out of the way, there's a thundering crash coming from the kitchen area. It's not a good crash. Not an 'oops, I dropped a tray' crash. Something was slammed into something and if you're ready to kick down some doors and figure out what's going on...

... you'll find the body of thighbelt, stabbed through the heart with a kitchen knife. Evidence of the culprit is all around. A meat tenderizer to knock her out sits in the sink. A smashed glass cabinet shows signs of an obvious struggle that didn't turn out too well.

And with two open exits, there's not a criminal to be seen in sight.

Looks like we've got a mystery on our hands, gang.]

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] illiterbat October 31 2011, 02:32:59 UTC

[So hearing loud, bad crashing noises was something she did a lot. Kicking down doors to see what made the noise? Also happened a lot! Criminals to fight, things like that, and she was expecting to see more people busting through the doors on the other side, charging in and ready to beat up some bad guys and make bad puns.]

[She was expecting to see Steph in the room. She wasn't expecting to see anything like this.]

[She shifts from determined-business-mode to absolutely-panicky-friend-mode in an instant.]

Steph-!

[she's not moving it's so obvious she doesn't need to check for a pulse living people don't lie like that living people don't stay that still and she should start looking at the clues but she's sure she'll screw it up and this can't be happening again-]

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] pishirogane October 31 2011, 02:54:47 UTC

[Naoto hurries after Cassandra at the sounds and stops at the sight. Her eyes widen. Well, this is certainly one way to ruin a party. Yes, you aren't getting any deader from a knife wound to the chest. Directly into the heart; bleeding out would occur in less than a minute]

[She walks forward to begin her inspection and take notes. Really, she wasn't expecting her notebook and pen to be used right now, but... here she goes.]

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] illiterbat October 31 2011, 03:04:25 UTC

[It's all she can do to not mess up the crime scene, backing out of the way as quickly as possible. She should have sparred with Steph more- she had been getting better but if she couldn't avoid the blow from behind-]

[this wasn't the time for that. she had to catch whoever did this and make them pay.]

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] pishirogane October 31 2011, 03:31:50 UTC

[Naoto looks up when Cassandra leaves, but resumes inspection of the body. Careful... yes, blunt trauma. Possible chance of fracture though the tool was a meat tenderizer. Enough damage to stun her for the fatal strike.]

[She nods and notes the weapons and the injuries.]

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] fortuna_lector October 31 2011, 03:38:03 UTC

[It hits Barbara hard. This was exactly what she'd wanted to avoid, exactly what she'd tried to avoid, for Stephanie, for Charlie, for everyone. All her work, all the effort put into trying to make sure Stephanie was good enough to be safe out there and it came to this? An attack at a party?]

[No. No, this couldn't be right. It couldn't have gone down this way.[

[She looks over at Cass, concern on her face, but she doesn't say anything. Words were never the way to comfort her. No, finding out what was really going on here would help more than anything else. So she wheels herself past her. Careful to avoid messing things up as best she can, she gets as close as she can, right in there looking at clues.]

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] pishirogane October 31 2011, 03:49:16 UTC

[She looks up as Barbara comes in, but stands. She's finished examining the body, but now, she has to examine the weapons. Besides the... 'mess', the scene seemed oddly clean.]

[Hm... Fingerprints first... and blocking off the crime scene.]

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] fortuna_lector October 31 2011, 03:54:05 UTC

[Barbara nods, though she doesn't recognize this person. It's an oddly familiar feeling to be looking over someone else's shoulder at a crime scene.]

[Well, except for being in the chair. It doesn't take much for her to realize this is why she has field agents. It's hard to examine clues and not leave tracks in a wheelchair.]

[Still, something isn't right here. Even without her costume, Stephanie should be tougher and harder to take down than this.]

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] pishirogane October 31 2011, 04:06:53 UTC

[Flour works... and there's no fingerprints. Of course...]

[Was this murder premeditated? But... only a number of people knew the victim while others just met her at the party. Perhaps... a guest wasn't who they-- Of course; of all places, a Halloween party.]

[12 AM - Steph.] detectivegenius October 31 2011, 08:33:29 UTC

[Of course Tim is going to come over and investigate what is going on, that brain of his doesn't really have an off switch.

But this... This is not what he expected. Dead bodies, he can deal with. He's seen plenty of them before. Dead bodies of people he cares about, however, is a very different thing.

He's just going to stand there for a moment to compose himself, face pale, 'not again, not again, not again' running through his head.]

Is she...?

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] t3r3z1owns October 31 2011, 10:46:49 UTC

[Terezi's drawn first by the commotion and then by that overwhelming smell of cherry candy. Enough that she knows something serious is amiss even amidst the rush of people who likely could do without a blind alien teenager hovering even if said blind alien teenager can actually help this time. When she speaks, she's all business - it's pretty clear this isn't just a game for her]

Whoever did this, we'll find them. No-one can escape justice. We should gather everyone for the questioning.

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] pishirogane October 31 2011, 14:04:17 UTC

[Naoto nods to Tim, confirming that yes, this woman is dead. Ah, she's spoken to this girl before]

Yes. Make sure no one leaves the foyer.

Re: [12 AM - Steph.] t3r3z1owns October 31 2011, 18:38:25 UTC

[Terezi gives a determined nod. Even if she's not fully up on human laws and even if, on Alternia, this wouldn't necessarily be a big deal, it's a big deal for the humans. That means she has to help. Because justice!]

[Back in the main room] be_my_servant October 31 2011, 20:30:06 UTC

[The crash certainly didn't escape Remilia's notice; her hearing caught it easily. Still, she stayed casually in her seat, watching several others run off to the source with mild interest.]

[It wasn't until a minute later when her interest picked up. Blood. Human blood. She's absolutely sure; Remilia's, being a vampire, could smell it from well outside the kitchen.]

[So, that's what the commotion was about, hmm...? But the sound and smell of things, someone is either gravely wounded or dead. Well, wasn't this going to be an interesting party?]

Re: [Back in the main room] pishirogane October 31 2011, 22:34:08 UTC

[Well, she's back as are the others and they're gathering everyone into the foyer. No one is allowed to leave.]

[Ask the small detective? Y/N]

Re: [Back in the main room] be_my_servant October 31 2011, 23:08:56 UTC

[She notices the small detective emerging from the direction of the kitchen like several other had. And they seem to be rounding people up, at that. It's time to be curious.]

And what was that terrible commotion about?

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