[ START PANICKING - THE HALLOWEEN MURDERFEST. ]

[tsundelta]

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

Comments

[First Break.]

[tsundelta]

[ You don't want this nonsense? Fair enough. Until 1 AM, you're free to spectate, speculate, and try to break out all you like. You were played like a fiddle. Try breaking some windows or vents, one body is one body too many.]

Re: [First Break.]

[fingerbanged]

[He nods once, to show he understood. It was best to leave her to her coping mechanisms at the moment-- heaven knows if anyone had tried to interrupt him when he was upset over Genkai's passing, he would have made them regret it.]

Yeah, it showed. It looks like she didn't go down easy.

[And he frowns, slightly, as he absorbs that thought.] ...that's a good point, though. Probably the only time of year where the bloody and haggard look is in. It'll be tough to tell who's faking it, and who's not.

Re: [First Break.]

[illiterbat]

...I can tell. [much as she'd like to hide and mope around, she'd be able to spot a real injury a mile away- it'd be selfish to ignore that, and she owes it to Steph.]

Re: [First Break.]

[fingerbanged]

[And that gets him to raise his eyebrows!]

You can?

Maybe it won't be as hard as it sounds, then.

Re: [First Break.]

[illiterbat]

[she nods, and then because she feels the need to explain:]

People... move differently, when it's real. Your body won't let you hide it.

[no comment on the difficulty, because it's still not enough]

Re: [First Break.]

[fingerbanged]

[There's a long pause as he lets that sink in]

...hell. You're right. Now that I think of it...moving when you're battered up will slow you down. Make you move more awkwardly or carefully.

You think we should be on the look-out for anyone moving funny?

Re: [First Break.]

[illiterbat]

And people who look like they're hiding something. Hiding from something.

Re: [First Break.]

[fingerbanged]

There's gonna be plenty of people doing that. Y'know, what with the murderer on the loose and all.

Re: [First Break.]

[pishirogane]

[Currently, everyone present is a suspect, but... hm. Something was bothering her... She couldn't put her finger on it.]

[stompyerface]

Man.

[Hey there, Naoto, have some company.]

Of all the things I might've expected from this, a murder sure wasn't one of them.

[pishirogane]

[Hey senpai]

No. I doubt anyone was really anticipating this besides the obvious.

[stompyerface]

Yeah, I guess. A fake murder is one thing, but this is just...

[Depressing.]

Sure puts a damper on the spirit of things.

[pishirogane]

[A nod]

It does.

... Chie-senpai, did you see anyone particularly suspicious or noteworthy amongst the party-goers?

[stompyerface]

Uh... can't say I was really looking, really. Especially since most everybody's in costume.

[pishirogane]

Of course...

[She doesn't like this...]

[stompyerface]

Yeah... If anything, if there was anything suspicious, I probably wouldn't have noticed just because you kinda expect it on Halloween. Pranks and stuff, y'know?