Final Investigation.

[trustfellows]

Friday morning dawns like the rest of the week before it, with the chiming of the clock and the doors to the kitchen unlocking; once again, there's no announcement from Jericho, and everything seems to be largely quiet. Noticeably quiet, really, given that there are only eight of you left. However, quiet tends to be a good thing around here, overall; it means you're free to go about your business like you usually would. There are a couple of things to note, however, as your morning proceeds onward and begins to creep into afternoon. The first is that Rin's unlockable box has started making a strange mechanical whirring sound. The second is that sometime slightly after noon, the power to the building suddenly and abruptly goes out, casting everything into darkness. Interesting.

Comments

[trustfellows]

[Good call! There's plenty of jewelry sitting out on the vanity, though it looks cheaply-made. Necklaces, bracelets, that sort of thing.

There is one necklace that stands out a bit though - do you want to check that out?]

[notaccurate]

[Of course he does. He will go ahead and pick up the necklace that stands out so he can inspect it more closely.

Now let's just hope there's no machete hidden anywhere in the vanity.]

[trustfellows]

[TOO LATE IT WAS A TRAP— just kidding!

It's a silver locket that seems to be much nicer than the rest of the jewelry. There's an H engraved on the outside.]

[notaccurate]

[Oh shit he's stealing Hilda's jewelry isn't he?

Since it's a locket, can he open it?]

[trustfellows]

[You can certainly try to get it open! Unfortunately, it won't open. Sorry, Luca.

I should also probably mention that the vanity has a drawer in case you want to look at that.]

[notaccurate]

[First he's going to stick the locket in his pocket, because that will probably be handy later.

Then he will go ahead and open that drawer.]

[trustfellows]

[The only thing in the drawer is a notebook! It's a very nice notebook and there's even a pen in here too!]

[notaccurate]

[Nice! Is the notebook drawn in, or otherwise used?]

[trustfellows]

[Strangely enough, no, there's nothing in it at all! You might want to get Elda to look at it too.]

[notaccurate]

[...is it ghosts?

It could be ghosts.]

Elda, do you have those goggles with you?

[matchbreaker]

Oh yeah, of course, what do you got?

[ She'll be pulling the Silph Scope out of her bag (and handing it to him) to come on over and look... well she's too short to look over his shoulder to more around his shoulder.

( also for my own curiosity she's visited Hilda's room a lot does this look at all similar to the journal-thing Elda's seen her writing in a lot? ) ]

[trustfellows]

[That's exactly why I called you over - Elda will recognize the notebook as the same one Hilda was writing in.

And it probably goes without saying at this point, but just for clarification it is not the notebook used in Aligula's execution.]

[matchbreaker]

... This is Hilda's. I've seen her writing in it several times.

[ So this really is this bedroom or something? ]

[notaccurate]

You have? But there's nothing in it.

[matchbreaker]

Wait, what?

[ Boy put on that Silph Scope she is going to be flipping through this thing to double check. ]

[notaccurate]

[Yeah, he's putting the Scope on and looking over her shoulder as she flips through the pages. Does he see anything?]

[trustfellows]

[Strangely enough there seem to be fibers standing out on the pages. You know how leaves have those veins when you hold them up to the light? It looks sort of like that.]

[notaccurate]

[...huh. Well that certainly is a thing.

Actually, it gives Luca an idea.]

It seems like there's something in the pages. Do you have a knife or something with you? It might be worth cutting a page to see what is in it.

[matchbreaker]

I don't think so. But I can use a nail?

[ She'll actually hand Luca her bag (careful, it's heavy because it's got Unfinished Catfriend in it) and it does have several of the vending machine items she's gotten but it doesn't have a knife or bladed thing in there.

... She however is going to take out a pen to draw a line on one of the pages. To see if it's not some ink eating book or something. ]

[trustfellows]

[Immediately writing starts appearing on the page, one letter at a time as if someone is writing it.]

HELLO!

[So uh, that's a thing.]

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . Oh what the fuck. ]

Hello! I'm not Hilda!

[ She'll... write... back... ]

[trustfellows]

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

[matchbreaker]

I'm Elda Marker.

[notaccurate]

[What the fuck.

Luca's using the scope again, this time looking around the whole room. Can he see any ghosts around? Because that's what he thinks is writing in that notebook.]

[trustfellows]

[Nope, no ghosts here! It just seems like the notebook is somehow being written in. Or maybe it's writing itself. How spooky!!]