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fandomhigh2006-12-09 02:40 am
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Detention, 12/9/06 (Danger Shop: 8AM - 5PM, FHT)
When today's detentionees enter the Danger Shop, they will find themselves in the common room of a very quaint provincial tavern/inn of vague and indeterminate age. A large piece of parchment on the dining table bears the list of detention students' names:
Sam Carter
Molly Hayes
Naomi Wildman
Belthazor
John Connor
Beneath the list is a note directing the students toward one of the bedrooms. When they arrive in said bedroom they'll find Janice, lying on the floor beneath a heavy and low-hanging iron chandelier, with three candles scattered on the floor around her and what appears to be the hilt of a knife protruding from her chest.
Once people have assembled she stands up, grinning smugly, and lets the bladeless hilt fall to the floor, perhaps dashing several people's hopes. "Thought you lucked out, didn't you?" she asks. "Well, there is no luck. This is detention. And today you get to help me with a little research. See, my partner Mel just finished translating the most recent of the Xena Scrolls that we've found, and we're trying to make sense of it. Seems we've got a little murder mystery on our hands."
She fishes the Danger Shop remote from her pocket and presses a button, causing the prone form of a dead woman to flicker into existence on the floor where Janice herself had been lying, a knife protruding from her chest in the same way. "This is Ravenica . . . or was. She was a bounty hunter, and she's been found dead under mysterious circumstances in Xena's mother's tavern here in Amphipolis. Discord, the brand-new goddess of retribution, is out to prove herself -- and no one is allowed to leave the tavern until the killer has been found. The killer? Yeah, that's someone in this tavern -- no, not one of you. Any of these people."
Another button-press, and seven people materialize in the room: there's a middle-aged woman who looks like she runs the place, a younger and rather buxom farm woman who carries herself with a bit of an affected swagger, and a naive-looking peasant girl. If the other four happen to bear a striking resemblance to former art teachers Autolycus and Ash, Joxer, D'Anna Biers if she dyed her hair black and wore leather, and a short-haired version of Janice herself, well . . . that's just a coincidence, isn't it? Yes. Complete coincidence. Hey, Janice had to model these simulations on someone. After a moment, all seven of them wander off to busy themselves in other parts of the tavern.
Janice spares a particularly scathing look for her lookalike, passes out a stack of cards to each student, and continues, "Your job is to examine the evidence and question the suspects to get to the bottom of all this. Xena had until sunrise to find the killer, according to the Scrolls; you have until five P.M. I know one thing so far: the knife belongs to Minya. Those cards will give you a little background information on our suspects. So what are you waiting for? Get cracking, kids!"
[OOC: OCD is up and we are good to go, and please keep to the appropriate subthreads. I do ask that if you figure out the killer early, try not to spoil it for everyone else. *g* If you really, really need a hint? See the OOC thread. Otherwise, welcome to Clue, Xena style. And do bear that in mind as you try to solve the mystery.
Right now I? Am going to get a few hours' sleep. After I wake up (which will probably be around 8 AM) Meeeeeeep, overslept! At any rate, I'll be around all day, except from about 1PM-2:15PM PST. Whee!]
Molly Hayes
Naomi Wildman
Belthazor
John Connor
Beneath the list is a note directing the students toward one of the bedrooms. When they arrive in said bedroom they'll find Janice, lying on the floor beneath a heavy and low-hanging iron chandelier, with three candles scattered on the floor around her and what appears to be the hilt of a knife protruding from her chest.
Once people have assembled she stands up, grinning smugly, and lets the bladeless hilt fall to the floor, perhaps dashing several people's hopes. "Thought you lucked out, didn't you?" she asks. "Well, there is no luck. This is detention. And today you get to help me with a little research. See, my partner Mel just finished translating the most recent of the Xena Scrolls that we've found, and we're trying to make sense of it. Seems we've got a little murder mystery on our hands."
She fishes the Danger Shop remote from her pocket and presses a button, causing the prone form of a dead woman to flicker into existence on the floor where Janice herself had been lying, a knife protruding from her chest in the same way. "This is Ravenica . . . or was. She was a bounty hunter, and she's been found dead under mysterious circumstances in Xena's mother's tavern here in Amphipolis. Discord, the brand-new goddess of retribution, is out to prove herself -- and no one is allowed to leave the tavern until the killer has been found. The killer? Yeah, that's someone in this tavern -- no, not one of you. Any of these people."
Another button-press, and seven people materialize in the room: there's a middle-aged woman who looks like she runs the place, a younger and rather buxom farm woman who carries herself with a bit of an affected swagger, and a naive-looking peasant girl. If the other four happen to bear a striking resemblance to former art teachers Autolycus and Ash, Joxer, D'Anna Biers if she dyed her hair black and wore leather, and a short-haired version of Janice herself, well . . . that's just a coincidence, isn't it? Yes. Complete coincidence. Hey, Janice had to model these simulations on someone. After a moment, all seven of them wander off to busy themselves in other parts of the tavern.
Janice spares a particularly scathing look for her lookalike, passes out a stack of cards to each student, and continues, "Your job is to examine the evidence and question the suspects to get to the bottom of all this. Xena had until sunrise to find the killer, according to the Scrolls; you have until five P.M. I know one thing so far: the knife belongs to Minya. Those cards will give you a little background information on our suspects. So what are you waiting for? Get cracking, kids!"
[OOC: OCD is up and we are good to go, and please keep to the appropriate subthreads. I do ask that if you figure out the killer early, try not to spoil it for everyone else. *g* If you really, really need a hint? See the OOC thread. Otherwise, welcome to Clue, Xena style. And do bear that in mind as you try to solve the mystery.
Re: The Stables
Re: The Stables
There also appeared to be chips of wood on the floor of Argo's stall, below the shutter to Ravenica's window -- which had hoofmarks on it.