fandomhigh | Cognitive Logic in Understanding Evidence; Wednesday, Second Period [01/20].

Last week, the party had convened to the ballroom, to discover a body assumed to be their absent host, the life presumably having been bludgeoned out of him by a candlestick found nearby. But it turned out that the body in the ballroom was not in fact that of the missing Mr. Corpse, but was, in fact, an incredibly hyper-realistic dummy and the blood pooling around his head was actually raspberry jam.

Look, it was the danger shop. Rosa could do whatever she wanted.

The candlestick, it should be noted, and the blood on it were quite real.

(Well, except the whole danger shop part, so none of it was real, but---anyway).

Curious.

It was at this time that the butler was also noted to have been missing, disappeared during the inspection of the body, but the trembling, terrified maid informed the party that she had seen him slip out through the door of the ballroom's western door, across which was the constervatory. Perhaps a pursuit may in in order? Or was there something else still more intriguing to pursue instead?

The plot has certainly...well, not thickened, arguably just got stupider, but the plot was definitely attempting to do...something!

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Like a decoy!

~~Lana Beniko~~ Nala Kenobi

~~Alara Kitan~~ Solana Sage

~~Arabella Baylor~~ Bella St. Vier

~~Wayne~~ Wayne

~~Nell Ingram~~ Maribelle Fenster

So what's the plan, oh party guests? Do you wish to stick around and interrogate your fellow party goers? Do you pursue the lead to the conservatory? Maybe he went down the hall a little further, to the billiards room? Maybe the butler is a red herring! Do you try to stick together, or split up into teams?

Here's definitely where you can make your plans, arguments, or even accusations, if you're feeling so bold!

Lana eyed the raspberry jam. "That looks nothing like blood. So, do we even know for certain Mr. Corpse is dead? Perhaps we should try to find him first."

If relocating to the conservatory, the dinner guests would find a setting that certainly added to the grim and spooky feeling of the night, with the rain pounding down on the glass room of the greenhouse-slash-sitting room. Keen ears may also pick up a slight trickling sound that seems indicative of something water-related that wasn't exactly the rain on the roof. Most of the plants seem lively and vibrant, well-taken care of, as is also suggested by the multitude of tools around a well-used workbench and several boxes of tools and supplies, fertilizers and seeds. There is a small area with seating and a table, where on a more pleasant day, perhaps one might sit and entertain guests with tea and the pleasant aroma of the conservatory flowers.

There is no sign of the butler.

Perhaps you've decided not to go with the more obvious of the places the butler could have gone, and went down the hall a little to check out the billiard room. Dark and moody with green-glass shaded lights and the smoke of countless cigars clinging to the wood-paneled walls, the room is dominated by the incredibly nice and often used pool table, which is notably not clear, but there seems to have been a game in progress, or perhaps just ended. All the balls on the table are the solid ones numbered one through seven, with the exception of the striped nine and ten, but the eight ball is mysteriously missing.

There is a large chest to hold pool cues and other things looming in a corner, a small bar in another, and several comfortable chairs spread throughout.

No sign of any butler, though.

You have never been one to explore the most obvious choices, so, instead of exploring either of the two room to pursue the butler, or even instead of pursuing the butler at all, you have other plans. Here is where you can start your own thread of investigation into where you think this mystery may be leading you!

(Which is absolutely encouranged and amazing!)

Lana turned around to the maid and did her best to project steadying thoughts at her. "Right. Where did you last see Mr. Corpse? The real one?"

The maid jumped, clearly startled to have the attention shifted to her, her eyes as wide as dinner plates.

"Why, it was just this morning!" she declared. "When he gave me instructions for the day--wait! No. That's not right, he called the instructions down from his bedroom, I suppose I didn't technically see him then, but that's normal. That's how he usually sends his instructions."

"Right. Well, could you please go and see if he's still up there?" She gestured the maid toward the stairs.

"Oh, yes!" The maid shook her head as if coming out of some sort of stupor. "Yes, yes, of course, Miss! Right away!"

With that, the maid took off in a flurry as if she could not get out of that room fast enough.

And if Lana was going to wait for her to come back, she would be waiting...a very long time, as it seemed that returning wasn't likely part of her plan anymore.

Lana was getting that impression, yes. She sighed and looked around for any other servants, then gave up and headed upstairs on her own, checking each room for Mr. Corpse.

Either in pursuit of the TRUTH or just because you have other things, class related or otherwise, to ~~bother her with~~ discuss with her.

So I'm sort of just figuring out the best way to run this class as we go along, and, after last week, I decided to scrap the whole "email secret clue ideas" and I'll just try my best to be on top of feeding you all stuff while I'm at work. If you WANT to mod something, feel free to, and I'll work with it! There's definitely a murderer/location/weapon already picked out, and the clue I plan to give as investigation goes on should lead you in that direction, so if this means your modding is way off, we'll just have enough red herrings for a fish market, and I'm totally down with it!

In short, let's just see what happens and we'll work with it!

Cognitive Logic in Understanding Evidence; Wednesday, Second Period [01/20].

Sign In - CLUE, 01/20.

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Strategize - CLUE, 01/20.

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The Conservatory - CLUE, 01/20.

The Billiard Room - CLUE, 01/20.

Other Things - CLUE, 01/20.

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Talk to Rosa - CLUE, 01/20.

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