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Post by animex75 on Jun 21, 2020 13:30:54 GMT 12
"What incompetence....Kanon, let's go get that key from Krauss. Genji, perhaps you should serve everyone in the parlor and lock the dining room back up."
"I think I'll go ask Shannon, I don't want her to get called away if she's still preparing food." Battler removes a handkerchief from his pocket and wipes off his fingers as he leaves for the kitchen.
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 13:34:17 GMT 12
Battler's hands feel sticky. While the substance looks like blood, it doesn't feel like blood. That said, he can't say he's ever encountered this amount of blood himself.
Gohda has indeed tracked a few footprints into the parlour, then back into the dining room. Then outside of the mess. It's safe to say it won't be a hard time keeping track of him for a while.
Rosa herself had left shortly after Eva. Which meant only the husbands and Kyrie had lasted the night. As far as Kanon is aware, Jessica had not joined the party, at least not when he had told everyone goodnight. However, he had seen George and Shannon speaking in the Rose Garden, but kept his distance from their conversation.
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Post by Yarn Witch on Jun 21, 2020 13:42:50 GMT 12
Kanon isn't exactly thrilled to be heading back to that shed already, but he already knows he doesn't have much of choice.
Settling back into his usual persona, he carefully nods.
"Yes, Eva-sama"
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 13:43:40 GMT 12
Kanon is getting ready to go find Shannon, when Genji's actions alert him. It's probably for the best if they stick together after all this. "Wait, why would master Krauss have the study key? I thought Master Kinzo didn't want you to hand it to anyone." He speaks before thinking. Genji discloses his apparently betrayal of Kinzo. "i am beholden to my Master's wishes, however, after we received the letter from Maria at dinner, I had consulted the Master regarding circumstances. He had instructed me to allow Krauss the opportunity to see him personally. It seems he was willing to have a confrontation with his children if need-be." Rosa and Eva confirm the conversation regarding Kinzo had gotten quite heated, but there was no discussion regarding seeing him personally. Unless he meant a confrontation regarding this situation.
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Post by animex75 on Jun 21, 2020 13:46:34 GMT 12
"Well he's going to be getting confronted by his remaining children, whether he likes it or not. Come on, let's go." Eva exits the dining room and heads back out towards the shed with Kanon in tow.
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 13:56:02 GMT 12
"What incompetence....Kanon, let's go get that key from Krauss. Genji, perhaps you should serve everyone in the parlor and lock the dining room back up."
"I think I'll go ask Shannon, I don't want her to get called away if she's still preparing food." Battler removes a handkerchief from his pocket and wipes off his fingers as he leaves for the kitchen. "Understood," Genji ushers everyone out of the dining room and locks it up with his master key. Himself, Gohda, and the others excepting Eva, Kanon and Battler make their way back into the parlour. Kanon moves with Eva to the Garden Shed. However, the pentacle on the front of the door has been wiped clean. Upon unlocking the shed, he finds the bodies are missing completely. In fact, the shed appears more organised than it has ever been, with the exception that a single envelope with the one winged crest rests on the floor. Battler finds Shannon rummaging around in the kitchen, she appears quite flustered, then shocked by Battler's arrival. She stops what she's doing and returns to an awkwardly robotic faux-cool composure. "My apologies, Battler. I can't seem to find the teapot at all. Or the tea. Or anything, really. But rest assured I'll have everything delivered to you all very shortly. Is everyone okay?"
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Post by animex75 on Jun 21, 2020 14:06:44 GMT 12
"Y-yeah, everyone's alright I just wanted to confirm something about last night. The, uh, tea stuff is in the dining room, broken, by the way." Battler clears his throat. "Anyway...do you remember what time you left the guest house? We're trying to figure out when...well, when everyone ended up in the shed. The doctor estimated they were dead at around midnight, but when did Jessica leave...? Did you see her after around two?"
Eva's jaw drops at the sight of the missing pentacle and bodies. "What the hell?! What's going on here!?" She runs in and kneels down to grab the envelope she finds there, and also touches the spot where her husband had been. "Who could have done this?! We weren't even gone that long!"
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Post by Yarn Witch on Jun 21, 2020 14:09:03 GMT 12
What?
Kanon is shocked. How could it had been cleaned so quickly? It was as if none of those bodies were even there in the first place. But that's impossible. He'd seen it, and so had Eva, for that matter.
He looked around, quickly, for any sign of dragging, for obvious signs things had been moved quickly. They hadn't been away for that long, had they?
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 15:37:32 GMT 12
Neither Eva and Kanon can see any trace of dragging, it literally were as if there was no-one there in the first place. As Eva opens the envelope and pulls out the key to the study, the garden shed door slams shut behind them. Kanon searches for the key he used to open the shed, only to discover he does not have it. Fortunately the light switches on just fine so they're not completely in the dark. The floor is spotless, practically reflective. However, the cleaning utensils typically stored in the shed are completely absent.
A letter in the envelope reads:
Shannon is shocked, "Ah, Kanon or Kumasawa must have served them some tea before they finished up. Um, as for Jessica, I'm not too sure. As you know, George and I left shortly after we all returned to your room. Perhaps she slipped out to see Kanon as well? Or perhaps she went to sleep in her room? Wouldn't you or Maria know? I know Maria went to sleep pretty quickly before George and I left, but perhaps she saw something."
Battler admits that he got quite tuckered out and fell asleep shortly after learning about Shannon and George's rendezvous.
"If you would all like, i can retrieve some coffee and tea from the guest house."
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Post by animex75 on Jun 21, 2020 15:44:48 GMT 12
"Maria's been acting odd....well, more odd than usual, so I don't think we'll be getting anything useful out of her. Coffee sounds nice, though. We should go together, just to be safe, though. It's not safe to be alone right now."
Eva runs to the door and tries to pry it up. "Is someone there?! Who shut the door?!" Failing to get it open, Eva tries to get to the window. She turns to Kanon. "Hey, stop standing there and find something to stand on so we can reach!"
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 15:47:30 GMT 12
"Maria's been acting odd....well, more odd than usual, so I don't think we'll be getting anything useful out of her. Coffee sounds nice, though. We should go together, just to be safe, though. It's not safe to be alone right now."
Eva runs to the door and tries to pry it up. "Is someone there?! Who shut the door?!" Failing to get it open, Eva tries to get to the window. She turns to Kanon. "Hey, stop standing there and find something to stand on so we can reach!" Shannon lowers her voice, "Should... should we let the others know we're going to the guest house?"
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 15:50:02 GMT 12
In the garden shed, there are several things that can be stacked on top of each other to precariously reach the window. It is possible, but there may need to be someone to stabilise the stack.
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Post by animex75 on Jun 21, 2020 15:51:35 GMT 12
"Yeah. They should know where we're going, just in case." Battler scratches his head. He'd actually not thought to tell everyone, but it really was a good idea. "Maybe Kanon and Aunt Eva will have gotten back from the shed by now, they went that way to see if Uncle Krauss still had the key to gramps' study."
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Post by Yarn Witch on Jun 21, 2020 15:58:57 GMT 12
Kanon turns quickly as the door slams shut behind them.
Who?
What was going on here? Where did his key go? He'd just had it a moment ago.
At Eva's demand, Kanon looks around for what exactly they had inside the shed. A stepladder; or, worse comes to worse, dragging a shelf nearby might be enough to stabilize the stack to get them to the window.
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 16:01:27 GMT 12
"Yeah. They should know where we're going, just in case." Battler scratches his head. He'd actually not thought to tell everyone, but it really was a good idea. "Maybe Kanon and Aunt Eva will have gotten back from the shed by now, they went that way to see if Uncle Krauss still had the key to gramps' study." Shannon and Battler rush to the parlour to find everyone else together: Genji, Rosa, Gohda, George, Maria, Rudolf, and Kyrie. George appears slightly disgruntled by his emergence with Shannon. Not drastically, just enough to be noticed by Shannon. She looks at him with an assuaging sympathetic glance. "My apologies everyone, but it seems if we'd like any tea or coffee, I will have to retrieve it from the Guest House. Battler has suggested he accompany me there. George immediately volunteers himself to come with. Or perhaps instead of Battler. No sign of Eva and Kanon yet.
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 16:04:06 GMT 12
Kanon turns quickly as the door slams shut behind them.
Who?
What was going on here? Where did his key go? He'd just had it a moment ago.
At Eva's demand, Kanon looks around for what exactly they had inside the shed. A stepladder; or, worse comes to worse, dragging a shelf nearby might be enough to stabilize the stack to get them to the window. Kanon, having intimate knowledge of the shed's contents grabbed a step-ladder, requiring no stabilizin. However, only Eva, who was taller would be able to reach the window with its assistance.
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Post by Yarn Witch on Jun 21, 2020 16:07:43 GMT 12
In a flash of inspiration, Kanon looked around for some sort of solid object; like a box, which could be put under the window and the ladder on top of it, so that way he could get out too.
It wasn't like him to just drop his key, and he wasn't interested in staying in here while Eva "Got help".
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Post by animex75 on Jun 21, 2020 16:15:56 GMT 12
"You can come with us, George, I was just wanting to make sure nothing happened to her. Until we know who's responsible for the scene out at the shed, it's safer to stay in groups."
Eva pockets the key to the study. She doesn't really have the patience to wait for Kanon, the person who locked them in might still be out there so she climbs up and opens the window.
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 16:18:25 GMT 12
In a flash of inspiration, Kanon looked around for some sort of solid object; like a box, which could be put under the window and the ladder on top of it, so that way he could get out too.
It wasn't like him to just drop his key, and he wasn't interested in staying in here while Eva "Got help". Kanon retrieved a box that kept several sturdy tools inside. The ladder could easily sit atop the box, giving both of them access to the window. Upon inspecting the window, however, he finds the latch impossible to turn.
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Post by Cloud on Jun 21, 2020 16:21:07 GMT 12
"You can come with us, George, I was just wanting to make sure nothing happened to her. Until we know who's responsible for the scene out at the shed, it's safer to stay in groups."
Eva pockets the key to the study. She doesn't really have the patience to wait for Kanon, the person who locked them in might still be out there so she climbs up and opens the window. Rudolf steps forward and insists they retrieve some form of protection. Tea and coffee is not worth making oneself completely vulnerable to a murderer. As far as anyone knows, the only form of weaponry would be in Kinzo's study.
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