#fw chapter 1

One, should be clear to EVERYONE ( they had just seen it so CAREFULLY made after all ) a portrait of mangled limbs, of a figure reaching out to empty black painted skies, mannequins tearing into once perfect flesh, pulling him DOWN ( to where? perhaps hell itself ) a gruesome painting dripping paint ( paint. paint that looked like blood.) from its very frame. For as GRUESOME as the painting was, as HORRIFIC the sight, if one DARED examine it closer, they would find it be little more than simply art ( though one could SWEAR they feel it staring, eyes of the tortured figure FOLLOWING and SCREAMING out for ETERNITY to all who gazed upon its mangled form. )

Next to it was ANOTHER new exhibit. A statue set on FIRE, one smaller figure twisted in PAIN and writhing on the FLOOR face curled up in AGONY the embers, curling from twisted limps and body, dancing ETERNALLY on his back, reaching up and up ( yet the flames themselves emitted no heat should one dare to touch them, where they even real flames? ) One could FEEL the despair from the statue, one could practically hear the ETERNAL SCREAMS. 

Neither new ARTWORK was named, why should they be? Did they really need it? Anyone with eyes and a brain wold know EXACTLY who these new pieces of art represented.

A ETERNAL REMINDER 

If one moved past the NEW EXHIBITS onto the gallery they might see something ELSE too. 

Two small figures, two DOLLS moving around the hotel floor aimlessly. What where they? What WHERE they? If one where to examine the dolls they would find quite the surprise, THEY LOOKED JUST LIKE THE RECENTLY DEPARTED SOULS OF THE MURDERER AND VICTIM. 

A cyan haired doll with exposed muscle and no eyes, another doll that was crying out and bursting occasionally into FLAME. 

Dolls. They were now LIVING DOLLS. 

Ah, what tragedy. There was no peace in this gallery... EVEN IN DEATH. 

ADMIN NOTE: two new exhibits have been added to the gallery! One representing the murderer, and the other the victim. Despite the gruesome and realistic feel of the art, they are little more BUT art. ( though you muse might almost feel it was LIFE LIKE ) 

The more important note here are the DOLLS. Remember when we mentioned you guys where allowed to make GHOST AUS? Well.. thats because the ACTUAL souls of the dead end up trapped in DOLLS which forever roam the gallery. Never to escape from the gallery. 

These dolls are AWARE, they can TALK, they can FEEL, but they hardly do little more that SCREAM and CRY the souls within them in ETERNAL SUFFERING inside their new bodies. 

Your muse is allowed to interact with these dolls, but know that harming them or attempting to keep them falls under the same rule Mary has of “damaging the exhibits” and WILL result in punishment. 

The dolls themselves don’t do much besides aimlessly wander around the hotel and gallery searching for the ESCAPE from pain that will NEVER come. 

This gallery is cursed after all, and as such cursed become too all within it. 

tldr; when you kick the bucket in Mary’s fun time Murder Gallery a fancy new artwork appears along with a doll of the dead muse that do little more but show off that this place is truly cursed. 

CURRENT TIME: 8:30AM

Amongst the once-cluttered stage (where, oh where did the poor items go?), two figures were clear. That of a LITTLE GIRL, their gamemaster (THEIR WARDEN ), standing just off to the side of a body recklessly(?) sprawled across the stagefront. She’s sniffling, but that’s no surprise--who would have ever expected a CORPSE to appear in the once peaceful museum they all had called home.

The smell of BURNING overtakes the room. Though the victim themselves looks almost SPOTLESS, aside from the BLOOD that seems carelessly SMEARED upon their clothing... Despite the burning smell, there’s barely a trace of fire among the scene. In fact, there’s NOT MUCH OF A SCENE at all... past the corpse itself and a few locks of CYAN THREAD. (Or is it HAIR? Mary isn’t sure, at least, not yet. She’s in SHOCK, the poor girl.)

As the others play detective, Mary looks down to her feet, hands gripping her dress as she forces the next few words as BEST as she’s able. (Her past wasn't easy, but she's not used to corpses. Not like this--ANYTHING but this!)

“U-Um...lets play a NEW game instead, okay? Mary calls this one ‘DETECTIVE’. It's really easy, I promise. You just…um--you just look at the PORTFOLIO Mary added to your electric thingy, a-and you hunt out the killer! Well...first you have to investigate and...you know? I'll just tell you the rest later.”

BODY DISCOVERED BY

Yuki Minami (g-l-x-m-o-r-o-u-s)

Sanji Vinsmoke (curlybrxws)

Mukuro Ikusaba (kurokichiku-despair)

VICTIM

Ryouta Mitarai (mixxrai)

MARY’S PORTFOLIO

Time of death was 4:30AM 

The body was discovered at 8:30AM

Cause of death was by BURNING. The victim’s death was SLOW.

The victim’s rose is mysteriously missing…

INVESTIGATION PERIOD: START!

ABOUT THE CORPSE

Signs of burns are all over the victim’s body. Arms, legs, back, front. It seems to be all around in various splotches.

However, when examined closely, you can see some of the victim’s FLESH is missing. Where could it have gone to? 

Clothing on the victim is SINGED to various degrees. 

CYAN colored strings can be found all around the body. Hair or string?

Blood can be found on the victim

OTHER

There doesn’t seem to be much of a crime scene, the stage is surprisingly clean for it being where the body was found

HOW TO DO THE INVESTIGATION

Do NOT input your own evidence within the case. You MUST report to one of the admins for any physical evidence.

One of our members have made a Google Doc of all current evidence! You can find that HERE.

Ex. You ask if your character stumbles into a certain area. Do they find anything? One of the admins will tell you what you will or won’t find. 

After you find something, you are free to POST what your character finds. 

What about alibis? Characters can LIE about what they have done or where they were. None of us will say it is wrong or right. It’s up to you to figure out if it’s the truth or a lie. 

The only alibis that can be completely trusted are those confirmed by MARY HERSELF. 

You WON’T be able to solve the case entirely from just this investigation. There is very VITAL information WHICH WILL ONLY SHOW UP DURING THE TRIAL STAGE. The investigation is a time for gathering evidence, not for solving the whole case. YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO, YOU NEED MARY’S INPUT, So deep breaths. Don’t worry! 

You may also ask if your character is around a specific time at a specific area. This may be helpful because it can help find suspicious people around that timeframe. 

You are free to form investigation groups to search around or ask around. Alibis can be handy after all. 

You are free to discuss about the case and craft theories. This timeframe for investigation is designed for such discussion and theorizing.

THERE IS NO SET DAYS ON INVESTIGATION. The period will extend as long as is needed in order to gather all the needed evidence.