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 Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:30 am
((Must think of more random clues or stuff. sweatdrop ))
Because the maids were completely calm and not freaking out (NOT), they picked up the random vial in Claire's room and ran out into the ballroom. Now that the doctor had told people that the murder must have been done with poison, the maids were specifically looking for anything that looked like it could hold something. They weren't really thinking.
The vial had the Runieus emblem on it, and had been in front of a portrait of Claire and Runieus as kids. "Look!" one of the maids yelled to the guards. She held up the vial.
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:04 pm
((First of all, I should apologize for my random disappearance - I am a freaking JERK! But I'm back now, and I'll be active, I promise. Thanks for keeping me in play, I don't mind being dragged around at all. I think I'm up to speed but I haven't read the posts I missed very carefully so let me know if I'm missing something major.))
Rainey let Penelope drag her through the castle halls, actually numb with shock. The Princess was dead? But...
Rainey had always believed that the royal family was untouchable. Yes, there were stories and songs about great kings who fell in battle, etc. but she had never actually thought that one day they might die. She had seen many servants die, but that was because they lacked what the nobles had - enough food, shelter, a doctor's assistance, a place to rest their heads.
She blinked and suddenly came out of the trance, looking wildly around her. The castle was erupting into utter pandemonium, quickly spiraling down into chaos. Voices echoed the halls, each caring the same message - murder. She jerked away from Penelope, then looked at her friend's face. "I've got to find someone," she said, thinking immediately of Evangeline. Maybe she knew something - after all, she certainly was as out of place as this murder. "You can come, or go warn the others, whatever you'd-" she didn't finish the sentence, she'd noticed someone who resembled Eva, and sprinted off in that direction. She turned the corner the woman had rounded at breakneck speed, only to slam into exactly she was looking for, bringing them both to the ground.
"What the hell is going on?" she demanded by way of greeting her. "First you show up here, looking like a noble, and then the princess get murdered, and-" she was cut off by a loud clanging noise from the next hallway over.
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:59 am
"Thank you," murmured Evangeline, as Rolando led her away from the fuss. A thousand thoughts were whirling in her head-- hide the knife. Get out of the castle. Who would kill a princess? I should find Rainey. Is Alto all right? No time, I have to hide this knife. Damn you, Aiden. Damn you and this stupid, stupid idea.
She hardly noticed as Rolando was pulled away from her and searched, and her escape from the guards' sight barely registered. In her panic, she found herself wandering a hall she didn't recognize, turning a corner she'd never seen. The situation began to sink in. If they find me trying to get out-- with a knife, no less-- no. I'll be fine. I have to find Rain--
"Oof!"
It was a very ungraceful noise, but then, it had been a very ungraceful fall. "Rainey!" Evangeline clapped a hand over her friend's mouth as they sat sprawled on the floor. "No time to explain. I have to get out of here, Rainey. And can you help me hide a knife?" She pulled herself to her feet, apparently oblivious to the way her words had probably sounded. It took several tries to smooth her skirt back into something resembling proper, and her hair, she was sure, was a lost cause by now, but perhaps that could be chalked up to the pandemonium of the past hour. "Listen. This was all Aiden's idea, so don't go thinking I got all high and might, right? And now I'm stuck and I need to get out."
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:03 pm
(( Feel free to puppet the Doctor around. I'm trapped under a Writer's block. :sob: ))
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:56 pm
(( It'll be ok. This moves slow enough as it is now. What do you mean I don't post enough...? XD ))
Penelope, being curious as usually, followed Rainey. "What is that girl up to..." she thought to herself. Who would Rainey know that she didn't?
Of course, Rainey had taken off much faster than she had, so it took a moment for her to catch up to her. And boy, was she surprised when she heard what they were talking about.
"Ahmygawd she knows the murderer!" was her initial thought. And who could blame her? Phrases like 'have to get out of here' and 'hide a knife' aren't exactly the best to hear after a murder.
She hissed at them, "You have 10 seconds to explain yourself before I go screaming for the guards." And even then Penelope might get the guards anyway; she didn't want to get herself or Rainey in trouble for harboring a murderer!
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Guard Greenhilt was one of the brighter ones in the bunch, and began to take it upon himself to organize the suspects. Soon joining Sir Garrote in the suspects corner was the doctor, Lise (already in the corner, she appeared suspicious enough to the guards), Sir Alto, and several others.
"Go find that lady that just ran away; the one with the huge wig. She shouldn't be too hard to find. And gather up anyone else that seems out of the ordinary," he ordered some guards. They went off, and Greenhilt turned his attention to the vial the maids just brought.
"Where did you find this?" he asked, curious why they were bringing it to his attention.
((Feel free to NPC Mr. Greenhilt here))
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:10 am
Rainey took Evangeline's hand and got to her feet as well. She raised an eyebrow at her friend's greeting. She seemed far from completely innocent and in the dark. She paused for a moment, wondering exactly what her friend had gotten herself into. But despite her hesitation, and perhaps against her better judgement, she still trusted her friend. "Fine," she replied. "Give me that." She held out her hand for the knife, then simply walked to one of the many suits of armor that lined the castle halls. She opened the visor of the helmet, and shoved the knife in. It clattered into the empty metal encasing. "Problem solved," she said, suddenly realizing that if her friend needed the knife back at some point that could be a problem. "No one will look in there, and even if they do, there's no way to connect it to you," she continued. She turned as Penelope ran up to join them.
The other servant girl seemed far from calm, and had good reason to be. For all she knew Rainey was suddenly a murderer's partner-in-crime. There wasn't time to explain, but she couldn't have Penelope singing to the guards either. "Penelope, calm down," she said, trying to sound reassuring but failing spectacularly. "This is Eva, we can trust her." Hopefully. When Penelope didn't look completely convinced Rainey narrowed her eyes. "If you so much as look at the guards I am going to slug you so hard you won't wake up until Christmas." Maybe that was a bit extreme, but Rainey wasn't about to go taking it back. The last thing she needed was for people to suspect she had anything to do with the murder.
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:11 pm
Penelope trusted that her friend would follow through with her threat of violence. "That's not much of an explanation..." she muttered. She glanced at Eva. "Nice ta meetcha," she grumbled, forgetting all manners to which to greet proper ladies, and in fact, sounded like it was not nice to meet her at all.
Just then there was the sound of feet further down the hall. The girls could hear voices: "What was that clanging noise?" "Probably someone bumping into the armor." "Let's check it out..."
"Oh bully- they heard the knife drop!" Penelope whispered to her companions. Now she was going to get caught hanging around these suspected murderers! "Come on!" She grabbed Rainey's hand and urged Eva to follow; there were a few storage rooms in this area where they could stay unnoticed while Penelope figured out what was going on.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:02 pm
"Her highness's room" one of the maids answered as she gasped for breath and looked at Guard Greenhilt.
Maybe it was clue. Either way, since it had the Runeius symbol on it, maybe it would be good to ask why a Runeius symbol vial was in the princess's room. Greenhilt, however, knew that Alto got along with Claire, but just in case... He couldn't just discard anything as moot right now.
"Anyone from the Runeis family, please step forward!" he called out.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:04 pm
((Umm, now I can't tell if this is dead or super slow. sweatdrop N.A.T.A?))
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:54 am
(( I dunno. I don't really have too much to do, and I think a lot of the other people stopped posting... ? ))
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:44 pm
(( sweatdrop Yeah, this rp might have a problem if the murderer left too sweatdrop So, guess this means this rp might be dead. Do you think it was too abstract?))
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:53 pm
(( Nah. We might've needed more guidance as to how to proceed in the investigations. Plus, people seem to forget to post in their RPs after awhile... it happens a lot.
Who's the murderer? I'm curious XD ))
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:29 pm
((Hehe. True. I was confused as to how to proceed too sweatdrop
N.A.T.A's character was, and by accident. He didn't even know. Maybe that's what made it hard... haha)) sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:29 pm
(( Yes, I believe it would make it hard. XD Well I feel a bit better now that I know. But now I vant details! ))
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:01 pm
((Heheh. Twas the vial! *hint hint* Except both of them drank the same stuff, soooo... ))
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