Murder Mansion (2019-2020) - Game Thread

Flynt draws his longsword as he watches on as Shae gracefully takes out her lockpicks and easily opens the lock. 

click... Shae, the door opens immediately after you pick the lock. Everyone can see and notice the following from the hallway looking into the room now that the door is open.

The room contains a bricked up window flanked by two dusty, wood framed beds sized for children. Closer to the door is a toy chest and a dollhouse that is a perfect replica of the house in which you all stand. Lying in the middle of the floor are two small skeletons wearing tattered but familiar*** clothing and one of them is holding a stuffed doll which you also recognize. 

***(Ignatia and Renny - you would remember that the clothing is the same as the clothing you saw on the illusions of the kids you guys saw at the beginning before you went into the house. Flynt and Shae - you guys joined later but before the party entered the house, they saw illusions of 2 children wearing the same clothes as these skeletons, FYI)***

What do you want to do? I will need any relevant checks depending on what you want to do in the room as well - thanks!

Flynt is going to put his sword and shield away. "I'm unaware if any of you saw the two children on the way here. They were wearing the same clothes as these skeletons. Perhaps blessing these bones will prevent any unwanted spirits from attacking us." He draws his holy symbol and walks in praying to Bahamut to bless the bones and send the children's spirits on their way.

" Aye...but those were not spirits without....not proper ones anyway."

" Two wee tykes locked in a room, embracing in death....I'm hoping they were given too strong a dose of sophorific and locked away after they passed....but I'd wager they were locked in here and left."

Ignatia inspected the door for signs that the children tried to escape the room and then went over to inspect the bodies after Flynt had finished his god-bothering.

Investigation:20

Medicine: 7

WARNING: Guys this next part gets a bit dark especially with Ignatia's rolls (well at least for me... I have 3 kids, and as I am writing this it's becoming difficult for me! My apologies in advance if anyone is offended or upset in any way by this next part.)

Flynt - you sheath your longsword and walk into the room, with Ignatia right behind you. You begin your blessing rituals and prayers to the bones. These blessings are something very familiar and near and dear to you and it shows when you begin to recite some of the prayers. It is a brief, peaceful, calm moment. Nothing actually happens, but you feel better about the situation. 

Ignatia - from your survey of the room, you actually know EXACTLY what has happened here. Your intuitions were correct... the children were locked in here. Rose and Thorn (the children) were neglected by their parents and locked in this room until they starved to death. There are claw marks on the walls. It's clear they were trying to escape. They suffered. They clung to each other in their last moments. 

Shae is at the entrance of the children's room watching on, and Renny is off to the right in the hallway, ready for any surprises. 

All is quiet......... for now........

Map!

Ignatia bristled with anger and wisps of black smoke curled up from her hair and hands*, " Gather the blankets up and wrap the bodies one to each, we will not leave these children here one more moment."

" Flynt can you take one, I will take the other..", she said as she set to work.

" Is there anything of use in the dollshouse or the chest?", she asked the other two, her face a mask of rage.

OOC:

*Prestidigitation.

*giggle*

*tee hee hee hee hee*

*giggle giggle*

Flynt is going to put away his sword and wrap up the bodies, trying to ignore giggling.

You all notice the black smoke coming from Ignatia's hair and hands... she's pissed.

Ignatia and Flynt, you very carefully pick up the remains of Rose and Thorn and put them in the separate blankets. The blankets are very tattered but they are able to hold the bones well enough. So we will say Ignatia has Rose's bones, and Flynt has Thorn's bones. 

Ignatia asks the others about the dollhouse and toy chest as well, and awaits a response.

*giggle*  *tee hee hee hee hee*

"Hey that tickles!"

Shae pales at the knowledge of what happened here, and memories of what happened to her own family surface, before she shakes her head and brings herself back to the present.

These poor children. They need to be properly laid to rest. Does this town have a priest?

She gazes at the bundles mournfully and speaks again.

Its not much, but at least they had each other. I'm assuming that because of the way they perished, they weren't allowed many friends...

"Sorry," Flynt says to the children as he glances at the door. "I could perform last rites. The question is where to bury them."

Ignatia gave a half smile at the faint giggling and nodded to herself, glad at least that the children hadn't been condemned to a death of torment like the poor girl in the other room.

" Alright! I want you two to behave. Now we're going to find somewhere nice....or at least better for you two to rest. Do you have any favourite toys you want to take with?", as she spoke her eyes roamed the room for well loved toys, if she doesn't find any she heads over and opens the chest looking for some.

Ignatia, you open the toy chest and it contains an assortment of stuffed animals and toys. 

POOF!

The two children appear before you. They look like the ones you saw before you entered the house... but they look more real this time. They are semi-translucent, and their forms do not flicker.

Rose (the older girl) says "Hey! Don't touch those toys! They're mine! You can take our yucky bones away but please don't touch our toys!"

then Thorn (the younger boy) says "No touch..... MINE!"

(shoot sorry, Shae I forgot to move you... you are also in the children's room.)

Renny can hear all this weirdness and carefully peeks through the door to see what's happening.

" Very well, your toys shall remain where they are. Do you have any preference to where you want your bones buried? And do you know where your parents are so I can have a firm chat to them?"

Renny, you move closer to the door and peek through. You see and hear everything now, but still outside of the room. 

Ignatia, the apparent ghost-children respond to you:

Rose: "tee-hee! Oh thank you! Those toys are our only friends... other than each other. Yes please keep them here. Bones? Ewwwwww! They're gross. Yes please do take them away. Buried? Ummmmmm, we don't care. They just smell bad and we want them out of here. Mommy and Daddy? Hmmmmm maaaaaaybe in the basement? They keep us locked up here to protect us from the basement..... soooooo maybe they are down there? Hey, you're nice. Wanna play dollhouse?"

Thorn: "Bones... YUCK! Toys....yaaaay! Stay and play dollhouse!"

Flynt glances around him. "I'm afraid I don't have anything to play dollhouse with." He stops and reaches into his pouch and takes out his chess set. "Here, we can use chess pieces for figurines. Say, do either of you know how to play chess?"