>>6790
"Hmm? What is it, Kyrie?"

>>6791
"I was wondering, since I have only been fed information from others and you seem to discover every single murder victim it would be best to ask your opinion: Do you think all that has happened is possible for a single person?"

>>6792
"I don't see why not. The only thing that gets me is how consistent everyone's alibis are, in which case there may be an accomplice or two covering things up."

>>6793
"Alright, thanks. Just making sure." she says before sitting back down.
Everyone else seems to be doing the same thing as last you check. Jessica and Battler's conversation seems to be getting heated up from what you can tell.

>>6794
I'll see if I can hear what Jessica and Battler are talking about.

>>6795
Lucky for you, their conversation has gotten loud enough for everyone to hear.

[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDma4A6A3Bc ]

The tea cup Jessica had been drinking from shattered on the ground.
"Don't talk to me like that, you were egging him on in the first place!" Yells Jessica.
"Oh me is it? You were always having your 'secret 'talks with her weren't you?" Battler yells back. Each of them have now gotten the attention of the whole room on them now.
"She didn't even do anything, there is no way! Battler you are just a little-"

However at that moment her voice is cut off. No longer is the sound of yelling being heard, it is drowned out by the sudden darkness that engulfs the room. It is pitch black. A scream is heard and the sound of items falling on the ground resonates. More cups shatter. You hear a door open during the confusion. Shouts ring into your ears. "What happened!? Did the lights go out?! on so on a so fourth. Eventually you see sparks in the corner of the room, and then a light. Everyone become silent as Battlers face can be seen under the flame. Seems he has a lighter.

"Is everyone all right?" he asks. A short mumble responds "Uu-uu. Maria fell from being scared by the dark." the little voice says. "Oh Maria, are you alright!?" calls Rosa. Once Maria responds that she is, Battler once again takes charge. "Alright, lets do a roll call. to make sure everyone is safe."

Battler starts to call out for each person:
Ange? "Hi" Ange responds meekly.
Dad? "Yo, I'm here" you hear Rudolf say.
Mom? "Yep, here too." answers Kyrie.
Jessica? "Here." Jessica responds.
Rosa? "I'm here. and so is Maria" She says. "Uu-uu, I'm here Battler." Maria adds.
Genji? "Present" Genji says in his ever monotone voice.
Gohda? "Y-Yes, I'm standing near Genji." Gohda says with a whimper.
Berune? "Yep I'm over here." Berune calls.
Ruon? "Here," Ruon says.
Manon? "Present," Manon states quickly.

Kinjo? "Hey Kinjo are you here?"

>>6796
"I'm here."

"I'm fine, don't worry about me."

>>6797
"Alright, that's everyone." concludes Battler. "So what happened? A power outage is it?"
"It would seem that way, "Genji responds. "I suggest we go to the breaker room and investigate to what may be the problem."
"The breaker room? That is connected to the boiler room isn't it?" Rosa asks.
"That is correct," responds Genji. "There is also a lantern in the servant room I suggest we get before going."
"Alright, everyone remain close as possible." says Battler.

One by one everyone starts to leave the room.

>>6799
"Wait. I suggest we move in a single file line. Battler and Genji in the front, myself at the end. And so that no one sneaks off without us realizing it, we should hold onto the person in front of us as we move. Just to be very safe."

>>6800
"You know, he has a point." says Rudolf.
"Alright, However lets put Genji in the back with you. Gohda and I can take the front."

>>6801
"Sounds good."

>>6802

[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4dv8CAFStw ]

Everyone takes their positions and leaves the parlor in order.
Excluding the minuscule like that Battler is holding the whole mansion is pitch black. After a short walk to the servant room, everyone enters the room and Genji proceeds to search for the lantern. Moments later it is lit and he hands it to Battler. Everyone then processed back into the hallway and heads to the boiler room.

"Uu-uu what was that?" suddenly asks Maria once everyone enters the main hall.
"What was what?" Rosa asks. Maria says she heard something down the hall. Everyone stops and listens, however nothing is heard.

"Must have been your imagination. Lets continue." says Manon. Everyone continues on to the boiler room.

>>6803
As you enter the boiler room you naturally feel the heat from the boiler. The tools and junk are still laying around in heaps. Battler places the lantern in the middle of the room, lighting up most of it. Everyone stays near the entrance of the boiler room, excluding Battler and Genji who walk over to one of the metal doors you tried to open beforehand. Genji then takes out a key and unlocks it. When he opens it a puff of smoke flies out, inside there is what looks to be a large circuit breaker. However this one is obviously damaged, as you clearly see burnt and twisted metal throughout it. Even the door is burnt.
Rudolf decides to go check it out with them and now they are currently talking about it.

>>6804
"So, what seems to be the problem?"

>>6805
"Well, it looks like some water got in because of melted snow and caused it to get fired. Although It looks like more damage then something like that would normally cause."

>>6806
>water causing fire

"I see, do you think it'll be easy to fix?"

>>6807
"No, it's busted good."
"Well then now what?" interrupts Gohda. "Will we just use the lantern then?"
"Yeah, I guess so."

>>6808
"Do you think the lights in the guesthouse are still working? Maybe we could go there."

>>6809
"Actually, you may be right. Well Genji?"
Genji looks up, "Yes, as I was about to say, the guesthouse should still have power."
You hear a loud popping sound from behind you.

>>6810
I look at where the sound came from. What's going on?

>>6811
You turn from where the sound came from and see the boiler shaking. Not a second later your ears and vision shake uncontrollably and you see figures of the others fall to the ground. A flash of red flies past your face before you hit the ground. Something is falling in front of you, blocking your vision of the others. The ringing in your ears slowly declines as your vision fades. A sudden sensation of sinking overwhelms you, slowly...getting...tired...

>>6812
----
You awake. Opening your eyes it is dark and you can't see anything. You can hear someone coughing near to you.

>>6814
"What the hell happened..." the person coughing is Battler. You hear him rummaging around for something.

>>6815
After a few seconds you see sparks as he uses his lighter. It ignites and your eyes start to adjust to small amount of light. As you can now see his face you notice he has a heavily bleeding gash on his face. "Hey is everyone okay?" Nobody is responding.

>>6816
"I'm right here... What the hell just happened?!"

>>6817
"Ah, Kinjo eh?" Battler says while standing up. "I think the boiler, exploded?" Battler looks shocked. As you look in the detection of his gaze you see the room has been cut in half by junk and rubble from the blast.

"Hah, just like in the moves eh?" He says as crawling up towards the mound and trying to break it loose. "Shit! It's no good." He concludes. "That's not going to budge. There should be a back door leading outside. We might be able to use that."

As he motions for you to get up you both notice that there is indeed another person here with you. Over in the corner Maria is lying there. Not moving. "Maria!" Battler calls while running over to here. He shakes her while calling her name. Suddenly she coughs, and weakly opens her eyes. "Maria, it's me Battler, are you alright?"

"Uu-uu, yeah. I think so. My head hurst though," she says.
"Thank god," Battler sighs a breath of relief. "Hey Kinjo, can you looks for the exit? I dont think we should move Maria yet."

>>6818
"Right."

I stand up and look for the exit.

>>6819
There seems to be only one unopened door. There doesn't seem to be any light coming from it. but there is a small window on it, showing that it leads into a hallway.

>>6820
"Found it."

I point to the exit. Also, I look around and see if I can find anyone else.

>>6824
"Alright thanks," Battler says. "Hey, Maria, we need to get out of here, can you walk?" Maria nods and the three of you enter the hallway behind the door. It's not long before you turn a corner and come to another hallway. However at the end of the this one there is a small sliver of light and a slope of snow.

"Alright, there is the exit." Your group gets to the snow and Battler starts to make a path through the snow. It seems like there are stairs under the snow here.
Eventually the light becomes brighter and the three of you exit. It looks like it started to snow again. You are chin high in snow. However you are outside.

"Kinjo," Battler gets your attention. "It looks like we will have to go through the second floor window, can you give me a boost?"

>>6826
"Right!"

I give Battler a boost.

>>6827
You help Battler get up higher by using your hands to create a ledge. Once up Battler takes a swing back and shatters the window directly above. You hear him unlock it and with a small jump Battler is up and over. "Lift Maria up to me, then I'll help you next." says Battler.

>>6836
I lift up Maria to Battler.

>>6837
You lift Maria to Battler and eventually he is able to grab her, and then finally lifts her into the room. A few seconds later he reaches his hand out to you. Grabbing it, he pulls you into the room.

Light shines in from now broken window, lighting up the room enough to get a general feel of the place. By the looks of the place it must be someone's room. However there is no time for that.

Battler goes over to a drawer and pulls out a candle, lighting it, he then motions for you two to follow him through the door. Cautiously opening it he slowly opens the door and enters the hall. You and Maria follow right behind him.

The door slowly closes behind you and the hall becomes almost pitch black just like before. Naturally the light from Battler's candle provides some vision but it is limited.
"The main stairs should be this way." he says, and starts to walk to the right. Maria follows right behind him.

>>6839
I follow Battler and Maria.

>>6840
You follow Maria and Battler, who seems to be taking each step with caution. The hallway spreads out a bit and you can finally see the stairs. However at that moment Battler stops in his tracks and bends over, lowering the candle down lower to the ground. "Kinjo, look at this." he says.

>>6841
I look at it.

>>6842
You look at it.

There is a a drop of blood on the ground. However it doesn't stop there, you can see the blood drops continue as Battler holds up the candle. They continue down the hallway to the other side of the second floor. At that moment you can clearly hear a 'thump' emit from the darkness.

Battler stands up, and pulls out some clippers you recognize as the ones from the boiler room. He then starts to slowly follow the trail.

>>6843
I also follow the trail, making sure Maria doesn't wander off.

>>6844
You take Maria's hand and follow Battler down the hallway.
Slowly but surely you make your way down the dark tunnel. Eventually the trail slows, however at the point it was starting to become hard to see the trail, a huge puddle of blood appears. The puddle is right in front of a door to the left of your group.

As Battler lifts the candle towards the door it looks as if the blood was coming from the door it's self. A large cut has been made in the door, surrounding the area blood has dripped down. Battler carefully puts his hand on the doorknob and gives it a twist, but does not open it.

It seems that it isn't locked. He gives you a nod, apparently asking if you are ready.

>>6845
"Uh, Battler, care to remind me why we're going in here again? Doesn't look very inviting to me."

>>6846

>>6846
"Some detective you are." whispers Battler as he opens the door, only for it to suddenly come to a halt. Looking up it seems the chain is set. Battler takes the clippers, and clamps down real hard on it. The chain snaps, and Battler pushes the door open.

Inside laying on the ground right in the entrance to the room is Genji, with a huge stab wound in his chest. He is lying stretched out, his mouth wide open and covered in blood. The room is completely dark excluding the light given off by Battler's candle. "Shit, Maria look away!" is all Battler has to say. She then does so.

>>6848
"See I didn't think we should come in here! The blood on the door didn't give it away to you?!"

I tell Maria to go stay with Battler as I inspect the inside of the room on my own.

>>6849
Battler lays the candle down near Genji's body.
"Of course I did, that's the whole reason I investigated!" argues Battler. At that moment there is another thump, just like the first one, however it is not coming from the room you are in. It is coming from behind you. Battler rushes past you and out in to the hall.

"Maria stay in the hall there and don't move!" calls Battler.
"Battler I'm scared..." whines Maria back at him. "Just stay there alright!?" Battler yells.

You quickly take a step out of the room and and see that Battler has turned on his lighter, however it only lights up his face. You hear him and grab the door at the very end on the right hand side and yank it open. He must have just entered the room. Maria is beside you, however you only can tell that because you here her breathing.

>>6850
"Don't worry Maria. I won't let anything bad happen to you."

I hold her hand and take her back into the room I just left.

>>6851
You take Maria's hand and enter the room where Genji's corpse lays.
At that moment you hear Battler. "Mom? Oh god! MOM!" followed by the sound of something falling and finally Battler weeping.

The world fades to grey and slowly comes to a halt.

Investigation Mode

Thread's almost at 200, so before we start investigation mode I'll throw out a blue truth.

Kyrie is not dead. Battler couldn't properly confirm her death without the use of his candle, which is in a different room!

fourth thread:

>>6855