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| Araminta //reappears// as though nothing untoward has happened - indeed, from the behaviour of their fellow partygoers, our investigators cannot help but conclude that the events of the soirée so far have reset, somehow. Once more, they are introduced to the family, servants, and guests at Mordere Manor. Once more, they learn of mysterious disappearances, ghostly goings-on, and shady shenanigans. Once more, Araminta succumbs to poison administered by... by someone //other// than Doctor Prinkley, the Steward suggests - if the scene has reset itself, it seems likely that our heroes are being given a second chance to solve the mystery.... | Araminta //reappears// as though nothing untoward has happened - indeed, from the behaviour of their fellow partygoers, our investigators cannot help but conclude that the events of the soirée so far have reset, somehow. Once more, they are introduced to the family, servants, and guests at Mordere Manor. Once more, they learn of mysterious disappearances, ghostly goings-on, and shady shenanigans. Once more, Araminta succumbs to poison administered by... by someone //other// than Doctor Prinkley, the Steward suggests - if the scene has reset itself, it seems likely that our heroes are being given a second chance to solve the mystery.... | ||
| - | They become more bold in their investigations, this time around - with the help of Nanny Scrunch, Sowe searches the attic, discovering the forest touched **Quentin Mordere** incarcerated there (by his own wishes, it seems!). Quentin was thought to have died defending a village from forest monstrosities some seven years ago - recovered by his father Landry, he was locked away to prevent Octavia from ever finding out what he had become - it would have broken his mother's heart, Quentin assures Sowe. Euphemia and Nikolai, meanwhile, break down the door of Mrs Catterall's room, finding only a threatening note from an anonymous blackmailer - Scrapeshanks the cook, judging by the writer's linguistic quirks. Our heroes also learn that Nanny Scrunch once had a daughter of about Araminta's age, but that young Charity Scrunch, (who had displayed remarkable promise as a Connection Weaver) had run away when she was little more than ten years old. | + | They become more bold in their investigations, this time around - with the help of Nanny Scrunch, Sowe searches the attic, discovering the forest touched **Quentin Mordere** incarcerated there (by his own wishes, it seems!). Quentin was thought to have died defending a village from forest monstrosities some seven years ago - recovered by his father Landry, he was locked away to prevent Octavia from ever finding out what he had become - it would have broken his mother's heart, Quentin assures Sowe. Euphemia and Nikolai, meanwhile, break down the door of Mrs Catterall's room, finding only a threatening note from an anonymous blackmailer - Scrapeshanks the cook, judging by the writer's linguistic quirks. Our heroes also learn that Nanny Scrunch once had a daughter of about Araminta's age, but that young **Charity Scrunch**, (who had displayed remarkable promise as a Connection Weaver) had run away when she was little more than ten years old. |
| By the time the Tolling of Bells begins, they are ready with a new theory regarding the murder: Scrapeshanks killed Araminta, presumably because she found out that the cook was blackmailing people. Scrapeshanks admits to the blackmailing... but insists that the killing had nothing to do with it. No, they killed Araminta because she stood between them and their one true love, Archibald Glomp! | By the time the Tolling of Bells begins, they are ready with a new theory regarding the murder: Scrapeshanks killed Araminta, presumably because she found out that the cook was blackmailing people. Scrapeshanks admits to the blackmailing... but insists that the killing had nothing to do with it. No, they killed Araminta because she stood between them and their one true love, Archibald Glomp! | ||
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| "Presenting Araminta Mordere!" | "Presenting Araminta Mordere!" | ||
| - | Once more, the cycle plays out, although certain truths are becoming more apparent. While it's certainly true that those assembled have treated them oddly throughout (with no sign of the especial deference owed to Nikolai, nor of the thinly disguised disgust Sowe might have expected), it now becomes apparent that the family, guests, and servants of Mordere Manor do not recognise our five sleuths in the slightest... or, to be more accurate, //they recognise them as someone entirely other to themselves//. Upon further enquiry, our heroes realise that they are all - all five of them - being identified as a single person, a planar researcher by the name of Alba Jetsam. | + | Once more, the cycle plays out, although certain truths are becoming more apparent. While it's certainly true that those assembled have treated them oddly throughout (with no sign of the especial deference owed to Nikolai, nor of the thinly disguised disgust Sowe might have expected), it now becomes apparent that the family, guests, and servants of Mordere Manor do not recognise our five sleuths in the slightest... or, to be more accurate, //they recognise them as someone entirely other to themselves//. Upon further enquiry, our heroes realise that they are all - all five of them - being identified as a single person, a planar researcher by the name of **Alba Jetsam**. |
| - | Meanwhile, the Steward - the only person present who seems to be able to differentiate between the five of them - clearly knows a //lot// more than they're letting on. When the investigators enquire as to how long the Steward has been in the Morderes' employ, and who it was that selected them for the staff, the Morderes seem perplexed and uncertain... until the Steward provides that information for them. "Ah yes, of course - //that// was it!" | + | Meanwhile, the Steward - the only person present who seems to be able to differentiate between the five of them - clearly knows a //lot// more than they're letting on. When the investigators enquire as to how long the Steward has been in the Morderes' employ, and who it was that selected them for the staff, the Morderes seem perplexed and uncertain... until the Steward helpfully provides that information for them. The Morderes' relief is palpable: "Ah yes, of course - //that// was it!" |
| The supernatural occurrences have increased in frequency and severity, too. At one point, a family portrait depicting Octavia, Landry and Araminta is flung from the wall - by some unseen hand - with considerable force. Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that Araminta's image is covered in mould - the rest of the painting is untouched. On another occasion, the lights go out and our heroes witness a lantern-lit vision of Araminta dying while a shadowy figure weeps. When they try to address the ghost, first as Alba Jetsam, and then as Charity Scrunch, she appears to answer to both... but then screams, "//that's not my NAME!//" before disappearing. | The supernatural occurrences have increased in frequency and severity, too. At one point, a family portrait depicting Octavia, Landry and Araminta is flung from the wall - by some unseen hand - with considerable force. Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that Araminta's image is covered in mould - the rest of the painting is untouched. On another occasion, the lights go out and our heroes witness a lantern-lit vision of Araminta dying while a shadowy figure weeps. When they try to address the ghost, first as Alba Jetsam, and then as Charity Scrunch, she appears to answer to both... but then screams, "//that's not my NAME!//" before disappearing. | ||
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| And with that, our heroes confess to the murder... and to their true identity as the estranged daughter of the family. | And with that, our heroes confess to the murder... and to their true identity as the estranged daughter of the family. | ||
| - | To the applause of the Steward, the scene dissolves, and they find themselves sitting in a ritual circle in another room in the Manor. The storm is over; the servants and guests are nowhere to be seen - besides themselves, the other people present are Octavia and Landry Mordere, and - wearing chains and a look of the utmost horror - the person they now know to be Araminta Mordere. | + | To the applause of the Steward, the scene dissolves, and they find themselves sitting in a ritual circle in another room in the Manor. The storm is over; the servants and guests are nowhere to be seen - besides themselves, the other people present are Octavia and Landry Mordere, and - wearing chains and a look of the utmost horror - the person they now know to be **Araminta Mordere**. |
| =====Solution===== | =====Solution===== | ||
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| ===Sowe Nayoung=== | ===Sowe Nayoung=== | ||
| - | * tbc | + | * tbc |
| ===Vera Burns=== | ===Vera Burns=== | ||
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| - | {{tag>"mystery at mordere manor" adventure}} | + | {{tag>"mystery at mordere manor" callista euphemia nikolai sowe_nayoung vera_burns adventure}} |
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