IG's Legend of The Ripper [IC]

[Rhun]

Rexy takes her place behind Fen, still somewhat shaky from her encounter with...well, with whatever it was. Still, she readies herself for whatever lies behind the door.

 

[industrygothica]

The door opens to reveal a bedroom that looks as though it was occupied by blissful newlyweds during its last night of use. A large double bed is draped with white fabric that has yellowed with age, while the dust-shrouded nightstand beside it supports a glass vase filled with dried roses and a slender silver ring sitting atop a silk pillow. Across the room stands a wardrobe, its doors open to reveal a collection of women's clothing, all simple but not unattractive. Unfortunately, it looks as though the wedding night may not have ended happily. The bride, still dressed in her finery, the fabric still clinging to her skeletal frame, reclines lifelessly upon the bed.

 

[Rhun]

Rexy slides quietly into the room, moving toward the corpse on the bed. She holds her rapier as if she expects the skeleton to spring to life and attack at any moment.

 

[PhoenixAsh]

Dacen steps in after Rexy, holding his mace in a comfortable but ready position - just in case the skeleton does unexpectedly arise. He tries to follow Rexy's footsteps and doesn't touch any of the furnishings - at least not until Fen looks them over first. He does examine the skeletal bride for any obvious sign of how she passed away.

OOC:[sblock] Heal Check +6 if applicable, Search +0 if not.[/sblock]

 

[industrygothica]

You notice dirt and rotted fabric clinging to the bones, indicating that the corpse bride decayed in the ground before being unearthed and placed in this vile bedchamber.

Deep grooves mar the bones in sporadic locations; she evidently died a very painful and gruesome death.

 

[Rhun]

"Why would someone unearth a corpse and bring it here?" asks Rexy, poking at the skeleton with her blade. "It doesn't make sense at all."

 

[PhoenixAsh]

"Maybe its part of that ritual Crofter was trying to use. It could be Mari Kell. It was at least someone murdered violently, judging from these marks on the bones, here and here." He indicates the deep grooves on various bones with a fingertip.

"Rexy, Fen... you saw her spirit, did you notice what she was wearing? Could it have been a wedding dress?"

He looks back down at the skeleton with a small frown, "She ought to be reburied. Xao, what do you think? Anything about this in From Potter's Field?"

 

[Schmoe]

"There was nothing that I saw in the book," Xao says thoughtfully. He steps into the room to get a closer look. "Still, that seems to be the most likely course of events. I imagine that Mr. Crofter was trying to get closer to Mari Kell's spirit by venerating her earthly remains."

Xao looks more closely at the wedding gown. "Do any of you know more about the life of Mari Kell, or how she was buried? Was she buried in a wedding dress, or did Mr. Crofter dress this corpse after exhuming it? Was she murdered before her wedding? If we knew more, we may be able to put her spirit to rest."

The young mystic closes his eyes briefly and sighs. He opens them again and looks at his companions. "Of course, we still don't know for certain who has been committing these recent murders. I only hope that our hunches are right."

 

[Schmoe]

Xao walks over to the table and looks closely at the silver ring, picking it up and turning it over. He then looks at the corpse to see if it wears a similar ring.

 

[Rhun]

Having prodded the corpse a few times with her rapier, Rexy turns her attention back to the room, helping the others to search it.