final investigation

[arsholes]

[It's been almost a week since Orthrus' lucky escape. Almost a week, of all calls to Heisenberg going (metaphorically) to voicemail. Almost a week, to rest and recover from the harrowing losses of the previous Friday.

It's been almost a week. And the storms are getting worse.

You know the locked door on the first floor? The one that goes into the center of the tower, right across from the great entry hall doors?

Today, there's a heavy iron key sticking out of the lock. With a familiar crest on the head.

The key is sticky with wet yellow paint, and wetter blood.]

Comments

[spitessier]

We won't let this chance go to waste.

[Ah, an opening for them to get an advantage. Better take advantage of this mistake one way or another, and use the presents to put this madness to an end!

katsuyas goodwill and general appreciation will plummet when he sees the tattoo he has to apply on himself but pfffft learn to live a little katsuya]

[mercantilewits]

[Hey, blame Scam Likely for that particular nonsense.]

I've still got a lot of... [Buffering...buffering...buffering...] Stuff. To be doing. Over at the store. [Gods, how is he even functioning right now.] But! You have your mercantile boons, I can do whatever the heck I want and I assume you guys are busy unlocking the secrets of the tower!

[He has so little idea of what any of these secrets are but he believes in his blorbos.]

I will say, based on personal experience, things are probably going to blow up either literally or figuratively here soon so juuuust in case- [He reaches out to take Katsuya's compact, scratches a cathead symbol into the orange stone on it and then passes it back.] If you need me just gimme a little ring and I'll bamf in with bombs on.

[Surely he means "bells on", that's just the two levels of exhaustion talking.....surely. But congrats, you guys have acquired Garfield as a Kingdom Hearts-style summon.]