open Mystery Theater: Mystery in the Clouds!

Mehndi left the items in the slit under the mattress as she stood up in the center of the room, before taking the torn journal of course. Her scrutinizing eyes revealed some interesting finds.

At the foot of the bed by one of the bed posts, was an exceptionally long feather, perhaps longer even than Mehndi's leg. It was a pristine feather, ornamental even. Atop the pile of grass and leaf clothing strewn in the center of the room, was a lock of chocolate brown hair. It looked- no, it in fact WAS her hair, part of her tail. Oddly enough, mixed in with the clothes, was a much shorter more average sized brown feather, neither had the same look as a pegasus. Avoiding the puddle of ink on the floor, she found her way to the closet.

There were few things in the closet save for Lighthorn's luggage that had been dumped out. A few empty notepads, some silver and iron rings meant to fit atop his antlers, and a some scrolls with indecipherable woodland deer writings, the text shining green on the tan parchment.

Techno Universal · November 17, 2017

13 minutes ago, GoldieS said:

@Techno Universal @PuddingPonyPal

Firefly finished burning the papers and logs at the fireplace, then turned to find some more things to burn. The changeling wasn't interested in the conversation taking place across the upper deck, leaving the room with a excitement in her step. She was definitely a little firebug.

Saturn rubbed his forehead after the comment Techno made out loud. "Yes, that was the plan..."

"I don't care if you believe me or not." Saturn replied angrily, turning back to Blood. "Just ask anyone else in the bridge crew. We were, you know, flying through a storm... everyone was on deck. Meteorologist, both helms ponies, the navigator, communication, relations... and the command team. If anything... you are the more likely culprit, the infirmary is centralized, and you were alone during the storm... your assistant was stuck up here in dining."

The captain finally stood up, approaching Saturn and Blood. Still everyone was fixed on Blood after she had made her stunning accusations.

"Dr. Blood, return to your cabin." Captain Thunder interrupted, face neutral and stalwart as always. "It's been a stressful evening. Take this time to relax."

It wasn't a request, it was an order.

@PuddingPonyPal

Mehndi left the items in the slit under the mattress as she stood up in the center of the room, before taking the torn journal of course. Her scrutinizing eyes revealed some interesting finds.

At the foot of the bed by one of the bed posts, was an exceptionally long feather, perhaps longer even than Mehndi's leg. It was a pristine feather, ornamental even. Atop the pile of grass and leaf clothing strewn in the center of the room, was a lock of chocolate brown hair. It looked- no, it in fact WAS her hair, part of her tail. Oddly enough, mixed in with the clothes, was a much shorter more average sized brown feather, neither had the same look as a pegasus. Avoiding the puddle of ink on the floor, she found her way to the closet.

There were few things in the closet save for Lighthorn's luggage that had been dumped out. A few empty notepads, some silver and iron rings meant to fit atop his antlers, and a some scrolls with indecipherable woodland deer writings, the text shining green on the tan parchment.

TU: Yeah I don't think we can exactly say that Blood is the killer just yet as we don't exactly have the evidence to prove it yet! It's just I'm a very intelligent and clever investigator myself. Even though I'm primarily a scientist and technology developer.

BloodDrops · November 18, 2017

7 hours ago, GoldieS said:

"I don't care if you believe me or not." Saturn replied angrily, turning back to Blood. "Just ask anyone else in the bridge crew. We were, you know, flying through a storm... everyone was on deck. Meteorologist, both helms ponies, the navigator, communication, relations... and the command team. If anything... you are the more likely culprit, the infirmary is centralized, and you were alone during the storm... your assistant was stuck up here in dining."

"Yeah, I was polishing my equipment. You dare doubt that, I can show you my polished equipment and I'll get you to polish my floor until I can see my mane in it. I can't exactly teleport from the crime scene to the infirmary, or use magic of any kind after all I'm only a earth pony. I was in the infirmary when the corpse was brought to myself, so unless there's a clone of myself, it's impossible for me to be the criminal" I remarked.

"Would have been easier if I was the murderer, would have just tossed the body overboard, rather then having to get my equipment dirty after polishing it for hours, I just cleaned that centrifuge. It's a mess, covered in blood now, are you going to clean it? Doubtful I wouldn't even let you clean my sink" I remarked with a snort.

7 hours ago, GoldieS said:

"Dr. Blood, return to your cabin." Captain Thunder interrupted, face neutral and stalwart as always. "It's been a stressful evening. Take this time to relax."

It wasn't a request, it was an order.

Blood let out a low snort and raised her head as she was dismissed. "Well i'm going to go clean my infirmary up. try not to kill anyone else in my absence, I'm at my limit of murders at the present, if you discover anymore body's just throw them overboard, my equipment is dirty as it is" I remarked before getting up and leaving.

Outside of Lighthorns room, there was a sudden slam from the room next to it. inside this room was the general storeroom where Blood had put all her cleaning equipment, she needed some specialist stuff for her poor centrifuge after it's ordeal of the past day. Though she also liked to talk to it as well. She placed her sensitive equipment on her cleaning bench and got several bottles of special liquid. Unluckily the walls between Lighthorns wasn't very thick.

"You poor thing, having to do what you did today with that deer blood and that quantity of jade dust. It's a wonder your still able to work, if anyone else had that much jade dust it would just kill them. You were the right choice when I found you though, nothing else would have been up to the task as you were today involving that deer. Dreadful thing that, i'm sure you were not really ready for that at all" I tell it while cleaning it.

"That deer just got everywhere though, Stupid animal should have just been thrown overboard and been done with it, its messed up with all my hard work. Might as well leave my room as the state it is, if i'm going to be expected to deal with this sort of thing, i need a pay rise. I'm just angry it had to come to this, well I think that's it Spiny, you're good to go" I remark as I finish cleaning my centrifuge. I put all my equipment back and put my centrifuge back on its transportation trolley.

I step outside of the storeroom and close the door before locking it. I give another spray of polish on my centrifuge before smiling at it. "All better"

PlzDelete · November 18, 2017

@GoldieS @BloodDrops Mehndi Heart immediately stopped searching through the closet as she hear the voices in the other room. Her ears perked up as if they were radio antennas. She listened as she picked up the different feathers and the scrolls with the strange texts. She could easily have these examined later on. "Is..Is that..." she said as she picked up her own hair from the ground. "Nice try you monster. I'm not going to be blamed for more death!" She said quietly as she put her hair into her pocket which she will discard later. Mehndi slowly walked around the room more; avoiding stains and objects on the ground. She suddenly noticed how oddly the bed was placed."heh...I wonder..." she said in her mind. Mehndi put her front hooves on the bedside, trying to push it without alerting the residence in the other room. As the bed started to creak a little too much, she stopped. Revealing what she has missed earlier.

GoldieS · November 18, 2017

Everyone watched with a mix of curiosity as Blood left in a huff. Well, all except for the first mate, who at that point was fuming. He decided to stomp off in the other direction out of sheer frustration. The captain accepted the state of affairs and returned to his table with some of the other passengers who were joining him.

A little colt walked up to Techno as he lounged on the couch. It was Grimclaw's squire.

"Uhm, excuse me sir, His Lordship states that you look bored all alone over here, and extends his invention to join him at his table." The colt said, bowing politely and gesturing to the table where Grim was surrounded by mares and joking while chowing down on large slabs of fried fish.

"The captain ordered you to return to your quarters." Kiloton stated, looming over Blood as she left the store room. "Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I was certain your quarters were in hall 3B."

The black and white diamond dog was well spoken, especially for a diamond dog. His intelligence certainly earned him his title as head engineer, but his size certainly didn't hurt either. He retained all the same strengths as his kin along with that learned intellect, making him a dangerous foe in any context. Though, usually he was quiet and soft in his speech. He didn't 'waste words' as he called it.

"Return to your quarters, ma'am." Kiloton stated.

Inside the slit cut into the bottom of the mattress were two odd things. The first was another scroll, this one in a dark violet ink that shimmered in the light. It wasn't written in the same language as the scrolls in Lighthorn's luggage, this was some sort of code and written with an entirely different look. All the paper had on it was a bunch of ones with slightly different curved tops and bottoms.

The second item was...

It radiated with something oppressive, just looking at it gave a feeling of dread and wrenched the gut. It was some sort of stone disk, or at least half of one. It had been broken in half, the edges where it had been snapped well defined. There shouldn't be any problem connecting the other half should it have been found, if doing such a thing was a good idea to begin with...

The heavy paw steps from the diamond dog from before returned, stopping in the room adjacent the the one Mehndi found herself in. Kiloton was talking to someone, but it was difficult to discern what they were saying.

Techno Universal · November 18, 2017

10 minutes ago, GoldieS said:

@Techno Universal

Everyone watched with a mix of curiosity as Blood left in a huff. Well, all except for the first mate, who at that point was fuming. He decided to stomp off in the other direction out of sheer frustration. The captain accepted the state of affairs and returned to his table with some of the other passengers who were joining him.

A little colt walked up to Techno as he lounged on the couch. It was Grimclaw's squire.

"Uhm, excuse me sir, His Lordship states that you look bored all alone over here, and extends his invention to join him at his table." The colt said, bowing politely and gesturing to the table where Grim was surrounded by mares and joking while chowing down on large slabs of fried fish.

@BloodDrops

"The captain ordered you to return to your quarters." Kiloton stated, looming over Blood as she left the store room. "Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I was certain your quarters were in hall 3B."

The black and white diamond dog was well spoken, especially for a diamond dog. His intelligence certainly earned him his title as head engineer, but his size certainly didn't hurt either. He retained all the same strengths as his kin along with that learned intellect, making him a dangerous foe in any context. Though, usually he was quiet and soft in his speech. He didn't 'waste words' as he called it.

"Return to your quarters, ma'am." Kiloton stated.

@PuddingPonyPal

Inside the slit cut into the bottom of the mattress were two odd things. The first was another scroll, this one in a dark violet ink that shimmered in the light. It wasn't written in the same language as the scrolls in Lighthorn's luggage, this was some sort of code and written with an entirely different look. All the paper had on it was a bunch of ones with slightly different curved tops and bottoms.

The second item was...

It radiated with something oppressive, just looking at it gave a feeling of dread and wrenched the gut. It was some sort of stone disk, or at least half of one. It had been broken in half, the edges where it had been snapped well defined. There shouldn't be any problem connecting the other half should it have been found, if doing such a thing was a good idea to begin with...

The heavy paw steps from the diamond dog from before returned, stopping in the room adjacent the the one Mehndi found herself in. Kiloton was talking to someone, but it was difficult to discern what they were saying.

Techno then looked over at the table and his face lit up...

TU: Now I'm really getting into the mood for snuggles!

Techno then flew over to Grimclaw to then sit next to him Apand wrap his cape around Grimclaw...

TU: Ahh it's you again my awesome! Anyways I'm just getting into a bit of a snuggly mood so hopefully you don't mind that! Anyways imagine if you had a massive cape of your own design that had magical properties!

BloodDrops · November 18, 2017

1 hour ago, GoldieS said:

"The captain ordered you to return to your quarters." Kiloton stated, looming over Blood as she left the store room. "Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I was certain your quarters were in hall 3B."

The black and white diamond dog was well spoken, especially for a diamond dog. His intelligence certainly earned him his title as head engineer, but his size certainly didn't hurt either. He retained all the same strengths as his kin along with that learned intellect, making him a dangerous foe in any context. Though, usually he was quiet and soft in his speech. He didn't 'waste words' as he called it.

"Return to your quarters, ma'am." Kiloton stated.

Blood snorted and rolled her eyes, she didn't find that very intimidating. "he said relax actually. Cleaning is relaxing, you should clean up after yourself, this room is a complete mess, took me over a minute to find my cleaning cloth" she remarked before rubbing her centrifuge again, it still wasn't clean enough. "Anyway I can't polish any of my equipment in my quarters anymore, not since I got several complaints either" I remarked to the diamond dog.

"I think I shall only be another half a hour before I'm finished up here, then I can leave you to tidy up my mess and the mess in Lighthorns room, it is a state that room, that deer must not have liked cleaning. Unless you already cleaned up his room, you did take your time after me and techno left earlier, find anything interesting?." I added my eyes glowing faintly redder.

"I might need to enter there at a later date to bring his belongings he had on him when he died." I add with a smirk. I glance at Lighthorns room and frown smelling something non deer coming from the room, I didn't press the issue though.

Edited November 18, 2017 by BloodDrops

GoldieS · November 20, 2017

Grim was not at all pleased to have Techno join him on his side of the booth, especially as a mare sat on either side of him. As Techno moved to sit next to him, the griffon gave him a stern look, before shoving the pony off the seat and onto the floor. The little colt smacked his head in dismay as Grim pointed to the opposite side of the table, which was empty.

"No offense, but I didn't invite you over for a tender moment..." Grimclaw stated sarcastically.

After giving a sigh, still looking at Techno sternly while he gestured to the other side of the table, he leaned back and wrapped his wings around the two mares on either side of him.

"Now, what's all this talk about death and murder? Don't like being left out of the loop! Makes me look the fool..." He stated.

"No." Kiloton stated bluntly, though to which question in particular wasn't clear. Then again, perhaps to all of them? Again, he wasn't usually much for words.

The diamond dog stepped forward, pushing past Blood and into the storeroom to stand in front of her precious centrifuge. Of course he had seen her fawn over it... she wasn't exactly subtle about it. With his dirty paws, the palm of his right one coated in black engine oil over his fur, grabbed her centrifuge and examined it.

"Regardless of the cause of death, the room is a crime scene. No one will enter but the authorities, for any reason." He stated in his soft quiet voice.

There was no one else in the hallway at the moment. Everyone else was too busy on the upper deck having lunch to be wandering about at the moment. Parts of the storm were still causing a little bit of turbulence. Kiloton continued to fondle the device with his dirty grubby paws without any regard to how dirty it was making her centrifuge. He seamed fairly interested in it, giving the object a scrutinizing eye while pawing at some of the panels and covers.

"What's the point of this thing?" He asked curiously.

Techno Universal · November 20, 2017

17 minutes ago, GoldieS said:

@Techno Universal

Grim was not at all pleased to have Techno join him on his side of the booth, especially as a mare sat on either side of him. As Techno moved to sit next to him, the griffon gave him a stern look, before shoving the pony off the seat and onto the floor. The little colt smacked his head in dismay as Grim pointed to the opposite side of the table, which was empty.

"No offense, but I didn't invite you over for a tender moment..." Grimclaw stated sarcastically.

After giving a sigh, still looking at Techno sternly while he gestured to the other side of the table, he leaned back and wrapped his wings around the two mares on either side of him.

"Now, what's all this talk about death and murder? Don't like being left out of the loop! Makes me look the fool..." He stated.

@BloodDrops

"No." Kiloton stated bluntly, though to which question in particular wasn't clear. Then again, perhaps to all of them? Again, he wasn't usually much for words.

The diamond dog stepped forward, pushing past Blood and into the storeroom to stand in front of her precious centrifuge. Of course he had seen her fawn over it... she wasn't exactly subtle about it. With his dirty paws, the palm of his right one coated in black engine oil over his fur, grabbed her centrifuge and examined it.

"Regardless of the cause of death, the room is a crime scene. No one will enter but the authorities, for any reason." He stated in his soft quiet voice.

There was no one else in the hallway at the moment. Everyone else was too busy on the upper deck having lunch to be wandering about at the moment. Parts of the storm were still causing a little bit of turbulence. Kiloton continued to fondle the device with his dirty grubby paws without any regard to how dirty it was making her centrifuge. He seamed fairly interested in it, giving the object a scrutinizing eye while pawing at some of the panels and covers.

"What's the point of this thing?" He asked curiously.

Techno ended up hitting his head extremely hard on the floor but the moment he hit his head he then teleported into the seat Grim was pointing out and Techno couldn't remember anything from what happened then so he just moved on and acted normally...

TU: Okay I believe I was always over here. Though really Grim wouldn't be amazing to have a cape like mine that was huge with magical properties?

BloodDrops · November 20, 2017

8 hours ago, GoldieS said:

"No." Kiloton stated bluntly, though to which question in particular wasn't clear. Then again, perhaps to all of them? Again, he wasn't usually much for words.

The diamond dog stepped forward, pushing past Blood and into the storeroom to stand in front of her precious centrifuge. Of course he had seen her fawn over it... she wasn't exactly subtle about it. With his dirty paws, the palm of his right one coated in black engine oil over his fur, grabbed her centrifuge and examined it.

"Regardless of the cause of death, the room is a crime scene. No one will enter but the authorities, for any reason." He stated in his soft quiet voice.

There was no one else in the hallway at the moment. Everyone else was too busy on the upper deck having lunch to be wandering about at the moment. Parts of the storm were still causing a little bit of turbulence. Kiloton continued to fondle the device with his dirty grubby paws without any regard to how dirty it was making her centrifuge. He seamed fairly interested in it, giving the object a scrutinizing eye while pawing at some of the panels and covers.

"What's the point of this thing?" He asked curiously.

"HEY!!" Blood growled as the diamond dog pushed past her, knocking her flank into the wall, she cut herself on the steel that lined the walls. "What's your problem" she growled at him her eyes glowing red, she was mad from the random push and being cut as a result. She moved back in front of the storeroom and glared at him, now pawing over her centrifuge with his dirty paws, she was above angry. She was furious.

"GET YOUR MUDDY PAWS OFF THAT, GIVE IT HERE" I fumed glaring at him, "I JUST CLEANED THAT, YOU CANT GO TOUCHING OTHERS STUFF" I hissed at him, she really really really lost it as he puled at a panel causing the lid to fall off and all the glass tubes to fall out.

Her left eye started to twitch, she was going to either have a breakdown or completely lose it.

GoldieS · November 21, 2017

"Mhmm..." Grim replied skeptically, raising a brow to Techno. He clearly didn't believe Techno, especially given how he spoke about it...

"I don't need magic to defeat my enemies. Nor do I need some frilly cape to help me along. My gear is traditional and ornamental. Fighting is entirely based on skill for a Griffon Knight." The large bird replied as a matter of factly, and a little boastfully. "Now, you still didn't answer my question... what's going on? What's all this about murder and death?"

While he clearly wasn't interested in Techno's 'snugling', he was more than accepting of the two mares on either side of him.

Kiloton shrugged apologetically, still holding onto the machine.

"Ugh, wretched beast... return her device at once! I have no patience for your kinds behaviors, and I must speak with the doctor here."

Someone stepped behind Blood in the hallway, looking over her as the creature stood much taller than the average pony. It was the other undead passenger of the ship. Well, that's if you didn't consider the Vampire to be undead. The skeletal zombie had been fairly quiet among the other passengers, the creature consisting of nothing but bone, a product purely of magic rather than science or alchemy.

Kiloton gave them both an apologetic look before handing over the centrifuge. It was... quite dirty, not to mention some of the tubes were spilled out onto the floor. The dog moved past the two quickly and made his way down the hall towards the rear of the ship.

"Sorry to trouble you miss. I was wondering if you happened to have any samples of fresh blood. Someone broke into My Lady's room last night at dinner time and stole her supply..." The skeleton grumbled something under his breath at that. "I shall more than happily pay any fees you believe to be reasonable."

Techno Universal · November 21, 2017

2 hours ago, GoldieS said:

@Techno Universal

"Mhmm..." Grim replied skeptically, raising a brow to Techno. He clearly didn't believe Techno, especially given how he spoke about it...

"I don't need magic to defeat my enemies. Nor do I need some frilly cape to help me along. My gear is traditional and ornamental. Fighting is entirely based on skill for a Griffon Knight." The large bird replied as a matter of factly, and a little boastfully. "Now, you still didn't answer my question... what's going on? What's all this about murder and death?"

While he clearly wasn't interested in Techno's 'snugling', he was more than accepting of the two mares on either side of him.

@BloodDrops

Kiloton shrugged apologetically, still holding onto the machine.

"Ugh, wretched beast... return her device at once! I have no patience for your kinds behaviors, and I must speak with the doctor here."

Someone stepped behind Blood in the hallway, looking over her as the creature stood much taller than the average pony. It was the other undead passenger of the ship. Well, that's if you didn't consider the Vampire to be undead. The skeletal zombie had been fairly quiet among the other passengers, the creature consisting of nothing but bone, a product purely of magic rather than science or alchemy.

Kiloton gave them both an apologetic look before handing over the centrifuge. It was... quite dirty, not to mention some of the tubes were spilled out onto the floor. The dog moved past the two quickly and made his way down the hall towards the rear of the ship.

"Sorry to trouble you miss. I was wondering if you happened to have any samples of fresh blood. Someone broke into My Lady's room last night at dinner time and stole her supply..." The skeleton grumbled something under his breath at that. "I shall more than happily pay any fees you believe to be reasonable."

TU: Well really I've been looking into the case of the killer and apparently they likely stole a magical artefact of great power during the murder. It's just they could be trying to take down this ship or worse with that artefact. Though maybe you just don't want to snuggle with me as logically it might be a bit too gay in your perspective.

BloodDrops · November 21, 2017

11 hours ago, GoldieS said:

Kiloton shrugged apologetically, still holding onto the machine.

"Ugh, wretched beast... return her device at once! I have no patience for your kinds behaviors, and I must speak with the doctor here."

Someone stepped behind Blood in the hallway, looking over her as the creature stood much taller than the average pony. It was the other undead passenger of the ship. Well, that's if you didn't consider the Vampire to be undead. The skeletal zombie had been fairly quiet among the other passengers, the creature consisting of nothing but bone, a product purely of magic rather than science or alchemy.

Kiloton gave them both an apologetic look before handing over the centrifuge. It was... quite dirty, not to mention some of the tubes were spilled out onto the floor. The dog moved past the two quickly and made his way down the hall towards the rear of the ship.

"Sorry to trouble you miss. I was wondering if you happened to have any samples of fresh blood. Someone broke into My Lady's room last night at dinner time and stole her supply..." The skeleton grumbled something under his breath at that. "I shall more than happily pay any fees you believe to be reasonable."

Blood blinked at Kiloton and grabbed the machine off him when he handled it over, before picking up the glass tubes that were thankfully not broken. reinserted them and then closed the device, she was going to be screaming at the captain and first mate later for this. Then will show them her centrifuged, if it was damaged she would be very angry indeed. She then blinked at the newcomers request.

"Hmm, I might do, Though the vampire would probably have better samples. Though mine are very fresh indeed" I remarked, before asking the skeleton to wait there for several moments. I moved back into the unlocked storeroom since Kiloton hadn't locked it in his hasty retreat. She went into the back where there was a large locked case and unlocked it, before taking several vials and filling them up from the contents. She generally kept raw meat in here, though raw meat had fresh blood oozing out from it, she picked up one of the portions, a nice leg joint. She would be booze eating after Kiloton's behaviour besides she was also hungry not quite finishing dinner .Then re-locked the case and left.

She trotted out and blinked at the Skeleton "here you are, please return the flasks when your done" I remarked giving him a few blood samples, that were rather fresh. I then start to nibble on the leg joint.

You come out of that room now, you will see a zombie eating a leg joint and a skeleton drinking blood

GoldieS · November 23, 2017

(OOC: Sorry for short post! Crazy week, you know how it goes...)

The griffon glared at Techno. He was not at all pleased, folding his wings back to his side and leaving the mare's uncovered. Grim blushed a little, quite unsure how he was supposed to take the comment.

"Wha-" Grim replied, grumbling as he rubbed his forehead. "Never mind... so someone's up here trying to take down the ship? And... ah, have you even told the captain any of this!? If there's someone trying to kill us all, everyone should know! Why, the entire ship should be on lockdown!"

Grim was in a tizzy over it now, the white feathers of his head puffed out. Both claws he slammed on the table for emphasis.