some sunny day

[sticksandbomesmods]

Its the early morning, the sun has been up for about an hour or two with the quiet stirring of the Grove. The town slowly wakes up, and goes about their morning...

There is a smell in the halls of the Inn. Subtle in the early hours, but as the sun rises higher in the sky, it becomes difficult to ignore. Pungent and sharp. It's the smell of warm milk on the cusp of growing sour.

Under one of the doors a bright, almost pearlescent substance, that has started to leak out.


Uncovered Clues:

1. Unlocked door.
2. Signs of light scuffling
3. Upended box of pastries
4. Stabbed in the heart, likely died instantly
5. Wound is small with no exit wound.
6. Window is Adjacent to Body
7. Dipper's blood is two different colors, red and pearlescent white. The pearl blood seems older. The red blood comes straight from the wound.
8. body is cold and has been dead some time.
9. Noise at 10-11 pm
10. Dipper left a note for his uncles he was meeting a friend.
11. KNIFE

Comments

[eidxiety]

I see. [Ain gets it, he's also Not A Human Person.] Should we get away from him? Is it dangerous for non..."Sleepers" to be here?

[Will Dipper explode—]

And I don't think people always come back. I think we should operate under the assumption that people won't, rather than hoping falsely that they will.

[With a look to the grunkles:]

Sorry.

[theuniverseleads]

... Maybe not! [sighs, so much for trying to keep things positive] But would anyone here want to kill Dipper? It's a small group, and he doesn't seem the type to make enemies. He has people who care about him, and if there's a chance he'd come back anyway, why cause so much drama? Unless there's something missing, or something they'd stand to gain from killing him for awhile...

It came in through the window, right? Whatever happened here, it's probably just something that the forest sent. Maybe the inn isn't safe anymore.

[alphacraft]

Does the forest often send creatures with opposable thumbs? I wasn't especially under the impression that the inn was safe from anything that can turn a knob.

[ Now that the window mystery has been solved, she's sort of shuffling towards the door. 4 people are already too many for this room, and the Pines are in a much better position to investigate whatever strangeness is here than she is. ]