After leaving my room, I search for and speak to Maria publicly.
“Hey, are you doing alright? Isn’t all this a bit scary?”
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I’d like to investigate Hachijou’s office too.
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A player moved: @ghagler has also joined Hachijo’s office!
A-aaand another one! Man, this room is getting crowded! ^^;;
Clarification On Personal Belongings
Guests are allowed to define their own personal belongings if they so desire. Please PM me if you want to do so. I meant to note that, sorry if this has caused any problems for your investigation.
@EisenKoubu
Unfortunately, Maria isn’t in the list of available NPCs.
You did… trigger something though. You’ll receive another PM shortly.
To everybody wondering when I’ll respond to your moves: Soon! Lots of stuff happens through PMs, so it can be a while to appropriately craft responses.
I’ll make another post once I’ve caught up with everyone’s moves!
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I’d like to investigate the Grass patch to the southwest.
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Rosa has left the breakfast room and began walking upstairs.
Rosa has returned, with Maria!
Maria is now an available NPC to speak with.
EDIT: At this point, I believe I’ve responded to everybody’s movements so far. If you’re still awaiting a response from me, let me know!
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I publicly investigate Karifean’s room.
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@StarTurner investigated the forest to the west, straight from his investigation of the grass patch to the southwest.
With my last investigation point, I publicly investigate the attic.
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I decide to investigate Hachijo’s room.
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I go to Battler’s room to investigate it
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I would also like to investigate the attic.
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Alright everybody! This investigation is taking quite a while, so I’ll be ending it within 24 hours. (2016-04-16 at 00:00 PST (UTC-8).) Though I may end it earlier if everybody is alright with that.
I will also set hard time limits on the other investigations, as I’d like to keep this from dragging out too long. :)
At the moment, I still have to respond to a PM or two, and update the log post.
Sorry to everybody who has been waiting patiently, but hopefully this approach will speed things along moving forward.
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This first round of investigations is closed now, so let’s begin the discussion! @Bowiie, @HeliosAlpha, @Karifean, @ctom42, @RedEspeon, @tanasinn, @ghagler, @EisenKoubu, @StarTurner, @Aulin, @Funyarinpa, and @Pepe, welcome back!
Discussions will close in two days. (2016-04-18 00:00 PST (UTC-8).)
Chapter 1-1 Discussions
Shannon has set out breakfast for each of the guests who are likely quite hungry. There’s room for everybody at the table.
Once everyone has completed their breakfast (Maria looked especially pleased with hers), Battler decides to open the discussion.
【Battler】「So… has anybody found anything?」
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「Afraid not, Battler-kun. Last night, after calming down of course, I wondered how Hachijou-sensei could’ve gotten into that tree, so that’s what I looked at. However, I can’t think of any reasonable explanation for it. Sensei would either have needed to climb it or make a rather impressive leap out of the office window.」
「The forest to the east didn’t yield much either. There’s a gazebo, and it looked like Sensei might have planned something like a surprise barbecue.」
「Do you know anything about that Sa-chan?」(Addressing Shannon)
Can someone who investigated the tree tell us if there was anything of interest in the tree? Blood marks, anything weird about the branches or leaves?
After a short absence, Pepe returns to the dining room to await the other visitors, lighting his pipe to relax a bit
"sigh What a world we live in, where a meager celebration would turn into a murder. Old as I am, my bones no longer seem up to the task of walking around this vast mantion, finding clues as a detective would.
However, I would like to get into the heart of this incident. Who exactly was Hachijou, how did she live, who were her friends, and who were her enemies? With this in mind, I feel I would gladly appreciate the help of a trustworthy ally, one that would help discover the face of this crime, while I search deep into the heart.
Hachijou was a good woman, and near and dear to my son Battler. Seeing him as he is after her death is just too much for a father to bear, and I resolve to find out who is responsible for this. THIS I SWEAR ON MY DEATHBED!",
Pepe declares as he strikes his cane on the hardwood floor with gusto.
tl;dr I am willing to form an alliance, preferable with one of the characters that have been close to either Battler or Maria in the past. One that would be willing to figure out what happened, while I try to figure out why it happened. Naturally, with these two pieces, I believe the who of the matter will show itself in due time. Naturally, being Battler’s father and Maria’s honorary grandpapa, I wouldn’t be too inclined to people who are quick to suspect them of murder.
(copypasted from the post when I jumped the gun :x)
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I am willing to make an alliance. I will find out the murderer for the sake of Battler, and for Hachijo-sama herself.
Perhaps, this is Hachijo-sama’s final challenge to her readers.
“Ah yes, Funyarinpa! It’s been a while since you last paid Battler a visit, hasn’t it? But, as his friend, I’m sure you care for him and his sentiments towards Hachijou as much as I do. Consider your offer accepted.”
“Now then, it has come to my attention that a certain @Bowiie had paid our dear Hachijo a visit late yesterday afternoon. Would you, pray tell, let us know what it is you had discussed with her? Considering the timing of your discussion, you may have been the second-to-the-last person to hear her speak. Of course, under the assumption that you are innocent.”
I’m allowed to freely talk with players now, aren’t I? Pressure’s on you, bowiie boy 
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「I did not find anything really special at all, just somepapers in her office, and some e-mails, it’d be good if some of you told us about what you found on the crime scene, perhaps some marks about how was Hachijo’s corpse moved? 」