Video - UN: Evening Spider

[araigneedusoir]

[She's been listening and watching more than actively participating as of late, so this is her first real time addressing the network as a whole since she joined up. She's away from the group -- but not far, as evidenced by the layout of Perdition's Rest visible behind her -- and high up, obviously keeping watch.

Someone has to.

It takes her a few seconds to gather her thoughts fully, having been mulling over all the information that's come to light...and various people's opinions on what they should do next. Of course that's not her topic of discussion, at least not yet.]

I know I wasn't the only one looking for answers after the Saloon burned down. I'm curious to know if anyone else found or heard anything interesting.

[She holds up a shard of glass she'd found in her search -- the bowl she'd discovered as well has been left with the Sheriff for safe keeping, all she wanted was a single piece -- balancing it between two of her fingers.]

This is a piece of a glass bowl that I found hidden under the beds in the employee quarters. [Though she spent the entire time in there worried something was going to fall apart on her.] According to the Good Sheriff she found one of these bowls outside the church around the time the late Reverend left to join the Deemers. The glass itself isn't something the Qorral use in their everyday life, which means it potentially has connections to the Taraxa.

[With that she carefully slips the shard of glass into the pouch she'd been keeping it in.]

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TEXT | un: huntsman

[dishearten]

I poked around a bit. apparently a farmhand out quite late spotted someone running out the back door, and only employees, Ms. Poppy and the mayor would have had access to a key.

the missing employees are rather the usual suspects, but I found the mayor a queer mention. why does he have access to the saloon in the first place?

[araigneedusoir]

That is questionable. The only reason I could see him having access to the saloon is if he had some ownership of it, which as the Mayor I can feasibly see.

Though if it's just the Saloon then well that brokers an entirely different set of suspicions.

[dishearten]

the sheriff insisted he couldn't be involved, but it's hard to say with certainty who it might have been. the man I spoke to didn't see a face, just that they left in a great deal of hurry.

VIDEO | un: p.parker

[webdesigned]

( Peter looks a little harried, a little tired. Mostly because he is. been a log couple days, for everyone really. )

I didn't find much. A couple of townsfolk were arguing about whodunnits, but nothing solid. The most disconcerting was the reminder that all the Deemer or at least most of them were a part of town, once.

( maybe that goes without saying but for Pete it's hard to think about. people stolen from their lives and changed so dramatically by the parasite inside them. )

[araigneedusoir]

[She hums slightly, frowning.]

It's unfortunate it yielded nothing solid and while I understand how disconcerting that reminder is--[She trails off, searching for the proper words.]--we were brought here too little too late. All we can do is what we're trying to.

[webdesigned]

Yeah. I wish I had more to offer. There wasn't much to be found in the surrounding area, either, and I had a birds eye view or close to it.

( just don't ask how he manages that plz!!! )

video; un: mccree

[flashbanging]

Well, now. Look at you, playin' detective. You having fun, sweetheart?

[ Is he being a little condescending? A little skeptical? Yeah, maybe. ]

[araigneedusoir]

This isn't supposed to be fun, cowboy.

[Look she's trying and no one on the team has died yet. Give her some credit.]

[flashbanging]

[ yet ]

Dunno 'bout you, but I'm havin' the time of my life.

[ He puffs on the cigar in his mouth, looking unnecessarily smug. ]

text; un. hawkeye

[strictdiscipline]

I didn't find much in the wreckage, but I spoke to the Sheriff regarding Miz Poppy. Apparently a number of her workers disappeared to live with the Deemers in the mountains a year ago, which caused her a good amount of grief. She hasn't acted the same since.

[araigneedusoir]

A year ago? Interesting. A year ago was when the late Reverend left as well. No doubt he had something to do with it...

[strictdiscipline]

Reverend Black?

[Now that's interesting.]

It does lend more credibility to the theory that Miz Poppy is Mother, and the one in charge of the Taraxa on this planet.

audio; un: cardmaster

[fateality]

Well, I didn't really go pokin' a whole lot, but I have to say everyone's findings so far has been... fascinating.

Though it seems like the perpetual question is: where are the Deemers now?

[He sounds mildly amused, as if he has an inside joke he's enjoying privately.]

[araigneedusoir]

That is the million dollar question. I suspect going back to the Junction and venturing further past might bring the answer.

[Or you know, net them a whole not more questions.]

video; un: MANDROID

[friendlykillingmachine]

I found these where the backstage dressing rooms used to be...

[In his robotic hands are several pieces of paper, discolored and badly singed in spots but the neatly handwritten notes are still legible. It's clear where some words and sentences have been underlined or circled for emphasis and where extra notes were written into the margins.]

They're pages of notes detailing personal information about someone, such as likes, dislikes and personality traits. They could just be notes for a stage persona but they seem awfully extensive. The sheriff said she'd found similar notes written in different handwriting.

[araigneedusoir]

Notes for stage persona's usually aren't that detailed, you're right. It seems more like a profile for the hosts so suspicion wouldn't be directed at them.

I'd say that was more likely the case since the Sheriff found similar notes.

video ; un: man of still

[figureitout]

... huh, that's interesting.

[ in the video that pops up, Stiles digs into his backpack, to pull out what seems to be an ordinary journal, waving it in his hand. ]

I found this. It's Miz Poppy's journal... and it's not particularly interesting, actually, but the thing that is is that all the written entries stop about a year ago. And before that she'd been writing pretty obsessively about everything, like, even just the weather, so... [ it definitely means something. ]

hello man of still

[racking]

That's pretty damning.

[ at the least, it means she's a candidate for having been taken over. ]

I don't suppose you have anything concrete on the sheriff?

[araigneedusoir]

Miz Poppy is starting to seem more and more like the Mother's host.

[Or so all the evidence so far is leading back to her...but she's not about to jump right to that being the case.]

video | username: xXx_trueblue_xXx

[competing]

[ lance is nodding along to all of this, cradling his chin as you do when you're Thinking Very Deeply About Stuff. ]

Nice, nice... Sharing all this info's great — thanks for taking the initiative, babe. [ cue wink right hurrr.

WAIT DON'T GO YET he actually has something important to add! maybe. ]

The beautiful and talented Shuyi and I [ is he talking about just shuyi or is he including himself in the beautiful and talented umbrella WHO KNOWS ] decided to do some investigating of our own after the fire. Most of the people we talked to didn't really have much to say, but a regular of the saloon swears by her favorite rum that there was some new worker the night before the fire. Considering the boss of the place is long gone, it's a little suspect there'd be someone new working, don't you think?

[araigneedusoir]

[Her lip twitches in agitation at the 'babe' comment but despite her sudden urge to shut the feed off she actually doesn't. Everyone gets their chance to offer something to her now rather large collection of evidence.

Oh.

An eyebrow goes up at the mention of the new employee and she traces it back to an earlier comment about the mystery person fleeing the Saloon. Perhaps it's the same person.

She let's out a thoughtful hum.]

I do. Which leads me to believe that perhaps the person seen fleeing the Saloon may be the same.

video | un: Princess

[assent]

I had to ask for help to compare what I could see with what was in the building beforehand, however I did find suspicious footprints scorched into the floor. From what I could see, the substance forming the prints was similar to oil.

[ She keeps her voice rather flat, going through the information from notes she has now. ]

The footprints measured approximately 26cm. It is difficult for me to say whose they may be as I just arrived, but I hope it will make sense to someone else?

[ Her hands move to clasp together awkwardly. ]

I should also add that the footprints went out the back through the stage area.

[araigneedusoir]

[Another point to add to the mystery man the Farmhand saw. She thinks it's rather unfortunate that the farmhand was unable to see his face. If their fortunate maybe someone will have information about it.

Until then, there's a nice timeline here.]

Well, it seems you discovered the last piece of one puzzle.

video; username: baaaan

[perma_banned]

I'm no good with puzzles. What d'ya think the glass bowl is for?

[araigneedusoir]

Some kind of temporary habitat the Taraxa can live in before they're assigned their hosts.

[She leans back against the wall behind her as she speaks, letting out a sigh.]