[Fin] Murder in the Mountains (End)

[KungFuCutbug]

"...sure. it wouldn't hurt me, i guess." [The Soul drops their skeleton and reaches over to grab a cookie from Mitsuha.]

[Florien]

Malakhiri has somehow managed to worm their way out of the arm-lock and over to the box of cookies and Mitsuha.

Cookies. Cookies are good. PART OF THE HONORARY EIGHTH CIRCLE! I want some please. Many of them.

[psychedelicate]

"Eek! O...okay... sir..."

Mitsuha hands out a cookie to everyone who asked, and lets Malakhiri take as many as they please.

[Florien]

NOT A SIR! GENDER IS A VILE CONSTRUCT CREATED BY ENEMIES OF THE OLD GODS TO SPITE THEIR GREATNESS! But thanks for the cookies.

Malakhiri grabs exactly the number which anyone would deem "too many cookies" and starts eating them in the corner.

[artsyGeek]

[Kondraki continues to eat the cookie Mitsuha gave, not really caring about Malakhiri's reaction.]

[. .oh hey. A butterfly flies away from the flock. It lands near where Mitsuha is.]

[psychedelicate]

"Ah! R-right! M-my apologies..."

She sees the butterfly land near her. With a timid smile, she reaches a finger out towards it.

[artsyGeek]

[The butterfly doesn't seem to mind Mitsuha - If it were to have a visible face, it'd probably look like it's happy with her.]

[psychedelicate]

Mitsuha giggles. "Hello there," she coos softly.

[artsyGeek]

[It looks at the kid, before moving towards her - Seemingly in interest.]

[psychedelicate]

She holds out her hands – a silent invitation for it to perch itself on them, if it wants to.

[artsyGeek]

[It slowly but surely walks onto Mitsuha's hand, before eventually perching on it.]

[Kondraki seems to have noticed this, but simply smiles from afar-ish.]

[psychedelicate]

Mitsuha looks at the butterfly with wonder and admiration, enjoying this tranquil moment with it.

[TenOfSwords13]

Red stops his writing as he notices the butterfly.

The butterfly… magnificent little creature. A representation of change, of endurance… sometimes of death…

He trails off, fascinated by the insect.

[artsyGeek]

[Noticing Red's mumblings(?) about the butterfly, Konny simply chuckles.]

"Seems like you've a habit of analysing things when bored, huh? It's just a regular old butterfly. Got nothing to do with any of those things - Except maybeeee change, depending on what you mean by it."

[PointMaid]

Ada, back, smiles at this. She also asks for a cookie. And notices the map.

Oh... yeah. I probably should've seen that earlier. No hot tub. But at least there's a kitchen, and having a library and a gym is good...

[Kennifer]

Amy finds some books of interest to her in the library, mostly comedy memoirs or episode guides. And for some reason a couple of those Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books.

If possible she's going to bring them to the main gathering area for now; she wants a bit of a distraction but doesn't want to be alone just yet, especially when she's also trying to do that whole "observe people for suspicious behavior" thing.

[Caret]

Nellie slowly indulges into his cookie. To him, it's not bad at all, but he did have better desserts before. After finishing the cookie, Nellie then notices the mysterious locked door at the end of the main hallway and then proceeds to...

> investigate the mystery door for anything strange about it

[door-kun]

Knuckles is entering the library, and gonna > look for some history books.

[Magolor]

"I doubt that locked door is going to budge, unless we bust it."

Lotus instead walks the opposite way, into the room we know as the "Library," and with the echidna.

>Examine the library for anything non-bookish

[PointMaid]

Ada sits next to Chip (on the armrest of the chair he's sitting in, in fact), and lays out the map. They note the library and the gym for later. The kitchen is also... important. However, they decide to go exploring and > See what's in the closet.

[Florien]

Malakhiri is still eating their too many cookies. Once they finish, they go off to 

>inspect the pantry 

to see if there's more cookies (or better stuff maybe.)

[Weirdguy149]

>Creep up behind Malakhiri.

Freddy wanted some food as well. Good thing his captive was right there too. He was simply standing there. Menacingly.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

After working out, Lloyd heads to the kitchen to find some food, >Something else besides cookies

[TalesofUnder]

(Jean's just taking in the sights, not saying a word. Eventually, they muster the courage to go up to Lloyd.)

Pardon me... but what is your name?

[wingedcatgirl]

> investigate the mystery door for anything strange about it (Nellie)
Well, it's locked. That's strange, in that it's the only locked door in the cabin - well, the bedroom doors can be locked, but none of them actually are just now.

> look for some history books (Knuckles)
He finds a curious scattering of history books from a seemingly random selection of regions. The connection between them completely eludes him.

>Examine the library for anything non-bookish (Lotus)
It's got Knuckles in it.
... And a globe. That's technically not a book.
... That seems to be it.

> See what's in the closet. (Chip+Ada)
It's got blankets and towels, it's got brooms and mops and cleaning supplies, it's got a toolbox full of things like screwdrivers and hex keys.

>inspect the pantry (Malak, Freddy, Lloyd)
The pantry is very well-stocked indeed! There aren't just more cookies, there's also lots of canned foods, from veggies to soup, several boxes of pasta... The list goes on. The group won't be starving to death, that's for sure.