sakazuki | (no subject)

SO what are sparrow's plans, now that the murder has been discovered?

cut will probably try to figure out where the will is first, talk to dee if he can

the will is at the top of the list, along with trying to steer people away from the murder scene! at least until either she or cut can search it for the will.

cut's just kind of worried to look around for it, in case someone might walk in and ask what he's doing

but he certainly will get people to avoid going to the garden with the 'leave this to the police, we're going to contaminate the evidence' and all that

what if she suggests they go to "guard" the room and one of them searches while the other is on watch?

they can certainly try that! they can try his office or bedroom first, since those are the most obvious areas.

they can try to guard it from the "murderer" or something? they need a reason to guard it

that would be the idea, yep! can't let the murderer have a chance to contaminate the crime scene, after all!

[ once they reach the bedroom... ]

We'll give it a quick search, but be careful. We don't want to leave clues.

[ Nod. ]

Yeah, keep your ears open too, just in case someone comes by and asks what we're doing.

I haven't been to this house before, we can use the "we got turned around" excuse.

[ slides her sleeve down over her hand to open the door and slip inside ]

Focus on the drawers, that's usually the spot.

Sounds good, then.

Check his bookshelves. It might be hidden behind a book or secret safe.

[ But checking every drawer now! ]

[ carefully checking the bookshelves! ]

[The bookshelf is packed with novels of every genre, but mostly fantasy or cheesy romance. There's too many to check each one, but you don't see anything immediately unusual.]

[ ...phil graves, you really should have invested in better books than Harlequin romances ]

Help me look these over when you're done, would you? See if anything is wedged between them.

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[ Hey, you can't blame him if he loves romance. ]

Yeah, sure.

[ Coming over to check in between the books! ]

[Nothing, nothing...oh wait, there's some folded up notes here and there! They're old, written in crayon, and most of them are just children's drawings.

Weird.]

[ ... Well, that's kind of depressing, but just... just going to shove those back in and pretend that he didn't see them... ]

[ Don't give me feels for a character we've never even seen. ]

[The bedroom contains a king-size four-poster bed, all rich mahogany and silk sheets, a chaise lounge, a large dresser, a ceiling high bookshelf, a window seat, and a walk-in closet. There are several paintings on the walls.

The drawers are full of clothes! Everything is very nice quality, but you don't see anything out of the ordinary here.]

[ Quickly checking if there's anything in between clothes or folded around things, without pulling them out or creating any mess. ]

[ If nothing, then he'll check the paintings and see if there's anything behind them. ]

[You're unable to find anything weird in the drawers.

Most of the paintings are normal, but behind one of them there's a safe! It looks pretty dang secure.]

[ Putting down the painting and shouting over to Sparrow's direction. ]

Hey, there's a safe behind here!

[ GOT THE INFO FROM DEE on where she thinks the will is hidden, so to the office! ]

Dee said that the will's in the desk's drawer, and that there's a trick to opening it.

Did she tell you how to open it?

[ quietly slipping in and approaching the desk ]

Yeah, so it should work.

[ Heading to the desk and trying to find the right locked drawer. If he has it, then he'll try the trick Dee told him! ]

[ eagerly awaiting the results of the attempt...! ]

[In the bottom drawer you find the hidden compartment. It's very good; if you hadn't known where to look you surely would have missed it.

And inside...a sealed envelope with no writing on it.]

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[ Picking it up. ]

No writing, huh? Let's give it an open.

[ Going to open it up! Unless Sparrow has an objection. ]

Careful, don't damage the seal.

[ A nod. He will try his best...!! ]

[You're careful, but it's impossible to leave the seal intact when opening the envelope, and it breaks.

There are three things inside: One is an aged, folded notebook page with Dee's name on it. The second is a new letter, addressed to Angela.]

The third is Phil's will.]

Jackpot! We got the will!

[ Handing that over to Sparrow, since she can use it, and quickly reading the notebook page and letter, seeing what it's about. ]

[ her eyes light up and she starts scanning the will for the details - who Phil planned on leaving this estate to, the words. ]

We'll need to fix the seal somehow...

Can't we just burn the envelope and the seal? We can pretend that the will wasn't put in one.

That doesn't sound like him, and besides that, if it's not sealed, someone will suspect we tampered with it.

Then we should try to find another envelope, wax, and his seal. We can try to make a new one.

Good plan. There should be more wax and his seal somewhere on the desk.

Yeah, let's just look around and get to work.

[ Searching the other drawers! ]

[Before you can do find anything else, you hear footsteps rapidly approaching! You have one comment each to figure out what to do before they come bursting in.]

[ with the old will freshly swallowed (and leaving a weird taste in her mouth, thanks ink) and the new will placed in the envelope with the notebook and letter to Angela, the duo start out the door to go show the others their ~incredible discovery~ ooooooooo ]

Phil had good taste in charities, huh?

[ said like she didn't just swallow several pages in rapid succession ]

[ i'm going to eat the old will, stuffing it into her mouth and swallowing everything she can while arranging the new will with the letters in the envelope ]

[The will states that all of Phil's shares in his company are to be liquidated and turned over to various charities. Phil's personal accounts are to be split evenly between his children. Layne gets to keep the car and some jewelry.]

[ Looking over it. ]

Think you can forge this to put our names in it?

Edit that one? Definitely not.

[ PULLING A FAKE WILL OUT OF HER SUIT ]

But we can replace it with this one!

Even better.

Keep a part to charity, since I have to give a letter to Angela about it, but mostly to us.

Done and done.

[Angela's letter thanks her for being a confidante and requests that she do her best to explain to her father why Phil left his money to charity instead of to his business partner. Angela has the same soft heart as Phil, so she should be able to make Roger understand. And also would she please hurry up and marry Fin already? Stop lying to yourself, girl, you two are perfect together.

The notebook page is a forty year old love letter. It's sweet and sincere and you feel kind of weird and invasive reading it.]