Question 1

The last dinner

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦The manor's great hall: a table set for twelve, candles in silver candelabra, the storm howling beyond the windows. Seven people at dinner keep up polite conversation a little too carefully. The hostess rises with her glass, and the talk dies.✦
Evelyn Blackwill: ✦sweeps the table with her gaze, lingering on each guest✦ My thanks to everyone who reached Blackwillow before the road was buried....

Question 2

A body in the library

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GM: ✦Three in the morning. Clara's scream wakes the whole house. In the library, amid scattered papers, lies the master of the study — and he will not be needing tomorrow's reading. The door was locked from inside. The key is in the lock. The window is sealed for winter. The butler, candle in hand, arrives right after you.✦
Graves: ✦sets down the candle; his face shows nothing, but his voice is a...

Question 3

The greenhouse secret

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦The manor greenhouse — the only warm, living place in the storm-besieged house. Steam beads on the glass; beyond it, everything is white. Among the orchids, her back to you, stands Clara — and her shoulders say she has been crying. At your footsteps she flinches, but does not flee.✦
Clara: ✦without turning, very quietly✦ I knew someone would find me here. I only hoped it would be you, and not...