||OLD|| -FINGER PAINTINGS- (An II2 Story)

17: Bodies

Balloon made his way back to his room, checking around corners carefully, he didn't want to die. He opened the door to his room and walked inside, shutting it behind him. The room was empty, Suitcase must have still been asking Paintbrush questions. "Hopefully shes okay.." Balloon mumbled.

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Suitcase walked to OJ's office, she needed to figure something out before going back to Balloon's room. She opened the door carefully, and looked around. "Mr.OJ? Are you in here?" she asked. "I'm in here! Come in!" OJ called out. She walked inside and OJ was walking out of a storage closet, he was putting away some old things. "What do you need?" OJ asked Suitcase. "Its about the bodies, they mysteriously disappeared and I don't think the murderer has anything to do with them, do you know where they are?" She asked. OJ paused, "I do, I don't normally go back there unless I'm putting another there so nobody has to see it." OJ said slowly. "Could you take me there?! Or atleast tell me where to go so I can bring Balloon?" She asked. OJ nodded and gave her the directions to the corpses. They were hidden in the top floor, it was restricted to everyone for a long time for some reason. What else could be up there? "Thank you Mr.Oj! This should help a lot!" Suitcase said, then quickly headed to Balloon's room.

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Balloon was trying to connect everything, but it wasn't making sense. There was Trophy and Knife, who connected to Paintbrush, but then there was Test Tube. There was no clear answer who would kill her. Suddenly, the door burst open. "Balloon, drop everything! We've got evidence!" Suitcase said. Balloon yelped in fear, "Come on!" She said, then left the room. Balloon put everything away as quickly as he could, leaving it a mess, and following close after Suitcase.

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"Suitcase where are we going? We shouldn't be up here!" Balloon said, messing with his fingers. "We'll be fine, Mr.OJ said we could be up here! Plus, all the evidence is up here!" Suitcase said. They were waiting in an elevator, it was the highest floor so it would take longer.

The elevator dinged and the door opened, it was darker on this floor, more menacing. Balloon shivered and scooted more to Suitcase's side. Suitcase began to walk forward, knowing exactly where to go. "Suitcase this place doesn't look safe.." Balloon whispered. "We'll be fine, don't worry Balloon!" Suitcase said. "It should be around here somewhere..." She mumbled, then stopped at a door. "Right here. Balloon I never told you what I was going to show you." Suitcase said. "Yeah..?" Balloon was a little scared, he wasn't sure what she was going to show him. "Inside this room are the dead bodies that go missing after each death." Suitcase said. Balloon shivered, "They've just been.. Sitting here??" Balloon asked. "Thats what I think, they should be in here." Suitcase said. "Are you ready?" She asked. Balloon shakily nodded, then opened the door with his eyes closed. Suitcase walked inside and layed her eyes upon the sight. Trophy, Knife, and Test Tube. All in the same room. "Good golly, it stinks in here.." Balloon mumbled, keeping his eyes as far away from the bodies as he could. Suitcase went to the bodies, examining them and checking for anything that could be used as a clue. Anything at this point could help.

On Trophy there were large stains on his body, they were dark. He went missing and was supposedly killed while he was making his morning coffee, so this made sense. He was also missing his left arm, which was strange. It was never recovered. Knife was missing all his limbs, he dropped dead on the dance floor from an unknown cause, so this couldn't have anything to do with the murder. Test Tube's liquid wasn't glowing anymore, despite how dark it was. She was the only one who had every single limb intact. Was the murderer collecting limbs? Why would anyone collect them? And why would they leave Test Tube's limbs alone? Suitcase stared at the bodies for another minute or two before starting to get nauseous. Balloon had left the room early on, he was a bit more squeamish than Suitcase, which made it her job to deal with the bodies and his job to deal with the less talkative suspects. He was always good at calming people down.

Suitcase left the room and shut the door behind her, "Alright, I've got everything I need." She said, "We can go now." Balloon sighed in relief.

They headed back to the elevator, Balloon was trying to get out of the top floor as quickly as possible, it was off limits for reasons unknown, and he didn't want to find out. Suitcase wanted to explore more, but she could do it later, when she needed more clues. "Do you think anyone knows how Knife died? His death wasn't exactly clear." Suitcase said. "Fan told me something, he said that Paintbrush said it was Poison. But they were all freaked out, so there is still a possibility of it not being a murder at all." Balloon explained. "Poison... I'll have to see what I can find the nect time I come up here." Suitcase muttered to herself.

The elevator came to a stop and the door opened, they stepped out together and headed back to Balloon's room to try and piece everything together.

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WORD COUNT: 914

that moment when you've got no clue what to write anymore so you end the chapter on a cliffhanger so you can charge your brain

lmao couldn't be me time to write chapter 18