3 Weeks

ACT 1 : CHAPTER 3

"Who did this?? Who would have.." Lua stuttered in disbelief. Tofu couldn't look.
"HAHA!! I KNEW IT!! I knew someone would be a traitor!! Turns out you guys don't know each other that well after all, huh??" Slinky teased everyone.
"SHUT UP YOU IDIOT!!" Jaden yelled at Slinky as loud as she could.
"Oh wow ahahah aaahahhh I'm so upset now this changes my entire life how could you aaa.." Slinky shook his head. He clearly wasn't affected by Jaden's screaming.
"Hey, guys?" Lua spoke up. "Even though it's hard to believe this right now.. we have to figure out who did it."
"Well it was obviously Jaden!! She's the one screaming over here!" Maya accused her.
"WHAT?? My tone of voice is completely reasonable, since Slinky over here doesn't give a single shit about our DEAD FRIEND!!" Jaden yelled more.
"Jaden is right, but I suggest we look at ACTUAL evidence.." Paradox said quietly, trying to calm down a little. Lua nodded.

Anya was looking at Ghag's body. "It looks like she died from the wound in her neck. It's a big cut all the way around, and was probably put under pressure."
"I'm surprised you aren't throwing up from being so close to a dead body.. jeez.." Lua tensed up his shoulders.
"So was she choked to death? It looks like it." Maya asked.
"That's a good possibility.. Huh? She had something in her pocket!" Anya said, slowly pulling the thing out of her pocket. It was a note.
"Hey gimme that!" Maya snatched it out of her hand. "To Ghag, come to the dining hall at midnight, I need to discuss something important with you. Sincerely, Paradox."
"So it was Paradox..?? But that doesn't make sense! They were dating, right?" Lua scratched his head.
"Yeah, but I mean.. You never know." Maya shrugged.
Jaden went up to the group. "Hey, how's everything going?" She asked.
"Things are going well. We found this note." Anya said, pointing to Maya's hand. Maya gave the note to Jaden for her to read.
"That's weird considering they were dating.." Jaden mumbled.
"Do you think there would be evidence in other parts of the mansion..?" Lua asked the group.
"That's a good question, we could check Para's room!" Anya said, immediately leading them to his room.

They opened the door slowly, and went in.
"Hmm.. I don't think anything's in here-" Lua was interrupted by Anya.
"Why is there a jewelry box in here?" Anya looked inside of it, then turned it over. "...This is Ghag's jewelry box!"
Maya, Lua, and Jaden rushed over to her. Jaden pulled out a knotted up broken necklace.
"This has blood on it. It was probably the weapon, since her neck is all cut up looking." Jaden observed.
Anya pulled out a grey thread of fabric. "This right here. Para was wearing a grey shirt yesterday."
Lua looked in his laundry bin and pulled out a grey shirt with smudged blood and fingerprints all over it. "...It.. It really was him! Look at this!"
Everyone stared at it. Jaden couldn't believe her eyes. Why on earth would someone murder their own significant other?? It just doesn't make sense!
"Let's go look elsewhere. Maybe we'll find more." Anya said.
"Uhh I'm gonna look around in here a bit more, is that ok?" Jaden asked the group.
"..Of course!" Anya said. Then, they walked off.
Jaden looked at the thread, and the shirt. The shade of grey didn't match.
..Huh?? Does this mean..
Jaden immediatley went back to the dining room.

The dining room and the kitchen are connected, so Jaden decided she needed to go look in the kitchen. She didn't know where the other's went off to. Probably Ghag's room.
Jaden looked in the kitchen sink. Nothing was in there but a plate it seemed. Jaden took a closer look at the plate, then lifted it up.
There was a wet pair of pants shoved halfway down the drain. ...Odd..
They seemed to be stuck in there. Maybe there was a trash disposal in the sink? Jaden saw two switches on the wall, and turned on one. And sure enough, there were loud knocking noises in the sink. The pants were stuck.
Jaden looked at the tag on the pants. Size M 8-10.
Wait.. if these pants were the murderer's pants.. that means I should go check Paradox's pants size.
Jaden went back up to Paradox's room. She looked in his closet.
This says... not M 8-10..
Wait..
He must not be the murderer then!