Murder He Wrote Plotting

[ukase]

 So, as it might seem obvious, Rumlow has killed again, as seen here here. From his end, he did this to investigate the notion that death is not permanent in this place, since he has been told by two people now but unwilling to believe it until he verifies it himself. He, of course, has been bored the last month skulking around the hotel and the network since there was an internal cast call for his head or at least to keep him contained.

Now that he has made a killing public for the entire hotel to see, I figured it was time for a plotting post so that everyone can get involved with the possibility of catching him or killing him, whichever people actually want or what their character would do if encountering him. Some notes on Rumlow himself that may be important to players: he's a professional, highly dangerous, and he basically sets up scenes or hides bodies for a living. He's an excellent actor, military background trained and is a potentially high-ranked member of HYDRA, which is one of the main villainous organizations in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If he feels it is to his benefit or amusement, he will kill a character without hesitation. His morality is generally faced towards advancing his cause and survival.

That aside, there are some points about the body and the situation in which he worked that will hopefully lead characters after him if they choose to get involved.

• Coraline screamed at the bottom of the stairs at approximately 10-11 pm. The killing took about 2-5 minutes and the body immediately removed. No evidence at the bottom of the stairs aside from maybe scuffing on the carpet.
• The body was posed in the breakfast area around 4-5 am. He would not be seen doing this, and he picked this time because it was the one least likely to have people moving around.
• From the video post, it would be obvious that she was strangled with some kind of thin rope, and it was a struggle.
• Also from the post, she was strangled by someone much, much stronger than she was as evidence by the fact that her eyes are bloodshot.
• The note was still present at the breakfast table where she was posted and it was hand written and not hurried. It can be assumed it was either pre-written or the person had time afterwards (which is true).
• Someone is free to have seen a guy matching Rumlow's description briefly with what looked like a white sheet tucked into a back pocket before he slipped off to skulk more in the hotel. This sheet was actually a pillow case to blind Coraline.
• Coraline's room key was taken and her room was sifted through but nothing apparent was taken. Those who knew her well or knew what she had in her room well would notice that her candy is missing. Nothing else. The room key was left on the floor just inside of it (and no it wasn't closed).

People are free to plot and discuss things between themselves. The MCU cast is free to suspect Rumlow, given his history already in the game, and it's up to them if they would let others know about these suspicions. I have no problem with Rumlow getting caught and no problem him being punished for this. I am hoping that this kind of event would bring casts together and working together, especially with the added fun that death is not eternal in this place, so how does a group of people deal with someone who can and will kill them as it suits him as he moves to try to convert them to his cause.

Anyway, any questions or plotting, let's get it in the comments! I will answer what I can, but responses to that will be slow today as I'm travelling.

Comments

[deadlystar]

Gamora could kill him if you wanted. o.ov I'm up for helping out with this awesomeness somehow/getting involved. She wouldn't hesitate so if they got into a fight it would be a real throwdown. lol.

[avengeme]

I'll likely just be handwaving Coulson trying to coordinate a better search effort through the network. Handwaving because this month is looking a bit hectic for me. He definitely won't be on the front lines of the search and take down.

[youcantransform]

I definitely want to get Harry in on this because - well, he mad, and blames himself because he ordered his bros to step back and let SHIELD take care of their own business and also because he has a track record for misappropriating personal responsibility. He's already suspicious of Rumlow since discussing him with Coulson.

He'll help with investigation and If they so much as get to a 65% 'we're pretty sure this is the guy' (given he's already got one confirmed kill anyway) I'm offering him to take care of business, and he'd probably grab Eggsy for backup. And 'taking care of business' for him would be getting Rumlow held still for long enough to displace a few vertebrae and incapacitate him without killing him. Which I can see not being a lot of fun to play so. yeah let's talk about that. :x

[ingrantitude]

Ward should try and take care of business and fail.

Because his life is fail

So he can come back and prove he was a better villain then a hero

[una_persson]

I'm happy to involve Una somehow—she can be a witness if desired, or be available for punching/apprehending.

[villainously]

Hook clearly started the call that something be done and I'm willing for him to do whatever is needed! I don't think he makes sense for a witness at this point but he will go around asking people for information or maybe is with Emma as she does it (since she's the sheriff and everything!)

As far as punishments go it might be interesting for them to vote it out icly but I guess my suggestion would be room arrest, maybe? just on an ooc front.

[starspangled]

Steve is out for a canon update until this weekend, and will need someone to update him on what happened! Rumlow will be top of the list of his suspects - really, none of this started happening until he showed up. He'll be looking for him with team or without, and if captured, would be fine with voting for Rumlow's death. But if there's a chance that he could get away from them (his body vanishing, reappearing elsewhere in the hotel) he would vote for room arrest.

In his room. Because not just anyone could handle this guy, and giving Rumlow a hard time sounds like a pretty good way of passing the time to Steve.

General food for thought...

[triplett]

The hotel has some pretty skilled individuals, powered and otherwise. If Rogers, Barnes, Romanoff and Gamora corner Brumlow then it's a done deal. Harry and Eggsy could definitely aid in cornering Rumlow but without weapons, I don't see them successfully capturing Brock by themselves.

Rumlow is far from a typical baddie. He went toe to toe for a good bit against Captain America. (Hence why as much as Trip would like to go after him, he knows it can be a fatal mistake to do it alone.)

And if everyone votes to keep Rumlow detained, would the hotel allow such a thing to take place? Would a room even be a good place to detain him? The only way I see him not escaping would be to have round the clock guard of powered people in the same room with Brock.

/two cents

[notafraidofyou]

Tim is already involving himself--Coraline is his friend, and he is fantastically pissed that someone hurt her. He wants to know who and why, and he wants them punished.

...And he'd be very fond of Harry's idea of punishment, but no one ever said he was the nice Robin.

[bondedgryphon]

Neighbor, your life choices are going to make it hard for you to sneak out for food... Zhaneel will bring you breakfast and I will try to post it tonight or tomorrow. Poor choices are catching, apparently. Bonus comes in the form of Zhaneel's entire support system (minus Eggsy) having dropped the game, so she will have fewer people asking her anything and fewer people noticing if she sneaks off now and again. Dum dee dum.

[triplett]

Is it me or are we going to have to hand wave the search party for Rumlow? I was going to tag team interactions but I think I'll create a new OOC post to ask if anyone wants to join Trip.