A/N: Based on an RP with AnnaleaseTurner based on the YouTube videos.
Katie waited patiently by the mansion door, a smile on her face ready to meet her and Mark's guests. She had already greeted the Detective, Abe, and the Mayor, Damien, and was waiting for Colonel William and her best friend Cherry to arrive. She had a smile on her face and looked excited for the last two guests to arrive. What looked like a fancy car pulled up and Cherry came out, wearing a black dress with white sparkles on it with slip-on black dress shoes, and her hair had been done differently, but there was still a blue streak in it. She also seemed to be wearing make-up as this was a rather exotic event, and she wanted to look good enough for Katie and Mark to fit in with the other guests. Katie was wearing a simple but long black dress, a shawl with red decor and black heeled shoes. Her glasses were currently gone and her hair was done in a side braid with a rose in and her necklace was a simple black choker. Her make up consisted of eye-shadow and lipstick. She straightened out her skirt and then looked at the door ready to answer it.
"You look perfectly lovely." Mark smiled to Katie.
Katie smiled softly. "Thank you, my darling... Go upstairs and wait to make your big entrance." she suggested with a smile.
"Oh, you know me so well, you behave down here now~" Mark smirked playfully to Katie.
"No promises." Katie giggled and kissed his cheek.
Mark chuckled before going up the stairs, giving a delicate wave to her.
Colonel William was walking up to the door, then noticed Cherry. "Ah, hello, are you here for the party too?" He asked her.
"Oh, yes," Cherry smiled softly. "Katie's a very close friend of mine."
"Oh, Bully! And here I thought I was gonna be the last guest to arrive. My friends call me the Colonel. You're both welcome to do the same, but uh, after you." The Colonel smiled.
Ethan exited the car and offered his arm politely to Cherry.
"All right, come along, Ethan." Cherry gave a small smile back before smiling to her date for this evening.
The Colonel let them pass to go in first. Ethan smiled and then reached out to open the door.
"Ah, bonjour!" The butler opened the door for them with a polite and friendly smile. "Welcome to Markiplier Manor. Your invitations, please?"
Cherry opened up her purse that her mother lent to her to hand over the invitation she was given from Katie. Ethan handed his forward too. Katie noticed the guests arriving and waited for the butler to finish taking the invitations before she could greet them.
"Very good, very good," The butler nodded and accepted their invitations, allowing them into the manor. "Right this way. Good luck at the table tonight. I shall fetch you a drink forthwith."
Cherry smiled politely as she followed the butler inside. He was no 'helluva butler', but still a kind soul nonetheless, at least, she thought so. The Mayor was inside, speaking to another man who seemed quite intelligent and discovering as a detective.
"Hello, welcome to the manor," Katie greeted them, kissing both their cheeks in a friendly way. "If you'll both just come in, I shall see you after I have greeted our last guest." she smiled.
Ethan smiled.
"Katie." Cherry smiled back, a little more sincerely this time since she knew Katie better.
Katie smiled. "Go and mingle with the others Cherry, Ethan, I'll catch up with you after I greet our last guest." she told them.
The Colonel gave the butler his invite.
"All right..." Cherry said to Katie softly. "Thanks so much for letting us come."
The butler accepted the Colonel's invite and allowed him inside. Katie smiled. She then let them pass, stepping up to greet the Colonel. Ethan led Cherry along carefully. The Colonel stepped forward and greeted Katie with a kiss to her hand. Cherry looked around as she came inside with Ethan.
"Oh! There you are, old friend," The Mayor smiled towards Ethan, ending his conversation with the other man for now. "How are you settling into your new office?"
"Alright, it's a bit strange though." Ethan chuckled.
"Now, I know it'll take some getting used to, but there's no one I would rather have alongside me to protect this great city of ours," The Mayor chuckled to Ethan. "Now I'll see you at the table soon, but try not to rob me blind again; we'll catch up..." he then took Cherry's hand, kissing the back of it. "Mi'lady."
"Sir." Cherry gave a small polite smile and nod.
Ethan smiled then went to check to see if there were hors d'oeuvres.
Katie conversed with the Colonel a moment and then let him in and looked to the Butler. "Benjamin, go and fetch our guests drinks please." she smiled.
"Yes, mi'lady." The butler smiled back before going to do so.
Katie then popped upstairs to inform Mark everyone was here.
"If you're looking for hors d'oeuvres, I'll get them when I'm good and ready! And stay out of my kitchen!" The chef glared, pointing a ladle at Ethan.
"Now, now. Let's not be rude to our guest," The butler scolded the chef before offering a glass to Ethan since he was closer by. "So sorry about that; here's your champagne. Enjoy your evening."
Cherry began to look around, but stayed close and safe beside Ethan, though she did wander on her own to the other guests, she hoped she would be social enough since she wasn't exactly shy, but sometimes had a hard time talking with new people.
Ethan took his glass. "Thank you." he said.
The Colonel mingled a tiny bit too. The butler handed Cherry her own glass.
"Cheers." Cherry smiled softly as she accepted the glass.
Ethan smiled back to that.
"Am I doing all right?" Cherry asked Ethan about interacting with others she didn't know well.
"You're doing fine." Ethan smiled to Cherry sweetly.
Cherry smiled back to him. Ethan then looked at the stairs.
"Ah, thank you, my dear." Mark smiled as he adjusted his robe while looking through a mirror to look presentable after being told by Katie that they had company.
Katie sorted out his cravat. "There, perfect as usual." she smiled and kissed his cheek.
"You always know just what to say~" Mark mused.
"I love you, Mark." Katie smiled softly to him.
"I love you too, my Kitty~" Mark smirked with a slight purr.
Katie blushed and smirked. "Keep talking like that and we'll not make it to the party." she chuckled.
Mark chuckled before he soon went out the door. "Very well, off I go then, best give the people what they want~" He then told Katie on the way out since he was arranged and ready to meet and greet the guests.
Katie smiled and decided to follow after him.
"Welcome, welcome, one and all! My name is Markiplier, and this is my lovely Katie," Mark smiled as he descended to the stairs with his beloved. "Thank you for joining me on this auspicious evening. So good to be surrounded by such close and trusted friends."
Cherry smiled as she looked up at the stairs to see Katie and Mark. Katie smiled warmly to everyone. Ethan smiled.
"Now, this evening, it's not all about the poker, it's not all about me," Mark continued. "It's about me, it's about you. So drink up and be merry! Life is for the living! And who knows? I could be dead tomorrow." he then concluded with a chuckle.
Cherry let out a small giggle as that seemed to be a joke. Katie chuckled along too as she too thought it was a joke. Ethan drunk his champagne, but wasn't the best drinker and so got quite drunk. He ended up in his bed at 1:30 AM only to wake up at 8:30.
"Ugh..." Cherry groaned as she seemed to wake up in the bath tub in the room of where Ethan fell asleep in.
Ethan sat up, stretched, then went and looked any of the others.
"Ah, good morning," The butler greeted Ethan with a silver tray. "Hope you had a good night's rest. I've prepared you a Seltzer with cocaine. Best thing for the morning after, if you ask me."
Ethan took it and glanced to it. He then put it down as he went to check on Cherry. Cherry rubbed her head, she didn't have her glasses on and seemed to have dark circles under her eyes.
"Are you alright?" Ethan asked Cherry, handing her glasses to her and helping her out of the tub.
"Ugh... I feel like I just got hit by an anvil..." Cherry murmured, accepting her glasses and his help.
"Come on, let's go find some aspirin." Ethan suggested.
"Please..." Cherry begged as she looked very bleak right now.
Ethan nodded. Then found some in the bathroom cabinet.
"Thank you..." Cherry wearily told Ethan for his help and the medicine to help numb her headache.
Ethan smiled softly.
"Ah... That's a bit better..." Cherry softly told Ethan. "Thank you so much."
"No problem, let's head downstairs..." Ethan suggested.
Cherry nodded as she went with Ethan to do as such.
Katie walked up to Damien looking slightly concerned. She was in her nightgown and house robe.
Damien looked back to Katie. "Well, look who's up." he then greeted the girl.
"Good morning, Damien... You haven't seen Mark, have you?" Katie asked worriedly. "He didn't come to bed last night." she explained.
"I remember last night we were in a game of Poker, but I was sure he went back to you last night." Damien replied.
Katie looked worried. "He didn't come to bed... I'll, uh, I'll go see if any of the others have seen him." she said quietly.
"I would, I'm sorry though..." Damien nodded, hoping she would be all right.
"See you later." Katie said quietly and went to see some of the other guests.
Damien nodded and let Katie go.
"Mi'lady." The butler greeted as he found Katie.
"Benjamin, you haven't seen Mark, have you?" Katie asked the butler.
"He's not with you?" The butler asked Katie, feeling rather dumbfounded. "Hm... You sure he's not in the bathroom?"
"I checked, and his side of the bed was cold and still neat so he didn't come to bed." Katie said.
"That doesn't sound like him..." Benjamin hummed in thought. "I'm sure he's around somewhere, maybe he's planning to surprise you for a fun evening last night."
Katie frowned slightly and decided to check downstairs. The butler nodded to Katie before going off mysteriously as any butler would in a rich residence. Katie went looking around.
Ethan noticed Damien then. "Good morning." he greeted.
"Ah, there's our little monster!" Damien smiled. "You really knocked em' dead last night. I haven't seen you go wild like that since our days at university. Good to let the beast out every once in awhile, eh, old friend?"
Cherry let out a small snort to that, looking somewhat better, but still a little groggy as she had a headache and it was early in the morning.
"Er, yeah." Ethan chuckled sheepishly.
"Then again, I'm still not exactly sure as to what we're supposed to be celebrating here," Damien soon said. "I mean, it's good to have the gang back together, but out of the blue like this seems... Anyway, now is not the time to become conspiratorial. Life is ours to choose as I always say. I have some work to finish, but I'll meet you at breakfast. We'll all catch up soon."
Cherry looked around, but she soon saw a rather ungodly sight. Ethan joined Cherry downstairs, jolting as a scream was heard.
"NO!" Katie screamed as she saw Mark dead on the floor.
There was then a clap of thunder.
"Did anyone hear that lightning?" The detective asked, coming into the room in his robe, before panicking at the sight of Mark. "OH, MY GOD! There's been a murder!"
"Oh, Katie!" Cherry cried, in anguish and sorrow for her dear friend, not having the time or the humor to deadpan the detective for 'hearing lightning'.
"Excuse me, did you hear light-" The butler was about to ask before soon panicking as well. "Oh, my God, murder!"
"Did you... MURDER!" Chef yelled, running in.
"Mark, wake up, wake up!" Katie yelled trying to get to check over Mark.
"What the hell happened here? Who's in charge around here?" The detective gave out questions before pointing towards Mark. "Trick question. That guy."
"What...?" Cherry narrowed her eyes to him slightly.
Mark of course did not respond or even notice Katie as he lay on the ground. Ethan looked stunned. Katie knelt by his body, checked his pulse then buried her face into his robe, her shoulders shaking with crying.
"Oh, Katie..." Cherry frowned as she felt so bad for Katie.
Benjamin came by Katie to help comfort her while also checking out Mark.
"And he's dead now, which makes me in charge," The detective decided before questioning Ethan like he was guilty. "So you better listen up good, bucko. 'Case you haven't been paying attention, there's been a bit of a killin'. And you're my prime suspect! So, you better get to explaining right quick as to the what, where, when, and why you happened to be here upon this man's death."
"He's so cold." Katie sobbed, clinging to Benjamin for now as he came to comfort her.
Ethan looked shocked he was grabbed.
"He's been dead awhile." Benjamin added.
"I'm so sorry, Katie." Cherry told her dear friend.
"A likely story," The detective chuckled, soon letting go of Ethan. "That, I happen to believe completely. Alright, you're off the hook for now, but I'm a detective."
"Oh, yeah? Prove you're a real dick!" The chef glared.
Katie sobbed but ended up hugging the taller but younger girl. Ethan looked relieved, after all he was innocent.
"Here's my badge, asshole, those are my old partners, don't ask me about them," The detective glared back to the chef, showing his badge, along with a stream of photographs of him with other people. "Fine! I'll tell you. Each one of them died. Each death more tragic than the last. A few of them even died in ironically hilarious ways. Which made it all the more tragic," He then turned to Ethan with a small smirk. "But, hey, you look like you're up to the task. You're my new partner."
Cherry's eyes widened, but she soon cooed and gently patted Katie on the back. Katie continued to cry quietly. Ethan looked between the chef and then the Detective and shook his head. The chef seemed a little sympathetic. Cherry gently shushed and cooed in the hug, she always knew how to comfort and support Katie and vice versa. Benjamin soon stood up, feeling very sorry for Katie.
"That's what all my old partners used to say... Right before they died," The detective told Ethan, not taking 'no' for an answer. "Alright. Hand me that fingerprinting kit behind you, partner."
Ethan turned to look for the kit but found nothing. When he turned back around the body was covered and it was taped off. Katie soon settled down enough to stop crying but looked like she was in a bit of shock.
"Thanks, partner." The detective smiled to Ethan before he was suddenly dressed.
Cherry wiped Katie's tears and stood close by her, like the sisters they were, though not by blood, but by friendly love. Ethan blinked, but then noticed Damien enter.
Katie glanced over to Damien too. "Excuse me, Cherry..." she murmured softly, knowing she had to be the one to break the news to their friend, though she couldn't help but tear up at how much he looked like Mark.
Cherry nodded and allowed Katie to go do what she needed to do.
"What the hell happened here?" Damien asked as he appeared.
"D-Damien... There's been a m-murder." Katie said quietly, not even flinching at the thunder and lightning.
"A murder?" Damien echoed. "Who?"
Katie opened her mouth to answer only to end up giving a small sob. She had to put her hand on his shoulder so not to fall down.
"It's Mark." The Chef informed for the lady of the house.
"I'm afraid he's telling the truth," The detective replied. "Mark's been killed."
"Why?" Damien wondered. "Who would do this?"
"That's exactly what me and my new partner here are here to find out." The detective replied, referring to Ethan.
Cherry looked very sad and bad for Katie for her struggled grief. Ethan gave a small shrug, obviously he had to. He then nodded and passed Damien a nearby box of tissues for Katie. The butler and detective seemed to argue for a minute, before Benjamin went to see to the others.
Damien gave a nod to Ethan. "I-I-I need to talk to The Colonel about this..." he then told him.
"I'll get back to cooking. All this death made me hungry." The Chef announced walking off to the kitchen.
"I'll come with you... I should tell him..." Katie sniffled to Damien, taking a tissue.
Ethan nodded to Damien.
"Very well then, come along." Damien allowed.
Cherry looked over to Katie, she just wished there was something she could do. Katie wiped her eyes and blew her nose. She held onto Damien's arm for support though.
Ethan looked to Cherry. "You could help us." he suggested.
"Come along." Damien smiled to Katie and helped her out of this devastating mess.
"Oh, um, do you think so?" Cherry asked.
Katie went off with Damien. Ethan looked to the Detective for confirmation. Damien smirked to Katie on the way out.