The ponies enter the main hall and begin to explore, staying fairly close. Notably, many of the doors are locked, and their is plenty of wear and damage, but no dust. Then Historian steps away from the group slightly and notices a vase with deep blue flowers in it. Fresh flowers.
The ponies are not alone. The businesspony is poisoned, found in a pool of his own vomit (wolfsbane). The Historian's friend is locked in the wine cellar, forced to go deeper into the caves under the Estate. The Historian finds new and cryptic notes, written on paper from the Pilot's notepad, demanding keys and explaining their locations. The Historian remains outwardly calm, but is beginning to make irrational decisions and stress. Bouquet of wolfsbane are beaching more common, or is he just noticing them?
The Historian finds the cellar key and a new note (that sounds like a cry for help from beyond the grave), and finds his path back to the cellar barred, forcing a new path that takes him through the ballroom. He finds the Pilot hung from the chandelier, bleeding, far higher than should be possible. A note floats in his blood, asking if anyone knows the secret. Terrified now, the Historian arms himself with a letter opener and unlocks the cellar, finding no trace of his friend. He follows the cave wall until he comes out in a secret entrance in the Master Bath, which is full of fresh blood specks and a clump of blue mane that does not belong to any of them.
Everypony decides to take an airship in and have a look. The protagonist, a historian, notes the only "strange" incident surrounding the place was an accidental poisoning 100 years ago.
