MIDNIGHT/DAY 3 - suspicion

[protoshepherd]

[ Ousting has ended, and you're all prodded to go back to your rooms.

You hear the sound of glass, and maybe a scream. And a thud, as if something like a statue just fell and broke. Basically, there is a lot of noise in the middle of the night again.

The door to the Redd White room is swinging open, and you'll find Mia Fey's body on the floor. She's seated with her back against the mirror, blood flowing from the back of her head, into her clothes, and onto the floor. She seems to have died from a blow by a blunt object, and may have lived for a few minutes after being hit. Near her body is the word "blu", written in blood, with the same handwriting as the one you've seen when you received the letter.

Maya Fey's death seems to be… quite unique. It's not like any other crime scene Phoenix Wright has scene, for sure. Her body has ropes all around, and she's seated on a chair, posed like The Thinker. But just like her elder sister, she's got a huge wound on her head. Blood flowing, seeping, and dripping on the carpets.

Why did they die? Wasn't it Team The Phantom who was ousted?

… It seems one has overturned the ousting, and it was definitely one of you. And when you enter the Redd White room, you will hear the badger say it. Overturn oust. One of you. Team Phantom is not oust.

And just like the night before, another team has passed.

The door to the Kristoph Gavin room is also open, and you'll find Kristoph seated on a table with a deck of cards sprawled all over, as well as on the floor. There's blood spatter on the cards, and you can see a huge mark on his forehead. It seems he was hit from behind, since the direction of the blood was not going to his face, but rather, flowing through his blond locks that he meticulously curls every morning.

On the other side of the table is Colias Palaeno, his head resting on the table, with a yellow coffee mug in his hand. You may notice some blue residue from where he seems to have taken a sip of his coffee. Poison? Most definitely.

But if you decide to investigate further, it isn't just a deck of cards on the table. There is this, too. It seems the Kristoph Gavin team has found out more than they should have. Or, you know. The allies of the Bad Badger just to them.

The mirrors in the library now display an image of Redd White, where Maya and Mia's mirrors were supposed to be. And Kristoph Gavin's portrait where Kristoph and Palaeno's were supposed to be.

Good morning, allies of the bad and blue badgers. There are only eight teams now.

Upon checking the mirrors, you will hear Proto Badger talk again. Only one bad badger ally found. You are all guilty.]

Poll #16512

This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 7

Hehe... oust overturn. what now?

Horace Knightley Team
0 (0.0%)

Daryan Crescend Team
0 (0.0%)

Luke Atmey Team
0 (0.0%)

Dahlia Hawthorne Team
1 (14.3%)

Furio Tigre Team
0 (0.0%)

The Phantom Team
3 (42.9%)

Morgan Fey Team
0 (0.0%)

Jacques Portsman Team
3 (42.9%)

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[ 00:01 MARCH 6 EST: Day 3 begins, and a new suspicion poll pops up. ONLY EIGHT TEAMS REMAIN.

00 MARCH 7 EST: A clue will be given. Suspicion poll closes at MIDNIGHT.

00 MARCH 8 EST: Ousting poll gets put up! ]


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CLUE!!

Comments

CLUE

[protoshepherd]

[ Anyone who passes by the dining hall will find a stepladder.

Yes, a stepladder.

There seems to be a picture hanging on the ceiling, and you can only grab it if you climb the ladder.

If you do, you'll grab a picture of Shelly de Killer. At the back of the photo says "horace knightley blue badger safe" ]

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[ This is your safe sheep clue. Usually, in cry wolf games, the clue on the third day is not like the clues given in the first two days. You are just give a name of a confirmed sheep. Have fun! ]

[stagewright]

[ She'd been taking a walk with Pearls, because getting the other girl to do something other than lay in bed had seemed crucial, come daytime. Seeing a stepladder, though... ]

A stepladder? [ Never a ladder. Unhooking her arm from Pearl's, Trucy goes to climb up the stepladder since...

well what's this picture then

oh...that awkward moment when the apparent assassin is the most trustworthy person in the game ]

[spiritpearls]

[ Pearl has been letting Trucy lead her around like she's her seeing-eye dog all day, mostly because she doesn't care enough to do anything else. ]

You mean a ladder? [ Someone has to defend ladder-kind. ]

What's the picture of?

[stagewright]

Stepladder, Pearls! [ SCOFFING but no she will climb back down before handing the photo over. ]

Looks like instead of a "guilty" hint, we get a "not guilty" hint today.

[spiritpearls]

Looks like a ladder to me. [ Pearl looks over the photo, frowning. ]

... Huh. [ Of all the people to be "not guilty", of course it's the assassin. Typical. ] Interesting. I guess we don't have to worry about Mr de Killer, then. Though, will we still have to vote?

[stagewright]

No way! A ladder is a completely different thing! Look, a stepladder is two ladders combined like this, right? A ladder is like, half this. [ FIGHT HER, BRO ]

I think we will. But we already have two suspect teams to pick between. Of course, if we pick the wrong team...

[ She's not entirely convinced it's Blackquill and Godot, still, but she'd agreed to vote for them despite that the other day because the alternative was Pearl's family. This time, the alternative is...

...well, Ray and Aura. Trucy doesn't have to vote a specific way for Pearl's sake. ]

Re: CLUE

[butzhurt]

Oh hey, it's the old dude. [The perfectly generic one, not Yanni Yogi.]

[huglife]

Would you mind reading what it says on the card, for Uncle Ray?

[ Or just give him the card, Larry. How are you still alive? ]

[butzhurt]

Horace Knightly Blue Badger Safe. Is that what the old dude's named?

[huglife]

Hmm... it would appear so. Though, he seems like such a regular guy that nobody would suspect, it's almost a waste of a clue, isn't it?

However... Horace Knightley isn't his name. That would be the name of a former client of Uncle Ray's.

[bewrightback]

[Phoenix notices it at one point, too; for reference, he's wearing the Feenie sweater and his hobo pants at the moment, but his hair is still spikey.]

Huh, That's a new. A stepladder. [For a moment, his eyes seem to go glossy.] O-or maybe it's a ladder.

[She wouldn't want me to judge things based on narrow-minded cultural assumptions...

He takes a moment to climb the ladder and-]

Um... someone remind me which of us is Horace Knightley...?

[talldarkbitter]

Wright, even I can see there's a picture on that thing.

[ Waiting at the bottom, hands on his hips. ]

[bewrightback]

A picture? [Clearly whoever used this stepladder last put it back up backwards! Yes, clearly.] Where? All I see is writing.

[talldarkbitter]

Sometimes you have to look at things from a different perspective to get the full picture.

[ It's ok, he just got the better vantage point being under the man when he lifted up the card.

Of course, he also could have just said 'flip the damn thing over, idiot', but you know. Let's see if he can figure it out on his own... ]

[stagewright]

...Daddy, it's stepladder! And it's a picture of Mr. Doe, isn't it? I assume he is.

[ It hasn't come up in her hearing, but she's pretty sure that's his room, too. ]

[bewrightback]

[Wow Trucy maybe you were the one who accidentally left it hanging backwards! This is how poor dad gets confused.]

I was just trying to be less culturally narrow-minded...

Wait, Mr. Doe? Of course, now I remember! He told me all about that Knightley guy.

[stagewright]

[ DADDY IT'S NOT HER FAULT YOU CAN'T TURN THINGS OVER WITHOUT AN INTERVENTION... ]

Don't do that! You raised me to know Wright from wrong and a ladder from a stepladder! And this is definitely a stepladder!

[ ...............dad you're kind of a ditz sometime but she loves you anyway

trucy has her moments too tbh ]

[shacklebreaker]

Tsk, tsk... What a heated debate over such relative perceptions. A hawk needs neither ladders nor stepladders to reach such heights, so if you were to ask, he would only call it a perch. Is that not so, Taka?

[He'll just sit over here crooning at his hawk. So helpful.]

[wetnoodle]

Ayup. Polly'd say so too.

[Seriously, why is he the only one who didn't get to bring his beloved pet along?]

[shacklebreaker]

Oh? Who is Polly?

[...It's probably safe to assume he's not talking about Apollo Justice.]

[wetnoodle]

My parrot. She helps me remember stuff I forgot... but she's not here.

[... But Taka's kind of adorable. He reaches out a finger towards him, though not too close - only if the bird accepts him.]

AGGRESSIVELY BACKTAGS CLUE

[dekillerqueen]

[... Oh. Huh.

Could this be... a sort of reward for the civil conversation they had earlier? Shelly's not complaining...

... Thank you, Mr. Proto Badger??]

[wetnoodle]

'Ey! Good job!

[What can he say? He kinds likes the fellow.]

[dekillerqueen]

[Oh hey it's the old guy. Shelly's kind of glad he's still doing fine.]

Ah, thank you, Mister...

... I don't believe I ever got your name.

[wetnoodle]

Oh, er... I'm Furio Tigre. Keith remembered it for me!

[HE HAS THE BEST SON.]