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Proto Badger ([personal profile] protoshepherd) wrote in [community profile] crybadger2015-03-03 01:19 pm
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MIDNIGHT/DAY 2 - suspicion

[ In the spirit of Ace Attorney, the game where murders happen but NO ONE ACTUALLY SEES THE ACTUAL THING EXCEPT FOR THE PERPETRATORS…

The night has ended. You might have ousted someone, but NOTHING HAPPENS. You go back to your rooms and you find some samurai dogs by your bedside. At least there's food. Better than nothing. But you feel tired. It's been a long and stressful day. Could you even sleep at that rate?

In the middle of the night, you might hear a loud thud. If you wake up (or if you were already awake) and check the hallway, you'll find a bust—or its remnants—by the mirror closer to the Hawthorne and Gavin rooms. The statue is coloured… pink? Magenta? Well, whatever.

Behind the bust is a body… a dead body. Yup, that's right.

If you approach it, you'll find the dead body of Myriam Scuttlebutt. There's no box, just the young girl. If you saw her without the guise of her box, you'll realise that she isn't wearing her school uniform. She has a green jumpsuit on. Her arms were raised and had some red markings on her wrist, as if her hands had been tied. An awl was lodged in her abdomen. Dried blood by her wound, as if the blood had seeped through from her wound.

Myriam Scuttlebutt has been taken out by the allies of the Bad Badger. You have all been warned. You should have expected this.

If you decide to do a headcount, you'll find that one team is missing. One team with two members in it. The room to the Engarde room is swinging open. Do you check it out?

Upon entering, you'll find Matt Engarde's corpse placed conveniently on a chair. You'd think it's Matt, anyway. He seems to be wearing the Nickel Samurai costume. He's seated with his head facing the ground. There's a scarf on his neck, placed rather too tightly. Did he did from strangulation…? By the chair is an open guitar case, and a vanity with a wine glass on top of it.

By the only mirror in the room is Simon Keye's body, hanging frrom the ceiling. Nearby is a coffee table, and an envelope with the police department's seal on it. Whoever opens it will read a letter that reads "proto badgr kill."

If you go back to the library, you'll find Myriam's mirror still standing, but it doesn't function as a mirror anymore. You'll find a portrait of Aristotle Means instead, like a huge picture frame. A huge X painted in red covers about half of the portrait. The same goes for Matt and Simon Keye's mirrors - except Simon's mirror also has Matt's face on it. L O L.

The other mirrors have names again… although if you count, there seems to be only ten teams now: ]

This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 10

ho bad badgr?????? vote for edgeworth safe

Furio Tigre Team
0 (0.0%)

Redd White Team
3 (30.0%)

Dahlia Hawthorne Team
3 (30.0%)

Jacques Portsman Team
1 (10.0%)

Morgan Fey Team
0 (0.0%)

The Phantom Team
3 (30.0%)

Horace Knightley Team
0 (0.0%)

Luke Atmey Team
0 (0.0%)

Daryan Crescend Team
0 (0.0%)

Kristoph Gavin Team
0 (0.0%)



[ If you've still got an appetite, there are calzones (WHICH IS BASICALLY THE GRANDFATHER OF PIZZAS - THANK YOU PARKS AND RECREATION) and sushi (NOT BURGERS) that is edible in the dining hall. If you are thirsty, here is a water dispenser, as well as a bowl of punch. Not alcoholic. ]


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[ 00:01 MARCH 3 EST: Day 2 begins, and a new suspicion poll pops up. ONLY TEN TEAMS REMAIN.

00 MARCH 4 EST: A clue will be given. Suspicion poll closes at MIDNIGHT.

00 MARCH 5 EST: Ousting poll gets put up! ]


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CLUE!!! (Handcuffs can be broken, feel free to play around with it.)
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-03 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
That's...basically it. I mean...I suppose we should try to spot people acting weird? Or maybe...

[ :|a ]

Well, everyone did end up voting except Uncle Larry, although he tried to at the last second. So no one tried to get out of voting...I think.
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-03 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
I guess so? Keep an eye out for anyone acting shady, though so far... no one has.

[ Not even the shady people! ]

No, it didn't seem like it. I think everyone was hesitant to do so, but maybe they realized they needed to do it for Apollo's sake... or just to avoid suspicion.
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-03 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
If it was to "avoid suspicion", I guess the order of the votes could be important, but...

[ SHRUGS. Who really knows? ]

...I guess we're playing a waiting game.
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-03 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe, but it's not much to go on...

[ SIGHS. ]

We are. Maybe we'll know more later.

[ Pearl swirls her punch in her glass. ] We didn't even get any ice cream...
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-03 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
...Well, anyway! Pick a card, Pearls!

[ Time to play the cheer-up game. ]
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-03 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Gasps! Surprise cheer-up time! ]

Ah, okay!

How about... this one? [ Picks a card at random. ]
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-03 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
All right! Now, be sure to memorize it...

[ How many times has Pearl been part of an impromptu card trick? PROBABLY HUNDREDS, if she's close enough to be like a sister. ]

And shuffle it back into the deck for me, if you would.

[ Trucy will offer her friend the deck. ]
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-03 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Gives the card an intent stare, then takes the deck. Presumably Trucy has taught her to properly shuffle a deck, so she does so, shuffling the mittens out of it.

Then she hands it back to Trucy. ]
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-03 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
Aaaaaaaaaand now...One, two, three! Alakazam! Abracadabra!

[ GLITTER where the fuck were you hiding glitter and good lord why, Trucy BUT ANYWAY GLITTER SLAMS INTO THE AIR possibly getting on Pearl, Trucy, and innocent passers-by. There is also confetti????

...The deck of cards remains perfectly still in the magician's hands during the chaos, and when it settles she winks. ]


Check your pocket!

[ Your card is totally in your pocket now. ]
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-03 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yay glitter, now they can be sparkly in the midst of this horror show!

Pearl reaches into her pocket, pauses for a long moment, then pulls out the card to look at it. And gasp, it's her card!

She shows it to Trucy. ]
That was amazing! I can't imagine how you do it!

[ she says this every time trucy does a magic trick for her ]
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-03 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Reasons why you are one of her favorites, Pearl. A great audience! Trucy beams and takes the card back, shuffling it back into the deck.

...She has like no intention of cleaning up the glitter and shit, does she. But she does take a bow, tipping her top hat with a grin. ]


Practice! And magic, of course.

[ Also light fingers that could possibly be turned to thieving, tbh. ]
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-03 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Tbh the glitter and confetti improves this place. Pearl applauds. ]

Someday you should teach me some of your tricks! I'd never make a good magician, but it looks so much fun.
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-03 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
Trade and family secrets!

[ Trucy tsks. But then grins. ]

Still, I can teach you a card trick or two sometime. You're family, after all.
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's all I meant. I wouldn't want you to have to reveal your secrets! That would be awful.

[ She does like the awfully flashy big tricks Trucy seems to magically manage, they're so neat! But they wouldn't be if she knew how they worked. ]

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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-04 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Well, we'll definitely work on it.

[ AND THEN THEY PROBABLY SPEND THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON UNTIL PIZZA DOING MAGIC TRICKS and/or investigating because new shenanigans mean new threads ]