MIDNIGHT/DAY 2 - suspicion

[protoshepherd]

[ 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: ]

Poll #16504

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.)

Comments

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[dekillerqueen]

... Mr. Attorney, what in the world are you wearing?

[bewrightback]

[...Would it really be easier for me to wear my suit in the middle of the night?

He puts on a meek smile.]

Um... clothes, sir. These are my... clothes that aren't a suit...

[...Then he considers De Killer's current attire and imagines what he would look like if dressed similarly.]

[dekillerqueen]

[holy fuck Phoenix. Shelly must question his taste, but that's all he's going to say about that. He's certainly doing his best not to let his mild disgust show.]

Has anyone else investigated the scene yet?

[bewrightback]

I did, not too long ago. A few other people have been in or out, but I didn't really see if they were investigating or just seeing what happened with their own eyes.

[dekillerqueen]

And what did you find? [Shelly has leather gloves on - he reaches for the scarf and, after removing the mask, he tries to have a look at the skin under it.]

[bewrightback]

The scene looks the same as when I looked. There's only so much we can tell without resources, but... From what I've known, they look like accurate recreations. And the murderer didn't even bother to reenact the ways the body was tampered with...

But aside from that, the only clue found was a note in an envelope. [Presumably it's still on the table so he holds it up.] A different kind of calling card... of the so-called "Protobadger".

[dekillerqueen]

[Shelly can't help but sigh. This is all so... strange and pointless. He's barely able to mask his annoyance when Phoenix brings up the envelope.] Yet another badger?

[bewrightback]

Right! [He smiles sheepishly.] From what I've gathered... that one's apparently the guy who lives in the mirrors. And it seems like he's behind all this voting business.

[dekillerqueen]

And so, he is the one in charge of carrying out the sentences... That makes some sort of sense.

... What is your current theory? Do you suppose this badger could be one of us?

[bewrightback]

I don't know... Is anyone here truly capable of that? After all, last night... That thing came out of the mirrors and talked to me. I think everyone else was in the room at the time... [It's hard to remember for sure, because then he ran into a mirror and conked out.]

For now, I've kind of been... theory-less.

[dekillerqueen]

It's still possible that there is a reasonable explanation for all of this. Sadly, I know very little about mirror tricks, but...

[... Oh yes. Ah. Um. How... How does he even bring that up?]

Does your... daughter... have any ideas?

[bewrightback]

What, you mean... as a magician? [He shakes his head.]

If I recall correctly, it's unlike any that she's ever seen.

[dekillerqueen]

Yes, that is essentially what she told me yesterday... She hasn't reached any new conclusions, then.

[bewrightback]

[He shakes his head.]

I'm sorry, Mr. Doe. If she comes up with anything new, I'll be sure to share it with everyone else. Any information like that could be vital towards a way to escape, after all.

[dekillerqueen]

[Shelly opens his mouth for a few good seconds before he actually says anything.]

... May I ask you something? It may not be entirely appropriate, considering the predicament we are in, but...

[bewrightback]

Um... sure. Ask away, Mr. Doe.

[dekillerqueen]

How... How old are you?

[bewrightback]

Oh. Oh.

Well, you see, one could say I'm... 34?

[dekillerqueen]

... My goodness.

[HE NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED... HE LOOKED SO YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED JUST A YEAR AGO...]

[bewrightback]

Y-yeah. Um, let me guess... You remember me being a little younger? [It was nine years, Nick.]

[dekillerqueen]

I... Yes. Yes, as a matter of fact.

[bewrightback]

I've been getting that...

...But the thing is, for me... well, the year is 2027...

[dekillerqueen]

[WHAT.]

Mr. Attorney, what are you saying? The year is 2019.

[bewrightback]

For you, maybe. But if that were true for all of us, Trucy would still be a kid.

[He offers a hobo smile.]

I learned to stop questioning it. I'll be easier on your mind if you do, too.

[dekillerqueen]

... All of this is utterly ridiculous. [What with the badgers and the daughters and the years and the TERRIBLE HOBO CLOTHES...]