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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.)
spiritpearls: (SURPRISED ► gasp!)

[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wh...at just happened... Pearl just watches, dismayed when she sees her cousins handcuffed. But seriously, what the flying kittens just happened.

Is it at least good looking pizza? ]


I...

[ How does one respond to this. ]
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-04 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ pearls it has peppers, olives, and chocolate chips.

it is the weirdest pizza ever, and trucy just. gently shuts the box again, um. ]


That...certainly was a thing.

[ yes we are making real progress here um ]
spiritpearls: (OH ► ok)

[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ they can pick off the gross toppings ok

but pearl isn't even hungry right now tbh because what the hell ]


It... it was that. A thing, I mean. It was a thing.

[ hella progress ]
stagewright: art by <user name=4078866 site=pixiv.com> (DADDY ► flat wright family stare.)

[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-04 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
At...least we don't have to guess which teams we're supposed to pick from this time?

[ ?????????????

But the choices aren't any more clear this time than they were last time. ]
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
There's... that at least...

[ But who are they supposed to choose??? ]

Mr Ray and Ms Blackquill. Mystics Mia and Maya. Mr Armando and Mr Blackquill. [ The choices weren't easy yesterday, now they're harder. She doesn't have a grudge against any of these people like she did Matt Engarde, which made it... a tiny bit easier. ]
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-04 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
We haven't really learned anything since yesterday...

[ unless someone else has learned something and has something to share. TRUCY TRULY HOPES SOMEONE HAS AN IDEA. ]
spiritpearls: (THUMB BITE ► unsure)

[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
... No, we really haven't, have we? We're in the same situation... We might just be guessing.

[ that said she is 100% sure it isn't her cousins, and at least 75% sure it isn't godot and simon, but she's also pretty sure it's not uncle ray and the science lady who kidnapped trucy that one time. w e l p. ]
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-04 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ Trucy similarly is not really suspicious of...any of those pairs. Uncle Ray seems nice, Trucy can't imagine Simon is it, and Aura might have held her hostage but she'd never killed anyone...and the Feys are, well, the Feys.

Maybe the random people voting for Dahlia have a point. ]


Um...we could always all just split our votes three ways so we have more time to talk about it, I guess?
spiritpearls: (NEUTRAL ► look)

[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's easy to be suspicious of Dahlia. Maybe that's why she hasn't been a clue yet. ]

That'd be a good idea. Maybe in that time we could figure something out.
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[personal profile] stagewright 2015-03-04 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, I suppose it's done like this - all anonymous - so people can...say who they think is suspicious without fear of reprisal? But, um, I don't see why some people think Dahlia is one of the..."bad badgers".

[ she's completely terrible, but: ]

She...probably would have already found a way to kill all of you, right? And Daddy.

[ rather than like myriam........... ]
spiritpearls: (THUMB BITE ► unsure)

[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe... I don't know either...

[ and yeah if dahlia was part of them one of the feys or nick would be dead rn if not all of the above

Pearl glances around, then loops Trucy's arm before leading her away for a private conversation between teenage girls. Don't worry, they're probably just going to talk about boys and homicide. ]
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[personal profile] butzhurt 2015-03-04 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
[After his exchange with Nick, Larry goes over to Pearl.]

Hey, uh, I know this is a weird time, but wanna be my sidekick?
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[personal profile] feytality 2015-03-04 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[DON'T BE WEIRD, LARRY]
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[personal profile] butzhurt 2015-03-04 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[TOO LATE.]
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[personal profile] bewrightback 2015-03-04 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Larry, no. Stop.]
butzhurt: (angry | you're in freshman year)

[personal profile] butzhurt 2015-03-04 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[IT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER'S IDEA, NICK.]
spiritpearls: (SURPRISED ► gasp!)

[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Unexpected! ]

Oh, really? But... what do you do? I thought only lawyers needed sidekicks!
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[personal profile] butzhurt 2015-03-04 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, mostly I'm an artist... but actually, I was talking about it with Nick and I might try to be a prosecutor. Since, you know, they hand out those badges like candy. Prosecutors get sidekicks too. I know Edgey has one.
spiritpearls: (OH ► ok)

[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
You're still doing art? [ Even without any talent for it? ] Oh wow, are you sure, Mr Larry...? You have to be quite serious to be a prosecutor-- just look at Mr Edgeworth and Mr Blackquill. And be able to make defense lawyers like Mr Nick cry in court.
butzhurt: (sheepish | nobody likes it)

[personal profile] butzhurt 2015-03-04 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, sometimes he is, anyway. He's actually halfway decent at sculpture, Pearl!]

Yeah, sure, I can do it! I mean, Godot's a prosecutor and he's a weird coffee-swilling cyborg. I'm pretty sure they take everyone.
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I wonder if Mr Godot needs a sidekick, then? [ Thinks out-loud... wow, Pearl. Harsh. ]

Oh, that's right! You'd need a special trait to stand out! Mr Edgeworth is frilly and harsh, but deep down he has a heart of gold. [ pearl what ] Mr Blackquill has that hawk, and he dresses in monochrome. Mr Gavin's brother, I think, he's a rock star and a prosecutor. [ according to trucy ]

And all of them speak in riddles! [ ok well she knows Edgeworth and Godot do anyway. actually Edgeworth speaks in logic but same thing. ]
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[personal profile] butzhurt 2015-03-04 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
I think Iris was his sidekick. [Larry says that glumly, because boy did he like Iris. Why did you have to be working with the weird cyborg and probably end up in jail, Iris?]

Dude, I could totally speak in riddles! And I'll figure out what my special trait is! Maybe I could, like, paint people?
spiritpearls: (OH ► ok)

[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-04 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's true! [ That's good, probably. Well, minus them both being in jail but uh. ]

Say something riddle-y right now! I don't think throwing paint on people will get them to confess to murder.
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[personal profile] butzhurt 2015-03-05 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Uhhhhhhh. [Think, Larry, think.] No matter how much red, blue, and yellow I mix together, it will never approach the blackness of your soul!

How's that? Anyway, I figure it doesn't matter if I can't get them to confess with the paint. Franzy never actually solves cases by whipping people and it doesn't stop her.
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[personal profile] spiritpearls 2015-03-05 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... that's actually pretty good!

[ To her, anyway. Maybe you really can become a prosecutor, Larry. ]

That's true enough, that woman just likes being mean to people. [ Still a little pressed about how Franziska treated Maya... forever ago... ]

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