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

[bewrightback]

[Phoenix Wright speeds down when he hears an unfamiliar voice, and he sees... a wolf man??? Is this some kind of part of badger lure he missed out on. The Loud Wolf?!

Because of what happens, he kind of just stares in shock as the whole scene unfolds. Then he finally speaks up and first he points towards the pizza box.]

I- I'm Wright...!

[Then he points towards Maya and Mia handcuffed.]

...But that's wrong!

[...Oh wait the wolf guy's gone already.]

Who the heck was that, anyway?!

[...Yes he changed back into the suit to stop the weird looks.]

[stagewright]

The world's worst pizza delivery guy?

[ BECAUSE UM ]

[spiritpearls]

He didn't even stay to receive payment...?

[ DON'T YOU PAY FOR PIZZA ]

Oh, and we didn't even tip him!

[stagewright]

We didn't pay him at all, Pearls!

[ ALSO, TRUCY IS NOT PAYING FOR...THIS.

ALL THIS THISNESS. ]

[bewrightback]

[Phoenix just looked at the pizza and slammed the box shut.]

Maybe because who would pay for a pizza like that! I didn't even order any pizza...

[stagewright]

Well, 'course not. I know what a Wright order looks like, and this is just all wrong!

[ like, super wrong. ]

[spiritpearls]

I know, it's weird!

[ TRUE ENOUGH

when will they get noodles and ice cream, huh

also WHEN WILL PEOPLE'S LIVES STOP BEING AT RISK ]

[stagewright]

Well, I didn't get what I ordered, so there.

[ WHERE'S THE NOODLES AND ICE CREAM. ]

[butzhurt]

He's some weird dude from Interpol that keeps bickering with Edgey.

[Larry knows what's what.]

[bewrightback]

What- you know that weirdo? And Edgeworth does...? That can't be, I'm the only one he bickers with!

[butzhurt]

Yeah, he tried to arrest me yesterday. He thought I'd offed this fake DeMasque dude when really I was just trying to Santa down to see my honey Mindy, not knowing she'd been replaced by a windy old bag.

Don't worry, Edgey cleared my name. And then we totally helped him arrest this evil ambassador dude. Not the coupon guy, the other guy who looked like a tree.

[bewrightback]

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Larry, please stop and think for a moment. Are you sure... absolutely positively sure... that you are not just describing a dream?

[Because he can't make sense of any of that.]

[butzhurt]

Naw, it totally happened, Nick! Yesterday was hella crazy! You can ask the coupon ambassador!

WELL let's just say this is before he leaves

[arurests]

[ Looks you up from head to toe. You're not Phoenix Wright. ]

I've got no words to say to a murderer, Furio Tigre.

I've heard about you. [ He taps his temple with a finger. ] Not as bad as what I've worked on, but you're still trash on my list.

Lang zi says: the hasty cub gets snatched up first in the hunt

[bewrightback]

What... There's been a mistake! I really am Phoenix Wright! Look...!

[He presents his badge.]

[arurests]

[ Smacks that shit away. Don't you show that to me. ]

What's a hunk of dirty metal gonna do? Want me to send it to the junkyard for you?

[bewrightback]

[Respect the badge!!]

N-no way! That's my attorney's badge. Listen! You're from... some kind of law enforcement, right? You have to hear us out! Something's seriously wrong here!

[feytality]

[HEY, LOOK, PHOENIX, SOMEONE'S GETTING ACCUSED OF MURDER YET AGAIN]

[THREE GUESSES AS TO WHO]

N-Nick!

[bewrightback]

[He turns towards her immediately.]

Maya!

This is all a mistake. I'm going to get you out of this!

[There might be some fear in his eyes. He's remembering that time in Labyrinthia. And if he doesn't act correctly, this time it will be for real...]

[feytality]

[THAT'S REALLY INSPIRING THERE, PARTNER]

[But aaaah, she can't let him panic]

Right! You'll figure this out and get the real bad badgers back in police mascot prison... you can do it!

[bewrightback]

Police mascot prison... Right. [He can't help but crack a smile at how stupid that sounds.]

Thanks, Maya. I'm not going to give up. Is there anything you need right now...?

[turnaboutcoupons]

[At the risk of creating yet another time paradox (there's like ten of them already anyway), Palaeno will answer that last question with a bit more accurate detail than Larry did.]

His name is Shi-Long Lang. He is one of the most respected investigators within Interpol and one of the few remaining descendants of the House of Lang.

[bewrightback]

Mr. Paleano... So you do know him.

What was wrong with him? Does he always deliver gross pizzas?

[turnaboutcoupons]

No, he doesn't. I must admit I don't know him all too well on a personal level, but his behavior seemed... off. Then again, if what he claimed is true, I suppose he has every reason to be out of sorts.

[bewrightback]

What, about Edgeworth being in trouble? Do you think that his hands are tied as much as ours?