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

[huglife]

[ Ray simply complies with the detaining like the law-abiding citizen that he is, but starts sweating once the "pizza guy" leaves them with that parting message. ]

W-Wait, Uncle Ray is innocent! Scout's honour and all!

[arurests]

Innocent my behind.

Buddy Faith was a good man, you know. Not to mention- your disgusting smuggling ring. There's no honour in that at all!

[huglife]

C'mon, Mr. Pizza, I'm innocent! Look at me! I swear! Come on!

[ Nice lawyering skills there... or maybe Ray's just clued in on what's really going here, in which case there's no use putting up a fight against Lang. ]

Can Uncle Ray just ask for one tiny favour?

[arurests]

I don't listen to trash prosecutors. You'll have to excuse me.

[huglife]

Ahh, what a terrible case of mistaken identity... [ "Prosecutor", eh? Ray figures that Lang sees him as the man whose name was written on Ray's letter when he arrived here. Although he never met Mr. Portsman personally, he was a man of profile being a young prodigy and all. --But wait, that guy was a murderer, too? Sheesh, prosecutors, right? ]

--listen, if you see Miles, tell him... [ He goes quiet for a second, then presses on. ]

...tell him I'll say hi to his old man when I see him, and that everything's gonna be okay.

[arurests]

Yeah, sure. Deceive him like all other prosecutors deceive every single human on earth.

No thanks. I won't pass the message.

[talldarkbitter]

That's not a confession, is it?

[ Did he bust in on a private moment? ]

[huglife]

No.

[ The thought of being voted against doesn't scare him, as it would save the others for another day, but he intends to fight for his partner's innocence. ]

I'm too old to be Mr. Portsman, and too loyal to be a prosecutor.

[talldarkbitter]

Miles Edgeworth is a prosecutor.

[ Just sayin'. ]

[huglife]

[ Yes, don't remind him. He was bitter about it for years, you know! But Godot has also been out of the loop on some of Edgeworth's recent... personal developments. ]

Is he now? Uncle Ray has a feeling that Miles is ready to follow in his father's footsteps.

[feytality]

[ALSO HERE TO BUST IN ON THAT PRIVATE MESSAGE]

Miles... As in Miles Edgeworth?

[butzhurt]

Yeah, that dude's like Edgey's uncle or something. That's what he told me.

[feytality]

Edgeworth's uncle?!

I... I had no idea...

[butzhurt]

Yeah, his Uncle Ray. They don't have much of a family resemblance.

[huglife]

[ Ignoring Laurice over there. ]

Uncle Ray should've expected that Miles knows another cutie-pie without ever telling anyone about it.

[feytality]

Uncle Ray! I can't believe you! You're not my uncle at all... [This is a BETRAYAL

You're Mr. Edgeworth's!

[huglife]

Come on, Uncle Ray is everyone's uncle! Nothing will stop me from giving out hugs, not even these cuffs! [ Yes, they will. This sucks. ]

[bewrightback]

[Phoenix will approach Ray after the wolf man is gone, with a light frown.

He's the one person in this group he doesn't really know. But Ray has seemed friendly and trustworthy thus far, and Phoenix doesn't want that to change just because a suspicion has raised.]

Um... Are you alright, sir?

[huglife]

Ahh... Uncle Ray has never been in cuffs before. [ Like that's something that needs to be said!! ]

And it appears you have another difficult decision ahead of you, Mr. Wright.

[bewrightback]

[I guess it's slightly reassuring for one of them to never have been arrested before?!]

You're telling me. And this time... almost everyone involved is someone I know and care for in some way.

[huglife]

Which only leaves me. This would be so much easier if Uncle Ray wasn't partnered with a cute lady.

[bewrightback]

[For someone like Larry, maybe...]

It's not like I would have condemned you if you weren't partnered with someone I know. In fact... I want to get to know you. That way, I know that I can be making an informed decision.

[huglife]

You seek the truth, just as any great attorney would. Uncle Ray never formally introduced himself, did he?

My name is Raymond Shields, Edgeworth Law Offices.

[bewrightback]

[The truth... This guy's a friend of an Edgeworth, alright.]

That would be correct. It's a pleasure to formally meet you, Mr. Shields, despite the circumstances.

I've heard of the Edgeworth Law Offices. If I'm correct... it's Edgeworth as in Gregory Edgeworth? [That would make sense of how Ray knew him for the DL-9 incident...]

[huglife]

That would be right... Mr. Wright. With Miles taking up the mantle of prosecutor, it was up to old Uncle Ray to keep the firm going. In fact, I still wait for the day he decides to follow in his father's footsteps.