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

[shacklebreaker]

[Handcuffs? Isn't this nostalgic. Blackquill's being well-behaved and not breaking his right away, at least.]

Our wolf friend seems more akin to a dim-witted dog. Aura is many things, but she is no murderer...!

[arurests]

Don't know the heck Aura is, but Portsman is scum! Dark age of the law? Who the hell cares about that? The underworld's got more serious dealing happening, and she's part of it!

[shacklebreaker]

Her name is Aura Blackquill, not Portsman, and she is employed at the Cosmos Space Centre! [Or she was until she got arrested. Details.] These allegations are nonsense.

1/2

[arurests]

My dear Mr. Phantom...

Can I just say?

[arurests]

Bullshit!

[shacklebreaker]

You may say it to my blade, before I lop your head clean from your shoulders!

[...Except handcuffs. Dang.]

Leave a trail of false breadcrumbs as you wish, but ultimately, you are not the one casting the votes. The others will discover the truth ere long.

[arurests]

False breadcrumbs?

I can smell the scent of guilt a mile away.

[shacklebreaker]

Bark as loud as you wish, dog. That you would condemn innocents for no crime of their own is a crime in itself.

[bewrightback]

[Once the wolf-man is gone and Phoenix's attempt at shounen is over, he approaches the birdman of LA-catraz with a somber look on his face.

We just went through all of that to save you from death row... and now, here you are again.]

Prosecutor Blackquill...

[shacklebreaker]

[Blackquill looks desperate, but not for his own sake.]

... I have only one request in how you cast your vote, Wright-dono: ensure my sister is safe. I know she is innocent.

[And if anything happened to her, with Athena already a hostage...]

[bewrightback]

[He nods slowly.]

I... I understand that.

In fact... I wouldn't be able to bring myself to vote for any of you.

[shacklebreaker]

Surely you realise that if you don't, the Chief Prosecutor could be in very real danger...

[bewrightback]

Don't you think I know that! But how is that supposed to work?! I have to ...trade the life of one person I care about for another...?

[shacklebreaker]

Do not allow personal sentiment to cloud your better judgement. If you do not find the allies of the Bad Badger, the death will only continue.

[feytality]

Mr. Blackquill!

[FELLOW CUFFED SAMURAI FAN..... Maya's giving him the most innocent of faces]

[(She's plotting something)]

[shacklebreaker]

[Hark, a kindred spirit approaches!] Yes...? Maya Fey, was it?

[Congrats, you don't have a disparaging nickname yet.]

[feytality]

[Their spiritual weaboo bond goes beyond disparaging nicknames!!!]

That's right! And you're... something Blackquill!

[OR NOT] Nick told me you're a real pro at breaking cuffs and prison bars!

[shacklebreaker]

Prosecutor Simon Blackquill, not something.

["Nick"? Presumably that's Phoenix...] He told you correctly. If you hold out your hands against that table over there, I might even be able to give you a demonstration.

[feytality]

Prosecutor, huh? [LOOKS HIM UP AND DOWN] Yeah, that seems about right.

Oh, really? You'll bust me out and everything?

[shacklebreaker]

Yes. These flimsy things are no challenge.

[sinistersciencelesbian]

And neither are you, but look at us both.

[shacklebreaker]

We cannot all be innocent, Aura, else this clue is a waste of time.

[sinistersciencelesbian]

Then it's those Fey girls. I mean, they seem nice enough, but I'm not guilty, and I refuse to believe that you are.

[shacklebreaker]

I cannot accept that as a conclusion, either. I will not vote for them.

[sinistersciencelesbian]

Then what are you going to do?