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]

Dahlia... Don't you dare!

[talldarkbitter]

Wright.

[ Don't do it. ]

[bewrightback]

G- Mr. Armando?

[talldarkbitter]

[ But Armando only shakes his head. That's exactly what she wants you to do, idiot. Get upset and cause a scene. ]

[venomize]

If people are going to be voting for me without any evidence, then I have the right to vote for someone who's more likely to be a friend of the "bad badger", don't I?

[ She doesn't make any movements, however. ]

[stagewright]

At least on the "people voting for her" part she has a point. It could be that these "bad badger" people keep voting for her in the anonymous portion 'cause they know people'll want to vote for her if she's up for the actual vote, right?

[ Not that she approves of someone who has tried to murder her father.

But she feels like Dahlia would have murdered the Feys and/or said father by now if she could have. ]

[bewrightback]

I... I guess that much makes sense. [He sighs, already a little deflated by Godot's glare.]

[stagewright]

And if that is the case, it might be important to find out who, exactly, keeps doing that!

[ WE...CAN SAFELY ASSUME IT'S PROBABLY NOT DAHLIA. ]

[bewrightback]

...

And what would we do if we found that out?

[stagewright]

...Well, if we assume that the two teams that vote for Dahlia are both "bad badger" teams, the two remaining, then one of them should be in the group of three just pointed out, right?

[ Horrible pizza guy said to try to logic through it, and Trucy's...attempting. And attempt is being made. ]

[bewrightback]

That's one theory. [He glances towards the handcuffed individuals.] But it's hard to say for sure. Miss Hawthorne's made a lot of people angry at her in her lifetime, after all.

[stagewright]

Yeah, but...even so, you haven't been voting for her, Daddy. You've been trying to figure out who the actual "bad" people are. And I didn't vote for Mr. Gavin just because I don't like him. I tried to vote for the suspicious people.

If people aren't doing that, then I have to think they're suspicious, too, don't I? ...We don't have a lot to go on. Just how people are voting. So, since two teams have voted for Dahlia twice while she's not actually in the "clues"...I'm saying that's super suspicious, and I think those people might be bad.

[bewrightback]

[...]

You're a smart cookie, Trucy. You know that?

I do think it's still possible that people could think that they're doing good by voting for Miss Hawthorne, if they're aware of her history. Unlike Mr. Gavin, she doesn't seem to have the advantage of having an innocent person attached to her name, after all.

But... I still think that your idea could be very likely, too. ...If you think you feel a good read on anyone, let me know. And we'll talk about it at the room.

[stagewright]

And it's the lack of that advantage that would make voting for her a good idea for anyone who was against all of us getting out of this alive! ...I think.

[ Honestly, she doesn't see the benefit in trapping them all here to be killed off, either, but whatever. ]

I'll keep an eye out, Daddy!

[bewrightback]

[He taps at that chin.]

It does make sense... [And then he pats her head.] Alright. Be careful, Trucy. [He spares a worried glance towards the Feys.]

[venomize]

Exactly. [ She has two groups that she's definitely willing to kill with no remorse, but her priority right now is survival. ]

If you're smart, you'll figure out who this "bad badger" is by reasoning instead of sitting around doing nothing. You're a lawyer, aren't you? Perhaps you should start doing your job.

[bewrightback]

[He almost desk slams. But he manages to keep a cool head.]

That's exactly what I intend to do, Miss Hawthorne. I have every intention of using reasoning to get to the bottom of this, because others won't.

[venomize]

Then I wish you the best of luck. Hopefully you won't get stabbed in the back, Feenie.

[ That's a clear warning. She has every intent of getting out of this alive, even if the others die. If he plans on using reasoning based off the clues and the others will assist him, then all the better for her. Especially considering the fact that she already has two votes on her at this point. ]

[bewrightback]

[...]

Don't you worry. I'll be keeping a good eye on my back, Miss Hawthorne! [He won't give her the benefit of bitterness. Time to drop the mic and walk away? Carefully.]