GAME 2 - DAY 2

[protoshepherd]

[ Once the clock ticks midnight - then again, you wouldn't know since there aren't any clocks around - you hear a coughing sound from the loudspeakers positioned in various spots on the ceiling. ]

Ahem, ahem…! This concludes our first day. Please head back to the dressing rooms and get good night's rest. Breakfast will be served at 6am. Don't worry! We will wake you all up.

Both the men and women's washrooms have a shower stall. Feel free to use them at your own convenience. The dressing rooms should be cleaned up now, and there is now a selection of new clothing for everyone to use.

[ If one goes back to the dressing room they woke up in, they'll find that the room is clean. No more chalk outlines, all the furniture is in place, etc. There are now various clothing stands providing everyone with ~sleepwear~.

The seats in the audience area are comfortable, but if you look hard enough, you'll find that there are three mattresses in the broom closet. Which you can open. It's not locked!

Hours pass, and whether or not you sleep or stay up to explore, all phones beep a few hours later. Click on the message, and it shows you the new poll. ]

Poll #16625

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 8

Who is a wolf?

Nagi Springfield, Gilderoy Lockhart
0 (0.0%)

Asuna Yuuki, Aoi Kurashiki
0 (0.0%)

Bruce Banner, Francis York Morgan
0 (0.0%)

Inspector Cabanela, Jesse Pinkman
0 (0.0%)

Hans, Gina Linetti
5 (62.5%)

Dick Gumshoe, Bobby Fulbright
0 (0.0%)

Luca Valentino, Lucina
2 (25.0%)

Grace Makutsi, Tony Chu
0 (0.0%)

L'Arachel, Kongwai Tao
0 (0.0%)

Diana, Dandy
1 (12.5%)

[ And once again, an announcement through the loudspeakers! ]

Good morning one and all! There are only ten teams left. Please do your best to identify all wolves.

[ Kelly, Emily, Doom, and Integra are nowhere to be found.

But… hey! The buffet table on stage now has new food served. There's bread and butter, hot coffee, more Samurai Dogs, some sugar and cream packets for the milk… it's a simple spread.

And… what's this? A bunch of keys with a heart-shaped charm? Maybe somebody lost it… ]

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[ 00 EST 21 April: Clue/Activity!!

00 EST 22 April: Suspicion poll comes to an end and Ousting poll gets put up.

00 EST 23 April: Ousting poll draws to a close. A new day begins, with two teams out of the game. ]

Comments

[yeahscience]

[Once the mechanism for the platform is figured out, Jesse finds himself squinting at the ingots, turning them over and over in his hands.]

This seems, like... weirdly straightforward, right? I mean, after last night and all.

[amygdalae]

Perhaps the gold ingots themselves might be a clue.

[It's sort of a guess at this point, honestly. Though Bruce can't help but feel a little glad that his name isn't up - the lack of suspicion falling on him is sort of reassuring in its own way.]

[yeahscience]

[He snorts.]

Either a clue or a bribe, maybe.

Look, though -- it's got something else on it. [He rubs his thumb over the older engraving.]

Mephi...stopheles...? I've heard that name. I know that.

[amygdalae]

The Devil.

[Bruce is no believer, but at the same time--well. Being who he is and the things that's happened doesn't mean that Bruce hasn't heard a variety of names called out to him before.

Also, Faust happens to be interesting reading material.]

At least, one of the representations of it.

[yeahscience]

So... one of these is the devil or some biz? Is that it?

[amygdalae]

Maybe. There's no real way to know for sure.

[cibopath]

Suspiciously straightforward.

[don't mind him peering over Jesse's shoulder.]

Makes you wonder if they're speeding this process up.

[yeahscience]

[Jesse's just going to shuffle a little bit away. Shuffleshuffle. He does not need dudes all up in his space.]

Why? Seems less entertaining that way.

[cibopath]

When I asked whoever texted us yesterday, it didn't seem like they were doing this for shits and giggles, you know.

They said they wanted "feedback". This is more than some dumb game.

[catmagnet]

[ Guess who helped look for the lever and not do anything foolish like climb the thing? ]

Looks like the platform, the writing on these ingots, and the ingots themselves are our clues today.

[yeahscience]

...aren't you on one of them?

[catmagnet]

Yes. But since I know what role the Princess and I were assigned, my main concern is solving the riddle and figuring out which of the other two the clue refers to.

[ As he says that, he picks up the ingot in question and takes a closer look at it. ]

If I can't do that, then I'd be causing more problems than helping.

[yeahscience]

Assuming you're not just full of it, that is.

[catmagnet]

[ Congratulations, that actually gets a laugh out of him. ]

Hehe, I could be.

[ With that, he sets the ingot down. ]

If only I knew what this was referencing... Gold, gilded? Something about its shape or color...

[immortalhope]

[Guess who's already standing on it in Elvis pajamas when you lower it, holding one ingot in particular.]

...This is troublesome.

[yeahscience]

[...That is quite the visual, Lucina. Give him a minute to absorb it all.

Eventually, he blinks, shaking his head.]

Uh, wow.

I mean-- what is?

[immortalhope]

[Excuse you, this is the pinnacle of fashion, clearly.]

This. [She turns the ingot around, so that he can see that her and Luca's names are on it. Hiding it never even occured to her.] Particularly given my interactions with Doom throughout the day, yesterday.

[yeahscience]

You think people'll think you did whatever to that guy 'cause you were yelling at him yesterday? No way -- come on. They'll know better than that.

[immortalhope]

I can only hope you're right. All I can say in my defense is that were I with the wolves, Doom would not have been our choice. Not a strong case in my favor, that.

[trenchdoting]

Maybe that means we're close to busting this case wide open, pal!

[yeahscience]

Or that's exactly what the little badger bitch wants us to think.

[trenchdoting]

Whoa! You think this might be some kind of a... mind game thing?