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Post by Kachu on Mar 22, 2023 19:38:09 GMT
"Do you think if he tried to take a photograph of the fleeing killer, through the window, we'd get the photo we ended up finding in his camera?"
"What I mean to say is... Maybe he just wanted to try and catch the killer running away? Or maybe his intention was to just see the entrance to the infirmary... Which, granted, also gave us a ton of info."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 22, 2023 19:41:00 GMT
Yugi’s eyes nearly pop out of her head with how fast the knife is.
She glances back at her pal Ige, “He captured that nothing was there! And sometimes nothing is the everything we could ask for!” This is accompanied with a thumbs up that makes it seem like she finds it logical somehow.
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Post by pancakes on Mar 22, 2023 19:42:56 GMT
"I...I don't get it," Ige whimpered.
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Post by dootdoot on Mar 22, 2023 19:44:13 GMT
Faye pulled the knife back after her cool demonstration and just kinda held it up as she talked. "It's also possible he tried to photograph the killed but stumbled around, especially if the camera was still set for a delay. He had a knife in his chest and all."
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Post by Neotelenta on Mar 22, 2023 19:47:20 GMT
"The camera had a lanyard on it, right? I'm still perplexed by how the picture didn't even get Kameron in the shot. Did it get cut by the knife at all?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 22, 2023 19:50:49 GMT
“Mr. Fields was still sitting, probably on the chair, when he took the picture!” Yugi looks around with her eyebrows raised. “So after the picture he stumbled around and knocked over the chair and so on!”
Yugi wants very badly for this to make sense.
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Post by Panda on Mar 22, 2023 20:02:41 GMT
Judging by the photo's positioning, whoever took it was probably standing up at the time. It's reasonable that Kameron, in his dying moments, took a picture before collapsing.
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Post by pancakes on Mar 22, 2023 20:05:46 GMT
"I get it now!" Ige exclaimed, suddenly getting it.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 22, 2023 20:27:19 GMT
“Awesome, Ige! Great job figuring it out!” Yugi doesn’t super know why she’s complimenting Ige and it reads on her face.
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Post by Panda on Mar 22, 2023 20:39:12 GMT
If Kameron really had been killed by a transforming battery grip, the question was: when and how was it swapped out?
As the topic had come up, Hawk explained how the vents worked. There was a connected system between the changing rooms, gym storage room and the maintenance room (where the control hub was). Normally the vents would also connect to the outside (to facilitate air flow), but most likely those openings had been frozen or sealed shut, creating a closed system. While it was easy enough to get inside one, the vents were too small for a person to fit through.
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Post by Kachu on Mar 22, 2023 20:49:39 GMT
"I believe Ige mentioned it first, but it seems the only possible way this could've happened would be during the dodgeball game. Which means the only way through the vents would be with the use of one's familiar."
Mikoto brings a sleeved hand to their chin and looks down at their podium. "I may be mistaken, but I believe every one of us present in the game had their familiars waiting by the side, cheering us on." Mikoto pauses for a moment before continuing. "That removes the 11 of us from the equation, no?"
"And given that Su-Ah spent her time in the foyer around others, there was no chance for her to commit this crime. That would leave... four of us, I believe." Mikoto nods at their own words.
"I also believe the most likely entry point would've been through the vents in the maintenance room. That would remove the need for anyone to sneak into the gym or anything like that. They'd just have to know which room Mister Fields would've changed in, and have their familiar take the camera with them, and then place it back once they manually swapped the grips. It would be far too risky to utilize the vents while everyone was changing, and I cannot see how anyone would've had a chance to sneak into the storage room to do it then, without anyone noticing."
"Though, I wonder if our familiars are strong enough to even open the vents? That might throw a wrench in this idea..."
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Post by Panda on Mar 22, 2023 20:52:02 GMT
Nico explained that it was pretty easy to open the vent in the boy's changing room. Their familiars were likely also capable of this.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 22, 2023 20:53:53 GMT
“Right Mikoto! Most of us were accounted for during the game! Except for the five who didn’t join us and… I went to get the ball in the storage room.”
Yugi scratches her head somewhere deep within her hair.
“Someone must have been present to put the handle on since a familiar wouldn’t be so smart to do it…”
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Post by Kachu on Mar 22, 2023 20:55:00 GMT
"Excellent!" Mikoto exclaims at Nico. "Thank you, friend."
"But now, something that I find puzzling... How did the killer know where the victim would be? That is to say, how on earth would they have known he'd be in the infirmary? What was there plan here, ultimately? Hrmm..."
"Exactly!" Mikoto exclaims again, this time at Yugi. "It most certainly means the swap couldn't have been performed by those of us in the dodgeball game, even if we had small windows of time to do it."
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Post by Joker on Mar 22, 2023 21:04:11 GMT
"You're welcome!" Nico said, taking credit for the godmodded information post.
"Maybe someone gave Mr. Itsunoi the idea to cast the spells during the game? And they just assumed he'd hurt himself, so he'd have to be taken to the infirmary?" He scratched the back of his head, unsure. "That could totally work! It's just an awful lot of assuming, but it could work!" He didn't sound very confident in this idea.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 22, 2023 21:06:27 GMT
“Well? What do you guys have to say for yourselves?” Yugi looks around the room at Calvin, Caitlin, Kenji and Ige.
“Actually, if the someone cast a spell through the window and re-entered by the open window, then they probably need to be in the west wing during the second half of the day, right? So I don’t think Caitlin could have done it either…”
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Mar 22, 2023 21:08:12 GMT
"Well, we need to consider that the killer have to be outside the infirmary's window in order to get Mr. Fields' attention and to beef him." Calvin points out to the others. "I reckon we can rules out Hella because of her sprained ankle. We can rule myself out cause I was in the kitchen the entire time, as I was cleaning up the kitchen and then prepared a snack afterwards."
"Think about it, folks. If the killer beefed Mr. Fields, they would have little time to get back to wherever they were when people came to round 'em up to bring to the infirmary. Plus, their familiar would have to not cause any kind of noise that would draw attention from the people playing dodgeball in the gym." The cowboy explains as he glances around the other people. "This would leaves us with two possible suspects..."
He points a gun gesture towards the two people in question.
"Mr. Lopez and Ige. Those are the people and I reckon one of them is the bad egg." He said as he stares intensely at the two suspects.
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Post by Kachu on Mar 22, 2023 21:10:43 GMT
Mikoto corrects Yugi after they themselves were corrected by the GM on discord in that, nobody can fit through ANY window, but the killer instead forced open the nearby door, and froze it by poking their head out the window instead. Just so we're all on the same page!
Then, Mikoto nods at what both Yugi and Nico are saying. "We'd have to hear what Mister Itsunoi says about that then. And indeed, Caitlin was on the east wing. I'd like to know more about what Mister Lopez and Hella were doing, as well about that ankle injury..."
"I do not think Ige has a murderer's constitution." They said, matter-of-fact-ly.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 22, 2023 21:21:19 GMT
“Oh when I said re-entered by the open window I meant the door that’s physically near to it! Not through the window itself!” Yugi painfully explains.
Yugi bites her lip while the group talks about Hella and Calvin, hoping that the killer is instead either the grumpy librarian or the high-strung assistant.
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Post by Joker on Mar 22, 2023 21:24:40 GMT
"Well, we need to consider that the killer have to be outside the infirmary's window in order to get Mr. Fields' attention and to beef him." Calvin points out to the others. "I reckon we can rules out Hella because of her sprained ankle. We can rule myself out cause I was in the kitchen the entire time, as I was cleaning up the kitchen and then prepared a snack afterwards." "Speaking of that, did Hella ever mention how she hurt her ankle in the first place?" Nico asked. "If this murder required a day or two of prep time, maybe it could've been during that...?" He says, all but directly accusing the paleontologist of murder.
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Post by pancakes on Mar 22, 2023 21:28:53 GMT
"Y-Yeah! What Mikoto said!" Ige stammered as the heat went on him. "Besides, I also brought up the familiar thing, remember? Why would I incriminate myself like that? I mean yeah, that's pretty backwards logic, and maybe I'm doing a long play where I reveal some important aspect of a potential plan to make myself look less suspicious, even though I really am suspicious, but...uh..."
Ige crossed his arms.
"It just wasn't me, alright?! Take my word for it!"
He continued.
"Anyways, I do think a familiar was used to traverse the vents and make it to Kameron's changing room, probably during the dodgeball game as mentioned. For clarification's sake, how autonomous are our familiars anyways? Like, do we just need to give a command, and they'll follow? I haven't really interacted with this little guy."
He picked up his Pathetic Puppy, which bit him on the hand in response.
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Post by mec on Mar 22, 2023 21:30:09 GMT
"What're you trying to say?" Hella lifts up her leg with the sprained ankle from on top of her familiar. "Ah, fuck." She mutters in annoyance at the slight pain. "It's real ya sword bonker. Plain and simple." "Speaking of that, did Hella ever mention how she hurt her ankle in the first place?" Nico asked. "If this murder required a day or two of prep time, maybe it could've been during that...?" He says, all but directly accusing the paleontologist of murder. "I..." Hella lowers her leg back down and without really looking at anyone she briefly says. "Stepped on a rock. In the library. That rock was my rock."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Mar 22, 2023 21:31:04 GMT
"... Actually, come to think of it... We were aware of the chemical spills inside the maintenance room, correct?" Calvin asked the others. "If I bring to mind correctly, didn't Mr. Lopez steps into the chemical spill, when he and the rest of group 4 went to check the maintenance room? Why would he do that? And why put one of his feet into the spill?"
"And if possible, I'd like to check his slippers." The cowboy requested.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 22, 2023 21:31:35 GMT
“Guys it can’t be Hella I’ve been making sure she doesn’t kill anyone!” Yugi blurts.
“Uh… yeah.”
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Post by Panda on Mar 22, 2023 21:36:04 GMT
Kenji's slipper still had traces of chemical muck on it. The other was clean.
The group who had investigated that area cast their minds back. The sticky gunk on the floor had been undisturbed until Kenji impatiently stepped inside.
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Post by Kachu on Mar 22, 2023 21:39:14 GMT
"You must understand, it's possible to fake anything." Mikoto explains. "Though the undisturbed spill puts a bit of a wrench in my thinking..." Mikoto sighs. “Guys it can’t be Hella I’ve been making sure she doesn’t kill anyone!” Yugi blurts. “Uh… yeah.” "...What do you mean by this, exactly?" Mikoto pauses, and tilts their head inquisitively.
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Post by mec on Mar 22, 2023 21:43:14 GMT
"It means I didn't do it. Wait she's been what?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 22, 2023 21:44:05 GMT
“Uh just that I’ve been looking after Hella! Like hanging out with her, making sure she has a friend…”
It seems like Yugi’s idea of murder prevention isn’t exactly air-tight.
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Post by pancakes on Mar 22, 2023 21:51:40 GMT
"What the heck? You'd protect her but you all would throw me under the bus?! What did I do, huh?! I'm trying to be helpful here!"
Ige huffed and puffed, surely irritating everyone around him.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 22, 2023 21:54:45 GMT
“Geez, I guess when you put it that way I do feel bad for you, Ige. I never realized that you just needed a friend, but I assume I’m a little too young to be your friend? Maybe you could hang out with the teachers?”
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