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Post by NIKI on Mar 31, 2023 19:14:27 GMT
"Oh god! What a striking image. Look over here!" Su-Ah snaps a picture of Mikoto coughing blood on her flip-phone.
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Mar 31, 2023 19:16:39 GMT
"Mikoto?!" Calvin shouted, as he looks at the bladesmith. "Are you alright?!"
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Post by satan on Mar 31, 2023 19:18:21 GMT
"We still have time," Hawk cautioned. "Perhaps we should re-examine our timeline. It may reveal clues we haven't been considering."
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Post by pancakes on Mar 31, 2023 19:21:23 GMT
"Oh god! What a striking image. Look over here!" Su-Ah snaps a picture of Mikoto coughing blood on her flip-phone. "Remind me not to injure myself around this one..."
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Post by NIKI on Mar 31, 2023 19:21:50 GMT
"You already did, silly. You just didn't bleed."
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Post by pancakes on Mar 31, 2023 19:23:19 GMT
"...U-Uh, oh yeah, I forgot," Ige stammered, suddenly pretty intimidated.
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Post by Kachu on Mar 31, 2023 19:52:49 GMT
“I’d like to know something.” Mikoto’s tone shifts.
“Ige. At any point during your time preparing everything, did anyone seem… off to you? Busy doing something far away from your position, or difficult to get a good grasp on their appearance from a distance? Did anyone seem to keep far away for whatever reason?”
“I’d like to ask the same question to Felix, Nico, Calvin and Yves. If you would all be so kind to think back to earlier today.”
“I cannot explain why or how this accomplice was convinced, but I’m beginning to think the killer casted a spell on themselves to blend in with one of the preparation groups. While the accomplice disposed of evidence, under the guise of being generic and keeping distance, the other prep members might not have thought twice about one of their partners being absent.”
“Am I making any sense?”
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Post by pancakes on Mar 31, 2023 19:56:00 GMT
"I was with Yves and Calvin the entire time...I can't say I noticed anything, no."
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Post by Kachu on Mar 31, 2023 19:56:44 GMT
Mikoto hangs their head, defeated.
“A shame…”
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 31, 2023 19:59:50 GMT
“Calvin laid out a really good timeline I’m just not sure about how the confrontation went down! Did the killer break the window before or after they knocked Neuron out? How did they knock Neuron out if he had a gun? I just want someone to explain!”
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Post by Kachu on Mar 31, 2023 20:03:16 GMT
"Okay forget all that!" Mikoto shakes their head. They are visibly upset.
"Let's put it this way. The killer WAS on the second floor of the kitchen in Sahra. The killer then flew away, as we have multiple people saying they have seen this. I do not believe this is debatable."
"Knowing that, then our killer needed to have been on the second floor of the kitchen, likely before Su-Ah arrived. Think about it- If they arrived after her, they'd need to sneak past her, which feels unlikely, or break through the upstairs window. But! The performance group had a good view of the upstairs window the whole time. If someone broke in from there, then they'd have known!"
"...I realize this does not put myself in a good situation, but... Considering when Nico and Felix left Ingrass with Su-Ah... It feels as though the only possible suspects who are able to have waited on the second floor long enough would be one of the four independents. That is to say, myself, Hawk, Caitlin and Faye."
"Unless it was really possible for someone to have snuck past Su-Ah and Mister Itsunoi both while they were cooking...?"
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Post by dootdoot on Mar 31, 2023 20:09:49 GMT
"Hey. Wait. I have a problem." Faye said, as if she were the only one. "Did all of this stuff really happen right behind Su-Ah?"
"You said you turned away for 'a moment', then a muffled shout, then the impact that was probably the statue falling. Is that really enough time for someone to knock out Neuron wonderland the statue then run off upstairs?"
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Post by NIKI on Mar 31, 2023 20:15:18 GMT
"...What are you trying to say? I may need to get my hearing tested, for sure. But I just have no other explanation as to how this happened."
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Post by Kachu on Mar 31, 2023 20:16:07 GMT
"Would you have noticed someone entering the kitchen while you were cooking, though?"
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Post by NIKI on Mar 31, 2023 20:19:25 GMT
"Of course I would have! I'm not THAT deaf, I hope."
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Post by Kachu on Mar 31, 2023 20:26:32 GMT
"If you are certain, then that only... erm. That only puts me in a worse spot."
Mikoto hangs their head. "If not a soul could sneak into the kitchen past you, then the killer was hiding on the second floor of the kitchen for upwards of four hours... There's only a few people who could've been unaccounted for for so long, no?"
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Post by pancakes on Mar 31, 2023 20:31:18 GMT
"Less so than how the killer even got there, something else about the killer's path bothers me," Ige speaks up. "Seeing as there was an accomplice...After the killer escaped from the window and was presumably seen by Yugi's group, they would have to meet up with the accomplice to hand over the cloak and telescope, right? Or did we decide the accomplice and killer were already together at the time?"
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Post by Kachu on Mar 31, 2023 20:32:55 GMT
"The cloaked figure was not big enough to be two people." Mikoto puts a hand to their chin (over their coat (I specify this every time and it's starting to get old)). "They would have to meet with the accomplice on their own after."
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Post by dootdoot on Mar 31, 2023 20:33:33 GMT
"Okay... Think of it this way. If everything happened as we think, the killer fled the scene at 15:00 and then passed the telescope to their accomplice, who must have been in Ingrass when the note was discovered. But is this really possible when everyone who did was accounted for and we all reunited at the scene shortly after?"
"There's almost four hours between assignments starting and Neuron dying. If Su-Ah is actually the accomplice, then Neuron can be knocked out much earlier during that window, she can dispose of the telescope since that requires no magic, and the scene where the cloaked killer is seen fleeing the scene can be staged right after using the statue to kill Neuron to make it seem like the killer had to dispose of everything right after leaving."
"... Or Felix and Nico did it. But seriously, did Neuron get whacked over the head with a telescope and positioned under the statue and you didn't notice any of that???"
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Post by Kachu on Mar 31, 2023 20:36:51 GMT
"We should remember that not just the telescope was disposed of." Mikoto nods. "But the cloak too. If Su-Ah disposed of the cloak well before 15:00, then the cloaked figure would not exist to be seen by Yugi, Korrigan and Hella."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Mar 31, 2023 20:38:14 GMT
"Something to considers as well, folks." Calvin points out to the others. "15:00 is when the performance group hearn the statue falling and killing Mr. Itsunoi. Shortly after that, they see the cloaked figure fly out the window. Then, at 15:03, we all hearn the bell ringing and came running to the crime scene."
"3 minutes seems a lot of time to dump the telescope and cloak in Planet Sissus and to get back to wherever they were before... You know."
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Post by NIKI on Mar 31, 2023 20:49:11 GMT
"Well, I was really focused on getting my food cooked to perfection, so I really didn't notice!" Su-Ah crosses her arms.
"I kind of stood there in shock trying to think about what to do to alert everyone... Well, maybe I admired the blood patterns for a bit too long, so what? Then I remembered that the bell exists, so I left Jang-Mi to guard the scene while I went to ring it."
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Post by Panda on Mar 31, 2023 20:57:07 GMT
"You guys are making this so confusing," Sissus complained. "If I've heard you right, you've come to the conclusion that with your current understanding of the crime, it's impossible for anyone to have done it? I bet the killer just flew overhead and dropped the statue right through the roof! Betcha didn't even consider looking up while investigating, huh?" He winked confidently.
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Post by pancakes on Mar 31, 2023 21:00:31 GMT
"With our understanding of the crime, I thought it was that the killer had to be in the group that didn't witness my accident, not that it was impossible for anyone to do it," Ige corrected politely. "Also, I don't get it!!"
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Post by satan on Mar 31, 2023 21:01:20 GMT
Hawk thought for a long while, then frowned.
"Hold on. How did the killer or the accomplice make it from Sahra to Sissus and then back in time to meet up when Ms. Su-Ah rang the bell? Were we all here when the bell rang?"
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Post by Panda on Mar 31, 2023 21:08:57 GMT
Everyone recalls the specifics of what happened. The bell rang at 15:03. Everyone off-planet took some number of minutes to reach Sahra, depending on where they started. People who were supposed to be in groups all arrived as groups.
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Post by satan on Mar 31, 2023 21:12:43 GMT
Hawk once again pressed a finger into his forehead, thinking very hard.
"Alright. Now, which direction did everyone come from? I know most of us came from different directions, so simply name the planet you started on and we can go from there."
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Post by wintercoat on Mar 31, 2023 21:19:48 GMT
“I was on Sitie, ‘cause I was screwing off in my room,” Caitlin said.
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Post by Kachu on Mar 31, 2023 21:20:43 GMT
"Okay, another question!" Mikoto tries to sound excited but it's hard. It's so hard.
"Was anyone's familiar absent for a time? Busy doing something else?"
"There is no need for a return trip if you're a familiar. You can be de-summoned and summoned back with 20sp. Su-Ah could even do this."
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Post by Joker on Mar 31, 2023 21:21:02 GMT
"Felix and I were on Sitie too!" Nico chimed in, unsure of what else to say.
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