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Post by dootdoot on Apr 15, 2023 16:22:14 GMT
"Sure. I support that." Faye said. "It's a good lifeline for when we're lost like this. Too bad we already used the oracle..."
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 16:37:09 GMT
"Alright, also, an idea: the key wasn't made for something else, rather it used to work on the Jail but someone changed the lock to try and kill Xhuli after showing her their trick so she'd get trapped in the Jail. Is that possible, ya damn bear?" Caitlin asked Monokuma.
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Post by dootdoot on Apr 15, 2023 16:39:59 GMT
"Your security is awful. You should have just made a magic jail. And a magic board game." Faye gave her valuable input.
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Post by Collin1002 on Apr 15, 2023 16:42:16 GMT
"I-If it matters, um, I support using a lifeline here..." Felix meekly spoke up.
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Post by Panda on Apr 15, 2023 16:45:21 GMT
"You're saying someone hacked my security?" Monokuma exclaimed. "But it was perfect! I stayed up all night writing that code! ...Okay so maybe that wasn't such a good idea. I guess it's possible someone hacked the gate so the RFID tag would open it. If they were reeeeeeeeeeeeally smart," he conceded petulantly. By the sounds of it, it probably wouldn't have taken all that much skill to do.
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 16:59:11 GMT
Caitlin breathed a sigh of relief. "Finally got something right fer once... Anyway, now that we have that laid out, we're back to trying to figure out who could've done it. If anyone could have hacked the gate, then that doesn't give us much to work with there. I wonder, though, Xhuli said she was pushed, right? So that would make me think that it was someone who was trailing behind her that killed her, but just before the Go to Jail room are the bathrooms. Could someone who was ahead of her have hidden there, waited fer her to pass through, and then shove her into the jail chute?"
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Apr 15, 2023 17:05:41 GMT
"I... I suppose that's a possibility, Caitlin." Darren replied, the brim of his cowboy hat covering his eyes.
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 17:07:23 GMT
"I... I suppose that's a possibility, Caitlin." Darren replied, the brim of his cowboy hat covering his eyes. "Ya think so?" she asked. "What's the matter? Ya don't seem so enthusiastic, cowboy. If there's a hole in my theory, feel free to say somethin'."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Apr 15, 2023 17:15:13 GMT
"It's nothing personal!" Darren objected, looking Caitlin straight in the eyes. "If we think about it, then it would give us two different killers; one who hacked the jail door and one who pushed Xhuli down the chute."
"Do you think these two people conspired to kill Xhuli? If yes, then it's even more difficult to figure out who the two killers are... If not, then there's the issue of which one will get the credit for killing Xhuli."
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 17:17:58 GMT
"It's nothing personal!" Darren objected, looking Caitlin straight in the eyes. "If we think about it, then it would give us two different killers; one who hacked the jail door and one who pushed Xhuli down the chute." "Do you think these two people conspired to kill Xhuli? If yes, then it's even more difficult to figure out who the two killers are... If not, then there's the issue of which one will get the credit for killing Xhuli." "What's wrong with a tag-team?" she asked. "It's not difficult at all -- if it WAS a pair who killed Xhuli, it's either Yves and Mikoto, or you and Hawk." A small grin appeared on her lips. "Why is this the thing that pushed yer buttons? I've been wrong about a lot this trial, but you've said nothing. Am I getting warmer, Darren? Worried ya won't get credit?"
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Apr 15, 2023 17:23:37 GMT
"W-What are you talking about, Caitlin?" Darren stammered. "Besides, if it was a tag-team that did this... Then it'd be impossible. As far as we know, the pairs can vouch for each other."
He looks to Hawk and then back to Caitlin.
"Besides, I never left Hawk's side ever since he decided that we should pair up because of my revolver." The cowboy explains. "Cause if I took too longer to get back to Hawk, then he would definitely know I was up to something. As he would have said something about it."
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 17:31:10 GMT
"W-What are you talking about, Caitlin?" Darren stammered. "Besides, if it was a tag-team that did this... Then it'd be impossible. As far as we know, the pairs can vouch for each other." He looks to Hawk and then back to Caitlin. "Besides, I never left Hawk's side ever since he decided that we should pair up because of my revolver." The cowboy explains. "Cause if I took too longer to get back to Hawk, then he would definitely know I was up to something. As he would have said something about it." "Well, of course the pairs can vouch fer each other, especially if they worked together," she said plainly. "Xhuli tried to frame Hawk for the trap. Hawk has been sick of her shite, moreso than an authority figure should be. You and Hawk both hold the most authority due to yer weapon skills. No shite you'd stick together. The both of you were behind Xhuli. One of you killed her. One of you killed that insufferable wagon -- thanks, by the way -- and it was..." Caitlin pointed for emphasis. "It was the two of you, but specifically you, Darren! A man with a fake identity... are ya even a real cowboy?! Hawk covered yer ass because he hated that broad!"
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Post by dootdoot on Apr 15, 2023 17:37:41 GMT
"Does it really have to be the two of them working together?" Faye asked. "I don't think Xhuli was pushed, she jumped in herself thinking she could escape. And it can't take that long to hack the lock, so 20 seconds or so when Hawk takes his eyes off Cal- Darren? Calvin? When Hawk takes his eyes off his partner is enough. Hey, couldn't he do all that before the race, even?"
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Post by Kachu on Apr 15, 2023 17:40:22 GMT
"Jumped in from the chest, I believe!" Mikoto raises an arm into the air enthusiastically, adding on to Faye's comment. They're trying to be helpful.
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 17:41:22 GMT
"Does it really have to be the two of them working together?" Faye asked. "I don't think Xhuli was pushed, she jumped in herself thinking she could escape. And it can't take that long to hack the lock, so 20 seconds or so when Hawk takes his eyes off Cal- Darren? Calvin? When Hawk takes his eyes off his partner is enough. Hey, couldn't he do all that before the race, even?" "Huh. Yeah, I guess that's true," she admitted. "I think if he did it before the race works, too."
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Post by Panda on Apr 15, 2023 17:41:46 GMT
"Ehhhhhhhhhhh?" Monokuma cocked his head again. "Wasn't the secret compartment all dusty? Like it hadn't been accessed in days?"
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Apr 15, 2023 17:44:07 GMT
"Yeah, what Monokuma said!" Darren shouts in agreement with the bear.
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 17:44:44 GMT
"Are ya really gonna agree with the bear?! It doesn't make ya look any better!"
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Post by Kachu on Apr 15, 2023 17:46:52 GMT
"How do you do that with such a small neck...?" Mikoto mumbles.
"It would be possible to prepare this in advance, yes? If the killer was the one who took the rat race rules before any of us could see it, they might've been able to think of something like this crime... maybe?"
"I'm not sure how they would assume bankruptcy would lead to death, though! But the killer could know about all of the race rules at least!"
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Post by dootdoot on Apr 15, 2023 17:48:31 GMT
"Of course bankruptcy means death. It's always death with demons. Unless it's 666 years of servitude. But mostly it's death." Faye elucidated.
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Post by Kachu on Apr 15, 2023 17:52:16 GMT
"I was never a cryptocurrency person, please understand!" Mikoto claps their hands together and bows in Faye's direction, entirely genuine.
But what the hell are they even saying...?
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Post by Kachu on Apr 15, 2023 17:56:24 GMT
"Perhaps someone destroyed the lock!" Mikoto suddenly jolts up and exclaims. "Most of you all were there when Xhuli was trapped, right? Did anyone fiddle with the door in any way, potentially damaging the lock and preventing the card from working...?"
"Or perhaps they had a chance to do so earlier during the race, when they were plotting their murder!"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 17:57:49 GMT
"The card didn't work because they went back, at some point, and disabled the internal code in the lock that accepted the card."
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Post by Kachu on Apr 15, 2023 18:00:49 GMT
"But the PC was dustier than the sands of the desert itself!" Mikoto, shouting a little bit now, pumps a fist into the sky. "They must've done this during the race! There was never a chance to go back and de-activate the lock!"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 18:05:54 GMT
"Well, then how do ya propose they did it? They couldn't have shot the feckin' thing, they... wait. The spell -- Trydan! It lets you make an EMP, right?!"
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Post by Kachu on Apr 15, 2023 18:09:07 GMT
"Indeed! But wouldn't it reboot quickly..? Or would it have to be manually rebooted?"
... Mikoto hangs their head. "Actually, isn't the jail immune to magic..?"
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 18:09:40 GMT
"The jail is.... but not the RFID chip."
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Post by Panda on Apr 15, 2023 18:10:45 GMT
"Someone EMPed my lock?" Monokuma roared. "You guys have no respect for my stuff. And after all the effort I put in to set this place up for you all!" "Indeed! But wouldn't it reboot quickly..? Or would it have to be manually rebooted?" ... Mikoto hangs their head. "Actually, isn't the jail immune to magic..?" "It's immune to magic, but not stuff created by magic," Monokuma answered. "Like the crowbar you guys made from magic, that was able to open it. Same would have gone for the EMP... boohoohoo..."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Apr 15, 2023 18:12:08 GMT
Darren was silent for a moment.
"Guess my jig is up." He muttered to himself, looking really pissed, like the hornets' nest was kicked.
As quick as a flash, the cowboy upholstered his revolver, then points the gun up in the air and fired a warning shot.
"Nobody move a muscle or say a fucking word! Or I'll shoot!" Darren warned the others as he quickly aims the gun at each and every of the players.
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Post by wintercoat on Apr 15, 2023 18:14:22 GMT
"Ha! I fucking dare ya, tough guy!" Caitlin taunted while rolling up her sleeves. "Ya kill one of us, it's over for ya! Come on, shoot me! I got nothing worth living fer anyhow! Do it! Do it, Faker!"
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