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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 4, 2023 7:39:09 GMT
Hello this is your cool thread where you can privately talk to me (the GM). Alibis will be found here for convenience. Otherwise, use of this thread is entirely up to whatever you want to use it for.
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 4, 2023 15:11:20 GMT
Cool.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 4, 2023 15:33:30 GMT
COOL.
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 5, 2023 22:25:46 GMT
Just to reaffirm, but I'll be gone all day this upcoming Saturday and Sunday since I'm driving myself and most of my worldly possessions from Florida to Ohio, but I'll be available on Monday and from then onwards as normal.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 5, 2023 22:40:50 GMT
Okay sounds good.
If DLs are 7 days, you might miss the very end of this one.
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 5, 2023 22:49:41 GMT
Hopefully I can put Felix in a position where he doesn't need to do too much. Or I'll see if I can tune in during rest stops and post something small on the days I'm driving. I've got good data.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 5, 2023 23:54:53 GMT
Yeah it's no big deal I think to miss the end of the DL. Usually not super important and I'm glad if you're present for the actual case itself.
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 6, 2023 0:17:05 GMT
Felix would like to use his FTE voucher on/with Raphael.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 6, 2023 0:21:05 GMT
Okay! Request is being processed.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 6, 2023 0:46:59 GMT
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 7, 2023 1:39:17 GMT
Hey, important question. I know I wrote it like Felix brought it, but is it okay that he brought two walkie talkies with him? He has the intention of giving one to Raphael likely during the scene, or at the latest at their next FTE.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 7, 2023 1:39:48 GMT
Okay that’s all good!
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 7, 2023 1:42:45 GMT
Cool! Just wanted to double-check.
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 7, 2023 12:24:17 GMT
Hopping on the second avatar train.
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 12, 2023 22:36:56 GMT
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 13, 2023 1:06:36 GMT
## Chapter 1
### Trial Start
#### [Day 14 - 1:00 PM] - [ALL] - Dining Room
The players are gathered in the dining room for a late brunch on day fourteen. Despite all of the fear and consternation caused by learning the true rules of the game, there was also a boredom that led people to gather on occasion.
"Hard to believe that we're already two weeks into this!" Felix says cheerily.
"Say, should we switch roommates? New roomies could be fun!"'
"Yeah! Cool!"
"Oh, sure, we could do that."
"Do we really have to move?
"This certainly sounds interesting!"
The group decides to randomly draw their rooms, and Rebecca does the drawing by ripping up four colored index cards and putting them into her bag and holding it out for the others to stick their hand in and grab one. Red would be room 1, yellow room 2, and so on.
In the end, the following rooms were chosen:
Room 1 - Ava, Lyric, Decker, Sara Bella Room 2 - Yutaro, Rosemary, Rebecca, Felix Room 3 - Cole, Dae, Jackson Room 4 - Raphael, Hisoka, Anastasio, A-SH
"Shit! I can't believe this..."
"Nice, time to try out a new bed!"
"Sorry, Jackson, better luck next time, huh?"
The players disperse and move away.
#### [Day 18 - 5:30 AM] - [Felix|Rosemary|Rebecca|Yutaro] - Room 2
Felix, Rosemary, Rebecca, and Yutaro lay in their room with all the lights out, yet they cannot sleep. Music pounds through the room through the wall connecting to room 1, and even with earplugs, it's impossible to sleep.
Rosemary sighs, "Those idiots. It's five-thirty. It's not cool to stay up past three every. SINGLE. Night."
Rebecca taps away on her computer, apparently still occupied with work even if she cannot access the internet. "We'll just have to adapt to their sleep schedule eventually."
Yutaro groans his head under a pillow, "I mean, my friends are high schoolers and they're not like this! I don't think I can keep working out if I can't sleep."
"Uh... Well, I could go try to talk to them again!" Felix says hopefully. "I don't think they're being malicious. Maybe we could buy them headphones? Wireless earbuds? Ah but then they wouldn't be able to talk, which... we can also hear them doing." Felix trails off, sounding tired and deep in thought.
The night wears on...
#### [Day 18 - 6:00 AM] - [Rosemary|Felix] - Garden
Rosemary and Felix sit in the garden. All of the late night noise has them both feeling like they can't go to sleep at all.
"So Rosemary, I noticed you're really sharp. On an emotional level," Felix says, the two of them having chatted for a bit already.
Rosemary snorts. "Just on emotional level?"
Felix chuckles, "Well, I'm sure you're smart in a lot of ways, just... especially with how people are acting, you sound like you're pretty aware of how they're feeling. So, I think the two of us should compare notes when we can. We can tell each other if we notice anything strange."
The blue-haried woman stays silent, letting Felix get a little nervous before she smirks. "Sure. I'll let you know if anyone acts suspicious. I doubt anyone is about to kill anyone though."
Felix nods, "Right, let's keep it that way. You're good at keeping people comfortable. Shake on it?"
Pop! Bang! Creeeeeeeeeak!
The two of them whip around where they're standing. "What was that? Did it come from the house?" Felix gasps.
Rosemary looks in the distance toward the house. "I don't know what the bloody hell THAT was."
The two stay outside for a while longer and then when it seems like the dawn is here, they go inside for breakfast.
#### [Day 18 - 4:00 PM] - [ALL] - Dining Room
"My roommate is having a birthday soon. We can afford a little celebration, even if we get some points for it." Rebecca says one day while everyone is in the dining room, shoveling down some freshly grilled linner steaks.
"Whose birthday?" Anastasio says, their eyes twinkling.
"No thanks," Hisoka says quietly.
Rebecca points at Yutaro who looks sheepishly at his plate, "I don't really need a party."
"Nonsense!" Lyric cries, "Oh what a chance it would be to celebrate your special day. Are you twenty-one?"
"He'll be nineteen tomorrow evening!" Felix says excitedly.
Rebecca nods, "Simply put, although everyone wishes to do this or that, I am interested in having a party for him. I've made a list of who should do what to help prepare. Sara Bella, Felix, Ava, Raphael, and Decker should work in the kitchen. We want a cake and a pasta dinner. Rosemary, Dae, Jackson, and Anastasio should prepare a fireworks display. And everyone else can help by decorating the sitting room for us to party in. Sound good? Start preparing tomorrow at 3 PM. Party starts at 8 PM."
Everyone agrees to Rebecca's plan and goes about the rest of their days.
#### [Day 19 - 3:00 PM] - [Sarabella|Felix|Ava|Raphael|Decker] - Kitchen
Sara Bella, Felix, Ava, Raphael, and Decker go to the kicthen and begin working to bake the lasagna and side dishes. In addition, they have to prepare the cake. Everyone is very cleanly and washes their hands.
Sara takes the lead on making the lasagna, after making preparations, they pop the dish into the oven.
Ava then takes the lead on making a salad with an over-complicated and overly-sweet dressing that takes everyone nearly an hour for no reason.
The first lasagna comes out of the oven burnt, so a second lasagna needs to be created, this time Raphael takes the lead on it.
Decker and Felix are the architects of the cake. Unfortunately, they are all out of eggs, but Decker knows an eggless recipe. It has three layers and they are shoulder-to-shoulder throughout the whole thing. From baking, to frosting, to icing the top with Yutaro's name. They also put on the candles in a nice and artful way.
They also find a lighter in the kitchen and put it with the food as they go upstairs with the plates, glasses, and everything. They all make it upstairs around 8:00 PM. #### [Day 19 - 8:00 PM] - [A-SH|Cole|Rosemary|Raphael|Hisoka|Yutaro|Sarabella|Ava|Felix|Lyric|Rebecca|Decker] - Sitting Room
A-SH, Cole, Rosemary, Raphael, Hisoka, Sara, Ava, Felix, Lyric, and Rebecca hide upstairs around the room. It's kind of silly and pointless, but even so it's fun to make
Yutaro makes it to the top of the stairs and everyone jumps out and claps excitedly, cheering.
"Happy birthday, Yutaro!" Lyric says, immediately guiding the young man around the room, despite the fact that he had been seeing these people for nineteen days already.
"Has anyone seen Jackson?" Sara asks, standing on tiptoes to try and look around the room.
Rosemary shakes her head, "I figure he must just be exhausted, what with the bloody noise in this house all the time."
There's a beat of quiet before Raphael let's out a, "Well that seems fair," and everyone starts moving around the room.
Soon, the party is in full force. Drinking, Karaoke and Dancing takes up everybody's time. The music is loud and keeps everyone moving.
The lasagna is served along with a side of salad. Both are very delicious to eat.
The group then goes out to the balcony at about 9:00 to watch the fireworks display. Rocket after rocket are shot up into the sky. People huddle in little circles as they watch. Cole, Hisoka, Yutaro, Felix, Ava, Lyric, Decker, A-SH, and Sara sit up front. Raphael and Rosemary are in a corner in the back. Rebecca spends the time on her computer at one of the tables behind everyone. Bunny sits on A-SH's head.
Finally, after the fireworks conclude, everyone goes inside to eat cake. They light the candles and all sing happy birthday. Cake goes fast and soon everyone puts their plates and garbage in the trash.
"Thanks, guys," Yutaro says modestly. "This whole thing was a lot but in a good way."
Rebecca smirks, "It should be good. We were all cast on this show to provide something. Glad you were entertained."
Around this time, some people divide and move around.
#### [Day 19 - 10:00 PM] - [Felix] - Room 3
During the party, Felix tries to find a place to take a nap. Rooming next to Room 1 has made him exhausted. Rooms 1 and 2 seem to have people inside right now. Room 4 seems to be as loud as the sitting room when it comes to music, plus ants are crawling on the ground. Room 3 is where he falls alseep. He wakes up a little bit later to distant screams. He looks and sees that the wall is on fire next to him. Smoke is billowing at the top of the room. He dashes to the window and opens it, relieved to see that there's a fire escape. He goes down it and goes to the front of the garden where the others are.
### Investigation Group 1 - [Yutaro|Anastasio|Felix|Lyric]
#### Garden
The area where all the fireworks were shot off has a box for fifty fireworks but its empty.
All around the ground are the cardboard shells of four dozen fireworks.
There is a plastic ring like the kind that carry rolls of tape out here in the grass.
#### Crime Scene
Autopsy Report:
Name: Jackson Diamond - Time of Death: 11:15 PM - Cause of Death: Head and neck trauma - Other injuries: Smoke filled lungs, exhaustion
The corpse lays next to the building, head against a garden rock. Blood drips from his head and into the nearby storm drain.
Pockets are empty. He is in regular clothes.
Next to where he fell is the ladder and platform of the fire escape. They appear badly battered from the fall.
A large metal spike (like a tent stake) sits on the ground nearby. Two metal spikes poke out of the metal walkway.
Looking up the side of the building, there appears to be holes where the fire escape was set into the building. A glance at the fire escape on the other side confirms this.
There is a crack in the wall between the window Jackson fell from and the adjacent window leading into room 4. It looks wide and there are ants crawling around it.
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 13, 2023 22:13:14 GMT
Oh dear, this is troubling.
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 18, 2023 21:31:40 GMT
I'll use the FTE request on Lyric, please and thank you.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 21:41:02 GMT
Okay requesting…
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 21:44:34 GMT
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Post by Neotelenta on Sept 20, 2023 14:15:07 GMT
Another avatar. Attachments:
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 7, 2023 18:15:58 GMT
[#spoiler=Secret] [Day 43 - 6:00 PM] - [Felix] - Horse Barn - SECRET During the performance, Felix sneaks around, looking for people having illegal food on them. He looks closely at the people in the first row. Anastasio, Cole, Rebecca, Rosemary, Raphael, Ash, and Ava.
He sees that Cole and Anastasio are clean. Rebecca however clearly has a tube of some sort in her pocket. One similar to the poison that she gave out. He jots down a note in his notebook about this.
He also sees that Rosemary has something similar in her pocket, not too mention, Felix thinks he can smell some sort of trace of alcohol-like scent on her.
Raphael seems clean, as does Ash, but Ava seems to smell like alcohol too. He makes several notes.
He goes out the front door of the barn and goes to the Winery. He checks the inventory and finds that some of the alcohol is missing. In addition, he checks the freezer and sees that there's a wall of crates in the corner. Sitting in front of them is a crate similar to the one he threw out in the woods. It's clear someone is doing something dangerous. More Poison X is here. He should enforce the rules better. [/spoiler]
[#spoiler] [Day 44 - 8:00 PM] - [Cole|Ash|Felix|Rosemary|Sara] - Beach Cole, Ash, Felix, Rosemary, and Sara are relaxing at the beach, taking things easy. Rosemary and Sara are sunbathing. Felix and Cole are building a sandcastle. Ash is putting their feet in the water.
The sun is setting, creating an amazing view of the water.
Felix pauses, "Wow, it's a great view, isn't it everyone?"
Rosemary snorts.
Ash looks out, "It is a good view, but there are images of this definition that can be found of even better sunsets."
Felix stutters, "I suppose you are right about that." There's an awkward pause. "So, how is everyone doing with the strict food and drink rules?"
Ash shrugs, "My body does not metabolize alcohol like that. I have no need for it. I enjoy the taste of food, but can live without it."
Cole goes into a long tangent that can basically be summarized by him loving his wife, his country, God, and he would never be tempted by the devil. The small portion he says about the alcohol ban is that it brings him closer to his country and his wife. It's very confusing.
Rosemary and Sara don't respond, both lazing in the evening rays with their towels draped over them.
Felix frowns, "Okay, then uh... We are all going to do what we can, right? To look out for each other? Make each other happy?"
Cole nods, "OF COURSE. THOSE WHO PRAY TO GOD AS A FAMILY WILL BE HAPPY."
"Yeah, I'll do what I can," Rosemary says quietly.
Ash looks out into the water, "Does anyone feel a cold breeze?" She squeezes Bunny.
After that, the group breaks apart, feeling scared that Ash sensed a bad omen. [/spoiler]
[#spoiler] [Day 45 - 11:00 AM] - [Decker|Cole|Felix|Anastasio|Lyric] - Garage "Let's all do an ATV ride!" Felix's words ring in everyone's ears as they stare at the empty garage. Felix gathered Cole, Anastasio, Lyric, and Decker to use the ATV but nothing is in the garage.
Felix looks a little frustrated. Lyric looks bummed. Cole shrugs. Anastasio looks chipper, perhaps for no other reason than to change the mood. Decker is mad. "Dude! Why did you take us here if there wasn't going to be any ATV!"
Felix looks into the garage, but can't find anything else that fun. In particular, he suggests skating, but none of the skate ramps are in there.
In the end, the party breaks apart. [/spoiler]
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 7, 2023 18:16:21 GMT
[#spoiler=Investigation] [Day 45 - 12:00 AM] - [Felix|Lyric|Cole] - Lake, Lake Front, Boat House The lake is peaceful, with little choppy water.
The wreckage of the boat appears to be the motor boat that was always around. That motor boat has a single room inside of it with a bed.
There's some glass vial on the rocks underwater by where the crash happened.
The rock the boat crashed into is tall and can be seen from far away.
Walking around the lake, there is a strange bent metal wire sticking out of the water. The wire is 40 feet long or so but very bendable.
Floating off in the water are a couple of pieces of soaked fabric. There's one brown one, a grey one, a blue one.
Next, a rock is sticking out of the water around the other side of the lake. It has some blood on top of it where it would be hard to get to.
Nearby that is a pipe that takes in water for a drainage system from the lake, but a person couldn't get through it.
In the water there seems to be the ATV? Diving down, looks like someone busted it up.
Autopsy Report:
Name: Seraphine Ballesdens - Time of Death: 11:30 AM - Cause of Death: Head and neck trauma - Other injuries: Head wound
Weirdly enough, Sara also has some darkened skin (like a necrofied color), when they drag her out of the water.
The boat house has nothing out of the ordinary.
The lake front has nothing out of the ordinary. [/spoiler]
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Post by Neotelenta on Oct 7, 2023 18:54:32 GMT
The investigation...Is that supposed to say 12PM as opposed to 12AM?
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 7, 2023 18:57:42 GMT
Oops yep!
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Post by Neotelenta on Oct 20, 2023 18:55:41 GMT
New Chapter, new reference. (His eyebrows are serious now, oooo) Attachments:
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 21, 2023 15:48:45 GMT
Nice levelling up!!
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 21, 2023 16:02:44 GMT
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Post by Neotelenta on Oct 21, 2023 18:08:11 GMT
Hey, just to verify, I still have my voucher, right? Since other people used theirs on Felix?
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 21, 2023 19:31:13 GMT
Yep!
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