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Post by dootdoot on Aug 3, 2022 18:58:43 GMT
"... Apprehensive as I am to throw my support in with these cops, I will vote for Uncle Pizza as well, if only to get this out of the way." Mona monaed.
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Post by Planetbox on Aug 3, 2022 19:32:31 GMT
"That's it, then?" Red said. "Dang, y'all are bloodthirsty. Alright, come here." They waved their hand skyward, dragging the Countess and Rob into the sky near them. All of the rats were also pulled off of Kolton's face and floated in the air as well, their tails twisting into a single knot. "Let's start with the prissy poodle lady," Red said. Red raised her high into the air and then snapped their wrist backward. Crimson lightning burst from her body. Her massive dress changed for a moment to a police uniform covered in silver medals, and then back again, flashing back and forth. Red nods their head. Both of their eyes glow. "Yes, I see now. Countess Elizabeth Arette Pistachio Charlemagne Natalie Maria Clementine Montague du Bois was the Chief. She was a paranoid woman in charge of the Witches.
Every round, she would learn the identities of those who visited her. She would also shoot a varied number of players and dispose of them.
She was a Mobster, aligned with the Cops." Red let that sink in before dropping the Countess to the ground. Then he grinned at the speechless Mobsters. "Just kidding. She was a Cop. I'll use the red from now on." ... Red turned their attention to Broccoli Rob and used the same power on him. The red lightning turned into binary numbers which swirled around him, condensing into a mounted display on his head. "Broccoli Rob was the Technician. He was well-acquainted with the Lunetti family's computer systems and could hack them whenever he pleased.
He would swap two people, causing their visitors to visit the wrong person. He could also hack the role list, either shuffling 3 roles or preventing roles from revealing at the end of an Arc. He was the first to inherit the Chief's killing power.
He was aligned with the Cops." ... After throwing Rob to the ground, he focused on Izza. The rats twisted together in the middle, turning into fractals of rats and occasionally morphing into a pizza chef. But then the lightning fizzled out pathetically. "Izza was the Livestreamer. She had access to broadcasting equipment that would let her voice be heard.
Twice an arc, she could open a private communication channel with another player. She could also leave an anonymous message for all players once an Arc.
She was a Mobster, aligned with the Mobsters." Red dropped the cluster of rats and then calmly shrugged. "Well, two outta three ain't so bad. Maybe y'all should think a little more carefully next time though." [You may now use your next set of three guesses. Confirmed Cops may no longer vote.]
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Aug 3, 2022 19:35:10 GMT
".... Athena. Who did you swap Izza with?" Kolton asked after it was revealed that Izza is a mobster. "It's possible that you swapped Izza with a cop who have the killing power."
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Post by Bad Player on Aug 3, 2022 19:37:26 GMT
Countess Elizabeth Arette Pistachio Charlemagne Natalie Maria Clementine Montague du Bois gave Kolton a little wave. (From the ground.) “So were you bluffing before, or truly just that foolish?”
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Post by dootdoot on Aug 3, 2022 19:40:30 GMT
"Oh. Oh! Ha! Ha! I knew all along we could trust you, you cheesy pile of rats! Ha ha ha casual laughter." Mona laughed. "... Either way, I believe you have some valuable info for us, now that you are confirmed innocent, don't you? Somebody else you might want to bail out, perhaps? Please. I swear I never doubted you-"
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Aug 3, 2022 19:44:09 GMT
"Yeah, yeah, can it, Countess Elizabeth Whatever!" Kolton snapped at her before he looks to Izza. "So, you're just an idiot mobster, Izza. Once I'm the new head of the Lunetti family, you can bet that you'll be having your payment docked... and possibly demoted to a lower-ranked position. All for being an idiot mobster."
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2022 19:46:17 GMT
"I... stand corrected," Mercy muttered, quite baffled by the revelation. "You seemed almost as suspicious as that damn Chief did, which is saying a lot. Maybe I've had more internalised ratphobia than I'd realised." She was quite ashamed of this self-discovery.
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Post by Kachu on Aug 3, 2022 19:48:32 GMT
Athena coughs. Her early onset alzheimer's made her forget who her grandmother was visiting. It's really stupid and was just the biggest fatest mistake and this all would've been avoided if she woke up from her daydreaming earlier, so she's not going to talk about it.
"It's Austin." She continues.
"But that doesn't make much sense either. He's the Private Eye. And he's supposed to follow people and see who they visit. Useful for catching a killer. Less useful otherwise, I think."
"But I don't know what else could've caused there to be no kill. The doctor role died with Leo."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Aug 3, 2022 19:50:05 GMT
Kolton sails out a window.
“I nefer had da ability to confirm anyone. Mona passed my sniff test, but I would rather watch you all fail den help you succeed. Da Lunettis are dead to me.”
“I’m foting Mercy, Bones, and Kolton.”
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2022 19:52:54 GMT
"It's possible, if a stretch, for the cops to have all been dead by that point," Mercy said. "It's also possible either you or Leslie is lying, though it doesn't seem likely you'd lie in this situation, in this way. So Leslie's the more likely liar out of you."
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Post by Kachu on Aug 3, 2022 19:54:52 GMT
"I'm reluctant to agree. Though of course I would."
"Leslie was at one point, once we both died together at the very beginning... She was adamant about neither of us two being on the side of the Witches. I wonder now if that's because it's true, and Austin is our enemy, or..."
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Post by Rosa on Aug 3, 2022 19:57:14 GMT
"I certainly didn't lie", Leslie huffed. "I didn't expect Athena to go out of her way to target the person I was visiting like that, certainly. Either way, I am willing to accept my darling granddaughter made a mistake and that it's Austin who's the third in command. If not, then it must only be Athena herself."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Aug 3, 2022 19:58:12 GMT
Luckily for Kolton, the window was closed so the rats couldn't throw him out the window.
"Yeah, right. Not gonna make you look good, especially since you tried to kill me, Izza." Kolton said as he gets onto his feet and dusted down his jacket. He looks to his niece, Athena.
"So, if you're telling the truth that you swapped Izza with Austin... Then maybe he might be the third cop?" He asked as he looks towards Austin. "I'd hate if it was true that Austin's a cop. He's the Private Eye, after all..."
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Post by dootdoot on Aug 3, 2022 19:59:31 GMT
Kolton sails out a window. “I nefer had da ability to confirm anyone. Mona passed my sniff test, but I would rather watch you all fail den help you succeed. Da Lunettis are dead to me.” “I’m foting Mercy, Bones, and Kolton.” "You stinking pile of rats! I hate you!" Mona made a noise like a car alarm as the few remains of their mood regulator system failed and they attempted to grab a fistful of rats. "I never trusted you! Never! This is just like in the critically acclaimed 2000s visual novel Umineko No Naku Koro Ni!"
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Post by Kachu on Aug 3, 2022 20:12:37 GMT
Luckily for Kolton, the window was closed so the rats couldn't throw him out the window. "Yeah, right. Not gonna make you look good, especially since you tried to kill me, Izza." Kolton said as he gets onto his feet and dusted down his jacket. He looks to his niece, Athena. "So, if you're telling the truth that you swapped Izza with Austin... Then maybe he might be the third cop?" He asked as he looks towards Austin. "I'd hate if it was true that Austin's a cop. He's the Private Eye, after all..." Athena nods. "It feels unlikely. I don't think there's room to doubt his role's abilities either." "Racking my brain for possibilities, I can only think that Mercy lied, and never swapped with Leo. That would make me the Doctor, still, which means I saved Austin's life from the cops." "But I don't find it very likely that Mercy is lying and a cop. I believe the circumstances behind that scenario would have to rely on a lot of chances. Though of course a gamble like that is totally possible..." "If Mercy saw that Leo died at night, visiting me, she could've easily claimed that she never took Rob's ability at all. The two would be in on it together, and that initial lie lead me down the road that caused me to believe I was able to steal roles, when that was never the case." "Which would mean I saved Austin's life, instead of switching him around with Rob's role." "Of course, this feels the least likely out of all the scenarios... But it's something to keep in the back of our minds, if all three of our following guesses are wrong, I suppose."
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Aug 3, 2022 20:29:18 GMT
"Yeah, so if Athena did swap Izza with Aust, then it's looking like he is suspicious since he didn't kill anyone because he was blocked. Isn't a private eye kinda similar to detective, though?" Kolton reasoned as he mulls over the information.
"Also, I think that Uncle Sergio may be a cop because of his ability. Bones testified as to what the scientist role can do. Bones investigated the poisonings of both Lancer and Aust in the first time loop and discovered that they were both killed by the same person, which is me. I wonder if the scientist was tasked with finding the poisoner... If Uncle Sergio was a mobster, then it wouldn't make any sense... But if he is a cop, then it might make some sense."
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Post by Neotelenta on Aug 3, 2022 20:49:30 GMT
”…Austin, Sergio, Mona.”
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Post by Rosa on Aug 4, 2022 7:29:02 GMT
"Austin and Sergio are my primary guesses as well", Leslie concurred. "I can't quite be sure about Mona yet, since I received their votes numerous times... then again, redirecting it to a mobster would help get suspicion off their back, so who really knows."
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Post by Pierre on Aug 4, 2022 7:33:35 GMT
Bones thwacked one of the nearest rats comically with an empty wine bottle, not lethally though, but enough to make little stars appear around it's head. "You dumbass Izza! This means you're in da clear! Be grateful! Now if we lose 'ere you go to jail too y'know?"
Bones whirled the bottle around and stashed it back in the fridge he keeps inside his trousers. He looked over the city. He imagined the breeze would feel nice if he had skin. This would have been a great finale for the party had Leon still been alive.
"Anyways, I'm happy to trust Lance, on dis one. PI's offen used to work for the police. All that DNA analysis? That's CSI stuff, dey would be well suited to working with the police." he tapped his chin "Mona I'm less sure of but their power could be used basically to help ANYONE." He gestured to Lancer
"Like I generally believe ya Lance, but could you elaborate all t'same?"
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2022 8:14:15 GMT
"Certainly Austin should be our first shot. We need only deal with the Athena-Leslie situation if he really is an innocent chef," Mercy agreed. "I am also in agreement about Sergio, he would be my next guess after we catch the third cop regardless. I don't have a third guess at the moment, not before we see how the first two work out. Mona would only be a suspect for me for the same reason I mentioned in a previous loop: they have neither done anything to make me think they're innocent nor a cop.
"So for now, that's a vote for Austin and Sergio. No other."
She paused, before turning to Red. "By the way, regarding Leon's murder: I'm assuming it's impossible someone stuck something on him before he entered the pod, without him noticing?"
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Post by Planetbox on Aug 4, 2022 13:45:56 GMT
“Yeah, even in his old age, Leon was as paranoid as everyone else,” Red said. “No one planted anything on Leon for the purposes of the murder.”
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Aug 4, 2022 14:08:29 GMT
"Oh, that actually reminds me..." Kolton said as he looks towards Red. "I reckon that there's a connection between the lens piece and the disappearing knife act, isn't there?"
The heir looks towards the rest of the group.
"I suppose I should place my vote for both Aust and Uncle Sergio. Afterwards, we'll figure out what to do next with our remaining three guesses." He said as he crossed his arms.
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2022 14:31:12 GMT
"Red, can the DNA scanner detect Mona or Bones? What about Deep Rat?" Mercy asked. "Is it possible to enter the pod while it's floating around the tower, or can we assume that's impossible?"
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Post by pancakes 2 on Aug 4, 2022 15:34:47 GMT
"HI, my name is Leo," said Leo. "I'd like to vote for Austin and Sergio."
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Post by Planetbox on Aug 4, 2022 15:58:22 GMT
"Red, can the DNA scanner detect Mona or Bones? What about Deep Rat?" Mercy asked. "Is it possible to enter the pod while it's floating around the tower, or can we assume that's impossible?" "Yeah, all of them would. Of those in the Tower at the time of Leon's murder, only Leo would be undetected by the scanner." Red explained. "And of course not, that'd be boring, right? From its separation from the Tower to its crash landing, no one could enter the Pod. If one were so inclined, they could call it a closed room."
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2022 16:06:26 GMT
"I may as well ask, is it possible to leave the pod during that time? There were instructions inside the pod, but we never got to see them."
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Post by Planetbox on Aug 4, 2022 16:22:40 GMT
"As a locked room, no one could leave the Pod while it was in mid-air. Not even Leon," Red said. "Those instructions were very simple—just how to navigate the Pod back to the port and go through the airlock and scanners. Stuff probably everyone already knew, including Leon. There's a reason the instructions were there, but I don't think they were relevant to how Leon was actually killed."
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Post by Bad Player on Aug 4, 2022 19:05:51 GMT
Countess Elizabeth Arette Pistachio Charlemagne Natalie Maria Clementine Montague du Bois votes for Countess Elizabeth Arette Pistachio Charlemagne Natalie Maria Clementine Montague du Bois, Rob, and Izza a second time.
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Post by Pierre on Aug 4, 2022 19:58:48 GMT
Bones fires some bony finger guns in the direction of SERGIO and AUSTIN.
Some might interpret this as a vote.
Some might interpret this as an indicator of cool guys.
The former assumption would be correct.
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Post by Planetbox on Aug 4, 2022 20:58:54 GMT
[#spoiler=I'm counting votes now]Austin: Lancer, Leslie, Mercy, Leo, Pierre Sergio: Lancer, Leslie, Mercy, Leo, Pierre Mona: Lancer Mercy: Izza Bones: Izza Kolton: Izza[/spoiler] "Alright, that's it?" Red asked. "Then let's get this over with." Once again, Red shined with power, but they seemed to be weakening. One could hear the raspy tinge in their breath as they raised their arms again. Austin was slowly lifted in the air, along with the rather hefty Uncle Sergio. Red focused on Austin first, surrounding him with deep red light. "Alright, let's see what you're hiding." Austin vibrated in mid-air, the crimson sparks solidifying into eyes that floated around Austin, shining beams onto the other mobsters, until they eventually disappeared one by one in a burst of flame. "Austin Liadon was the Private Eye. He was a skilled investigator and technologically-enhanced tracker with a bit of a violent side.
Every phase, he would follow a player to discover who they visited. He could also accompany the Witches' killer to the crime scenes to burn the bodies, blocking anyone who tried to save them and destroying any DNA evidence.
He was aligned with the Cops." ... "What a surprise," Red mumbled, disinterestedly. "Wonder why such a trusted associate would turn his back on the family. Ah well, moving on." Red tossed Austin back to the rooftop and turned to Uncle Sergio. As the burly man thrashed around in the air, beakers and chemicals emerged from his clothes, their contents swirling together. The final concoction began to glow a deep red before exploding in a pathetic puff of smoke. Sergio's beard was thoroughly filled with ash. "Uncle Sergio was the Scientist. He was skilled at collecting data, from dumps off microcomputers to swabs from the latest corpse.
Every phase, he collected DNA evidence from all the victims. On later rounds, he could choose to compare DNA evidence with other living players or with evidence found on other courses. In this way, he could discover who killed particular victims or if two victims were killed by the same person.
He was a Mobster, aligned with the Mobsters." Uncle Sergio fell back to the roof and landed on his butt. "Well, another miss," Red said. "That ability seems like it'd be useless to the Cops, so voting for him was certainly...a choice. But hey, only one more left now. I have high hopes for you all." [Three guesses remain. From now on, you must use them one at a time. Have fun!]
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