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Post by animex75 on Feb 15, 2015 3:26:53 GMT 12
A boat pulls up to the island of Rokkenjima, bringing many a familiar face. However, this year, October 30th of 1986, there are two new faces aboard the ferry. One, a young woman with green hair and wearing an elegant dress. The other, a man in a blue trench coat. Both were silent the entire way, each reading a detective novel, while the family caught up.
"A bit odd for the family conference to be delayed for so long, isn't it?" Eva inquires to her siblings and their spouses. "Father was sick, so he and Krauss pushed it back. The old man's finally feeling better." Rudolf replies. "Oh, Rudolf, you didn't bring Ange?" "Nah, she's staying with Kyrie's family. She's caught the flu." "Sorry to hear. By the way..." Eva lowers her voice. "Does anybody know who those two are?" Eva points her fan to the strangers. Rosa, who was until this time helping Maria with her homework, speaks up. "The woman is my guest. I don't know who the other one is."
At this, the adults argue amongst themselves about whether or not it's right to invite guests to the family's conference. They continue to squabble until the boat docks at the island and they get off, making their way to the mansion. The strangers are the last off the boat and continue to follow the group up to the mansion. Once inside, the servants greet the newly-arrived family and guests. The adults, minus the strangers, go to the conference.
Maria, along with the servants, meet up with Lion and Jessica in the parlor. Lion walks over to the man in the coat. "Hey, glad you could make it Willard!" Lion hugs Willard. "Eh, I didn't have much else to do. Besides, I heard there would be a mystery." Lion pinches Willard's butt. "So you didn't come to see me?"
While this goes on, the woman walks to Genji. "You, servant. I must speak with your master regarding my service." Genji bows. "We've been expecting you, right this way."
Genji leads her to the study while the cousins continue to catch up. Later that evening, Kinzo attends the conference with the woman in tow. "Father, you're looking well." Rudolf comments. "Yes...Nanjo's been taking good care of me. However, I'm not here for small talk." Kinzo turns to the guest. "I know Rosa knows you already, so why don't you introduce yourself to the others?" The woman steps up and bows. "My name is Clair Vaux Bernardus. I was hired by Kinzo and Rosa to host a party for you all." Clair hands some armbands to everyone present. "Starting tomorrow, we will be hosting a murder mystery game. When you are "killed", I will take the arm band and leave evidence. Maria will be our detective. Your goal is to find the culprit and vote them out; if you succeed before they kill all of you, you win." She continues explaining the rules of voting (see Changes thread) to the family before taking her leave to continue the speech to the cousins and servants and give them their armbands.
Afterwards, the conference raged on until the early morning the next day. As the cousins woke up from their shared room in the guest house and returned to the mansion, Willard stopped in front of the painting of Beatrice and examined the riddle.
Spirits rise and mortals shake on this sacred day. I stalk the night, in hopes of gaining my sustenance, and I won't rest until I've carved my place into the memory of those I encounter!
The one who obtains the key must then travel to the Golden Land in accordance with these rules: On the first twilight, offer the man chosen by the key as a sacrifice. On the second twilight, those who remain shall tear apart the mother and her child. On the third twilight, praise my name as the fires are lit. On the fourth twilight, break apart those who toil. On the fifth twilight, deliver my fruits to the faithful and remove the unworthy from my sight. On the sixth twilight, gouge the head and kill. On the seventh twilight, gouge the chest and kill. On the eighth twilight, gouge the stomach and kill. On the ninth twilight, gouge the knee and kill. On the tenth twilight, gouge the leg and kill. On the eleventh twilight, the witch shall revive, and none shall be left alive. On the twelfth twilight, the journey shall end, and you shall reach the capital where the gold dwells!
The witch will praise the wise, and should bestow four treasures. One shall be, all the gold from the Golden Land. One shall be, the resurrection of the souls of all the dead. One shall be, even the resurrection of the lost love. One shall be, to put the witch to sleep for all time.
"Interesting riddle. Shouldn't be too hard to solve." "Uuu~ That's the witch's riddle! She and grandpa wrote it to determine who the rightful heir is! It's really tough!" Maria and Willard, noticing they were alone, continued to the dining room and found Clair and George alone, George's armband missing. "Hehe, seems I'm the first to go, eh?"
1. Yarn - Maria 2. Tea - Jessica 3. Grim - Lion 4. Vasiah - Willard 5. Cloud - Kinzo 6. Nate - Clair
Phase 1 GO!
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 5:04:33 GMT 12
"Uu- Uu! Don't worry George-Nii-san! Detective Maria is on the case! I'll find who killed you!" Maria declares.
She begins to look around, "Uu- That means there has to be clues here right?"
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Post by animex75 on Feb 19, 2015 5:24:53 GMT 12
Clair nods. "Yes. Your killer submitted their plots beforehand and I will place the clues before the murder itself has taken place."
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 5:32:30 GMT 12
Maria nods. "So if I look I'll find something! Come on, lets look for clues!" She decides to start by looking all around where George is and under the table.
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Post by animex75 on Feb 19, 2015 5:33:34 GMT 12
Maria finds a kitchen knife underneath the table.
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 5:45:27 GMT 12
"Uu-! The first clue! So George-nii-san was killed with a kitchen knife." Maria says, crawling out from under the table with the knife. "That means that the killer had to have gone to the kitchen at some point!" With nowhere else to put it, she carefully puts it into her purse, the tip pointed down.
Maria circles the dining room for any other clues, checking chairs and curtains.
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Post by animex75 on Feb 19, 2015 5:49:09 GMT 12
Maria finds nothing else in the dining room.
George chuckles. "I wish I could be of more help, but I'm not allowed to now."
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 5:54:05 GMT 12
"Uu- I guess it was just the knife then..." Maria says. She looks over at George. "That's okay! You just leave it to me, George-nii-san! I'll figure it out for sure! Detective Maria won't let whoever killed you get away! Uu-!"
With that, Maria heads to the kitchen.
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Post by animex75 on Feb 19, 2015 5:56:09 GMT 12
The group follows behind her, running into Lion and Jessica along the way. "Oh there you are, Maria. Where did you and Willard go?" Lion inquires.
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 6:00:54 GMT 12
"Uu-! Uu-! More importantly! Lion or Jessica! Were either of you in the kitchen today?" She points at the two of them. "Detective Maria demands to know!"
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Post by animex75 on Feb 19, 2015 6:03:52 GMT 12
"Uh, well we did go in earlier to see if mom and dad were up yet. We just got back from upstairs, though, since they apparently slept in."
"What Jessica said. Did Kumasawa set breakfast out yet?"
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 6:10:00 GMT 12
"That's no good." Maria said shaking her head. "And there's something more important than breakfast now! Lion and Jessica! Someone killed George-Nii-san!" She reaches into her purse and pulls out the knife. "The killer attacked him with this knife, that came from the kitchen! So one of you two could be the person who killed George!"
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Post by animex75 on Feb 19, 2015 6:12:34 GMT 12
Lion and Jessica noticeably flinch upon seeing the knife. "Wh-what? What about Genji? We passed him on the way back down on his way to gramps' study!"
At this, Krauss and Natsuhi come down the stairs with Genji and Kinzo not far behind. "What's all the commotion? Isn't it a bit early to be making so much noise?"
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 6:19:13 GMT 12
"UU! UU! Aunt Natsuhi and Uncle Krass! Genji and Grandpa Kinzo! The Killer already got George-nii-san! Detective Maria wants to know who was in the Kitchen this morning!" Maria demands. She points at them like she did at Lion and Jessica in the beginning, forgetting that she's holding the knife in that hand.
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Post by animex75 on Feb 19, 2015 6:40:24 GMT 12
Everyone (except Genji) visibly flinches. Genji bows. "I, Kumasawa, Nanjo, Jessica, Lion, Kyrie, and Eva were all there this morning."
"Maria! Put that knife away!" Rosa shouts as she rounds the corner.
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 6:46:39 GMT 12
"Uu-? Uu-. Mama, it's evidence! It's the knife the killer used on George!" Maria protests, but tucks the knife back into her bag.
Maria frowns. "There are lots and lots of people who could be the killer. Genji knew that Lion and Jessica were in the Kitchen, and Lion and Jessica said that they went upstairs and then passed Genji on the way back down, right? So Genji was downstairs for longer than Lion or Jessica?" She asks the butler.
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Post by animex75 on Feb 19, 2015 7:01:11 GMT 12
"I was merely bringing Master Kinzo his breakfast." Genji bows again while Eva, Hideyoshi, Rudolf, and Kyrie join the group outside the kitchen.
"Hey, don't tell me you're having a party without us!" Rudolf laughs.
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 7:06:11 GMT 12
Maria frowns, considering Genji never said if he'd been downstairs longer, but is distracted by Kyrie.
"Aunt Kyrie! Aunt Eva! According to Genji's testimony the two of you were in the kitchen this morning! Detective Maria wants to know why you were there and who you saw when you were in the kitchen."
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Post by animex75 on Feb 19, 2015 7:50:34 GMT 12
Kyrie steps forward. "I was curious as to what we were having for breakfast today. I've just gotten over a stomach bug and my stomach's still a bit weak."
"I was looking for something to drink. I was feeling a little dehydrated when I got up." Eva replies.
After this, Clair clears her throat. "I do think that is enough for the time being. If everyone would join me in the parlor, I would like to start the vote." Clair leads the group to the parlor and everyone but Maria and Clair take a seat, with Gohda and Kumasawa joining later with the tea cart. "Now then. What I need is for everyone to vote for who they believe the culprit is. Once I take their armband, I will tell you if they were the killer or not. Voting starts now!"
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Post by Yarn Witch on Feb 19, 2015 8:13:19 GMT 12
"Uu-" Maria begins to pace. "George nii-san was murdered in the dining room with a kitchen knife. According to Genji, he, Kumasawa, Nanjo, Jessica, Lion, Kyrie, and Eva were all in the kitchen this morning.
"Lion and Jessica said that they went upstairs to check on Uncle Krauss and Aunt Natsuhi, and that then they passed Genji on the way back downstairs. Aunt Eva was getting water, and Aunt Kyrie was going to find out what was for breakfast. Genji said that he was taking breakfast up to Grandpa Kinzo."
Maria frowns. "I didn't see Kumasawa until now and I haven't seen Nanjo at all. But, even though Genji was taking breakfast to Grandpa Kinzo, Grandpa Kinzo is the one who came downstairs with him instead of eating breakfast. So maybe Genji knew that George-nii-kun was the first taken by the killer and this would happen. And because of Lion and Jessica, I know that Genji was downstairs longer than Lion and Jessica. Therefore, Detective Maria's vote is that Genji is the Culprit!
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