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Post by Yarn Witch on Sept 12, 2017 17:03:14 GMT 12
"Or-orders?" Kumasawa wrings her hands, thinking.
"To be honest, I don't usually see the Master of the House; going up all those stairs to the third floor is such a burden on these old bones, you know?" she says, "And in any case, I'm not a servant of the One-Winged Eagle; so I don't serve Master Kinzo often anyways. It's mostly Genji he talks to. But with the conference there was just so much to get done, I ended up being the one going up there to help clear dishes and see to refilling their tea. E-even then, the order didn't actually come from Master Kinzo; it was Genji who requested it."
Taking his cue from Kumasawa, and knowing he would be questioned next, Genji answers Kyrie.
"Master Kinzo has not offered up any strange or unusual orders in the past few days, Lady Kyrie. I bring him his meals, and he asks for his favorite drinks, but as for the past few years, the Master has preferred solitude and left the running of the household to Master Krauss and Lady Natsuhi. Shannon was already busy in the kitchen, and Kanon in the dining room, so that is why Kumasawa was sent upstairs."
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Post by Zeus wiz of misfortune on Sept 13, 2017 7:17:23 GMT 12
"This is madness! they're clearly the ones behind this," Natsuhi said pointing to the servants slightly hysterically "Father could never do such a barbaric thing!".
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Post by animex75 on Sept 13, 2017 8:34:21 GMT 12
"Father had no chance to do this, seeing as how I still have yet to see any proof that he's still alive. Did anybody see someone other than the furniture or the children leave the dining hall? If they were the only ones who left, then the killer must be among them!"
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Post by Yarn Witch on Sept 13, 2017 9:48:56 GMT 12
"I wouldn't-" Kanon begins to defend himself, but Hideyoshi begins to speak.
"Th' thing is, Eva, it's not that simple when you look at it like that then;" Hideyoshi says. "Rosa went out to the bathroom, and before that Krauss went to go get papers for Rudolf and Kyrie. Right after dinner Me 'n Rudolf went out for a smoke; and I got back before he did." He recounts. "Oh, and Rosa went somewhere with Genji before that."
"I was getting paperwork of my own." Rosa says. "Genji accompanied me to the guest house."
"I did," Genji says. "Lord Rudolf and Lord Hideyoshi were still smoking when we returned."
"I haven't left the kitchen since the hall was cleared," Shannon says, "Doctor Nanjo came in here for some more tea, because he said he didn't want to go into the parlor.."
Nanjo chuckles nervously at that. "It seemed Kanon and Gohda were busy and the tension didn't sit well with me."
"I-I know I went upstairs to deliver the food, but madam, surely you couldn't think that I would do such a thing!" Gohda tries and defend himself to Natsuhi.
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Post by animex75 on Sept 13, 2017 9:53:18 GMT 12
"Did you see father, then? If you took the food, then surely you saw him."
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Post by Yarn Witch on Sept 13, 2017 10:08:48 GMT 12
"I.. I didn't Lady Eva." Gohda admits. "I found it very fortunate at the time, I don't know how it'd be I'd the first time I directly served him was under.. those circumstances."
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Post by animex75 on Sept 13, 2017 10:22:35 GMT 12
"While I'm thinking about it..." Eva turns to the entire group. "Did the rest of you see? Of all the places at that table, one had its food untouched: the head. In other words, Father's seat. So tell me, IF Father is alive and has been this whole time, then why wasn't his food eaten?"
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Post by Yarn Witch on Sept 13, 2017 10:32:25 GMT 12
"Really?" Rosa asks, "Are you sure?"
"Th- that's because... The master said.." Kumasawa stuttered "Before they... They said they knew, someone had poisoned their food!" She fixes the siblings with an accusing stare.
"Wha- but that's" Hideyoshi starts but catches himself, "Th-that's ridiculous, right?"
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Post by animex75 on Sept 13, 2017 10:35:21 GMT 12
"Indeed it is. What I want to know is...who told him that we were trying to poison him?"
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Post by Yarn Witch on Sept 13, 2017 10:43:07 GMT 12
At that question, everyone looks lost.
The servants with the ever-present exception of Genji and Gohda, who'd been bribed into it, look shocked at this revelation.
"I wouldn't have gone along with this ridiculous scheme if I was going to tell him." Krauss grimaces.
"We'd all agreed to this.." Rosa says."Why would anyone tell him?"
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Post by animex75 on Sept 13, 2017 10:56:32 GMT 12
"Therein lies the question. The evidence in that room suggests that, either Father is dead and someone in this room murdered them...or Father's alive and someone told him and he killed our children as payback."
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Post by animex75 on Sept 13, 2017 12:45:59 GMT 12
"Gohda!" Eva points her fan at the cook. "Do any of the pots or pans still have leftover food from what got taken upstairs?"
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Post by Yarn Witch on Sept 13, 2017 15:47:27 GMT 12
Rosa growls under her breath, and tears form in her eyes.
"That just puts us back where we started!" She shouts in frustration. "Either someone told father, one of the servants, or one of us thinking he'd let us off, or someone's done this horrible thing for some unknowable reason!"
"Ro-rosa..." Hideyoshi watched her with pity in his eyes, but there was nothing more he could say.
"I've already cleaned all the dishes, Lady Eva..." Shannon says nervously. "Including the pots and pans."
"The only dishes left are the ones still in the room upstairs, and whatever I served you tea with in the parlor." Gohda adds.
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Post by Zeus wiz of misfortune on Sept 13, 2017 18:18:37 GMT 12
"Unknowable reason? tell me how can we be sure you didn't do it Rosa! God knows you hated being a mother! and you... you took my Jessica just to cover your trail didn't you!" Natsuhi says hysterically.
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Post by Yarn Witch on Sept 14, 2017 5:06:13 GMT 12
Rosa's face blanches in pure rage at Natsuhi's accusation.
"H-how dare you!" She demands. "Maria is everything to me! She's all I have!" She grabs Natsuhi by the front of her dress and yanks at it. "What about you then? Jessica's never been more than a tool for you, hasn't she? It's like I said before, you and Krauss are the culprits! You did this to try and convince us that father is still alive, and it didn't matter what you had to do to do so!"
"Rosa! We would never-" Krauss moves to get between his wife and youngest sister, when suddenly the world freezes, and fades.
A tea room comes into view, and the Patriarch of the Ushiromiya family stands at the table, arms crossed as he observes the gameboard.
"It figures, this is all you can do. It seems all you know is how to bicker among yourselves in such a shameful manner. It seems I wasn't wrong to give my grandchildren a mercy by freeing them from this." Goldsmith grimaces. "Well, come then. Show me if you can put up a fight."
Gameboard Phase 1 End!
Meta Phase 1 Start!
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Post by Segaco on Sept 14, 2017 8:24:38 GMT 12
I'll start then: Seeing as Kinzo was not there, Battler got bored and decided to show his cousins a knife trick. Sadly, he tripped over George and waved his hands around in panic, cutting everyone's throat. Feeling guilty, Battler ate the knife he had used so he could kill himself, cutting his own throat in the process.
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Post by Yarn Witch on Sept 14, 2017 8:29:34 GMT 12
Oh Segaco, you and your knife tricks.
Impudent whelp, of course I was there!
No one committed suicide!
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Post by Segaco on Sept 14, 2017 8:36:21 GMT 12
That can be fixed Battler wanted to show his cousins a knife trick, but as he was about to do it, he dropped the knife by accident. When he went to pick it up, he slipped with it, making the knife fly straight to Maria's throat. Maria, in panic, quickly removed the knife and threw it at George, hitting his neck. George, in pain, quickly removed the knife and threw it, accidentally hitting Jessica in her neck too. After being hit, Jessica removed the knife and threw it at Battler so he could stop her cousins from throwing them at people. Of course, she missed his hand and hit Battler's throat instead. Battler, seeing as his other cousins had bled to death, decided to join them by eating the knife, but died from the hit to the neck before the knife could do anything.
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Post by animex75 on Sept 14, 2017 8:36:24 GMT 12
Ahem. An accomplice is dead. - Eva accounted for all of the pieces, except for GOLDSMITH and Shannon in the waiting room, both alive and dead. Shannon was accounted for in the kitchen with the rest of the group. - In other words, the cousins were the only victims of the first twilights. - Therefore, one of them was an accomplice! - All of the cousins - that is to say, Battler, George, Jessica, and Maria - are truly dead. - Eva was not the first to solve the epitaph. - The cousins were poisoned. The slit throats were to obscure the cause of death. - Genji lied. He still has the key and was ordered to lie about it. - Alternatively, the culprit now holds the key to the study.
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Post by Yarn Witch on Sept 14, 2017 8:39:09 GMT 12
That can be fixed Battler wanted to show his cousins a knife trick, but as he was about to do it, he dropped the knife by accident.When he went to pick it up, he slipped with it, making the knife fly straight to Maria's throat.Maria, in panic, quickly removed the knife and threw it at George, hitting his neck.George, in pain, quickly removed the knife and threw it, accidentally hitting Jessica in her neck too.After being hit, Jessica removed the knife and threw it at Battler so he could stop her cousins from throwing them at people. Of course, she missed his hand and hit Battler's throat instead.Battler, seeing as his other cousins had bled to death, decided to join them by eating the knife, but died from the hit to the neck before the knife could do anything. No deaths were accidents
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