INABA'S NOT A GIRL WHO'S MISSING MUCH

[strangerpeople]

HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN

[...or knife? Whatever.

Soon after the final piece of evidence is found, there is a rumble beneath the house. The rumble emanates, coming closer to the living room, until finally--

There is the sound of brick shifting.

The back of the fireplace slides open as the lights flicker green.]

It is time.

Enter. And I suggest you bring whatever clothing you have with you.

[Huh?




Anyways. It's clear the fireplace has been deliberately altered to have a secret staircase leading downwards. It's not too far, and ultimately, it leads to...well, there's no way to sugar coat it, but it turns out the house has a basement. Old, a bit dusty, and with a washer and dryer. There's also bits and pieces of black and green nanotech covering it with dimly-glowing lights. Vyce just can't help himself, it seems.

What's better is that you don't get food, and you don't get chairs or podiums. Nope. You get to sit on concrete and metal floors. It's clear Vyce doesn't seem to think those things are particularly important. It might be a good idea to run back up and grab what you want or need before everyone is settled.


Once all 14 remaining strangers are in the basement, a hologram appears.

Because of course Vyce isn't going to come here directly. He's no fool.]

Computer. Begin recording and remote transmitting to my ship.

Activate the list.

[beep boop]

THE BRITTLE	THE CHANCE	THE HUNGRY	THE IMMUNE
				THE NOODLES

Champion. As you can see, one of these individuals has murdered another. Now, as in the game you were in, justice must be served for this crime, and you will watch as your failures to protect even one person from your actions continue to compound.

[A slow point to the strangers.]

As for all of you, you must decide who is responsible. A majority shall suffice for your chosen culprit to be punished. As for what happens if you should choose wrong and an innocent is punished, then I suggest that, should there be a next time for you to end up in such a situation as this, that you be more careful with how you discern your evidence.

Now. I suggest you get on with it.

The clock is ticking.

[A clock appears above the suspects' holograms. Well.

What are you all waiting for?]

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Comments

[carryabigstick]

Ugh... I only clarified it because Rantaro acted like it was so weird in the first place. I’ve been sleeping that way since Monday night... Besides, I said specifically what room I was in. I never went to the living room last night.

[She gets the suspicion but really...]

But I don’t care, I’ll say it in as many ways as you want— yeah protecting everyone was important to me but I would never sacrifice anyone here to do it. That’s not okay!

[nolongerasleep]

He must be the weird one. I know of few living creatures that at the very least don't like being warm when they sleep.

[But Lithia still is suspicious because Estelle keeps avoiding mentioning that she actually slept that night. But at the same time she hated even stating her suspicions in the first place. She doesn't want to believe any of them killed a young girl in such a cruel manner.]

[carryabigstick]

Yeah I mean, even with my day clothes on, it still gets a little chilly in this house. I'm used to dressing for running around outside, so it's not really meant to keep me warm by itself.

But I know there's only so much Nageki's powers can tell. So we should try to see what we can figure out too. This kind of thing isn't my specialty but I know there's something we have to be able to figure out together.

[nightmareofdivinity]

We prefer it cooler because we hath a water affinity as opposed to our other half's fire affinity.