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[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Try to do a Sneimlich Snaneuve on Escargoon (Snakeweed)

You can't do it either. He's turning purple! Well.... a heavier shade of purple than he normally is. That can't be good.

> Ugh, fineee. He'll save the snail's life (Sho)

You did it, it's lodged out of him, but it ricochets off the wall and hits you in the eye.

[Tophat_E]

“GAH!”

Sho holds his eye. “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?”

>Try to bonk Escargoon across the head with a backhand.

[TalesofUnder]

>Examine the ring. Does it look like the one you sold to Slick Eddie?

[MadeOfMilk]

....I- I wh- how did I even DO that?!

Escargoon lets off a string of expletives, all audibly censored with bass-boosted "PUYO"s

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>Try to bonk Escargoon across the head with a backhand. (Sho)

You miss his head and hit his shell instead, hurting your hand badly.

>Examine the ring. Does it look like the one you sold to Slick Eddie? (Soseki)

Doesn't look like anything that was sold to Slick Eddie.

[KungFuCutbug]

[Pizzabug watches as Soseki retrieves the ring from Sho.] "...hm. I have an idea. Soseki, can you put the ring on? maybe if we find out whose finger fits it, we might be closer to finding a cop." [A pause.] "...'course, could be another frame job. or it could be completely irrelevant to the investigation and only put here to send us on a wild goose chase. but I'd say it's worth a shot."

[Kennifer]

> is anyone else in danger of doing a die due to poison?

[PointMaid]

...That's worth a shot, yeah.

> What does the ring look like, anyway?

[TalesofUnder]

>Put the ring on, preferably WITHOUT choking on it

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> is anyone else in danger of doing a die due to poison? (Kim)

You wisely decide to clean up the strychnine so no one else has to worry about inhaling the stuff. Good thinking there.

> What does the ring look like, anyway? (Snakeweed)

Looks like a ring.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>Put the ring on, preferably WITHOUT choking on it (Soseki)

You put it on and yeah, it's on.

[Tophat_E]

Sho growls at Escargoon.

"YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR ASS, YOCTOPASCAL!"

Sho takes a deep breath, attempting to wipe his eye and not let the snail get to him (despite it being his own backfiring actions), and just observe the investigation.

[KungFuCutbug]

> does the ring look loose on Soseki's finger? tight?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> does the ring look loose on Soseki's finger? tight? (Pizzabug)

It fits him tightly, but it's an adult size ring, so of course it would.

[PointMaid]

...Why are you yelling at the snail, Sho? It almost choked and died.

[Tophat_E]

He rolls his eyes and picks up where that stupid snail left off - examining the ring.

[KungFuCutbug]

"...maybe that wasn't as foolproof of a plan as I thought."

> what does the ring look like?

[Tophat_E]

> Also examine the ring.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> what does the ring look like? (Pizzabug)

You probably shouldn't have held it too close as you hit yourself in the eye and your drop the ring.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Also examine the ring. (Sho)

You are much more successful however. You remember hearing about these. It's actually one of those old poison rings used a long, long time ago.

[KungFuCutbug]

"ow." [Pizzabug rubs their eye for a second.]

[Tophat_E]

He laughs at the Pizzabug. "Shoulda watched out for its trap, Zettagram." 

Pizzabug moved up on the rankings!! He's a zettagram now!!

"It's a poison ring. Say, you should go grab masks before we look at it more."

[PointMaid]

...POISON ring? Yeah, that makes... that makes sense.

What do you mean by a mask?

[Tophat_E]

"A mask. To not breathe in any probable strychnine." He rolls his eyes as if this was common knowledge.

[PointMaid]

...Well, yeah. That would be good.

> Tries to find some cloth napkins or handkerchiefs to tie over our faces