Decrypto

[Billy5545]

Patrick then returns back to the group and overhears their conversation, "Uh... Does chum blood count for that smudge?"

> Try to look around to see if there's similar smudges in the room or vent

[LavenderDream]

> Look closer. Does the red stuff really seem to be blood? Human blood? (Point)
The red liquid smells like fruit.
> Try to look around to see if there's similar smudges in the room or vent (Billy)
There are no similar smudges inside of the vents.

"Anyway the car thief and the goody-two-shoes mechanic were twins. Who would've thought to pair those two up, I'm not sure."

[Billy5545]

"Huh, so they're siblings? Wow, it's so amazing! But..." Patrick then cries a bit before sadly saying, "...who dares to bash such a loving family..."

[PointMaid]

Frankie just stares at the red smudges in confusion.

...Fruit? This is starting to look like a frame-up of some sort, with the footprint puddles and... fake blood made with fruit, if that's what this is supposed to be.

> Go down to the kitchen and try to tell if any fruit appropriate to that task was stolen. Maybe there will be something that could tell you who took it...

[wingedcatgirl]

"It's fucking baffling," Hitomi says. "Like, I don't even have a wild guess."

[LavenderDream]

> Go down to the kitchen and try to tell if any fruit appropriate to that task was stolen. Maybe there will be something that could tell you who took it... (Point)
You can't find any stolen fruit, but you did see more puddles of water in the kitchen.

[PointMaid]

...Yeah, color me baffled. I don't think any fruit was stolen. But there are puddles are here too.

[LavenderDream]

"Anyway time's up 'investigators'. Time to put your heads together and vote someone out, you hear?"

[wingedcatgirl]

"... I'm not confident in this," Hitomi says, "but... since I have to pick someone, I'm going to /vote Cirno."

[PointMaid]

I'm thinking. But... because of the foot-shaped puddles? Of something else? Because I checked and those weren't quite her size.

[Dookie]

“I'm with you. Cirno's our best guess…who else is associated with water that's a human?I'm…not gonna vote just yet, though.”

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Wait, hold on... I was asleep the whole time... And like Frankie said... The prints weren't exactly my size...

[wingedcatgirl]

"Huh, must've missed that. But hey, Frankie, were the footprints too small, or too big?"

[PointMaid]

> Even if there aren't any features in the puddles that will allow you to tie them to Cirno. Are they about the right size and shape for her to have left? (Point)
They're the right shape, but not the right size.

...I don't remember if they were too big or small. Just that they weren't quite the right size.

[wingedcatgirl]

"Well. Only one solution to that." Hitomi >examines the footprints herself. Too big, or too small?

[Magolor]

"If only we had more time... the water might have simply come from the pool, or a shower, although it sounds ridiculous. Maybe they had to clean off the fruit the first time?"

[LavenderDream]

>examines the footprints herself. Too big, or too small? (wingedcatgirl)
The footprints seem too large for Cirno.

[wingedcatgirl]

"So... either someone with bigger feet than Cirno... or she was wearing oversized footwear to throw us off."

[PointMaid]

Well... yeah, I suppose that's a possibility. Huh. Can anyone think of anything else we have as evidence that could help us, or is this all?

[wingedcatgirl]

"Hmm... if Cirno was wearing oversized footwear to throw us off, the footwear would still be somewhere." Hitomi will >search trash cans for discarded boots and stuff

[LavenderDream]

>search trash cans for discarded boots and stuff (wingedcatgirl)
You found a pair of worn down boots in the kitchen trash can.

[PointMaid]

Well, that's um. Yeah. I'm gonna call that suspicious. Most people don't stuff boots in the kitchen trash.

[wingedcatgirl]

Hitomi stares at the discarded boots. "... Thal's balls, I was sure I was just grasping at straws there.

"Well. I already voted Cirno. Just waiting on all y'all, now."

[PointMaid]

...Yeah. You're right. I don't have a better idea.

/vote Cirno

[Dookie]

“N…no. She's innocent. She has to be. A kid wouldn't kill…that's…that's…”

She sighs.

“/Vote Cirno.”