[Fin] Murder U Too - Endgame

[Caret]

Another pair of gloves. Huh.

>compare the gloves to everyone else's hands

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Look at Medbay and determine what the yellow stuff is

[Kennifer]

"Whatever that stuff is, I'm glad I didn't go back to my room last night..."

[wahoothis]

"Well. . . I have zero clue what the hell this stuff is." Ranma says, keeping the rag close.

>Investigate the storage closet for evidence, or potentially anything that matches the yellow substance on the door handle.

[Florien]

Alright! Here! We! Go! No evidence clear here, but the fact of the size of the gloves implies it's someone with big hands, right? WRONG! You see, here's what I think is going on. One moment. Just going to look first, then try a couple things before I show you what I think happened.

>Kellensea quickly grabs the gloves, inverts them, and checks them for anything inside

[Kennifer]

Alexis is... actually more curious about whatever was left on her door handle than whatever Kellensea's big theory is, given the former could have been someone wanting to kill her, and she'd like to know if it was random or... personal, somehow.

[wahoothis]

Ranma just stared at her. "Let me guess: More blue fuzz?" He was being sarcastic of course, but he just looked at her somewhat intrigued.

[Florien]

Right, I'm just being impatient here, before I'm 100% confident this is what happened. You SEE! I think these gloves were specifically chosen large, the murder weapon being poison specifically selected, the disposal of the syringe in the vents, all that... SPECIFICALLY because of one thing. ME! Yes, yes, I know, "wow kellensea your ego sure is way too large today", but hear me out. I tore through the other gloves because they didn't fit over this many gloves and gauntlets and rings. I also admitted to being in the greenhouse at one point, a couple nights ago. I'm ESTABLISHED for favoring poison AND using the vents. But... I didn't do this. By the way, if the murderer wants, they can privately confess to me now. I won't judge you for what you did. Anyway... The point is, I think this is someone trying to frame me. So, my lead suspects right now, Haruka, Ronnie, Bow. Also maybe Alexis. You four. One of you probably did this, right? Feel free to tell me, I won't tell anyone outright that you did it unless I find real evidence. Again, no judgement, if you're feeling clever about how you pulled it off. Just find me later, alone, we can talk about it.

Kellensea then quietly stands there, awaiting validation or abuse from the others.

[Kennifer]

"Look. lady, I've made it clear that I dislike you, but I've also made it clear I've got no desire to see innocent people die. Besides, I was in Admin all night. You can check the logs for yourself. And Bow was with me most of the night."

[Caret]

Yep, I was with Alexis for most of the night. The only times I left Admin was for a supply run and when we both went over medbay.

Bow is silently hoping to herself that she won't accidentally make herself look suspicious.

[Huney]

"..."

Komaru is giving Kellensea a loooook.

"N... Now, I know not to doubt people's investigation methods, but are you sure they'll just. Tell you?"

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

I stepped outside for a bit to get a little exercise. Even ran into Bow. But that's all I did.

[Florien]

Kellensea radiates smugness.

OH! A "supply run". Please elaborate, I'm sure that can only be PURELY INNOCENT AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MURDER. Also, incidentally, Ronnie, your bedroom is in the east wing, right?... Huh. That's... funny, because there sure was a nondescript bedroom in the east wing that had a lot of activity last night, and, well, it certainly wasn't Kai or Komaru, Ranma's too much of a coward to use poison probably, and anyway, his room isn't nondescript, and Monika never left her room. So... well, I think I'm onto you.

Kellensea then hears Komaru's question.

Nah, they're all afraid of what they might be. They won't tell me. Just giving them the option in case they really are adventurers at heart, and want to tell someone. Now, Ronnie, you admit you left your room. Funnily enough, admin logs read that shortly after your bedroom became unoccupied, someone entered Rosa's room, then over the course of a few actions, both people left. That indicates the murderer leaving, and Rosa dying. So, Ronnie, feel free to tell me what your end-game is here. Because the onus of suspicion falls upon you, I'm afraid.

[wahoothis]

"Yeah, Komaru's got a point. If someone's framing you, then they're not going to tell you. Besides, we already know you didn't do it. Because I'm essentially your alibi. . ." Unfortunately.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

What do you want me to tell you? I can't go right to sleep anymore. I pace around and I even stepped outside for a bit and got a bit of exercise. Then I headed back to my room. That's all I got. I don't know what happened to Rosa or how someone got the poison that killed her. If I knew anything else, I would bring it up to the forefront.

[Huney]

"Phew..."

Okay, she was able to convince Kellensea that Ranma was innocent! She. Didn't use those words. But she did say Ranma was innocent!

"Bow couldn't kill anyone, right? I mean... no offense, but look at her. How would she poison someone to begin with?"

[Florien]

What I want, Ronnie, is for you to tell me honestly whether or not you did it. Then, I'll find evidence. If you lie to me, I break your fingers, I deprive you of your caffeine, and generally make your life a living hell before we cast the votes to execute you. If you told the truth, we skip right to the execution part, no torture. I FIND evidence, Ronnie. No matter how good you THINK you are. If you didn't do it, then you didn't do it. You get to walk free. But otherwise... Well, otherwise, I think you'll find that your head on a pike is among the least "horrific" things I could do to you. Now... oh fuck you did it you actually did it I have evidence I can't fucking believe it god my failures only help you people ugh. No fucking wonder it didn't work. Rosa's west wing, Ronnie's east wing, FUCK, how did I not see this earlier.

Kellensea pauses, and considers announcing it. Then she forgoes it.

>Check the outside of the gloves for Novichok A-230.

[wahoothis]

"Right. When we saw her carrying those posters, it looked like she could barely carry it. I doubt she could pick up a syringe, put it in the bottle to get the strychnine, go to Rosa's room and inject it in her." Ranma said, before looking at Kellensea. "Is Ronnie the only other suspicious person? Didn't you also mention something about Haruka in that line up of suspects?" Seeing Kellensea suddenly go from "Hah, I'm right" to "Wait, shit, I'm wrong." somewhat made Ranma smirk.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

How could Haruka have done it?

[Florien]

Ranma, don't look smug, I just solved the fucking case again. If I'm right, Ronnie like 90% did it. Actually, keep looking smug. But I'll explain everything shortly, and you'll be like "I'll break your legs" then I'll stop you before you do. Point is, I'm fairly sure I've solved it.

[wahoothis]

"I'll only break your legs if you try getting us killed again or continue to be a smug asshole after this." Ranma said, crossing his arms. "And I was just saying that Kellensea mentioned Haruka on the suspects list along with Alexis, Bow, and you Ronnie. Bow's probably unable to do this unless she has some telekinesis or some bullshit ability, and Alexis was in the admin room. Which leaves you and Haruka left over. And it's best to look at both suspects and knock one out of the way to figure out the culprit."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Can we really trust anything she says? How do we know she's not trying to get us executed one by one? That's probably another way she wants us all dead.

[wahoothis]

"While I undoubtedly don't believe she cares about anyone's life that isn't her own, well, she still cares for her own life. Not to mention from what I've seen she's a prideful jackass who can't stand being wrong. Even if she is braindead in some aspects."

[Kennifer]

"As insane as she is, and as much as I dislike her, and as much as I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her... which with all that armor is probably about two and a half inches... she was actually right about Cookie Monster. Which doesn't make her the brainiac she's going to start bragging about because of this I have to say Ronnie's actually been on my short list too, just by the process of eliminating some of the people whose locations I knew."

Alexis sighs, mentally bracing herself for some long-winded bragging from the insane adventurer. She also wished she had a way of, you know, distinguishing which light in the Admin screens belonged to which person, or at least that they showed the vents... but that would be too easy. Hell, the admin logs weren't even perfectly reliable as it was, but she still found them useful.

[Caret]

From what I can tell, there were actually two sets of gloves, the set we found in the lab, and the set I just found in the nondescriptive bedroom. I believe that the set I just found in the bedroom were the actual gloves used in the murder, while the gloves found in the lab was planted to throw us off.