[Fin] Murder in the Mountains 2: Everyone heads off to a beach somewhere (END)

[Kennifer]

"There's anime of Pokemon, so I'll have to go with that." Felicia smiles. "Well, other than nobody ever aging, but I think that's true of a lot of animated shows. It's a bit unrealistic but I guess it makes it easier for new people to get into the series."

[PopcornPie]

"Woooow! A Nintendo boxing champion! Are you here to find your next opponent?" Nico continued to blabber. Unfortunately, he wasn't actually an NES kid, born somewhere between the death of the GameCube and the birth of the Wii. Still, vidya games was vidya games. "Oh, I bet my friends would love to take you on! Especially Jyugo! And then Uno would gamble on who would win!" Indeed, his three cellmates weren't...the best people.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Yeah, I'm alwayth on da lookout for challengeth. Put me in da ring with da next fighta in da world, I'll take 'em on! Hell, I'd even go at it with the Loch Neth Monther, Thathquatch, even Godzilla. You name 'em, I'll take 'em on! And ath for your friendth, tell 'em to name da time and plathe and I'll be dere! Hell, I'd be willin' to take on King Kong right now. Climb da Empire Thate Buildin' and toth him off into da ground and beat hith fathe in! Thath how good I'm feelin' right now!

It was at this point Tyson started punching the air. He might be a 2D sprite, but you can still feel the air being broke from his punches.

[Oggy123]

Yuuta then eats this sushi.

"Not bad..."

He then

> Go to the rec room.

[PopcornPie]

Nico squealed and ducked under Tyson's flurry. "Wow! A real video game character in this cabin with me! Hajime-san will never believe this in a million years!" He stayed curled beneath him, looking at those very real pixels making up his thighs and feet. Were they sharp? Would they be damaged if Nuco touched them, like a butterfly's wings? Were there more pixels making up muscles, veins, and organs inside?

He slid backwards, finally getting up again. "Hey, I have skills, too! I can carve robots out of wood, and use special moves, and collect figurines better than anybody!"

[Weirdguy149]

Speaking of real video game characters...

Malos dropped off his food at his room to eat for later then headed off to the rec room where everyone else was. "Alright, I appreciate you guys not freaking out about me in general, but where are the Core Crystals? Did Mikhail trick me into taking a vacation? Damn him. I'm going to have to talk with him after I raze this place to the ground."

[wingedcatgirl]

The sun will set in the mountains at 11:59 PM ET on August 22nd. (~26 hours from this post)

While you all have secret special skills you can use at night, you feel no particular need to do so at this time. After all, it's not like there's a band of cultists trying to murder you one by one or anything.

[Dookie]

Cass sighs.

“You know, I'm always with the weirdest people in the situations…”

[Kennifer]

"If we're talking skills and interests, I'm a Pokemon trainer. Specifically, a Coordinator, for Contests. Pippin here has some really cute move combos, we've won some ribbons. Nothing too major, but we have fun with it and that's the main thing. He's not really into battles, but a couple of my Pokemon back home like to fight. Especially my Scizor."

[TheOtherCG]

Once their meals arrive, Louis and Marie spend a decent amount of time eating and enjoying their food. Once they're finished, they left and explored the hotel.
Eventually, the stumbled upon the Rec Room.
"Rec Room? What is a Rec Room?"
"I don't know either, Auguste, but we can go inside to see what it's about."
Louis nodded and the two entered the Rec Room. There they saw other people watching an anime. They don't know what an anime is. Nor what animation is in general.
"O-Oh. What is that?" Louis asked.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Something called an "anime". Moving pictures. The tech's impressive; I might use that in my own work."

[Caret]

> go to the rec room (@Oggy123, @TheOtherCG)

Yuuta, Louis, and Marie walk into into the rec room just in time to catch the ending of the Dokuro no Senshi! Kyūkyoku! episode. The theme park has been reduced to a smoldering crater, while the voice of the Grim Reaper promises to get Kokkaku next time. The skeleton shrugs loudly and closes out the episode by cracking a lame bone-related joke. The station starts to air a never-ending barrage of infomercials, indicating that you should probably change the channel unless you're interested in learning how Coolggle cooling blankets beat the Californian summer.

"That was something different," remarks Vince. "I should really start watching anime more. Hm. Maybe I shoulds hire some catgirls to help advertise this spa to millennials and Gen Z..."

[PopcornPie]

"All right! A happy ending!" Nico pumped his fists.

[Oggy123]

Yuuta and Suzume walk in just in time to see the ending.

"Tv shows? Perhaps i could use some tv shows..."

Suzume then chirps. Yuuta looks around at the other people around.

"This is some... interesting group of people."

He looks at Louis and Marie. "Excuse me sir, ma'am? What's your name? My name's Yuuta, and her name's Suzume..."

> Are there any good anime?

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"I've had bad experiences with catgirls. Won't say you should. Met a gang of them once who tried to steal my stash of weapons out in the sands. Barely escaped with my life."

[TheOtherCG]

"Anime? Huh, I'd never seen anything like this before." Marie noted.

"This is some... interesting group of people."


He looks at Louis and Marie. "Excuse me sir, ma'am? What's your name? My name's Yuuta, and her name's Suzume..."

"Oh!" Marie noticed the little Yuuta and Suzume. She crouched down to be at Yuuta's level. "I'm Marie Antoinette and this is my husband, Louis Auguste."

"Hello! Where are your parents, though?" As a father himself, Louis felt more comfortable speaking with Yuuta, yet he was concerned as he doesn't see anyone that could qualify as his parents or guardians.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Don't try, King of Everything. I asked him earlier and he didn't give me a straight answer."

[Oggy123]

"Mom's back at home. And my dad's working at a video game company." Yuuta replied.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"And why exactly won't they come along with you?"

[Oggy123]

"Well, dad's busy at work now, and mom's a bit tired. But, she encouraged me to find new places!"

[PopcornPie]

"Oh, my name is Nico, and back home I'm prisoner 25! See?" There was the number on his tongue again. "I was told it's the anniversary of being put in Nanba Prison, so they want to see if I'm any closer to being rehabilitated. If I last a whole week here without doing into medicine withdrawal or peddling drugs, the warden's gonna be really happy!"

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"I'm sorry, you're a prisoner? What exactly did you do to be imprisoned."

[PopcornPie]

"They said I was being used as a 'mule dog' or something. Yeah, I was born in the slums and they used me to bring drugs back and forth. They caught me and said I was a drug addict, but I said I didn't know what I was doing was bad! Then I got sent to medical care, but I kept running away because I hate needles. Nanba is the ones who gave me my medicine."

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Least you're getting treatment. Drugs can pump you up, I'll admit. But hopefully you figured out what's right and what's wrong. Then figure out if you want to break what's right."

[PopcornPie]

"Some drugs are okay, though. Like tranquilizers. Those make me feel really energized! I guess my body is kind of messed up from all the stuff I took." He fiddled with the chain around his ankle. "If I forget to take my medicine, I get really mad, and the doctor gets really mad, too."