[Fin] Murder in the Mountains (End)

[KungFuCutbug]

[Tainted Soul's skeleton intercepts Kondraki's camera in midair and> whacks it like a baseball in Malakhiri's direction to increase the momentum and the chances of it hitting its intended target.]

[Kennifer]

...okay now Amy's just straight up laughing at Malakhiri.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Thank you!, Lloyd says to Konny before facepalming at Blue over wanting to inquire about the seven circles.

He then notices Sericle's mangled up body and letting out a very loud HOLY SHIT!!!

[psychedelicate]

"Wh-what happened? This is... very scary... I think this is a... dangerous place..."

[Caret]

Nellie rushes up to Sericle's body. Hey! Are you ok?

> check to see if Sericle has a pulse

[Zanreo]

Z runs to the direction of the scream... to see Sericle. "...Yeah... holy shit indeed. Who even did this?"

[KungFuCutbug]

[Lloyd's yelling causes the Soul to nearly drop their skeleton.] "w-what was that? did something bad happen...?"

[Weirdguy149]

"Welp. Looks like this lady's not gonna be working at the pizzeria anymore. What a shame, we have a very low high retention rate."

[TalesofUnder]

Alright, steady on. Would anyone here be so kind as to introduce themselves?

[LavenderDream]

Vera decides to just follow the crowd to Sericle's bloodied corpse. They try their best to stay calm, but release a shrill shriek before regaining her posture.
"Alright! Which one of you guys did this! I will personally track you down. Understand? Great."

[MadameButterflyKnife]

At the screaming of the others, Blue walks over to find Sericle's mangled body. Oh damn...what happened? Seems they got into a clap or something...

>how long have they even been dead?

[LavenderDream]

>Try to determine the cause of death.

[Cassie]

> Konny and Soul's Camera Strike

It's coming RIGHT at your direction, Malak!

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Inspect for any evidence for anything the killers might have left, if any

[Zanreo]

>examine Sericle's glasses

[PointMaid]

Oh, god, Chip! Someone's dead!

> Look around to see if there are any clues around the room where Sericle died

[artsyGeek]

[Satisfied with his camera yeeting, he goes to see the ruckus at Sericle's ro-]

[Oh.]

". .has that corpse always been there?"

[KungFuCutbug]

[The Soul hesitantly follows everyone back to Sericle's room and—

Oh.

Oh shit.]

"...oh... oh no... oh no no no no no... i-i was in here just a few minutes ago trying to wake them up... i must've killed them by accident..." [They once again bury their face deep in their hood, starting to cry.] "of course i messed up. i always mess up everything. everything i do is a mistake... this must be why i can't go to heaven. i keep messing up..." [Soul, Sericle was probably dead long before the game started. You did nothing. Too bad they can't hear me. Alas, the disadvantage of being mere narrative text upon a forum post.]

[Magolor]

She obviously reeled back after uncovering the corpse—who wouldn't?—but she didn't make much of a sound.

Her first thought drifted to the murder cult thing. No, it's unlikely the cult would be among the hikers... except that old guy. "Hey, old geezer." (That is to say, Malakhiri.)

[Florien]

The flying camera smacks right into Malakhiri, who apparently didn't even notice it, because of the whole "hood" thing. They fall to the ground, unconscious, and a few colorful "ritual" candles fall out of their robe, the price-tags ($25 for a candle?!) still on them. They also land on the drama button, setting it off, as the camera breaks.

[Cassie]

>look for evidence

If one thing's for sure, someone (whoever they may be) killed her. That's all. Nothing more.

>glasses

Shattered, with some of the shards hitting Sericle's eyes and eyesockets.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Will you stop beating yourself up?!, Lloyd says to Tainted Soul. You probably had nothing to do with this. Probably been long dead before we got here. You just need to relax and focus so we can figure out this mystery.

[Kennifer]

....aaaaand okay dead body, yeah Amy's not laughing any more. Because holy shit when did that happen.

[psychedelicate]

>look around the room for any signs of anyone else having been in there before today

[Zanreo]

Bonus Boss Z then looks towards Malakhiri after they got knocked out by a camera. "So that's all it takes to defeat the powerful "Death Priest", huh?"