[Fin] Murder in the Mountains (End)

[PointMaid]

Chip and Ada nod.

I think we have to face it. Someone -- or more than one -- wants us dead.

[psychedelicate]

"Oh..."

Mitsuha buries her face in her hands.

[wingedcatgirl]

Votes (8/15 to confirm)
No Elimination - High Priest, Kondraki, Red, Lloyd, Nellie (5)

[Caret]

"Unfortunately, I think that we have to play along with Death's "game", regardless of if we want to or not. Nellie sighs disappointingly. Also, I find it extremely suspicious that the literal death cultist decided to vote no one, so I will..."

/unvote

"...for now, so I don't end up making myself look suspicious. I do not want a repeat of what happened... argh, nevermind." At this point, you can tell that Nellie is clearly trying to hide... something.

[wingedcatgirl]

Votes (8/15 to confirm)
No Elimination - High Priest, Kondraki, Red, Lloyd (4)

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Personally, I feel the desire not to look suspicious is suspicious in of itself. This isn't a judgement on you, Nellie, but I just wanted to put that out there.

[Kennifer]

"He definitely seems to be hiding something. Maybe not murderous intentions, but something."

..yeah, Nellie's one of the ones Amy's keeping a closer eye on.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Whatever it is you got, you can't hide those secrets forever. Trust me, they will find a way to spill out eventually.

[PointMaid]

...It does seem that way. Look, if anybody's hiding something that's, well, NOT murderous intentions towards the rest of us, I'm sure we could all see our way to overlook it. But secrets could potentially get us all killed.

[TenOfSwords13]

Red casts a curious glance at Nellie, then continues writing.

Fog still reigns in my mind in regards to that loud cultist… perhaps it is irrelevant… perhaps…

[Caret]

The talk of Nellie having something to hide makes the angel lose his temper. "I AM NOT HIDING ANYTHING, OK?. ... actually, look, I do have some secrets, but... I don't know how to explain this, but do you ever get the feeling that somebody is out for you?"

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Well, yeah. I did say I was on the run from the law, you know.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Well, last I checked...actually, no. Nevermind.

[KungFuCutbug]

"come on, ye mighty angel. if you're worried someone's going to hurt you for having a secret, smite them with your holy beams of light." [...Despite the wording, this sounds less like a sarcastic quip and more like a genuine suggestion.]

[PointMaid]

...I mean, at the moment I get the feeling people are out to murder all of us. At least the ones that aren't the ones who have it out for us.

[Kennifer]

"Didn't feel like anyone was out for me until the disembodied voices mentioned that people here wanted to kill us."

[Caret]

"Well... Nellie glances at the Soul. "...unfortunately, I can't really use my magic to smite my enemies because... it would draw attention to the numerous bounty hunters that are after my head. My secret is... I was forced to leave my own dimension and go into hiding here on Earth as a regular human, all because I was framed by somebody who... didn't like me, to say the least. Nellie clearly doesn't want to talk about this, judging from the fact that his face is all tense right now.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Lloyd looks at Nellie, feeling speechless after hearing his story. And running from the police, he thought he had it bad, but bounty hunters?

Your situation is a lot worse than mine, but I do know what it's like to be on the run and go into hiding. No need to worry, we'll all fight for you should any bounty hunters come for you. I'm sorry you have this burden. I can't even imagine...

What is this? Lloyd, the man on the run initially set just to look after himself and no one else, feeling sympathetic? First the Tainted Soul and now Nellie. Guess it's hiding out and doing something that's regrettable really brought it out of him, but there he was.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

I'm so sorry, Nellie. I can understand, having to leave behind everything you know because you don't have a choice. But, you'll get out of here. You too, Lloyd. You have a wife and child, I recall? You'll get back to them as well, they need you. The mention of loved ones outside seems to inspire a tint of sadness in Blue's voice.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Yeah, I do. Not that it matters, since we left on bad terms, before the, you know... and after everything that's happened. And even if things didn't go sour, would still have the law on my ass. All I can really do now is either move to Canada or Mexico and start my life all over again.

[PointMaid]

So even though you're out, you can't be with the people you love?

Chip and Ada look at each other.

That's really sad.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Canada, Mexico...wow. Such far off places. Back where I'm from, they were only rumors. Never knew the world was so large. You know?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Yea.... and you two, Lloyd says to Chip and Ada. You're all new at this marriage thing, all happy now. I kind of envy you too. Just a little tip. Remember to not get too comfortable. Work on it to make it work always and always, otherwise that's when things go to crap. Trust me on that one. Hey, I know we didn't start off on the right foot, but you two are pretty cute together. Keep it up and never take anything for granted.

[Kennifer]

"Just the thought I might not ever get to see my friends and family again is..."

Amy just lets her voice trail off again. Okay, not so much happy thoughts there.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Blue looks bittersweetly at Chip and Ada, before she walks over to Amy, in an attempt to comfort her. Look. You'll make it out. You'll see them again. They're out there somewhere, and no matter what, you'll find them again.