[Fin] Murder in the Mountains (End)

[Kennifer]

Amy decides to...

> Take another look around Lloyd's room for anything that could've been missed during the initial body discovery

[PointMaid]

...Oh, I meant Not Really to Amy saying that we couldn't tell yet which story was right.

I agree Z's waiting is suspicious.

[Florien]

ACTUALLY, WHY WOULD Z CLAIM BULLETPROOF IF JEAN WAS ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED? WOULDN'T THAT JUST DRAW ATTENTION AWAY FROM JEAN AND THUS RUIN ANY HYPOTHETICAL EVIL PLAN TO FALSELY EXECUTE JEAN?

[Zanreo]

"I was just trying to add some more context for my suspicion! Plus, a lot of people here seemed unsure about who to vote, so figured I might tell my full side of the story...

[PointMaid]

I had been saying Jean was probably okay, since we hadn't found anything she could use to do the kill. But if she was using, say, Soul's skeleton as a voodoo doll...

Until Z said that Jean was untrustworthy because she was claiming a role that couldn't be true. Am I right?

I'm still unclear why you didn't call her on it yesterday, although I know you said you were scared. Or maybe you were somewhere else in the cabin...

Anyway. Any more defense? I think I'm ready to vote, unless you can change my mind...

/vote Jean

[TalesofUnder]

...Actually, how many do we need to hammer?

[PointMaid]

Well thought out as usual dear. There's also that if we convict Jean on Z's say-so, after Z saying they are both claiming the same roll. If Jean is innocent, we'll know Z lied. It doesn't make a lot of sense if Z is lying, does it? We would get them the next day for sure.

[TalesofUnder]

I... I...

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

I... I never wanted any of this!

(Tears start to appear in Jean's eyes...)

First, let me get this out of the way. Yes, I am a cultist. HOWEVER... I did not kill Freddy or Lloyd. I am simply... a Wannabe. I couldn't kill even if I wanted to, because the scum needed to target me. That was what I was trying to get at with the claim of me being bulletproof.

I... I don't want to kill anyone. But they coerced me. They said that they'd kill my parents. They also said they'd reveal my secret. Do you know what they do with witches in my hometown? They are cast into the flames, left to die in agony, whether they actually killed anyone or not. I... please... please forgive me...

(Yeah, she's kind of just sobbing at this point.)

[PointMaid]

...Oh lord.

...So you was baiting the other cultists to go after you? Or something... I'm not sure how that was supposed to work... they'd get you with the vanilla-izer or not go after you at all, logically, wouldn't they?

...Either way, they'll bring you into their 'fold' for sure if we let you go. You know that, don't you?

[Zanreo]

"...So that was your plan" Z says. "But now that we know this... well, we can't let the cultists get another team member."

[TalesofUnder]

...I understand. But I don't want your last memories of me to be bad, so...

(Jean pours wine for everyone of legal drinking age, and sparkling cider for everyone who isn't. As for Jean herself... well, she drinks an entire bottle. Filled with poison.)

I... please... forgive... me... I'm not allowing the cultists the satisfaction they want.

(The poison's slow-acting enough for everyone to get their votes in, though.)

[Caret]

Nellie is caught absolutely off-guard by the sight of Jean drinking poison, but he manages to keep his surprise in check as he witnesses the scene playing out in front of him.

"Oh, I'm sorry... I'm so, so, sorry, but... we can't afford for the cultists to grow in number."

/vote Jean

[KungFuCutbug]

(A/N: sorry for not posting much, wasn't feeling well)

[Tainted Soul, who had been quietly watching the scene unfold from their closet, is absolutely stunned by Jean's admission. They were already unsure of what to say before, but now they've been stunned into silence. They can't even muster up the courage to apologize to her for the predicament she had found herself in—in fact, they can't even look at her. Without saying a word, they /vote Jean and close the closet door once more.

...And there's the puddle of tears leaking through the bottom. Poor thing.]

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Blue watches Jean drink poison, shocked. Don't! No-I swear, that's just...I mean, they'll get you anyway...maybe this is for the best. Yes...it has to be.

/vote Jean

[PointMaid]

Chip and Ada are leaning on each other, still stunned from Jean's speech...

[wingedcatgirl]

Votes (7/13 to confirm)
Jean - Z, Malak, Red, Chip and Ada, Nellie, Tainted Soul, Blue 🔨🔨🔨
Malak - Jean

"Well. That settles that, doesn't it?"

"Ooh, is it time to open up the sacrifice room? I mean the totally normal basement room?"

[TalesofUnder]

I... I... avenge Lloyd... avenge me...

/vote Jean

I... it's been a pleasure. 

(And with that, Jean drops to the floor, and the bottle of poison shatters on the ground. Jean Greyerl is dead.)

[Zanreo]

"...I feel sorry for you. I really do..." Z grabs some cider, as she's not big on alcohol despite being of legal drinking age. "...Thanks."

[wingedcatgirl]

"... Huh. That happened, I guess. Well, my children know their way into the room, they can sacrifice their sibling's corpse to me later tonight when you're all asleep."

"You're confirming her story, then?"

"Yep. Jean Greyerl was a Death Cultist Wannabe."

[Kennifer]

Amy returns to see… that.

"…well then. Yeah, there are… probably better ways to get the cultists to go after you than… that, huh."

[PointMaid]

Ada shudders. ...I'm not sure I'm in a mood for drinking after that.

Me either. At least we found someone who... would have turned into a cultist. But we didn't find out who killed Lloyd. Dammit.

I know, honey. I want to get the bastard that did that too.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Blue stares at Jean's corpse. Well...better to die as yourself than live as a monster that they'll make out of you.

She kneels down, and takes Jean's tie. People in the city and the desert zones...some of them have this belief. That in death, as long as you die with your own mask, the one that you made for yourself on, you'll find peace and forgiveness. A being known as the Phoenix Witch...she'll take your soul, your mask, and free you. Never believed in her myself, but. Blue holds Jean's tie. It's worth a shot. May you find peace, Jean Greyerl.

With that she takes the tie, and opens the window. She lets go, letting it fly into the heart of the storm. Away, away, far away from this place of death.

[PointMaid]

...That's beautiful. May she rest in peace.

[Kennifer]

Amy just...

Okay, yeah a drink might help after all that.

[Magolor]

"This is... terrible... I-I mean, recruiting someone like that...!"

Lotus contemplates for a bit.

"On... on the bright side, we know the Dualgunner is dealt with, and the new roleclaim can help us find out another person's alignment..."