[Fin] The Carousel of Chaos (role madness murdergame)

[Florien]

This is... ahhh... no... it's... word word word word word... pointless... what does the method of killing tell us about... what happ... ahh... about who did this? Anyone could... could have... COULD have done it.

>Compare the skin flakes to dead sheep girl. Are they hers or are they not?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Ahh, good, Lithium, narrow down the possible suspects. I mean it is certainly possible I could be doing this elaborate set-up as a means of distraction as I work to kill everyone here.... or I could also just be an honest TV spokesman who's trying to keep us engaged. And on the other side of the coin, you could also be setting me up for a frame-job for all I know. Maybe we're both killers... maybe we're all both innocents trying for find the killers. But we don't have the answers yet, do we? Right, where were we?

> How was the parafleece stretched exactly?

[PointMaid]

I mean, I know you're the kind of person who can be induced to murder, Jack. But I don't know whether you did in this particular case.

[Caret]

>examine cage where parafleece was found (@Zanreo)

There's more skin flakes in the cage, but otherwise nothing sticks out to you.

>Compare the skin flakes to dead sheep girl. Are they hers or are they not? (@Florien)

It's hard to tell, but the skin on Valania's neck sure does look damaged and flaky.

> How was the parafleece stretched exactly? (@"Lee the Hammer")

You assume the parafleece might have been tightly wrapped around an object to the point it started to stretch.

[noodlesnook]

Bronwyn walks out from beneath the tightrope after making absolutely sure there is nothing there. They head over to the others. "Any news from the front, Captain?"

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Hmm... is it possible?...

> Look at the bars of the cage itself. Do they look like they could have the parafleece wrapped around it?

[Oggy123]

"Well, so what leads do we have now?"

[Florien]

Avril stares blankly at the skin flakes that almost certainly came from the victim for a long time. Eventually, it speaks.

...there's... there's nothing.

It stops for a bit before starting again.

There's nothing we can do to prove anything about who did this by looking at the evidence. Anyone could have done this. We don't have the tools to connect this to anyone, and we're not being given them, certainly. We're just going to have to choose someone to die. There's no chaos at all, and certainly no carousel. It's a bloody grind, like a... like a siege.

[Oggy123]

"Maybe you're right. Maybe there's no evidence for this one..."

"Or maybe we missed something, poyo?"

[NebulaChimera2211]

Leonie turns to Avril, speaking in a heavily annoyed tone.
You give up so easily, don't you? The next plan to besiege the murderer should be interrogation; that's what detectives on TV do, right?
She then eases to a neutral tone.
I don't think this was you; would've taken some dexterity to tie the victim to stuff and strangle her.

She turns to face the general direction of the others.
Do we have a prime suspect? If not, I nominate the merperson over there to be interrogated first. Gone all quiet since the body was discovered.
Her tone changes to mild excitement.
Also, are we gonna have to do some wacky circus things for any reason?

[PointMaid]

I am woman enough to admit I'm not seeing physical evidence to go off of, and haven't been able to think of anywhere else to check. There haven't been any viewer tips via phonecalls or postcards, either. Not even a crank call.

So why not? Sweat people out. It's a staple of cop dramas... and reality shows: the confession booth! Get people talking and something will come out incriminating.

[PointMaid]

Just need a secluded spot, a curtain, make sure it's being taped and recorded...

[wingedcatgirl]

"That's right, that's right! Fight back! It's a simple numbers game - when your HP reaches 0, you lose!" Jevil laughs. "Give them the rules, Rouxls!"

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Hmm... is it possible?...

> Look at the bars of the cage itself. Do they look like they could have the parafleece wrapped around it?

[Oggy123]

Kirby then yells at Jevil.

"Why have you brought us all here!?"

[awe921]

"oh, wait, an interrogation? are we accusing each other already?"

[noodlesnook]

"That escalated quickly."

[Kennifer]

"Having the 'how' is one thing but we really do need to figure out the 'who' if we're going to get anywhere. And I'm not seeing any leads on that yet."

She still seems a bit annoyed about the water but she's trying to help.

[Oggy123]

"What's your plan?" Ribbon asks to Lithium.

[Kennifer]

"I don't really have one, nobody's going to come forth and admit it I'm sure, and I don't think we can tell just by looking at people. Like I said we can probably figure out how she died from the marks on and around the body but I don't think we can narrow down who did it."

[awe921]

"we're getting nowhere and we *are* nowhere right now... we only know that Valania died a specific way but not in a specific enough way for us to point fingers."

Khom sighs.

[Whistle]

...I have no idea what the hell went wrong. I just... I didn't sign up for this. But, like... it's weird... she was strangled, stuff was taken out...
Autumn thinks.
Hey wait, w—was this with a rope or the hands?

[Zanreo]

"Right, did we ever figure out what she was strangled with?"

[Florien]

We did. The woolen cape. Because it's a question of luck, isn't it? It has to be.

[wingedcatgirl]

> Look at the bars of the cage itself. Do they look like they could have the parafleece wrapped around it? (@"Lee the Hammer")
... yeah? You can, generally speaking, wrap fabric around bars if you want to. This seems uninteresting.

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