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

[PointMaid]

Candy nods at Lithium. What you said does sound like a decent hypothesis, at least.

...Not sure how it helps us that much at the moment, though.

[Kennifer]

"Unfortunately, no it doesn't."

[Florien]

We... we at least know the amnesiac must be on the side of... side of not killing us. Because they had to have taken jack's role. They'll be better for it than he ever could be. As for other information, if... if we don't have something that is reasonably... reasonably useful, we should not share it. In case it... in case it reveals our importance to those who would kill us before the jesters do.

[noodlesnook]

“So it would have to be one of the people Lithium talked about, wouldn't it?” 
Bronwyn resumes their survey of the crater.

>Inspect crater

[Florien]

Not... not necessarily. It could be what I said also. Hit on... on... on the smaller. Dragon. Him. And the other was... was there too. And got killed. And a driver. Redirected the... the other shot. It could also not be that. Maybe. But it doesn't... doesn't... doesn't matter. The information we get... we get from that tells us... tells us... nothing.

[PointMaid]

Are you okay? You don't seem to be enjoying yourself.

The Capitol doesn't like that. When people show that they're not. Enjoying themselves.

[Florien]

Avril flips right out at being asked such a stupid question as "are you okay in the middle of the death game of death where people die and you could also die." That combined with the implied death threat does not do wonders for its composure, and it decides to do more than imply death threats.

Your capitol can perish, may it be the site of a great razing! I hate it and I hate YOU! Are you going to enjoy yourself when I BITE YOUR HEAD OFF AND LEAVE THE REST OF YOU TO ROT!? The capitol this, the capitol whatever, the capitol that is irrelevant to this... this... this... this situation! You're TERRIBLE to me. You ask why I go for you after going for jack, we have NO information, and I DON'T LIKE EITHER OF YOU! You're ASSOCIATED and both TERRIBLE and we have NO WAY TO KNOW WHICH TARGET IS RIGHT! YOU'RE NEXT!

It breathes in and seems like it's about to say something more before stopping suddenly. It's sure it's being stared at. It eventually manages to get out another string of words that

I'm trapped in here with all of you I can't leave IT'S AWFUL and you keep getting upset at my choices and you act like we haveanythingtoworkoffofwhenwedontevenhaveanytoworkoffofandyourealljustprocrastinatingprolongingmytorturrreeeeeeeee

[Oggy123]

"Hey, we'd probably find some more clues."

[PointMaid]

...Right.

If there's any nice soothing tea around here, I'll make sure you get it. By the way, you might have noticed that Jack and I kinda hated each others guts. We still worked together when we had to.

> Candy will see if there's any of that nice, soothing tea. And if she finds a clue along the way... well, she'll look for clues along the way, too

[Florien]

don't patronize me with your disgusting leaf water. You and jack are no different. You hated each other but like the same things. It is no... no different. Anyway, we... we were told the first time we found... found a dead one that... that there wouldn't... there wouldn't be clues. So... so you can stop looking.

[wingedcatgirl]

> Inspect the crater further, then the area surrounding Khommodior and Leonie (@Oggy123)
The crater is filled with burnt crates. Also still burning crates. Also, exploded crates. Also, still burning crates.

Khom and Leonie are taped to the knifethrower's board. There doesn't seem to be much of interest near the board. You might prefer to inspect the board.

> inspects the ash (@Whistle)
It's ashy.

>Inspect that crater. What caused the blast? (@Florien)
There are shards of what might be firework shells among the debris, particularly in the most exploded-looking crates

> Check the board the knives are in (@PointMaid)
In addition to having Khom and Leonie taped to it, it has a bunch of knives thrown into it. Most of them have hit Khom and Leonie, but a few of them missed.

> Where did the knives come from initially, and is there anything sus in that area other than knives being missing? (@Kennifer)
The knives look like pretty normal knives for a knifethrowing act. Presumably they came from the knifethrower's gear. The knifethrowing scene is extremely sus on account of the two dead people taped to the target board.

>Inspect crater (@noodlesnook)
IT IS BURNING

> Candy will see if there's any of that nice, soothing tea. And if she finds a clue along the way... well, she'll look for clues along the way, too
Candy finds some tea in a concessions stand, though it seems like Avril won't really want it.

---

"This batgirl is boring me!" Jevil snaps his fingers and Rouge vanishes. In her place is some guy wearing two pairs of glasses for some reason.

Rouge the Bat (@Owen23) has been replaced by Brian Duffel (@"Lee the Hammer")

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

The man with two glasses (one being regular glasses and the other being sunglasses over the regular glasses) suddenly appears, looking around, flask in hand. He groans as he grasps his forehead.

Oh.... uh.... please tell me I didn't join the circus....

He's left wondering about the possibility after his little bender.

[Oggy123]

"I suppose whoever did this must've used fireworks."

"Like a party?"

"I suppose so. But i don't think we should be talking about parties."

"Anyway, let's get to the bottom of this, poyo!"

They notice the new guy.

"Oh, hello there, new guy!"

> Find out where the knives come from, and then check the place where the knives might have came from for clues.

[Kennifer]

"Hi. Ah, it's worse than that, you're in the middle of a crime scene now."

Meanwhile, Lithium is going to

>Check out the board and knives further. Does it look like the knives were actually thrown, or did someone do some up close stabbing?

[PointMaid]

...Well, not exactly, but it is quite a show. Who are you? And where did you come from?, Candy says to the new arrival.

Then she turns to Avril. Your loss, I suppose. She >downs the tea herself

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Wait... crime scene.... what.... you sure it's not the actual circus? I mean I see you two girls with the colored hair, especially you with that outfit, he addresses the last part to Candy. I'm assuming you all need to get into make-up and get your noses before the show begins. Am I like a lion tamer, an acrobat? Anyway, I'm Brian Duffel and I don't know how I got here. Last thing I remember, I was just downing shots left-and-right at the bar before everything went black. And now I'm here. And apparently I joined the circus. First time I got drunk and joined a new job before though...

Brian is trying to get past his hangover to gather the situation.

[Kennifer]

"...this is my actual hair color. I'm not a clown, and if I'm dressing up for anything it'll be a Hatsune Miku cosplay for a convention. Not a circus. Anyway, my name's Lithium."

[PointMaid]

...I am not a $%& clown either. As if.

Name's Candy. Candy Watermelon.

[Oggy123]

"Ooh, can i introduce myself? My name is Kirby, poyo, and the girl above me is Ribbon!"

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

All right, I'm sorry! Geez! You black out and suddenly you wake up in a circus tent and you start to ask question. Sorry if I thought you were both clowns. I mean... ugh...

Brian sips from his flask and sighs.

Just trying to gather everything here. Right now I feel like my brain is tumbling around in a dryer. Ugh...

[PointMaid]

...I swear nobody understands high fashion. Especially men. Don't worry about it, I suppose... nobody ever seems to get it.

You might have seen me some time. I'm a television broadcaster.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

I don't really watch TV. But you're in the entertainment business, too, hmm? What show are you doing?

[PointMaid]

News anchor on Capitol News Network. Co-hosted a season of the Hunger Games a while ago.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

What's that? A binge-eating contest?

[PointMaid]

Uncultured...

Ahem.

No, not a binge-eating contest. Each of the Districts sends two contestants. They have to survive in the Arena, and survive each other. Last standing wins.