The Murder Challenge

[Kennifer]

Michelle is going to

> go back to looking for anything suspiciously out of place in the room

[PointMaid]

Selenium quietly starts > Looking for anything out of place in the rest of the house...

[Oggy123]

> Look for anything out of place throughout the house.

[PopcornPie]

Entrapta glares daggers. "Don't talk like that. Don't even think about talking like that. I can't lose two robots back-to-back! Besides, Mettaton says he's fully charged. Would he still be if he stayed up trying to kill someone? I doubt it."

But, even still...

> See if anything's out of place in Mettaton's room.

[Florien]

Mettaton and Gundham are the only physically strong people who haven't claimed a role.

but if you don't want to execute Mettaton, we don't have to. Your call... I guess...


/unvote Mettaton.

[PopcornPie]

"I just don't want to lose another bot. Also, the last time we jumped to conclusions, we killed an innocent. Who cursed us. So we're probably going to die when we're least expecting it."

[Caret]

Oh. We've learned nothing particularly new then. Though a threat has been eliminated, so that is... nice. I recommend we keep a close eye on those who have claimed no role. The one out to get us and the one who directly killed Coldsteel are in that group. Either a slightly foolhardy one, or perhaps an overthinking one, based on how I helped lure them into going for Kanade by speaking of the... power of her role.

Then she notices the strength required for the killing.

...huh.

/vote Mettaton

Mettaton freezes for a second.

"HOLD UP, BEAUTY! SURE, I MAY BE THE STRONGEST BEING IN THIS HOUSE (SEE: MY 4 UNDERGROUND'S STRONGEST MONSTER TITLES), BUT IS STRENGTH WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR HERE? OTHER STRONG PEOPLE INCLUDE ENTRAPTA AND POSSIBLY YOU!"

"PERSONALLY, I SUSPECT CTHARLAK THE MOST. YES! THAT ELDRITCH BLOB OF PAINT HAS SOME SHADY SECRETS! THEY'RE THE ONLY MONSTER IN THIS ROOM WHO'S REFUSED TO CLAIM A ROLE. SINCE ALL POWER ROLES HAVE BEEN CLAIMED, THERE'S NO REASON WHY SHOULD MAINTAIN THEIR SILENCE. KEEP THAT IN MIND!"

[PopcornPie]

"I thought I saw Gundham earlier. But, hey, you're right! Ctharlak hasn't been saying a word since Bwyn died!"

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Yeah...

[Kennifer]

"They have been awfully quiet. I mean, I could do without being called a 'foolish mortal' every few minutes, but considering how much they were talking yesterday it's strange."

[Oggy123]

"Come to think of it... I think he might be on the right track. We haven't really heard from that creature now..."

"Hmmm..."

[Florien]

Oh.

But I...

Sorry.

It doesn't include me or Entrapta though... no one contradicted either of us, so we are confirmed to have what we've claimed...

sorry if that's... can we...

[Florien]

...wait there's three killers, right? And Coldsteel was one and he's dead now.

So there's two killers.

You said, I think, that you executed once and got it wrong. I don't... I don't remember, I think you said that. I hope you said that.

I... please just listen for a moment. It's stupid it's stupid it's stupid I know but... never mind. Never mind it's stupid and you'll hate me.


Lucintsea doesn't break from her quiet monotone even to be plainly unwilling to speak and upset with herself. It's as if her voice simply doesn't have any other pitch or volume to go into. She just stands awkwardly in the corner, then gradually slides herself behind a bookshelf with the scrape of wood on metal and dragonscale as her armor drags across the chipboard back of the shelf.

No, I'll just go with whatever you want.

[TalesofUnder]

What manner of shenanigans is this?! Someone killed the edgehog? Well, as a great sage once said, “He was 2fast4u”.

[TenOfSwords13]

Ctharlak awakens

That hedgehog was a killer? I cannot say this servant to the Unnamed Monarch is surprised. I wonder which other foolish mortals are also guilty…

[Oggy123]

"You're waking up now, huh? We were discussing on who killed that hedgehog. Hmmm..."

[Dookie]

> How harsh was Coldsteel's struggle against his killer?

He seems to have put up a good fight, but still died nonetheless.

> What position is his body in?

Missionary.

I"m kidding, of course.

[TenOfSwords13]

Hmmm… any chance that the deceased mortal was their own killer?

[Caret]

Mettaton points at Ctharlak. "THINK AGAIN, BEAUTY! IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT COLDSTEEL WAS KILLED BY ANOTHER BAKA! THE REAL QUESTION IS: WHICH BAKA? WILL WE UNLEASH JUSTICE ONTO THE SECOND KILLER, OR WILL AN INNOCENT BECOME THE UNFORTUNATE VICTIM OF OUR FALSE ASSUMPTIONS? OUR FATE IN IS OUR HANDS!"

"ALSO, MAY I SUGGEST YOU CLAIM A ROLE? LUCINTSEA HAS CLAIMED TO BE THE DRIVER, SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD KEEP US IN SUSPENSE."

[TenOfSwords13]

Robot, it should be foolishly obvious what my powers here are, given that all the other abilities have been claimed by foolish mortals.

[PopcornPie]

"...The driver?"

[TenOfSwords13]

… Incorrect, foolish mortal. That ability has already been claimed.

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

... That, OR you're CLAIMING to be powerless to hide your sussy nature. That's a potential option, too.

[TenOfSwords13]

That is viable, mortal. Not what is happening here, but in another world, perhaps.

[Kennifer]

"Unfortunately those of us without roles don't have a way to defend ourselves against those sort of speculations. Me, sure I can vouch that Nintendo and SEGA are innocent at least. And I'm obviously not strong enough physically to have done either of the kills. But can I prove I'm just a normie? Can anyone else whose only claim is not having a special role?"

Michelle shakes her head.

"So unless we find another piece of glaring evidence it seems we're back to looking at physical strength. And social deduction, which after yesterday I'm not sure we're good at at all."