The Murder Challenge

[PointMaid]

Mmmm.

Most of what we have so far, is, well, how people are acting.

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

And even THEN, 1. Said evidence doesn't narrow it down much and can just as easily be planted as a red herring, and 2... It's hard to tell who's possessed on personality/acting alone because MAYBE, for example, Bwyn COULD  be possessed and intentionally antagonizing us to throw us off a path... Or they're NOT possessed and they're just naturally a jerk. Who knows?

[Kennifer]

"Yeah, hence the waiting. And some people haven't said much today so it'd be nice to, you know, hear from them. I'd rather not just jump on the first one being accused because some charismatic salesperson said so. It could be Coldsteel. It also might not. And yeah, immediately jumping on someone could be Bywyn covering it's butt. Or it's just... like that.

...those are the right pronouns, right?"

[PointMaid]

Yeah, exactly.

[Caret]

"I spent the entire night in sleep mode! Why would a beauty like me track footprints all over the place? If I murdered someone, I would have done it in my box form. Right now, Bywyn seems the most... can I say it? Sus. But that could just be a Bywyn thing! Who knows?"

[PopcornPie]

By now, Entrapta has temporarily given up her search for the rest of the Crazy 8. She sits in the theater, a prime place to think-or, in her case, mumble loudly into her recorder.

"Tragically, our first loss was one of the two robots. Hypercam's arm was pulled out of his body, and he was stomped flat afterward. We have no leads except for Bwywn's claim that four people were walking around at night. But we have a three day deadline to find the murderer, or it's all our heads instead. Well, probably something like that."

"I can clarify that I slept peacefully the entire night, up until the death was announced via stickbug. I wonder if it's one of the guitarists. The arm strength built by holding and strumming a guitar for presumably many years could be sufficient to take out a robot arm. But the others think it was Coldsteel based on the footprints found, but those prints are way too vague. I hate to say it, but Mettaton is also a suspect. A robot has all the will to kill another and remain top robot in the group. I know that from prior accidents in the lab."

[PointMaid]

...

I really don't think I'm much stronger than the average here.

[PopcornPie]

Entrapta seems completely apathetic to the fact that she'd been heard. "Logistically, using your arms on one activity over a long period of time will increase your muscles. That and we don't know if possession heightens strength."

[Guma]

most of our deduction has to rely on shit the host is keeping from us on purpose. like whether the posession amplifies strength. he just wants to see innocet people die. jumping to conclusions will get us no where.

that said. assuming the possession doesnt amplify strength. you really think im THAT strong without the power of the DARK chaos emeralds? their the only reason im alive tbh. its best to vote for someone who would be strong in either situation. like say. the killer robot maybe?

[PopcornPie]

Entrapta shrinks down, eyebrows tipping upward. "...Do we really have to vote off Mettaton? Even if Kanade is telling the truth, I may never wake up in the same place as him again..."

[Florien]

I'm more inclined to believe the ones trying to direct suspicion onto me, and then Coldsteel, roughly in that order.

So Michelle, Kanade, maybe Mettaton? Incidentally on the subject of M words containing T and O, I do sell Melatonin, which sounds kind of like Mettaton. Clinically studied, you know. All natural, all that stuff.

[PopcornPie]

"Gosh, I wish I had the materials to build a replica of Hypercam we could test our strength on. Well, can anyone remember what they were doing last night? I was sleeping, and I have the recording of my sleep to prove it."

[Caret]

"Please! I was indifferent towards Hypercam. Obviously, I'm the prettier robot, but Hyper was beautiful in their own way. Why would I kill a fellow robot? Of course... perhaps the killer was trying to frame me. Yes, I was framed! A killer robot is an easy target to put the blame on. And I am a pretty strong robot, but could I really rip off a limb with ease?"

> were there any tools used to sever Hypercam's arm?

[PopcornPie]

//There weren't, Dookie already clarified that no tools were used.

"Oh! Framing! Of course! That could be another reason why there was more than one person awake! And if you were in your cube form last night, we would have seen the track left by a wheel. I still think it was someone who spends a lot of time using their hands and arms."

[Oggy123]

"We're don't really have any clues, are we? And yeah, it is possible the robot guy got framed. But by who..."

[Florien]

Please, don't be ridiculous, Mizheldt. It wouldn't be framing because the "robot guy", as you put it, is one of the only ones who nothing points to in particular. It would instead be an elaborate reverse framing worthy of the brilliance of the Regent at cunning schemes, and I do not think any of you worthy of the Regent's brilliance. However, you are worthy of her miracle cure with which she made herself immune to all poisons!

That's only five hundred Uvigeld... ah, sorry, three hundred and seventy dollars a dose. A steal of a deal, if I do say so.

[Kennifer]

"There's other reasons people could be out of their rooms though, right? Bus driving, distraction dancing, the Alpha making an alliance. Four people out of their rooms doesn't necessarily mean people working together to kill, does it?"

[Oggy123]

"She's right."

"But really, is Mettaton actually framed?"

"I don't know! We don't have much in terms of clues, unfortunately."

[PointMaid]

Indeed. And... unfortunately not.

[Kennifer]

"...if someone was framing Mettaton wouldn't they have put fake tire tracks or something? I mean, did anybody else know about his other form last night?"

[PointMaid]

Yeah, whether someone knew or not, there's nothing we found specific to Mettaton, really, so it doesn't seem likely anyone was trying to frame him.

[TenOfSwords13]

It is clear that however it was wanted to cover their tracks, and left only minimal evidence behind. I do not think that any mortal can be named for certain as the killer.

[Guma]

maybe, but we still gotta vote someone off

[PopcornPie]

Entrapta flattened her brows. "How do you know what people were doing, Michelle? Were you outside your room, too?"

[Kennifer]

"No, I wasn't. I was going by the roles we were told at the start of the game, and how there were people who could do things at night other than those who got possessed, much like Hypercam and the stickbug video everyone saw. I don't know what people were doing, just the fact that people were out and about doesn't mean all of them were up to no good."