[Fin] Murder in the Mountains (End)

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Blue, still riding the high of subduing a death cultist, is caught off guard by the echidna. Well, that's surprising. Hello, uh...red spiky animal. I'm Blue. Let me catch you up: Death's children are trying tonslaugther us all.

[KungFuCutbug]

[PANICKED SHRIEK.] "wh-WH-WHAT'S THAT?!"

[Kennifer]

"Whoa, we got people... er... critters hiding under the floorboards now?"

...Yeah Amy's got to laugh at that one.

[PointMaid]

..Um, hi. I'm Chip.

...Ada. Who are you?

[door-kun]

"I'm an echidna! Not a critter! Do ya want me to beat the crap out of you? And name's Knuckles."
> Adjusts his cowboy hat

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Bold of you to say echidna as if that word meant anything. But hi, Knuckles.

[Caret]

Nellie is taken aback by the sight of a red anthropomorphic echidna busting out from the floorboards. "Knuckles... er... nice to meet you? What exactly were you doing under the floorboards? Are you a spy working for Lord Yanatick?"

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Lloyd jumps back by the echidna catching him off-guard and gets his gun ready, pointing at it out of survival instinct.

What the hell is that thing?!

[KungFuCutbug]

[The Soul is now panickedly using their skeleton as a shield, its bone club swinging left and right as fast as they can manage.] "IDON'TTRUSTITIDON'TTRUSTITIDON'TTRUSTIT—"

[Kennifer]

"I mean, an echidna could be a type of critter, so..." A shrug. "Anyway, my name's Amy, and no thanks, I'd rather not get beaten up."

[PointMaid]

...Could you put away the weapons until there's a threat?

[door-kun]

Nellie is taken aback by the sight of a red anthropomorphic echidna busting out from the floorboards. "Knuckles... er... nice to meet you? What exactly were you doing under the floorboards? Are you a spy working for Lord Yanatick?"

"I don't work for everyone! I was looking for my emerald, that's it! Sheesh! Chaos, no one respects a guy. And if ya wanna try to shoot me, go ahead."

He readies his fists for a fight.

[TenOfSwords13]

Red seems mildly shocked. Knuckles? As in from the Sonic games? Have I gone mad? He thinks to himself.

It is… er… of upmost pleasure to… er… be introduced to you, Knuckles. Pray tell what in hell you were doing beneath the floorboards?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Lloyd sighs, then puts his gun away.

[KungFuCutbug]

[The swinging slows to a halt as the Soul peeks out from behind their skeleton.] "...wait, y-you're..." [They pause, then shake their head. Don't wanna accidentally induce an existential crisis if they point out Knuckles is from a video game. No one tell Tainted Soul where they're from.] "...never mind."

[door-kun]

Red seems mildly shocked. Knuckles? As in from the Sonic games? Have I gone mad? He thinks to himself.

It is… er… of upmost pleasure to… er… be introduced to you, Knuckles. Pray tell what in hell you were doing beneath the floorboards?

"Diggin to see if my emerald was under there. It got stolen. Again. So I'm trying to find it. Again."

[Kennifer]

"Well, I haven't seen any emeralds around here."

...of course she hadn't had any reason to look for one either.

[Weirdguy149]

Freddy waved cheerfully to the echidna while still holding on to the cultist.

"Hi there, my name's Freddy. There's a dead lady and everyone yells at each other at times. Make yourself at home here."

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Same here as well. Haven't seen an "emerald".

[KungFuCutbug]

"...what's an 'e-me-ral-d'?"

[Caret]

"Well, you chosen a pretty bad time to search for your emerald, as Death itself is trying to perform a ritual sacrifice right now, so get out of here if you still can."

[Magolor]

"Yes, your emerald can come after we get out of here. If we get out of here."

[PointMaid]

...

Someone killed a poor woman and we've been threatened with more deaths, anyway, true enough.

Hello, though.

[Zanreo]

Someone new? Wait, was this... Knuckles?

"...Oh hey. you can call me Bonus Boss Z!" she introduces herself. "And noI haven't seen any emeralds..."

[door-kun]

". . . SOMEONE'S DIED? WHAT? And this emerald is really important. If someone else gets it, they could take over the planet. Chaos. And an emerald is a type of gem. This one's a huge one, about. .5 feet tall. Ugh. Fine to meet all of you, but this is just perfect! Gah!"