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[MadeOfMilk]

....WE COULD'VE REVIVED ALL THE DEAD PEOPLE THIS ENTIRE TIME?!

[PointMaid]

Snakeweed sits up... slowly... trying to breathe and not convulse.

...Damn. Yeah. So, I found a ring and this hair.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Sho momentarily stands in disbelief of his own carelessness, before opting to just pick the lock with a paper clip in the storage room or something. (Sho)

You successfully MacGuyvered yourself out of the storage room.

[TalesofUnder]

(Soseki adopts a comical crying pose.)

I'm so sorry, Kato-san and Toku-san! I am not well-versed in chemical matters! I just... wanted you to not die... wait. ...Why can't the paramedics just revive the dead people?

[Tophat_E]

Master Thief here walkin back to the room-
strychnine.
“..I was gone for a positive 5 minutes-“

[PointMaid]

...I don't know what the heck they did to us, so I can't say.

...Toku-san?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Well, sadly, they cannot revive murder or execution victims. Even they don't have the medical know-how to do that. It's funny how this world works, isn't it?

[Kennifer]

"...aw jeez what the FUCK, everyone?"

Okay, was everyone okay now? Yes?

>Okay what's that hair and ring thing all about?

[MadeOfMilk]

WHY CAN'T WE JUST FFFFFFFFFLIPPING DO THIS TO THE OWL BOY?!

[TalesofUnder]

You know... you! Snakeweed!

[Tophat_E]

“Shut your pi hole and get back to investigatin’, Snail!”

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>Okay what's that hair and ring thing all about? (Kim)

Hell if you know.

Because that's not the way it works here! Now go back to investigating his death, you flying snailghetti monster!

[MadeOfMilk]

Escargoon grumbles to himself and decides to > examine the ring

[Tophat_E]

> Examine the hair. Defining colors, maybe? Is it hair or..fur, or something?

[KungFuCutbug]

[Pizzabug bolts into an upright sitting position, hyperventilating heavily and clutching their chest for a moment. ...Yeah, they're definitely shaken from that.] "haah... haah... fuck, am I alive? mmph... gah. that was... painful. but, hey, at least I think I know what it is. it's... aagh... fuckin', what's it called..." [They cough into their sleeve.] "strychnine, I think. gives you muscle spasms, and then asphyxiates you. I think Duo's too far gone for the parameds to be able to do anything with him, sadly, but..." [Another cough. They take a deep breath to try and stop themself from coughing any further.] "that's gonna scar my lungs..."

> find some water or something to drink

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> examine the ring (Escargoon)

It slips out of your fingers and lodges in your throat. You're choking on it! Someone give him the Sneimlich Snaneuver!

> Examine the hair. Defining colors, maybe? Is it hair or..fur, or something? (Sho)

It's blond and it feels very fake compared to real hair.

[TalesofUnder]

>Karate chop the snail to dislodge yon ring

[Tophat_E]

“..tch, this hair probably isn't even real. Someone figure out where it came from.”

> He tries to save the snail - preferably in a way that saves his life and causes him pain. He deserves it! How do you fail to look at a ring? Did he hold it close to his face and just inhale it??? Sho's not even sure of the logic, he just knows that it was stupid-

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> find some water or something to drink (Pizzabug)

You find yourself a nice bottle of water. The best you ever drank. Totally quenches your thirsts and makes you feel very invigorated. You pose triumphantly with the water bottle.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>Karate chop the snail to dislodge yon ring (Soseki)

You only succeed in cracking his shell and badly hurting your hand upon doing it.

> He tries to save the snail - preferably in a way that saves his life and causes him pain. He deserves it! How do you fail to look at a ring? Did he hold it close to his face and just inhale it??? Sho's not even sure of the logic, he just knows that it was stupid- (Sho)

You can't do either. Save his life or cause him pain.

[PointMaid]

...What do I have to do with this, Soseki? Yeesh. I almost got poisoned to death...

> Try to do a Sneimlich Snaneuve on Escargoon

[Tophat_E]

> Ugh, fineee. He'll save the snail's life

[MadeOfMilk]

If anyone's been wondering if a purple snail can turn blue.... well, you have your answer now, and that is "yes"

[KungFuCutbug]

[...whew. Just what Pizzabug needed after nearly fucking dying again. They stash the rest of the water bottle in their jacket for later, then head back to the crime scene—and walk in on Escargoon choking on the ring.] "...oh my god why are we still eating the evidence."

> help Snakeweed do the Sneimlich Snaneuver

[TalesofUnder]

>Make Escargoon think about his mom so he coughs the ring back up in disgust