The Murder Challenge

[TenOfSwords13]

By the looks of things, we are getting no evidence - excepting the deduction we can make. At least one of you or Neptune is a killer, Selen(ium), so if you are innocent, then you must believe in Neptune's... er... guilt, I guess.

[Kennifer]

Michelle turned to Entrapta. Her voice still gentle, but the hint of nervousness from earlier was still present. "Do you mean choosing between Neptune and Selen(ium)? Because one of them has to be guilty; Ctharlak and I would, even if either of us was a Baka, both be unable to have acted last night. Them because of your roleblocking, me because of my connection to the victims."

[PopcornPie]

Entrapta stuck her thumb in her mouth. "Since blocking Ctharlak did nothing to stop murders, I know it has to be one of the two remaining non-roled. I just...I don't trust myself to vote after what's been happening."

[Dookie]

(By the way, if there are no 5 votes by 5/6/22 at 12:00 PM CST, the votes will be finalized).

[Florien]

Well... It could be Ctharlak or Michelle, just not both at once. Either Selenium or Neptune is one of them. Maybe both...

But actually I think one of the other two is a killer as well.

I'm changing my vote again. Michelle was on board with executing Selenium, Ctharlak with Neptune. If Selenium is innocent, it's Michelle. I think.


/Vote Selen(ium)

[PointMaid]

By the looks of things, we are getting no evidence - excepting the deduction we can make. At least one of you or Neptune is a killer, Selen(ium), so if you are innocent, then you must believe in Neptune's... er... guilt, I guess.

You're... you're right. There is that piece of logic I can use to figure this out that I wasn't considering. I'm... I'm sorry, Neptune. I know you just got here. But Ctharlak is right. If I'm innocent, and Ctharlak couldn't have done it last night, and Michelle couldn't have...

/vote Neptune

[PointMaid]

Selen(ium) is now side-eyeing Lucintsea with a peeved look on her face. She still doesn't look happy about any of this.

[Kennifer]

Michelle looks sadly from Neptune to Selen(ium).

"I don't know which of you it is, maybe it's both. But I know it's definitely at least one of you. My not knowing is... shouldn't be an indicator of my own alignment, although I'd expect it to be interpreted that way because I realize it'd look suspicious to go after the innocent."

"That aside, I'm not specifically gunning for Selen(ium). I'd actually chosen randomly between the two at first; a fifty-fifty guess. If there's more reason to believe one is suspicious than the other, I'll vote that way. And hey, maybe it is both of you and people have been suspecting and role-blocking Ctharlak when they're actually an innocent."

[PopcornPie]

"Honestly, with Ctharlak's personality? I think if they wanted to kill someone, they would have done it by now. Remember how they wanted this game to be a bloody tournament?"

[Zanreo]

"Hey, I told you it's not me! I'm not a killer! I'd.. I'd prefer no one die! But I see how all the signs point to at least one of us, and since it's not me..."

/vote Selen(ium) "I'm sorry..."

[PopcornPie]

"But Selenium is my friend, too..." Entrapta held her hand over her vote.

[Florien]

It's not a hard decision. Non-killers have already won. We're 5-2 and at worst we'll get out 2-0. 

Eliminate wrong here, it's 3-2 then 3-1 tomorrow and the actual remaining killer will be obvious.

[Kennifer]

"It's hard. It's hard knowing one or both of them are... are bakas. Selen(ium) has been nice to me, at least on the surface, but there's been suspicions on her on and off. And Neptune... she JUST got her, like just literally got here, and what if her only crime was inheriting Gundham's role if he was a baka."

"I... need a bit more time to think. To put the pieces together. To look at Gundham's... inactions and see if they're actually suspicious or if he just actually did knock himself out with cough medicine the whole time. Certainly he seemed like a strange fellow, all his talk of being an evil overlord but I feel that could've been for show. A lot of us put on a faux persona for videos sometimes, after all. And to try and remember who had been suspicious of Selen(ium) other than Bywyn who... was either onto something or it had no idea and that was why it kept flipping votes."

"I'm sorry for not coming to a decision right away but I honestly don't know... one or the other, possibly both... I can only hope we choose correctly and hammer a Baka, but... if it's not one, it's definitely the other."

[PopcornPie]

"I think just about everyone Bwyn accused but Selenium is dead now."

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

"It's hard. It's hard knowing one or both of them are... are bakas. Selen(ium) has been nice to me, at least on the surface, but there's been suspicions on her on and off. And Neptune... she JUST got her, like just literally got here, and what if her only crime was inheriting Gundham's role if he was a baka."

"I... need a bit more time to think. To put the pieces together. To look at Gundham's... inactions and see if they're actually suspicious or if he just actually did knock himself out with cough medicine the whole time. Certainly he seemed like a strange fellow, all his talk of being an evil overlord but I feel that could've been for show. A lot of us put on a faux persona for videos sometimes, after all. And to try and remember who had been suspicious of Selen(ium) other than Bywyn who... was either onto something or it had no idea and that was why it kept flipping votes."

"I'm sorry for not coming to a decision right away but I honestly don't know... one or the other, possibly both... I can only hope we choose correctly and hammer a Baka, but... if it's not one, it's definitely the other."

... Just... flip a coin? Or Selen(ium), since we're already THIS close to getting the hammer. It doesn't matter anyway. And also... We're in this... to WIN. Aren't we?

[PopcornPie]

"Guess it's up to me."

/Vote Selenium

"Selenium, I forgive you in advance. I know you were doing it against your will."

[Kennifer]

"No, Bywyn initially accused me because I dared wonder why it had jumped to voting so quickly. 'Though I think it had voted for Coldsteel so would've been correct, at least."

"Anyway... yes, getting through this with a win is the goal. Getting through with a win and as few innocent casualties as possible would be ideal."

[PopcornPie]

"...We already completely failed at that aspect."

[Kennifer]

"I know, I know..."

"Okay, if we take Selen(ium) out today and she turns out to be innocent... that means we know Neptune is guilty and whoever's alive can take her out tomorrow, right?"

"Although I still hope we get a Baka today."

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

... We just need to get out of this... in general... I... It's all going to be worth it in the end... Right... Right?

Kanade starts shaking with apprehension...

... Can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs... so... why... am I... so empty... We're going to get out of here... so... why is this victory... so hollow...

[PointMaid]

Selen(ium) seems like she wants to tune all of this out, now. She's sitting against the wall picking some strained chords on her guitar, which is on her knee, practically hugging it.

[PopcornPie]

Entrapta wrapped her arm around Kanade. "Don't worry, I won't be able to live with myself, either. We can be haunted to our last breaths together."

[Kennifer]

"I'm not even sure I will get out of this, but... I can try."

[PopcornPie]

She swallowed. "Well, seeing as you're one of the last roleless people left..."

(I have to protect her. But how can I be sure I can? If I asked Kanade to protect her, that leaves Kanade vulnerable, me too...I doubt Lucintsea would be willing to swap her, even if she had a swap left...)

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

(sniffles) Thank you... The question is... Is this what Hibiki would have wanted?