M-NOTW XI: The Murderer's Web

[Darth Caesar]

Night 2​

Sonereal tried to rest in the pantry, it was a rather hard feat given the circumstances, his hands his hands had lost blood flow and were uncomfortably tingling. He tried to take his mind off his hands by looking at the scenery of the pantry, it was much longer than it was wide with shelves containing all manner of food from canned goods to fresh produce, behind him was a lone pipe running from the floor to the ceiling.

His studying of the pantry was interrupted by the door creaking open. A shadowy figure came in. Sonereal tried to ask who he was but could not force the words past the knot in his throat formed by fear. The assailant thrust his hand out and choked Sonereal, he felt the life being drained out of him and soon all he saw was utter darkness.

Spoiler :

Sonereal was strangled. He was innocent.

~~~​

As everyone awoke they noticed no one else missing, everyone took it as a good sign that they would catch a killer.

 

[Autolycus]

Well, the will divided my father's estate into three parts. His personal property, house and cash were to go to my mother. His business ventures were to be given to me and my husband, while his stocks were to be sold and the profits given to Sonereal and Seon.

If the will is the motive, then my uncle is the prime suspect. However, I don't buy that as the motivation. Unless the inspector and detective have uncovered better leads, I'm going to return to the question of opportunity and say that we should lock up Earthling.

 

[Winston Hughes]

I told you already, Earthling is innocent.

civplayah, on the other hand, I can reveal to be a ruthless killer!

 

[landlubber]

Well, then, civplayah, do you have a defense?

 

[Seon]

I told you already, Earthling is innocent.

civplayah, on the other hand, I can reveal to be a ruthless killer!

The politician?

What did he have to gain by killing us all?

 

[Winston Hughes]

The politician?

What did he have to gain by killing us all?

It's quite simple, my good man. I always suspected that the Politician was mumble mumble mumble. After all, as everyone knows, he mumble mumble mumble. But until I examined mumble mumble, I failed to realise that mumble mumble mumble. Of course, as soon as I mumble mumble mumble, the truth was inescapable. The Politician had turned to murder, so as to mumble mumble mumble mumble.

 

[Darth Caesar]

GM Announcement: Just too clarify it is day, you should all vote.

 

[civplayah]

Here's my defense.

Winston Hughes is a detective. Since he posted an accusation on me without reason, I assume he scanned me. That fits with the role of a detective. But, as I am innocent, I conclude that Winston must be either a paranoid or insane cop. Judging by your previous scan results, does that line up?

 

[Autolycus]

What's civplayah's motive? The fact that he said Earthling was innocent means he's not paranoid. But he might be insane. Or he might even be in cahoots with the killer. Now, there was a reduction in kills by two between last night and tonight. We had the strangler, but no knifer or gunman. I would hypothesize that Sonereal was either the knifer or the gunman, taking the law into his own hands out of grief at the death of his friend.

 

[civplayah]

I don't understand. What's my motive for what?

 

[Winston Hughes]

I don't understand. What's my motive for what?

For the murders. Everybody has one (except me, of course), both the killers and the innocent.

What's yours?

 

[civplayah]

Oh! Well, I'm a politician. Friend of the millionaire's family. He was a sponsor. He cut my funding, and his brother offered me more money if I killed the millionaire.

 

[Winston Hughes]

Oh! Well, I'm a politician. Friend of the millionaire's family. He was a sponsor. He cut my funding, and his brother offered me more money if I killed the millionaire.

His brother? You mean Seon?

 

[classical_hero]

So that would also finger Seon. I always knew you were a corrupt politician, so it is best to have civplayah locked up and then we should go for seon afterwards.

 

[Winston Hughes]

So that would also finger Seon. I always knew you were a corrupt politician, so it is best to have civplayah locked up and then we should go for seon afterwards.

You think civplayah is a murderer, and yet you're prepared to believe his testimony against Seon?

 

[civplayah]

His brother? You mean Seon?

Is Seon his brother? I didn't accept his offer- I just lived off of my other sponsors.

 

[Earthling]

Autolycus we can all plainly see that Sonereal was innocent, unless you're suggesting he was a vigilante killer. I still think someone in your little Heiress pack may be responsible. Also, I know I am myself so I don't think that's the best reason to believe the detective is lying, he was right about me. It might be better if I vote for civplayah if we get that worked out, but if being mistaken about something is a bad thing, you were quite wrong about Sonereal.

 

[classical_hero]

You think civplayah is a murderer, and yet you're prepared to believe his testimony against Seon?

Murderers can be outstanding citizens who only kill and not lie. Have you scanned Seon to know that he is innocent?

 

[civplayah]

It doesn't mention Seon's name in my role PM, so I'm not sure that's anything more than roleplay.

 

[classical_hero]

What does the inspector say about all this? We have not heard from him.