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[vivariummods]

One whole day after the second group’s arrival (along with one whole day since the dead body’s discovery...), some sort of activity in the warehouse begins. Early in the morning, there is an abrupt squawk of microphone feedback over the loudspeakers (and since when were there loudspeakers?), before a screechy voice makes a terse announcement: “Ahem, ahem, testing. One, two, three, testing! Ooookay, looks like this is up and running. So, you pesky test subjects, what a mess you’ve made! I take my eyes off you for just a moment and this is what happens. You really are a terrible bunch, aren’t you?” The “voice” clicks its tongue three times, letting out a heavy sigh, before continuing. “Anyway, let’s get this all sorted out! Know those elevators back out in the lobby? Well, first of all, they’re not elevators. They’re called Ambidex Rooms, so get it right, but second of all, why don’t you all make yourselves useful for once and step into them? Only one test subject per room, though! You can try to go in with someone else, but we just don’t start. What is that? You don’t want to go in? Then we can do this aaaaaaaaall day, I’m a very patient mouse, I’ll let you know!” And with that, the mysterious announcer goes silent. In fact, they’ll stay quiet until all the test subjects finally enter one of the AB Rooms, no matter how long it take. Once inside, the doors shut close, trapping them all inside..

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[vivariummods]

[ After everyone finishes watching their videos a few times, the doors finally open. With a hiss, the strident, squeaky voice returns - perhaps it is a recording. ]

Some people just can't ever be unsupervised! This is your mess, so you clean it up. At least some of you know who's got the blood on their hands. Now, all of you, decide who'll be punished. Before they strike again...

[ A snicker.]

Talk like the annoying test subjects you are, and figure out who to point fingers at! Once you have a good enough idea on who did it, go back into those Ambidex Rooms and vote on the bastard! If you don't vote, then you might as well be admitting your own guilt, so you better hop to it!

[ The AB Room doors will remain open until someone reenters them to submit their vote. At that time, they will close behind the test subject, reopen, then permanently stay shut for the rest of the day. In the meanwhile, discuss what you've seen, try to make heads or tails out of it, speculate with others, and convince everyone that you're not the murderer. ]

[fushuuu]

[Kaidou exits the AB room with an even deeper scowl than the one he entered with, hands stuffed into the pockets of his shorts.]

...This is stupid.

[elliexir]

[ Ellie just holds her hands together, not looking pleased about this whole thing either. ]

Yeah, seriously. Like just who is that guy over the speakers?

[fushuuu]

Loud. And irritating.

[he continues to glare off in no particular direction before he slowly swings his gaze over to glare specifically in her direction]

What do you know about the...dead body.

[elliexir]

[ She looks away off to the side when he asks and gives a small shrug. ]

I don't know. I guess just as much as everyone else. I didn't really... look over her too much.

[1st_response_is_anger]

Got that right. *Kaidou might seem like a typical moody teenager to Maria, but she liked him for being just that.* Did you see anything good?

[fushuuu]

Someone being chased. Then someone returning on their own. I couldn't see their faces.

[1st_response_is_anger]

So...you saw someone being chased. It might be the dead girl we found. It could be the murderer chasing her. *Maria wasn't exactly a detective but perhaps logically they could figure out what happened.*

If you didn't see a face, could you tell if the chaser was a man or a woman?

[elliexir]

[ This... sure is something else. Ellie doesn't really know how to feel about the whole thing, still shaken up by the dead body from yesterday, and watching that video didn't help. She leaves her AB Room and just awkwardly stands off to the side, looking down. She'll ask the following if anyone is near: ]

So... thoughts?

[ Or ask/talk to her first, before she says anything! Seriously, go free, i believe in you all ]

[hisokathemagician]

"I suppose we should discuss what we saw," said Hisoka, coming up out of fucking nowhere, hopefully Ellie wasn't surprised by this.

"That's how this game works, doesn't it?"

[elliexir]

Ellie wasn't too surprised, but she did seem less than pleased that the creepier clown was talking to her. If anything, she suspected him the most of being the murderer...

"A really stupid game," she said without hesitation. "But what did you see in yours?" Might as well ask and get some info without running away from Hisoka just yet...

[hisokathemagician]

"Well, what I saw could only be called circumstantial evidence," said Hisoka. "It was a man with a knife, wiping blood off of the blade."

[toybombs]

Th-the person who did it... They wore sneakers and didn't have long pants or long socks.

[So clearly not her, seeing as her socks go to just below the knee. Hm.]

[elliexir]

[ And it's not Ellie either since she wears jeans all the way down to her shoes, but holy crap... ]

Seriously? You saw who did it?

[toybombs]

[She shakes her head.]

No... I could only see their legs while they dragged the body. The camera was angled too low to see anything besides that.

[hisokathemagician]

"Hmm. That narrows things down a bit, doesn't it?" This deduction was going to be complete garbage.

"Did you see the actual stabbing?"

[toybombs]

She shakes her head. "Uh-uh. Just... someone dragging the body."

[fushuuu]

[just stares]

[1st_response_is_anger]

Really? Did you see them actually kill the girl? *Because that would certainly be definitive proof.*

[1st_response_is_anger]

I think this is all a trick. But what'd you see, Ellie? *Maria had to figure this out and letting it stew in her own head wasn't going to help things.*

[elliexir]

Someone in a suit washing something out... I think that was one guy with the grey hair.

[ She doesn't sound completely sure, however. The video was grainy and low quality enough that she wasn't too sure, but there's no one else around here wearing a suit like that... ]

[hisokathemagician]

Hisoka was just kind of tooling around, seeming relatively unconcerned. Was he worried about punishment? Apparently not...

"So what did you see ♥?"

[1st_response_is_anger]

What did you see? *Two could play the question game.*

[hisokathemagician]

"A man holding a bloody knife." He paused. "Well, it looked like blood. I suppose he could have been wiping ink off the blade ♠."

[1st_response_is_anger]

*What was she supposed to think about what she saw? It had to have been doctored because otherwise it didn't make any sense.*

I think this is all a trick.