Murder Mysterium - YOU-kai

[idolpro]

[ Your unit-colored alcove has its own seating—benches, rather than any specific number of chairs, line the green bushels. It's wide enough to comfortably fit all of your unitmates if necessary, though it's likely not all of you will be here at a time. You're aware, somehow, that the space is soundproof; you could say whatever you like here and it won't be heard by anyone but your unitmates.

At the center of your "room" is what looks to be a marble table, but upon further inspection you'll note that the surface is actually electronic, a touch screen that mimics the visual texture of marble. Here, you have a number of options of things to choose from, and you can even pull up a keyboard or write with your finger for a certain freeform answer section. ]

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[caniscorde]

[ growled, ears flat back. ]

I'm well aware. But you are offering no solutions, only slapping mine down.

Instead of your fussing, put some effort into thinking of a better idea than mine.

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

If we could count on him, our best bet would be injuring ourselves and claiming that our original plan worked as intended in a different room.

It will be a gamble at best, though it will come with the added benefit that we'll be able to maneuver him into a position to prove once and for all whether he was lying.

We can try to accuse him, and in an ideal world we'd make him pay for lying, but I don't think it will help. The old teams will vote for us because they trust their friends more, and the new teams will vote for us because it benefits them strategically. They don't need to win against everyone, they just need to win against us.

I think we're going to have to go with the first plan, force him into a position where he has to publically support us or not, and make him pay afterward, if he doesn't. If we go this route, we'll need to throw suspicion on a third party.

Re: DISCUSSION

[caniscorde]

[ takes a breath and calms, ears relaxing as she listens. ]

...

Cheer believes we should simply tell the truth. That we planned to meet with him, and he was not there.

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

Would we pick another room?

Or choose not to disclose where?

Re: DISCUSSION

[caniscorde]

... I don't suppose it will matter much if we disclose our room or not, if we go with honesty.

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

She wants to be honest about the room, too?

That's the same as giving up, isn't it?

Re: DISCUSSION

[ibedeadpeople]

What do you think, then. If we say we went with him elsewhere and he says we didn't, where does that leave us?

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

Dead, but at this point we're dead anyway.

At least this way we can catch him out in his lie that he tried to follow through on his promise earlier, if he refuses to support us.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ibedeadpeople]

How?

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

Either he followed through before and he was telling the truth about showing up in some empty room, in which case he should be fine with backing us up now... or he was lying because he didn't care about us getting killed, and he'll let us fall flat on our faces.

If he does the second one, we know for sure.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ibedeadpeople]

So, we tell them we planned to meet, and did.

[She pauses]

...Should we ask something related? We're supposed to ask a question of the dead, right?

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

Mm. We have to ask something. It will look suspicious if we don't.

Something that seems helpful on the surface but sows more confusion would be ideal.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ibedeadpeople]

Or--or if we are telling a story, it would be good if it backed it up, right? Maybe something about if they ran into two teams, or if they saw us together, or if they were supposed to meet someone...

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

Those could work. It might make things more chaotic.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ibedeadpeople]

Mm... Then, I can ask, if you want.

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

[Nods, slow]

I'm okay with it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[caniscorde]

I don't know.

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

If we admit we were in the room with them, we're as good as admitting we did it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[caniscorde]

...

We were to meet in the study, with no weapons. It is a bit too late to injure ourselves, now.

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

The study with no weapons, then.

Re: DISCUSSION

[caniscorde]

Mm.

He said to use his connection to Crane, on our unit, if we are pressed for a reason for meeting up or for a reason not to have weapons.

Re: DISCUSSION

[byallmeans]

We can just say that we had a non-aggression pact, which is true.