trial 4; baby, it's cold inside

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WHO KILLED CHRISTMAS?

Starshine and Brasco assemble everyone in the room. The room is extra foreboding and cold after the events of last week, and the raw egg evidence as well as Rider's body have been preserved in the room, so tread carefully.

Starshine slams down the paper for this week with all the suspects and laughs, turning to Brasco and gesturing wildly, pointing at him. "J'accuse, Brasco! This whole time, we've been pointing figures at each other but there was one man we never pointed at. And it's you! And actually, all the rest of the people on this list, too." She looks back at the list and taps it gently, "Oh, yeah, one other thing, I need you to write two names on your paper. Assuming you actually vote, unlike you abstainers," she says it the way someone in the 1950s might say communists. "I deduced that two people definitely killed the two dead people, so have fun with that." She claps her hands, "get to it, my minions!"

11 GUESTS REMAIN

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Comments

[thedifferencebetween]

With the progress we've made, he may as well have done it. So far you're the only one with a solid alibi.

And I don't trust anything our shithead hosts say.

[acherontiastyx]

I mean, I'd kinda rather be sure that we figure out whoever actually did the decapitation stuff, because unless whoever it is likes me better alive than dead I don't really want to deal with people who set up murder scavenger hunts like that.

[thedifferencebetween]

Honestly? I'm beyond caring. And it's not like whoever it was hasn't been here the whole time.

No, I'm more interested in figuring out what's really going on. And I think if we use this opportunity to leverage one of our hosts into a hostage-by-vote, we might actually get a couple of answers.

Or one less set of interfering hands around the place.

[acherontiastyx]

Do you think she would've volunteered him if she actually cared if he lived or died?

[thedifferencebetween]

If she was counting on us being stupid and going 'lol, of course it wasn't him!'? Yeah.

So let's call her bluff. And if she doesn't actually care...that tells us a lot, doesn't it? And if they're the ones behind all this...I'd rather just have one left to deal with.

Plus I just don't like them, but I do have logic to this idea beyond that.

[theothermrgray]

We may as well vote for both of the hosts, even though Princess Starshine is not on the suspect list.

If she doesn't care for Brasco's life, she'll surely care about her own.

[thedifferencebetween]

Hey, not a bad idea!

[thatdarkmage]

... You know what? You make a pretty good point, nya ha ha!

[ He didn't even think of that! ]

[theothermrgray]

Exactly, Henry. [He never thought they would actually agree over anything.]

Still, perhaps I might change my mind if she stops withholding information. That list of hers cannot be simply random, can it?

[thatdarkmage]

[ What an incredible day this is... ]

I bet it's not! But she'll clam up until she's sure she's in danger, so let's keep the heat on.

[princesstarshine]

I'm literally not afraid of you.

[princesstarshine]

Sure, okay.

[theothermrgray]

... You're alright with that?

[He was expecting more of a reaction out of her.]

[princesstarshine]

You'll just be wasting your vote because I'm not on the list. It's no different than the people who abstain or write your mama. Do you really think that I'd put myself in the shed?

[thedifferencebetween]

So you're basically admitting this is arbitrary, and our votes don't matter.

[princesstarshine]

Well you votes for the people who might've actually done it matter. If you want to quit now, we can quit, but then I get to decide.

[thedifferencebetween]

See...what this says to me is 'I know who did do it'. I'm not saying you'd pick who did it, maybe you would, maybe you wouldn't. But I think you know.

Hey, don't bitch at me, I already voted.

[princesstarshine]

Maybe I do know who did it.

[thedifferencebetween]

You know a whole hell of a lot, I'm guessing.

[princesstarshine]

I do. But you haven't stopped by to ask my wisdom. Some of your housemates are smarter than you.

[thedifferencebetween]

That's because I don't like you, and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't tell me anything, anyway.

[princesstarshine]

Mmmm, butcha didn't try, so you only have yourself to blame.

[ident17y]

May as well.