؟ ([personal profile] dramatispersonae) wrote2012-04-27 09:13 pm

ROOM 7

[You enter a pleasant sitting room: there are nine plush comfy chairs in a semi-circle in front of a crackling fireplace, and a table set with various finger-foods and two carafes, one of water and one of wine. It'd be a very nice room ... if not for the dummy lying facedown on the floor with a giant butcher knife sticking out of its back and a little bottle by one of its hands, marked with a tiny skull and crossbones. There's a hangman's noose around its neck, though the other end looks rather frayed.

The pleasant voice of a woman -- not the persona -- begins to speak:]

Hello and welcome. I wish it could have been under better circumstances, but today has some interesting circumstances. As you can see, my good associate, Mister X, has met an unfortunate end. I've reason to believe it might be one of you! Shall we see if I'm right?
medpacksapunch: Sakura: determined/confident/challenging (damn boy)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-28 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, well, you tell me then, smart guy. Why was he killed?
isfet: (Roll for duck animosity.)

[personal profile] isfet 2012-04-28 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Could've been a botched robbery or an inheritance problem. Or someone could've loved him a little too much.
medpacksapunch: Sakura: extremely dubious (boys...)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-28 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Love huh?

[looks at the noose and the knife again]

Kinky.
medpacksapunch: Sakura: wondering/musing/ ? (with a bottle of Platinum Patron)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-28 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[watching him inspect under the table]

Huh, so the frayed end could have just been a sucky rope and his fat ass; but somebody definitely cut the other end, right?
isfet: (The embrace of a malevolent god.)

[personal profile] isfet 2012-04-28 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. More importantly, someone tried to hide the rope.
medpacksapunch: Sakura: extremely dubious (boys...)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-28 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm...so somebody pretty sneaky then.

Pretty much proves it wasn't me, then.
isfet: It’s not grave robbing if we don’t take anything. (It’s grave browsing.)

[personal profile] isfet 2012-04-28 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it wasn't hidden very well.
medpacksapunch: Sakura: skeptical/dubious (the beat is my base metal)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-28 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
...You implying something?
isfet: (Welcome to the internet! Where we live.)

[personal profile] isfet 2012-04-29 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe. It's too early to say.
medpacksapunch: Sakura: righteous yelling/upset/angry (bring me potatoes. and meat. and greens.)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-29 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
No, I think if you're gonna start down that road you gotta at least be man enough to say it outloud.

So, what-- you're going to say that if I were for some reason invested enough in this loser to kill him, I'd go to all the trouble of hiding the rope but I wouldn't hide it well or even remove the fucking noose from his neck?

yeah that'd be really clever wouldn't it! Nobody will be able to tell he was hanged now.
isfet: (We do not negotiate with doors.)

[personal profile] isfet 2012-04-29 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[shrugs]

I'm not saying I understand the motive, I'm just saying what I've found.
medpacksapunch: Sakura: extremely dubious (boys...)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-29 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well, you probably put it there yourself so whatever.
isfet: (Burning the windows.)

[personal profile] isfet 2012-04-29 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Uh-huh. And when would I have the time to do that?
medpacksapunch: Sakura: confused/skeptical/explaining (p-p-put it in a bowl)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-29 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Approximately the same time any of the rest of us did?
isfet: (It’s Schrodinger’s battleground!)

[personal profile] isfet 2012-04-29 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, true. But if I put it there, why would I intentionally find it again?
medpacksapunch: Sakura: wide eyed sarcastic earnestness (I'm thinkin you could hook me up)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-29 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
To make yourself look innocent. All "aha, I've found a clue!" Or whatever.
isfet: (Welcome to the internet! Where we live.)

[personal profile] isfet 2012-04-29 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
I think I'd find something more useful if I was trying to look innocent...
medpacksapunch: Sakura: coy/flirty/grinning (me jammin')

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-29 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe you're just not as clever as you think you are.
medpacksapunch: Sakura: wide eyed sarcastic earnestness (I'm thinkin you could hook me up)

[personal profile] medpacksapunch 2012-04-29 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yes way!