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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?

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Sure, but even if everything's staged, knowing more about the circumstances has got to be helpful.

It doesn't look helpful to me.

We know someone tried to hide the rope. It's a start.

[actually going to... examine the "body" now.]

[IT IS ... a wooden dummy. somewhat nicely dressed. has a toupee attached to its head by glue.]

[pff. gonna pat it down to see if it has anything ~~valuable~~ useful in its clothes.]

[there's a gold-foil wrapped coin in the breast pocket.

it's choco]

[... I don't even know what chocolate is.]

So much for that.

[watching '^']

Shes… Are you doing this because you're the killer?

I wouldn't be looking for clues if I was the killer, would I? That'd be dumb. What if I came across something that implicated me?

[nudges Shes with his foot.]

[I MEAN UH]

But if you did that, you could easily hide it.

You're watching me. When and where would I hide it?

[YOU SUCK okay fine dropping the puppyface]

So what are you supposed to be, anyway?

I'm, uh, a "calm teacher."

…

[wait hold on give me a minute.

…make that a few.]

What.

I can't see you having anything to teach anyone.

Ouch. What, you think your role's more fitting?

No, I'm too weak to be anyone's bodyguard.

[well okay I wasn't expecting you to just say that.]

Huh.

So… If you did do it, you should tell me.

Well, I didn't.

All right.

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