>>11105
"Hm, okay. Ozaki can take care of the key, I suppose. Right, so Squitcher and Takano make up one group; Apaula, Ozaki and I make up the other; Izanami stays in 103 with the others. That okay with everyone?"

>>11107
Ozaki is given the key card.

>>11107

"I am fine with this set up. Where will be searching for our group?"

>>11107
"Fine with me."

>>11107
"Hold on, I think Ozaki should explain us what happened quickly before we venture any further, it's best to know what we're supposed to be looking for."

>>11110
"Well, we should probably head over to the nurse's desk and get that key for Ozaki first. Beyond that...anyone got any preferences for which rooms they'd like to search?"

>>11112
Well when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much...
"I would have to assume the basement, since that is where I lost consciousness. I was being carried by the culprit in the hallway when I awoke and broke free. When I tried to stand up he slashed me."

>>11114
"I see, what were you doing in the basement in the first place ? Weren't you with Dr.Irie ?
And what did the culprit look like ?"

"Yes, that would make sense after we thoroughly check the area the extra card is in. The culprit could already have it however..."

>>11117
"We went to fix the generator. Regrettably I could not see the face of the culprit only their back... I would have to imagine they are either a rather feminine boy or a girl.

>>11103
Asks the nurse,

"Is the door to room 102 lock? We can unlock it with the extra key card, right? I've been wondering if I could move Osihi's corpse into that room. So I could move everyone to Osihi's room. I mean, Osihi's room is closer to the restroom. What about Satoshi? Can I move him too? And if not, does anyone care if the culprit kills him? I surely don't."

>>11121
>corpse
"Wait hold on... Oishi is dead? What the hell happened?"

"What are you talking about?! We shouldn't let anyone else die, even if Satoshi is in a coma he's still alive right now!"

I say this angrily to Izanami, rolling her eyes as she looks to Ozaki.

"Yes, he was killed probably by fatal injection... If you would like we can check his body later. For now we should focus on that extra key..."

>>11122

"Erika found him dead minutes after the explosion."

>>11123
"Come on. I'm sure he wouldn't mind sacrificing himself for the sake of his friends and little s-i-s-t-e-r."

>>11121
(assuming you told her about the corpse etc since she never entered 101)
"If it is a crime scene, it's best not to tamper with it. As for Satoshi, he's hooked up to the machines in that room. Let's not move him."

The key is where it should be. The key was given to and is now in the possession of Dr. Ozaki.

I look right back to Izanami, looking even more upset with him.

"That isn't your place to say! What are you even trying to do! Do you want people to die?"

>>11127

"Hmm. Fine. I was just suggesting. I don't know why...but I have a strange feeling that something will go wrong when a person is in the restroom."

>>11120
"Wait. Ozaki, you said you went to go fix the generator? But that someone was waiting for you down there? That's kinda odd. If you were attacked immediately after going down there, how did you manage to fix it? Surely it was fixed, the lights stopped flickering a while ago.

Besides, isn't it odd that a single girlish looking guy was able to defeat two grown men?"

>>11129
"Takano, state your location when everyone heard Ozaki’s scream. While I was in the room with Satoshi's visitors, the detectives where in Oishi’s room looking for clues. Where were you? After Ozaki’s scream there was a sound of a door being slammed shut. Could it been you running into your office before the detectives ran out of Osihi’s room? No, they would have seen you. Perhaps you were closing one of these doors to make it seemed as if the culprit left the hallway."

>>11131
"I was at my desk. I was writing so I wasn't paying attention to who was moving around in the hallway."

>>11132
"Your office has a clear view of the hall. You would have seen the culprit trying to make a run for it."

>>11133
"I should have seen them, if there were anyone there, but I didn't..."

>>11134
"I don’t care if you were at your desk writing a story about witch and her fascination with white horses. I’m still going need some verification. No one was there with you. You’re probably lying."

>>11135
"How could you possibly know what I was writing about?! You looked at my manuscripts!

And why would I lie? I was busy. Doing. My. Job."

"What are you doing...? We shouldn't harass her and make her not want to work with us. I'm sorry about his behavior, he's not very good at this."

She sighs, looking to Takano with a look of concern for her.

(I meant I sigh, sorry about that)

>>11136

"It is possible for a culprit to lie. I mean, I would too. Murder is a huge deal. I wouldn't want spend the rest of my life in prison. Ahihihihi!"

>>11137

"What? She's only a person of interest."

>>11139

"Regardless... We shouldn't be yelling at them. We need to question everyone and get them to actually want to speak with us, being rude doesn't get anyone anywhere."

>>11140

"Hmmmm. I wasn't yelling at her. I was being pretty cordial, if you ask me."

>>11136

"Takano.... mind telling me who drew Osihi's blood? It couldn't been you, since you never entered room 101, right? So tell me. How'd you do it? Do you have an a-c-c-o-m-p-l-i-c-e? Or maybe....it was something else?"

>>11142
"Dr. Ozaki drew his blood yesterday, I believe. Irie needed it for lab work. He only just came in yesterday, and I believe that was the only time a needle was used on him while he was here."

>>11143

"I see. I guess that's all for now."

"Well when we examined his body, there happened to be two needle points there. Could there be something lethal that when combined with his medication from yesterday could kill him?"

>>11129
"Once we fixed the generator the lights came back on, then mine went out. I didn't see the back of the assailant until in the hallway once I regained consciousness. But you do have a point, if I went down Irei would have been able to retaliate...I wonder what that means."

Before we start exploring I bandage up my wound.

>>11145
"Who knows. Chemistry is the forte of a pharmacist.

"Well, doesn't seem like this discussion is going anywhere. How about we talk about which rooms each group should cover? We're really wasting time here, the culprit could be anywhere by now."

That Squitcher guy doesn't seem very trusting.

I nod to Erika, before looking to the general direction of Irie's office.

"How about our group checks out Irie's office, they check out the bathroom and 101? We could probably all check out the basement together..."

>>11150
"We don't have access to the key for Irie's office or the basement, remember?

Since our group is going to Takano-san's office for the nurse's key anyway, maybe we should cover that area and the bathroom while Squitcher's group covers 101 and 102."

>>11151

Makes sure all of the Satoshi's visitors are in room 103 before I close the door behind me. Inside... I lean against the door, preventing anyone from leaving unless they ask me to go to the restroom.

"While that is true, we are able to use other means of getting in however, a murder has happened. I believe it warrants the means."

>>11147

>>11153
"Hmm...I suppose that might be possible..."

I'll take a look at the doors leading to the basement and to Irie's office. How sturdy are they?

>>11154
Similar to 101. A bed, a cabinet, a television, a table, a trash can, several chairs.

>>11155
They are metal doors. While certainly not indestructible, you will not be able to simply shoulder check them open.

>>11156

>>11156
"Mm. We might be able to do something about these doors later, but it's too much effort at the moment. We really should start searching, it feels like we've been standing here preparing for hours or something."

"You're right, Erika. Let's start moving, you or Ozaki may lead. I'll just help out with searches."

>>11159
"<Good>. Let's get going."

Our group heads for Takano's desk. When we get there I will search it for the key she was talking about.

>>11159
"So we're in charge of checking out toilets and 101 ? Well that's not really a journey, but I guess it is as good as any.
Just one thing before, ( another ) Ozaki, what did the culprit used to slash you ?"

>>11161
"Well, you can take the bathroom if you want? I had you doing 101 and 102, but it doesn't make a difference to me. This place isn't really that big, so yeah."

I follow Erika, helping her search for the key

>>11160
Ozaki was already given the key.

>>11162
"Splitting up in such a small place is silly after all. Well, whatever, just open 102 and we'll check it out alongside 101. I'll let you take care of checking out the rest."

>>11165
I based the design partly on the pictures given and partly on my dad's office.

>>11166
i'm not criticizing, it's totally fine for it to be a small place.

>>11167

>>11168

>>11164
Oh, he was? My bad then.

I'll search the desk anyway to see if there is anything of interest.

>>11170
Some files, a radio, her manuscripts.

Takano comes over. "Why are you going through my desk?"

I look to Takano, walking over to her.

"We're just looking just in case the killer could have hidden something inside."

>>11171
"...And what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with Squitcher, checking out the other rooms?"

>>11172
"These are medical files! It would violate confidentiality if I let you read them!" she exclaims.

>>11171

After a sigh to break the awkwardness, I walk towards Satoishi bed. Immediately, I drop on my knees and check under it.

"There you are."

Grabs the bat Keiichi brought in earlier. Then looks at the others while holding up the bat and says,

"For safety reasons."

"I'm sure we don't have to look for them. We'll move them aside. We have no intention of looking through them."

>>11175
Everyone in the room take a very serious look.

Keichi speak up first. "Put that down, it's not yours."

>>11177

"Keiichi, shhhhhh! Do you guys hear that?"

>>11178
Shion begins speaking, "put the bat down first."

>>11176
"Just stop going through my desk"

>>11173
Seriously, I'd like a response to this.

>>11178

"...Hmmmmmmmm. Nope..."

Wearing a face that's suitable for a yōkai, I get up and walks towards the door, resting the bat on my left shoulder.

Seeing my partner has now left me for some reason, I head to the entrance

"Alright, enough of this, splitting was definitely a bad idea, let's just check everyplace and get this over with.
Also miss Takano what the hell are you doing exactly ? I think in our situation, papers are the least of our concerns, unless you have something to say to us ?"

>>11182
Keichi sticks his hand on the bat and attempts to pull it out of your hands.

>>11183
"I take my oaths very seriously. Besides, you people are even more suspicious than I am! You come here to visit Oishi, and then he dies. You all probably killed him together!"

>>11184
"Oh really? You think we're suspicious? Did we mention that the cabinet in Oishi's room was open; the cabinet that just so happened to contain needles? And that he had a suspicious extra injection mark on his arm? Tell me, Takano-san, why was that cabinet not locked? And if it had been, how would we have gotten into it?"

>>11184
"Right, so the 4 of us decided to come here to kill a single old man bedridden and with grease in his bloodstream ? Not to mention that the man is a police officer, and that he's hospitalized in one of the smallest clinics in the world, making it impossible to be there without being noticed ?
Oh, and there's also the irrelevant fact that we're working with the police.
Yeah, right best plan ever, why didn't I think of that ?

Don't screw with us, missy, I like your cute face, but I'm not kind enough to let you say this kind of stupid things.

Well, whatever, that's not the time to start an argument, let's just do what we set out to do in first place. Erika, Apaula, is there something else you wanna do here, or can we move on ?"

>>11185
"First digging through my desk and now digging through the medical cabinets?! They don't even have locks on them in the first place! You're digging your own grave by making yourself more and more suspicious!"

>>11187

"Don't worry Takano, when we prove who killed them we'll be okay. I just recommend you don't get in our way. We won't try and harm you if you don't try and harm us. So please, step back. You trying to stop our investigation is even more odd than us doing this in the first place."

>>11187
"You're going to criticise a detective for investigating the scene!? This is getting ridiculous. This is hardly a normal situation, and I'd think I'd at least be able to check out the area without people yelling at me. Seriously, just what are you even keeping here that you're so determined to protect even when we're stuck in here with a murderer inside and a volcanic eruption outside? If you really have nothing to hide, just let us investigate! Your attempts to stop us are just making us more suspicious!"

>>11184

Let's Keiichi place his hand on the bat. However, he doesn't take it from my grasp, since I tighten my grip.

"Ch'...stepping up to a physical education teacher. Risky. Fine. I'll give it to you...under one condition. Tell me who left this room after Apaula left to go check a noise-which turned out to be the volcano erupting? Hmm?"

>>11187
By the way, what else is in Takano's desk area? Just her desk?

I freak out at the kids(players) playing in the hospital etc.

>>11161
"How should I know? At best I would say a knife judging from the wound."

>>11190
"How am I supposed to remember?! Just give me the damn bat!"

>>11191
It's the reception area. Behind the actual counter is her desk complete with files and an old computer. She also has a radio.

I go to her computer, but I don't touch it yet. I look at her and shrug.

"Are you going to stop us from looking at this too? Even if I merely go to the desktop and look?"

>>11189
I'd like to conclude this argument before I do anything else, since it's going to get old if Takano bugs us every time we do anything. (Also, what even happened to splitting up anyway?)

((Can we not just choke her out? I mean why not.

Kidding.

Maybe.

I think everyone just kinda got screwed up because of Takano))

>>11194
Before dealing with the group harassing Takano I head to the room where I hear Izanami yelling from.

"Oi, what the hell do you think you are doing? I understand you were trying to guard them but you are acting terribly. If you want to guard them so bad then do it here!"

I rip the bat out of Izanami's grip in give it back to the kids. I then force Izanami out of the room and into the hallway. I then lock the door with my key.

"There, now they should be safer. You can listen in through the door if anything goes wrong."

>>11199
"Thanks, sensei."

>>11195
"I keep it locked for a reason. Besides, it takes someone trained in DOS to be able to use it effectively."

"Alright then... Other than that, but I'll ask that otherwise you don't interfere in our investigation. It'd be nice and we can assure your safety faster if we're allowed to do so."

"Now then."

I walk over to Takano and the other people harassing her.

"Now what are you lot doing? Do you really think this is the time for running around all split up like this?

I forcibly remove them from the area/computer and block it from them.

"If what you said was true then one of you could be the culprit as well. I don't trust any of you. You come in here out of the blue and start harassing and disrespecting the workers, the visitors, the patients and now even the dead! This Squitcher guy seems to have a good idea though, we shouldn't have split up. If one of you or all is working together I want everyone in the same room. Preferably the room I just locked."

"Wh- What?! You're going to block the detectives from investigating anything? We have a situation that doesn't bind normal rules right now, if we're not allowed to investigate as members helping the police then this is ridiculous!"

>>11204
"Investigate? I don't give a shit about solving this! Survival is more important. We need to wait out the sulfuric gas in order to live.

Besides the only person who can verify you are really who you say you are is dead now. So I can't trust anyone of you."

"Yes, I realize this. But if we solve who did this then we can prevent any more murders, right? Please Ozaki, see some reason. If you allow us to do this, we can help out your town. We split up in groups so that none of us would be alone and the detectives could scout more of the area."

>>11205
"The only one who can verify that we are who we say we are is dead? I think not!"

I show Ozaki the note that we found on Oishi's corpse.

"As you can see, this is addressed to us and is specifically requests us to investigate this place. The volcanic eruption isn't even a relevant issue; we have Oishi-san's backing in our investigation thanks to this note. Regardless of the situation, we would have the authority to carry out this investigation anyway; it seems to me that you are using the volcanic eruption as an excuse to deny us our rightful authority! If you continue this resistance, we may be forced to lock the two of you up in that room with the rest of them for your attempts to obstruct the law!"

>>11206
"I refuse, this will not help the town anyway..."

>>11207
"This note.... you've been hiding information from us? What else are you hiding?! Heck, I should have you all empty your pockets right here, right now! I'm sure we'll find evidence of who the culprit is that way!"

>>11209

"If you dare even try, I'll make sure you don't get the chance to touch me."

I give Takano an annoyed look, stepping back slightly from her.

>>11210
"Seems you have something to hide. You know that makes you more suspicious, right?"

>>11211

"I do not. Merely would rather nobody tries making me empty my own pockets! The ones who are suspicious are you two because you're hindering justice!"

>>11209
I shout angrily

"STOP THIS SHIT RIGHT NOW"

I speak in a more quiet tone

"Let's just stop the argument alright ? This is getting stale and unproductive as possible.
And anyway, both sides are suspicious and have no way to prove their innocence to the other directly.
Let's just pretend to get along with each other for now, be it for survival or any kind of shit you care about.

I think we still need to check this place out, let's just get this over with quickly, and let Izanami guard the door of 103, he'll try to avoid an excess of zeal, at least I hope he will.

Anything to add ?"

>>11207
"All this tells me is that Oishi started to believe in those rumors and decided to tell you. I doesn't say you are part of the police force or anything like that.

>>11209
"I agree, everyone should empty their pockets."

>>11212
"Very well, I'll empty mine first."

The contents of her pockets include a pair of car keys, a few pens and pencils, some folded up papers, and a few containers of blood that she says she was supposed to send out to the lab today.

>>11212
"Yes, Apaula-san, you're really not helping our case by refusing. We were just saying that Takano-san was suspicious for not letting us look inside her desk. Now you're making us look suspicious in the same way by not emptying your pockets.

I don't know whether you have anything to hide, but I certainly don't. However, I will only empty my pockets on the condition that Takano-san lets us look inside her desk. I don't see why we should agree to your demands if you aren't going to agree to ours."

I nod to Erika, then look around herself.


"I was merely against it because she was so strongly against us searching her desk. But alright."

I reach into my pockets, taking out some lint and a wallet with her ID and name on it, there's nothing else.

>>11217
".... just not the files."

"Are you people even listening ? Well, whatever If that's all it takes to get going"

I empty my pockets, who should not contain much more than a lighter and cigarettes.

>>11219
"Understood. We'll make sure not to look at the files, okay?"

I empty my pockets, making it clear that I'm holding nothing but the note. Then I thoroughly search the desk.

>>11221
Pens, pencils, paper clips, blank pages, some stock of food condiments, a can of chemical mace, all assortments of medical supplies, etc.

>>11222
"Chemical Mace? Any particular reason you have this self-defense spray here, Takano-san? I wasn't aware that your profession involved danger of assault."

>>11223
"It's a defensive precaution. Who knows what looney types might come in here seeking drugs or money."

>>11224
"If you say so. Well then, now that that charming chat is over, how about we actually start investigating? I suppose we're not splitting up after all? It doesn't really matter to me if it's going to cause this much tension.

Where shall we head first?"

>>11225
"There's still a few people who haven't emptied the contents of their pockets."

>>11226
"Oh? I suppose Ozaki-san hasn't yet, though I doubt he has anything to hide considering that he's the one who suggested it in the first place. Or is Izanami-san included in this too? We can head over there and check him if you want, I suppose?"

>>11227
"Yeah, go and check for him. In the meantime..."

I pull the fabric in my pockets out all the way to show the contents. I do the same for the back pockets of my pants.

"Are we all good now?"

>>11199

Finds myself outside room 103

"...Wha..!...The hell just happened?!"

>>11229
"Everyone else has already emptied the contents of their pockets. It would be preferable that you do as well."

>>11230

"Tsk. Fine."

Does the same like Ozaki. You find nothing.

>>11231
You forgot to mention the keycard in your pocket. How did that get there?

>>11231

"WHAT!? When did that get in there?! Someone planted it there!! THOSE KIDS!"

>>11233
"Why do you have that key?! You must be the one who attacked Irie and Ozaki in the basement!"

>>11233
"What the hell?"

I look at the key to see if it was the one Irie had.

"I knew it! We really can't trust these people."

>>11234

"Oh, please! I have an alibi unlike you. I was in room 103 with Satoshi's visitors."

>>11236
"Not the entire time you weren't"

>>11237
>>11235

"Heh. Figures. You guys would try to get me out of the way, since I pointed out Takano not having an alibi."

"Why do you have that...? It is oddly suspicious considering you've been proposing people be left out for the culprit and you started a scene with the kids."

>>11237
"So ? There are a lot of ways someone could have put it there to incriminate him, and pretty much everyone here, including you, could have done it.
Do you really want to go on with the game of who's more suspicious ?"

>>11239

"Ozaki could've slipped it into my pocket, after pushing me out of room 103"

>>11240

"Not really. It's getting repetitive. Let's end it here."

"You're right. I apologize. A little bit of the pressure is getting to me a bit. This is only my first case after all..."

"I still can't trust any of you... but if you are set on stopping this fighting then that's fine by me.

Now lets go to the kids and wait this gas out."

>>11244

"Not what I had in mind...but fine. We can do that but also....."

Holds up the key and points it towards the basement door.

"If this key belongs to Irie, it should be able to open that basement door, correct?"

>>11244
"So you insist on everybody grouping together ? Well, I can see where you're coming from, it will probably make things more confusing, but, eh..."

>>11245
"It should also open his office, it's closer so we probably should check that out first"

>>11247

>>11250
"Let's get going, Ozaki, feel free to call the kids along the way, their room is just next to it. Oh, but you should probably know that already,my bad."

I lead the way to Irie's office

>>11251

>>11251

"I do not believe we should allow the kids to exit 103. But that's just my opinion."

I shrug, then go to follow Squitcher

>>11251

Holding the key in my hand, I follow Squitcher towards Irie's office.

>>11254
All of the detectives enter Irie's office. Inside you find a desk cluttered with papers. There are also all sorts of monitors and medical tools lying about.

>>11255
Oh right, you all hear a click behind you as you close the door behind you. An auto-lock... that's interesting.

>>11256
Suddenly you all hear a scream. Isn't that Takano's voice? But why does it sound so distant?

I turn around quickly, running to the door and attempting to open it.


"What was that scream just now?! I knew we shouldn't have left them alone!"

>>11258
The door isn't opening. Is something blocking it?

I step back from the door, turning to the group.

"Guys! It's not opening! What do we do?"

>>11257
Huh, I'm confused, did we split up again at some point? I thought everyone entered the room together?

>>11261
None of the NPCs are in Irie's office. Dr. Ozaki isn't either.

>>11260
"An auto lock ? Then simply doing this should be enough...
Goddamnit this is really not the time."

I take the key from Izanami's hand and use it on the door

>>11263
The door itself isn't locked. There's something blocking it from the other side.

>>11264
I try to ram it in using y shoulder

>>11265
The first time, you don't manage to get through. Stepping back and charging again, you burst your way through. Picking yourself up off the ground, you see the remains of a chair lying around.

>>11266
"A chair... But who ?... Ah, whatever."

I make my way to the entrance, if there's nothing there, I'll enter room 103.

>>11267
Nothing out of the ordinary save for the lack of people. You enter room 103. Chie speaks up asking what happened.

"What's going on? What was all those noises? Where is everyone else?"

>>11266
I step out of Irie's office and address the others from the hallway.

"Well, that was unexpected, but not entirely unwelcome. It's more convenient for us not to have the staff around, and they kept obstructing us. Still, I suppose we should do the proper thing and at least try to search for them."

I head for the entrance area.

I leave the basement and prop the door open. I then head to the lobby.

"Oh Hey Detectives, pretty sure the culprit is dead now. I still don't trust you however so I will station myself in the lobby/entrance of the clinic. If anybody tries to come into the lobby they will be shot instantly which will result in an instant death. I have also unlocked most of the doors for you. Have fun."

After making sure Rika and or anyone else leaves the lobby, I position myself as far from the entrance to the lobby from the hallway as possible. I raise my gun and prepare to shoot anyone who comes near.

>>11270
After staring at Ozaki in silence for a few seconds, I nod as if nothing unusual has happened.

"...Okay, but aren't you at least going to tell us what happened? Like where you got that gun, for instance?"

>>11271
"This? From the basement, if I say anything more I'd have to fire at you.

Anyway you'll find two corpses in there as well. So go do your mystery thing."

>>11272
"I don't know why you feel like you can't just tell us, but whatever. You're only making yourself look suspicious by hiding things, you know."

I turn to the others.

"Regardless, we should probably check out Irie's office before we go down there. We didn't get a chance to investigate it properly before."

>>11273
"So, by the looks of things, Takano and Irie are both dead ? Just how did you get inside of the basement, now I wonder...
Take care of looking through the office everyone, I'm heading inside the basement...
"

I give Izanami back his key and I make my way to the basement.

>>11274
"You're going alone? Isn't that kind of risky? Oh well, I don't particularly care if you want to risk yourself."

I'll go into Irie's office and take a look at the papers on the desk.

>>11275
All the papers on the desk contain typical medical information as well as bills.

>>11276
I'll examine the monitors. Anything of interest on any of them?

A shout comes from behind room 103. "Oi! What's happening? Something about Ozaki having a gun?! Is it a tranquilizer gun?!"

>>11278
I'll ignore the shouting and leave one of the others to deal with it.

>>11277
One of the monitors notes that the air outside contains poisonous sulfur gas.

Several other monitors have a list of "experiments." The "success percent" is rather consistent for any of the experiments except for "subject 7". You note that "subject 7" has a 94% for the second to the last experiment and the last experiment is listed as "culturing."

>>11280
"That...doesn't sound pleasant..."

Do any of the other experiments have names? And what are the percentages on the other subjects?

>>11281
It doesn't look like any of them ever got above 20% save for "subject 7."

They're all just different numbers.

>>11282
I'll take a closer look at the medical tools.

>>11283
Similar to what you found in the cabinets in 101. Disposable needles, scalpel tips, bandages, gauze, alcohol swabs, etc.

>>11284
"Hmm..."

I look at the desk more closely; are there any drawers or anything? Anything on the desk besides the papers?

>>11285
There are additional papers inside the desk. They seem to be discussing the "development of HS."

Rummaging through it, you skim page after page trying to comprehend it all. Apparently the progression was going much worse than planned, but they had made a huge break several weeks ago. They kept calling "subject 7" in so they could get blood samples.

>>11286
"Hmm...Interesting."

I'll leave the office and inform the others of my findings.

I would have followed Erika, seemingly helping her to look over things. Now I'd be going back with her.

"Do you think any of this pertains to the crime Erika? What do you think they could have been doing down here...?"

>>11286

Wondering who's shouting, I enter room 103

>>11291
It's Keichi. He was pounding on the door trying to get attention.

"What's happening out there?"

>>11292

"I don't know. You can go ask Ozaki, if you like."

>>11273
"Don't worry, in all due time my actions will make sense. You will be thinking 'well he can't be the culprit since he did that' etc."

>>11303
"That weapon. A tranquilizer gun... don't tell me it's done."

>>11304
"Sadly yes... How do you know about it?"

>>11305
"The blood samples. Both the volume and the frequency were abnormal. I suggest you hand it over."

>>11306
"You are pretty smart for your age. In any case I have to say no. Well, depends on your reasoning. If you ask for something powerful you have to explain why first."

>>11306

"He's talking to Ozaki. Doesn't that mean Keiichi is in the lobby/entrance? Ozaki, shoot him!"

>>11307
"You know as well as I do how horrifying that is in the hands of certain types of people. I can't possibly see how you can be so comfortable with it like that...."

>>11308
He's down the hall. He only had to be close enough to see the tranq gun.

>>11308
Why?

>>11309
"Comfortable? I actually don't even know the specifics, amnesia and all that. What I do know is that I'll be killed if this doesn't go through.

Why do you know so much about this anyway?"

>>11311
"You'll be killed? Does Tokyo really want it that badly? They certainly have a rushed agenda. Even Hitler didn't simply kill his occultists."

>>11312
"Why do you know so much?"

>>11313
"Oishi-san had more than one confidant. He didn't tell me all the specifics, but I was able to infer a lot. My friends still question me to this day about why he kept visiting me at school."

>>11314
"I see... Then explain to me what you think this weapon does and how bad it would be if they got it out. As far as I know it could either instantly kill someone or have said person start killing everyone."

>>11315
"Explain to you? You tell me. You developed it. All I know is that it is the desire of Tokyo to overthrow the current government. If they care so much about it, I can easily infer that thing's power."

>>11316
"Alright then. A low grade, but a pass. You need more emotion in your speeches."

I throw the gun on the ground and stamp on it, hopefully breaking it.

"You'll have to destroy the information in the labs too, but I'll leave that to you."

I put on my gas mask and leave the clinic, closing the doors behind me. I then make my way out of the city and survive against Tokyo so well it's like a James Bond movie.

>>11317
You make a dash outside, attempting to leave. However, you see something approach out of the corner of your eye. The world goes grey.

The planes of reality shattering around you, you find yourself standing in what looks like a tea room.

A woman's voice calls out from behind you. "You really are a knucklehead, aren't you? You miss a single piece of evidence as well as a few steps in your thought process and you approach a bad end."

>>11318
"Isn't that my line, that is exactly what it sounds like you are doing."

I take a look at the woman.

>>11319
You turn around to see the figure of a woman in what looks like an ornate ball gown.

*sigh* "I wasn't too surprised when you missed that hint, though. It was even offered twice. You even ran out there by yourself... A lot of work goes into these entire universes, y'know. Especially with designing something to be solvable. A victory for me is so much less entertaining than seeing you people overcome such great hardships. So don't just throw a chance for victory away like that."

She then waves her hand in the air and summons the rest of the detectives to the meta world. "The same goes for the rest of you. Since we're here, though, we might as well start this colorful show you all seem to enjoy so much."

"Well if anything, I didn't expect this part to happen this soon. I'm afraid we haven't met before, but allow me to introduce myself. I am Apaula, one of the detectives who has accepted the challenge of this board!"

"Separate win conditions exist for each party.

For Ozaki, you must figure out why the meta world activated upon your exit. That is, what mortal danger was your character put in by that action?

As for everyone else, solve the cases. What happened the Oishi? What happened to Irie? What happened to Takano?

The answers of one side may help the other, but who knows? Good luck, all.

Oh, and let's not go trying to make secret moves while you're in my world."

"Alright then, Oishi was the first murder so it's natural to start with him!

What if, Oishi was poisoned by one of the workers at the clinic during the time he was getting his blood drawn. He wouldn't have noticed if he wasn't paying attention!"

>>11323
"But Oishi's blood was never drawn during the course of the game. The time it occurred was noted in Ozaki's rounds as having been done and analyzed the day before. Wouldn't that put the event's timing outside the gameboard?"

The reason I came close to mortal danger was not because of a human or something caused by a human.

"This is easy if he was poisoned with a long acting poison... Or if one of the clinic workers did so before Ozaki even woke up to check on him.

>>11325
"Playing that game, huh?"

The danger you put your piece in is related to something which originated from a human.

>>11326
Oishi died relatively instantly. I will define relatively as within a few minutes.

>>11327

Oishi died from a heart attack.

>>11327

"Oishi didn't know about the fog, therefore he opened a window! He breathed in the toxic fumes then closed the window but it was too late for him by then! Alternatively, he opened the window to smoke and the fog was let inside. He closed the window but it was too late for him then too! "

>>11327
"You started it"

Said human is not Ozaki

Said human was not in the clinic (whether dead or alive) when the meta world activated.

>>11328
and
>>11329
Oishi was murdered.

>>11330
"Well the first is hard to answer because your own rashness did put you in this danger."

Said human was not in the clinic (whether dead or alive) when the meta world activated.

>>11331
Confirm in red: A human who is not Ozaki intentionally did something that caused, or is going to cause harm to Ozaki.

>>11332
A human who is not Ozaki intentionally did something that caused, or is going to cause harm to Ozaki.

>>11333
Said danger was not specifically for Ozaki.

>>11334
Wrong, said danger was specifically for Ozaki.

>>11335
My piece has not seen this person during the game.

>>11336
"It would be an unfair gameboard otherwise.

This person has been seen on the gameboard by Ozaki's piece."

Aaaaalright~

Oishi had only 2 days left until retirement, as such, due to the laws of current fiction and the state of meta-fiction writing tools and tropes of all sorts, Oishi was doomed to die from the moment his character appeared in the story, as such it can be said that Oishi died thanks to meta-writing convenience.
Even more, in fact, since it can be argued that Oishi was dead from the start since he was doomed to die, so Oishi never existed in the first place.

Takano and Irie were secret psychopath lovers aroused by the sight of death and blood, thus why there's so much blood samples lying everywhere. When Oishi died they were so excited they decided to have some crazy BSDM action in the basement, Ozaki interrupted them by mistake, and Irie had a heart attack from the shock, Takano fainted while she was being tied by Irie. Then Ozaki, jealous and heartbroken because he lusted for Irie, ran outside and died out of sheer grief for the one he loved.

>>11324
At some point someone entered Oishi's room and gave him a fatal injection.

>>11339
... ... ...

>>11339
Oishi was alive at the time the gameboard started. Squitcher's piece, among others, saw him alive at one point.

Takano and Irie were not lovers.

>>11340
Correct. But who, how and when?

>>11341

It was Rika. In the anime, she was always able to obtain the Hinamizawa syndrome. So while it was Satoko turn to use the restroom. Rika went into the room 101 and inject Osihi with a fatal injection while he was asleep. Probably trying to prevent some type of event from occurring again that dealt with the summer festival.

>>11341

"Might as well get some theories out of the way."

If it wasn't Rika, then it was Satoko. While Rika was in the restroom, Satoko went to room 101 and injected Oishi with a fatal injection in his sleep. It was out of revenge. She probably blame the police for their negligence on Satoshi's missing person report.

Alright then, Oishi was given his fatal injection the minute he stepped into the room. In fact, likely as Irie went to the basement he gave it to Oishi!

>>11348
I wonder if you can actually find any hints... A lethal injection of what? What killed him?

Satoko and Rika both went to and left the bathroom at the same time. One would have noticed if the other had left briefly.

>>11349
Oishi had been in that room for quite a while. Combine that with dying near instantly, and that you saw him alive, it should be denied on its own. Irie did not murder Oishi.

>>11338
To clarify
>>11331
Does that red refer to Ozaki?

If that isn't the case. One of the people in the clinic simply assaulted Ozaki when he was trying to leave.

>>11351

Oishi died from a lethal injection of potassium chloride

>>11352
The danger was outside the clinic. Ozaki became subject to it upon his exiting the clinic.

>>11353
Correct. The most common salt substitute is KCl.

>>11354

It was Keiichi who injected it into him.

>>11354
Well then.

The gas was caused by a person and not a volcano.

Someone was waiting outside with weapons or had placed a trap.

>>11355
Why and when would he?

>>11356
The gas outside was volcanic gas. Volcanic gas, by definition, comes from volcanoes.

Shouldn't someone have died had they gone outside?

>>11357
The person also has a gas mask.

The gas wasn't really deadly at that time.

>>11358
You have the only gas mask in this gameboard.

The monitor in Irie's office said the air outside was poisonous.

>>11359
The monitor can lie though. For example if someone tampered with it.

>>11360
The air analyzing device was and still is clearly detecting poisonous sulfur gas.

>>11357

Keiichi mention about being one of Oishi’s confidants. When? I would say, right when the lights were flicking. That would be only time he would be able to speak to Oishi. It couldn't be when he left room 102 with Ozaki because he went straight into Satoshi’s room.

>>11361
Come on now. That doesn't mean the air outside is.

The air it is reading is not from outside but from a separate source. That or the computer was altered in order to read a different substance as sulfur.

Just confirm the air were I was wasn't really deadly.

>>11362
"I can only think of one trait that all but one person in 103 have (discounting Satoshi anyways). Asking for why is unfair but I still want to know when/how."

>>11363
When the volcano erupted, the area all around was filled with deadly sulfur-filled gas.

>>11364
Stop avoiding the question. Those petty tricks won't work on me.

I left long after the volcano erupted. The sulfur gas would have been gone by then.

>>11365
The machine's components are correctly displaying the fact that the sensor outside is detecting sulfur gas.

The sensor was tampered with. Something could have been put over top of it and filled with the gas.

Same as I said in this theory.
>>11363

>>11367
Correct.

"But who would go outside and why? Wouldn't you expect that to be suicide?"

"Keichei probably become tired of Oishi making him go against his friends and the people in village. He also saw in his dreams that Oishi was the root of his paranoia in some of his dreams! He wanted to prevent this by killing Oishi!"

>>11369
"When would Keichi have found the opportunity to murder Oishi?"

"He could have had the time anytime one of the detectives weren't inside the room or paying attention to it. He could have slipped out when we were discussing the ways to split the groups!"

>>11371
His friends would have noticed if he had left. Wouldn't they have noted that when asked?

>>11364

During the time Apaula left to go check the source of the noise, Keiichi told the others he was going to the restroom. Mind you, the lights were flicking. So instead of going to the restroom, he decided to pay Oishi a visit.

>>11373
"Correct. Men don't go to the restroom in pairs, y'know."

"Alright, that's one down. Two to go! What if, Satoshi woke up at some point and due to being deep in Hinamizawa Syndrome traveled to the basement. He told the group at some point that he needed to go to the restroom. Keichi went with him and they plotted their murders together!"

>>11375
Satoshi never went into the basement.

Alright then... Would you be able to repeat this, "Satoshi was in a coma this entire gameboard." ?

Hmpf, I guess I gotta try to be serious. So we're done for Oishi, so let's continue, next is Ozaki's arrival, right ?

Ozaki was attacked by Irie when he was in the basement.

Hm, I've been missing all the action here. I'll have to try and make up for that with some blue truths.

Ozaki was attacked by Irie in the basement and killed him in retaliation. He then took Irie's keycard and left the basement area. Later he planted the keycard on Izanami when he was pushing him away from room 103.

After everyone entered Irie's office, Ozaki blocked the room off and dragged Takano to the basement where he tasered her.

The tranquilizer gun was found by Ozaki in the basement. It may have been something to do with the reason that Irie attacked him, or the reason he had to render Takano unconscious. It may also have been the weapon used to kill Irie.

>>11386
They should be in that Higanbana pack in /image/.

did rudolf dissapear again

seems that way.

I talked to him, apparently he just got really busy with life etc. Expect responses and a new thread once he gets the time. Until then the game is postponed.

Update from Rudolf.
>>/teaparty/71219

Spoke it over with my technical co-GM. Between my lack of time to actually carry this game on and the fact that everything solvable has been solved, I'm going to be calling this game over. Because the win conditions for each of the non-DM sides were different, it was possible for both sides to win. This is not the case, however.

Now, similarly to Kinjo's game, this was kind of an experiment. (although I forgot to mention this at the beginning). It looks like this sort of game has potential, but will require more fine tuning in the future. (and I do hope to have another game in a similar fashion)

Satoshi was the murderer. He was still in a coma when Ozaki saw him during his morning rounds, but awoke shortly after the arrival of his friends. Keichi's knowledge near the end of the game is a combination of information given to him by Satoshi and what he was actually able to infer. Satoshi's knowledge is related to why he was in a coma. For finding out too much, he ended up being poisoned into a coma that should have persisted indefinitely.

Satoshi took advantage of the volcano eruption and the sensors outside to give the impression that the outside was filled with poisonous volcanic gas, and used that to create the seeming closed room of Ooishi's death (which as solved earlier was a lethal injection of KCl).

Satoshi also was the danger Ozaki faced upon running outside. Satoshi, who was afraid that one or more of the staff would be able to figure out the trick with the gas, laid in wait outside the clinic's main entrance. After all, he had to stop the research being done in the clinic to prevent the spread of Hinamizawa syndrome.

Regarding what happened in the basement, well. Ozaki's board can tell the tale.
https://archive.seacats.net/Queen_Carrier/

And the detective's board
https://archive.seacats.net/Alphabet_Project/

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I am sorry to everyone who waited for this game to continue, but as it stands there really isn't anything else to accomplish in game. Detective's side wins. Ozaki's side loses (his win condition was to survive which he failed to do). GM loses because one of the Player Character sides won.

Good game, all. Perhaps another match in the future is necessary.... though I feel bad for my persistent truancy.

Regarding the use of HS as a plot point, I hope that doesn't seem too non-realistic. It wasn't actually used in game, so I figured it would make for an interesting point. Might I also point out that I was expecting Ozaki to shoot Keichi with the HS dart. This would have been the final shock in game, as Keichi was immune to HS (this is why he was being researched).



Any final questions? Remarks? Suggestions? I'm open to any and all criticism, as I'd like to properly refine this game-mode.

bump

>>12204
Welp, sucks. I don't feel like there was much of a victory here, especially considering I couldn't find anything really. Thanks for the game, delayed and halted as it could be.