"Actually..." you say, standing up. "I wouldn't say it was all that uninteresting."

You remove your Ozaki suit to reveal your true identity to the captain-- Doctor Nanjo! And underneath your coat is a full arsenal of weapons.

"You know what to do. We're going to Mexico. Drive and no one gets hurt!"

You snap out of it. It seems that in your shock, you went into some kind of day-dream. In front of you, Leon is bleeding on the ground.

"We have to get her inside!" says Jessica. "But where? The guest house and mansion aren't safe."

She pauses. "Grandfather's chapel! Hurry, we have to go! Come on, Maria."

>>13169
I guess I carry her to chapel.

Jessica and you manage to carry Leon all the way to the chapel, with Maria, who has been uncharacteristically quiet, following along.

The door is locked.

>>13171
I break down the door. If I can't I shoot the lock through the keyhole and try to open it.

You start trying to break down the door. Then you hear a pair of footsteps approaching from the other side.

>>13173
I back up and wait for them to open the door or do something. I also raise my gun.

Someone opens the door.

"Who's there? I-- I have a weapon!"

It's Gohda. He's carrying a hat stand and wearing a fashionable hat.

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>>13175
"Gohda? It' me Ozaki. What are you doing?"

"Ozaki-kun! Thank goodness! I ran away after that awful explosion. I wanted to make sure everyone was all right, of course, but there was panic and, and..."

>>13177
"Anyway let us in, Leon is injured."

Gohda looks back nervously.

"I'm sorry, Ozaki-kun. I can't risk letting anybody in here! You have to find your own hideout until morning, and don't let anyone know that I'm here! I wish you all the best."

"Gohda!" yells Jessica. "Don't you dare leave us here!"

Gohda backs up towards the door.

>>13179
"Why won't you let us in?"

"It's not that I don't trust any of you, it's just that any of you could be trying to kill me."

>>13181
"You're just as suspicious in our eyes. At the very least let us leave Leon here, she can't harm you in anyway."

You see struggle in Gohda's eyes. "Urggh. Fine! Just come in, all of you. I hope I live to regret this."

He allows you inside. The rest of the chapel appears empty.

>>13183
I place Leon down on one of the pews and see how she is doing. If possible prepare some sort of treatment using op doctor knowledge or otherwise just to stop the bleeding.

There's not much you can do with the limited resources available, but you tie your jacket around her to suppress the bleeding. Anything more permanent will have to come from the mansion.

>>13185
"Alright then, I'm going to try and find the others, if you want to come then so be it, just remember what you'll be risking."

After saying that to no one in particular I leave and start to head back to the mansion.

"I'm staying," Jessica says. "Sorry, Ozaki-kun, I can't take any more of this."

"Uu! Maria wants to go."

"No, Maria-chan, you're staying right here." Jessica keeps her in place. "Find my mom, Ozaki-kun. Find Rudolf oji-chan and Kumasawa. Make sure they're all right."

"Ozaki-kun..." you hear Leon's whisper. "Please, don't leave me here."

>>13187
"I'm sorry... I need to put an end to this."

I hand my gun to Gohda and tell him to protect them. I then leave and go back to the main entrance to the mansion.

Ozaki leaves the chapel and heads back towards the mansion. With the front entrance out of commission, where will he go? Everything is eerily quiet.

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>>13189
I search for Leon's gun.

You find it in the spot that Leon fell.

>>13191
I take the gun, check to see if it functions and then head to the kitchen's backdoor.

The gun functions. You make it to the kichen's back door, but it's locked.

>>13193
I check for a window then. Break all the glass with my gun so I wont get hurt crawling inside.

You make it into the kitchen. There's not a lot of light, but you should be able to make your way around.

I keep close attention to my surrounding as I go through the mansion. I enter the hallway and go to the main hall.

You enter the main hall. Debris is scattered around, but it's mostly accumulated at the main entrance. You see the outlines of Shannon and George on the ground. It looks like the things that pierced them fell out of their bodies and now lay beside them.

>>13200
I check the bodies for any other wounds. I also search their pockets.

You don't see any wounds besides the one on George's chest and on Shannon's forehead. You find the key to the parlor and a key to Kinzo's study in Shannon's pocket.

In George's pocket, you find some lint and 500 yen.

>>13203
I take the keys. I then go to the parlor.

You try the door to the parlor. It's locked. You unlock it with the key to retrieved from Shannon's body.

Inside the parlor are the corpses of Rudolf and Kumasawa. Rudolf's leg has some sort of wound on it. The same kind of wound is visible on Kumasawa's knee.

Both of them have wounds on their foreheads as well.

With that, the witch's ritual is complete. On the ninth twilight, the witch shall revive, and none shall be left alive.

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>>13205
I survey the parlor for anything else noteworthy. I also check their pockets as well. I take a closer look at the wound on the legs.

You survey the parlor. There's a gun sitting on the window sill.

You examine the wounds on their legs as clearly as you can. They appear to be very fresh wounds. They're still fully bleeding.

You look for a light switch to get better vision, but then you hear loud, slow footsteps outside of the room.

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>>13208
I attempt to get behind one of the chairs and raise my gun towards the door. I then wait.

The loud footsteps stop. Then they move past the parlor door completely until they fade away.

>>13210
I leave the parlor. If I can't tell which way the footsteps went I then head to Kinzo's study.

You start heading up the study, not sure where the foot steps went. You walk up the stairs. There are faint traces of blood on the railing.

Then there's the sound of a gunshot.

You feel a deep pain. The bullet entered your back, barely missing your spine. You tumble down the stairway. You hardly hear the sound of footsteps running away.

It's hard to move. Hard to breathe. Could this be it for our hero?

>>13212
I attempt to catch a glimpse of my asaltante. Maybe even try getting up.
If not then I take out my vodka that I've been saving and take a good swig in order to go back in time.

Unfortunately, your tumble down the stairs didn't give you much of a chance for sightseeing.

You take a drink of your vodka. Ahh, memory lane...

------------------------

"Hand it over, Kinjo!"

"Never!"

"I want to go on the mission to Rokkenjima. Come on, you get to do everything cool."

"You dolt, it was addressed to me,"

"It was addressed to both of us! We were both Nanjo's students."

"Ergh. Fine. But promise me you'll at least read the letter."

"Thanks, Kinjo! You're the best roommate ever."

------------------

Well, that was unhelpful.

Bernkastel appears in the room. "Well? Are you satisfied with this? I think my presence enhanced the game."

>>13215
"I'm sure you would. So, what now?"

"Now the game ends. With a whimper, not a bang, thanks to your handiwork. There can be no game without a detective, after all. Then we'll have our logic battle, just like old times."

Something sparkles in her eye when she says that. You don't like it.

-------------------------------------------

ANTITHESIS OF THE GOLDEN WITCH

Kinzo -- Dead at the start of the game

Kyrie-- Dead on the first twilight

Ange-- Dead on the first twilight

Hideyoshi-- Dead on the first twilight

Eva-- Dead on the first twilight

Rosa-- Dead on the first twilight

Krauss-- Dead on the first twilight

Battler-- Dead on the second twilight

Genji-- Dead on the second twilight

Shannon-- Dead on fourth twilight

George-- Dead on fifth twilight

Leon-- Status unknown. Abandoned by detective on the sixth twilight

Kumasawa-- Dead on the seventh twilight

Rudolf-- Dead on the eight twilight

Jessica-- Alive at the end of the game

Gohda-- Alive at the end of the game

Maria-- Alive at the end of the game

Natsuhi-- Alive at the end of the game

Ozaki-- Unknown. Will the witch grant him a happy ending?

Created by Lamdadelta (Witch of Certainty), Bernkastel (Witch of Miracles), GreatEqualizer (Witch of Badass)

Thanks for reading!


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Tea Party

You and Bernkastel appear in a dimly lit room. There's a tea set next to a couple of seats. She sits in one.

"Tea?"

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>>13218
"Sure, Earl Grey, 5 spoons of sugar."

She makes your tea as you requested.

"Did you know? There's an interesting loophole in Lambda's game. Because her riddle was created for my eyes, and because she's currently indisposed on my behalf, I'm qualified as a challenger and as a game master. Do you know what that means?"

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>>13220
"Something silly? In all seriousness it sounds like you can make theories even though you have the answer sheet."

"Basically, it means that you're useless. Completely and utterly function-less. I'm going to reveal the answer of this game to everyone,and you're going back to the place where pieces that aren't in use go!"

Two goats appear and grab you. Unable to resist, they take you out of the room.

"I'm glad that's taken care of," Bernkastel says to nobody in particular. "Now the real show can start."

In a single room, all of /seacats had been gathered. Kinjo, George, Rosa, Anon, Voyager, Squitcher, and many others. Even Meta arrived on the scene, looking particularly bored with the whole event. Noticeably absent are Ozaki and GreatEqualizer.

In front of a podium, a witch had been giving a speech. She had a great amount of charisma and was concise and to the point.

Nobody could disagree with what she was saying. There had been too little red in the game to rightfully do so. Technically, her bizarre theory didn't conflict with any facts of the game. And because they were not official challengers, they could not create theories of their own.

"...And that is what happened in this tale of 1985. I trust there are no objections."

"..."

"..."

"...Where's Ozaki?"

General rounds of agreement arise from around the room.

"No disagreement, then. Good. I expected as much. That's right! My theory is perfect. Better than anyone else could ever come up with. That is why this game with completely replace Beatrice's tale."

Murmurs of confusion.

"Beatrice's tale has been woven so many times that it's impossible to say that any of them are the 'truth.' This tale is fresh. The tale of 1985 has not been abused and repeated like her story. That's why I'm going to use that text to reveal that this story is the truth of Rokkenjima."

"But," says Anon. "The Rokkenjima thing canonically happened in 1986. That would make no sense at all."

"Completely irrelevant. In a way, this tale is more real that her's ever could be. And that text is vague enough to allow me to accomplish this. So I'll ask again, are there any objections?"

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You sit in a dark room guarded by goats. In the silence, you can hear a faint whisper.

"Pssssst, Ozaki."

>>13225
"Hmm?"

"Hey, man. What are you doing in a crappy place like this? Seriously, I think there's goat poo in here."

>>13227
"Oh you know, this and that. How about you?"

"Been on vacation for a while. I haven't been the same ever since Rosa beat me in Evenfall, y'know? Hey, how'd Antithesis go? Did Lambda handle it all right?"

>>13229
"Shit got hijacked halfway and I got blown up. So the usual I guess.
So are you gonna help me out?"

"Really? Let me see."

...

"Yep, that's a bit of a doozy. Hey! You didn't even get to Leon's backstory. I worked on that character for at least ten minutes. Hmph. Anyways, let's see if I can get you out of here."

I teleport you out of the Wolf's room.

"Hey, I hope you know what's at stake. If Bernkastel wins this game, the world of Rokkenjima in 1986 becomes invalid. /Seacats/ is a product of that world. If she makes it invalid, /Seacats/ will be destroyed. She's trying to get back at Rosa, but we'll all be punished."

>>13231
"Of course, just who do you think I am?"

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"Good. I have the utmost amount of faith in you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to my hiding place. Good luck!"

The world around you distorts into a sea of fragments. You see every instance of this game float around you. Every character, every bit of motivation spins and twirls.

---------------------------------

"Uhhhh," Camphor says. "Maybe your theory goes against Knox because a broken window counts as a secret passage?"

"Denied." says Bernkastel simply. "Is there anyone else?"

There isn't. Everyone had tried every trick they knew. There was nothing else to use, nothing else to distract her with, except...

You. You drop down the ceiling and land on your feet, crashing Bern's party wide open. The others cheer your arrival.

"Ozaki," Bernkastel's face contorts. "How nice of you to drop in. Goats!"

Two goats rush you.

"Lady Bernkastel has already given a valid theory!"

"Nothing you say can disprove her theory!"

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>>13233
"Wrong, when two possible truths come into contact the validity of both are brought into question. All I have to do is disprove her theory or create one of equal or better quality!

"You think you can do that?" Bernkastel asks. "Don't make me laugh! As Witch of Miracles, I can guarantee that would be a miracle!"

She calms herself. "Fine, I'll entertain this insane notion. Because I'm such a fair witch, we'll be using rules that you're familiar with. You will receive three blues that you'll use to explain the howdunnit. If you're still talking about one theory, it counts as the same blue. You can always skip a section if you come back to it, of course.

I'll be adding a twist. If you run out of your blues, you'll receive a penalty just like in your game. If you receive five penalties, you lose. But for every penalty you receive, I'm sending one of your friends to the void. The place that pieces go when they no longer have a use. And I'll force you to choose which active member of /Seacats/ you want to disappear.

Are we clear?"

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>>13235
"Playing by my rules eh? Sounds good. Lets get this started shall we?"

"Good! First twilight-- six victims who gave up their hearts!"

>>13237
Illusions to Illusions.
Shadows are the mothers to illusions.

We never checked the key or lock for the guesthouse before breaking the window.
The closed room was created after breaking the window. The key was placed on the table or the door was locked as we entered.

"Nobody placed the key on a table after they entered the room! Nobody locked the door after they entered the room! Get on my level, boy!"

>>13239
"But wait, that theory isn't denied.

One of the other entrances to the Guesthouse was locked after breaking the window.

"From the time your group entered to the time they left, nobody locked any entrance to the guest house after entering the guesthouse."

>>13241
"Haven't trouble wording the red? I'll check it anyway.

>From the time your group entered to the time they left, nobody locked any entrance to the guest house after entering the guesthouse.
>after entering

Someone locked one of the entrances before they entered the guesthouse during that time frame. Perhaps it was the very window we broke!

Also clarify: our group refers to the first person entering and the last person leaving.

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"'Your group' refers to the first person entering and the last person leaving.

Of course someone locked the guest house at some point before everyone entered. You're going to have to be more specific about 'time frame'."

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>>13243
"...I'm talking about the time frame you already used in a red. You know, >>13241. So the first person in could have locked it, or the last person in could have as well, before actually entering the room of course."

"In that time frame, nobody locked any windows or doors in the guest house."

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>>13246
"We'll continue with the same theory that the illusion was created after breaking the window."

Instead of the lock it was the key.
Someone could have just thrown it into the room after the window was broken. The point of the matter is that the key was not inside the room when we were on our way to the guesthouse.

"After the window to the guest house shattered, nobody threw a key into the guest house. Are you ready to abandon this frivolous line of thought?"

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>>13248
"Nope, you didn't deny that last part after all."

>never placed the key on a table
>never thrown
Man I'm being lazy.

I never found the key, Kumasawa was the first person to bring it up.
Kumasawa, or someone else simply had the key in their pocket and entered the room after we broke the window.

My first theory still holds firm!

"Pfft, that's your theory? No human carried the key belonging to the guest house inside with them during that time span."

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>>13250
"Alright, second theory nice and simple.

That key wasn't the real key to the guesthouse.
Hence someone could have just pretended it was the real key."

"The key that Kumasawa showed everyone was the genuine key to the guest house!"

Another blue bullet bounces off of Bernkastel's invisible shield.

>>13252
"Alright back to the first theory."

After the window was broken the key was planted into the room. It was not in the room when we were about to break the window.

"Hm? Is there a theory somewhere in there? Nothing in that blue actually provides a howdunnit."

>>13254
The key was handed into the room instead of being thrown or carried.

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"The key was not handed into the room."

>>13256
The key was dropped into the room.

"The key was not dropped into the room."

Even the /seacats/ are starting to glare at you.

>>13258
"Alright back to work.
Decided to reread it, reminded me of a theory I had. Should have used it sooner.

Third theory:
>All of the other windows on the first floor seemed to be locked as well.
This is no closed room. Some of the rooms on the second floor are locked so I never checked their windows, however I didn't even check the second floor let alone those rooms. Thus one of the entrances/exits to the guesthouse isn't even locked and the culprit could have easily used it in order to create this trick.

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"In that time span, all of the entrances and exits on the second floor were locked, closed, and unbroken.

Well, Ozaki? Are you ready to choose your first victim, or do you have more theatrics to share?"

>>13260
>Thus one of the entrances/exits to the guesthouse isn't even locked and the culprit could have easily used it in order to create this trick.

"But what about the first floor? Same theory but,I could have been mistaken when I checked. "

"You weren't mistaken in regards to your investigation on the entrances and exits on the first floor in the guest house."

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>>13262
The key was placed into the room via the broken window before anyone actually entered and after the window was broken.

"And how do you suppose they did that. I've already denied throwing it and dropping it, haven't I?"

>>13264
"They just placed it in while standing in front of the window. Natsuhi for example was the first one in right? She can just stand there before entering and place it into the room without anyone noticing and then Kumasawa finds it later. We never found out where she found it after all.
If thats not enough then you can just say Knox's 8th applies this part in red then I'll try to whip something up."

"Nobody placed the key on the table while standing in front of or near the window."

>>13266
The key wasn't found on the table.
At least in my theory it wasn't.

"Nobody placed the key inside of the guest house while standing in front of or near the window."

>>13268
Then they placed it while climbing through the window.

"Nobody placed the key while climbing through the guest house window."

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>>13270
Lets move onto the second.
Squitcher is first.

A hoard of goats walk out of shadows in the room. They aren't like the goats that held you captive. These goats are audibly growling, large globs of drool hanging from their lips. Dozens of these goats charge at Squitcher, tackling him to the ground.

You hear Squitcher's screams, but only for a brief moment. It's all over in the span of a few seconds. The goats untangle themselves and walk back into the shadows. Squitcher is nowhere to be seen. There's no sign that he was ever in the room.

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