This game will follow simple mechanics. Your goal is to find the culprit of the story and reveal how each crime was performed. You will have a certain leisure to explore and investigate, so you will do right by using when you have the chance. You will win if you are able to explain every puzzle, having no limit of attempts, and then can pinpoint the culprit in a single attempt. You will lose if you give up, your character die, or you cannot find the culprit.

It's been a difficult week for you. Between the stress from work and the anxiety motherhood brings into the equation, you certainly don't have much time for yourself. Maybe except when you make up excuses to escape from reality and meeting one of your lovers.

This is one of these times. Sadly for you, you have been dumped. Decided to make the best from a bad situation, you opted for staying in the luxury hotel instead of returning home and confronting reality.

You have four days all for yourself. You have made accommodations in home and in office, so nobody will disturb your rest, but on the same time, nobody will know of you. Well, as long you don't get involved into crazy murders it should be all well.

Your first day goes without tribulations. You enjoy the calm environment, a visit to the spa, and a good drink before going to sleep. You meet a large group of people from a safe distance. From their appearance, you believe they might be gangsters, in fact, rather well-drawn attractive gangsters. One of them throws you a flirty glance, but you believe it would be wise to stay away from them. Even more troubling is how one of them looks like so much like your nephew. In any case, you ignore the strange gangsters and continue your hedonism by yourself.

You return to your room and take a short nap. Or at least that's the last thing you remember doing, instead, you open your eyes in a room dyed in red. Your head feels dizzy, your thoughts are confused, and your body doesn't respond to you. You recognize about 5 corpses lying in the floor, but your hazy mind is not allowing you to perform a simple addition.

In the middle of the horrors, you see a pink haired young woman.She is lying in the floor with the rest of the corpses, but you see she's still clinging to life. Your condition doesn't allow you to find from where she's bleeding, but you can see she is in a lot of pain. Once she realize you are alive, she desperately asks you for help, or at least that's what you assume, as you can't hear what she's saying. You try to approach the woman, but suddenly, every muscle in your body feels twice as heavy, and you even struggle to keep your eyes open. It only takes you a few seconds to fall asleep again.

"You, you are alive! Wake up already! We have some questions for you!"

"Please calm down, Cyrus. This lady is most likely not involved in this sad incident."

"Don't tell me to calm down! We have no time to lose here!"

"Cyrus, Lee is right. Now, please let this to us."

Your brain suddenly feels like it got functioning again, and you hear some people talking. You open your eyes and try to stand up, but your whole body still feels alien to you.

"It seems our conversation has actually woken her up. I am sorry Milady, but we have a few things we would like to talk with you. My name is Lee Meijiu" ,the man says, as he extends his hand to help you.

I'll take his hand, and allow him to help me up.

"Thank you.. Umm, what is going on? Who are you people? Do I know you? I'm afraid my memories are really hazy, so I don't really remember you."

As you stand up, you realize you are in the same room where you saw the pink haired woman. You can't see her anymore, but there are still some blood coated corpses in the floor. You also realize your clothes are stained in blood, which represents a terrible example for the CEO of Anti-Rosa.


"Hello, My name is Stella and the pushy mountain of muscles is Cyrus" , the purple haired woman says.

"There's no time for jokes Stella! Our friends were killed, and Rose is... in a critical condition right now.
I'm sorry, but you and your little friend will have to come with us for interrogation."

Before you get a change to respond, you realize one of corpses lying on the floor is not quite dead. She is a green haired girl and she seems to be waking up.

Before trying to stand up, I sit on the floor and rub my head while asking the group with a small confused voice.

"Whe... Where am I? What happened to me?"

I dive on top of the green haired girl. For some reason she reminds me of a friend I had in a super frozen place. She also had green hair, and her name was... what was it... Mustin? Dustin..? No... but it was close to that. But she shouldn't be here?! She has a broken leg!

"Dustin?!" I hug her tightly.

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Still confused, I try to resist the best I can at the sudden sistercon aggression, but I just can't find any strength and capitulate.

"Dustin? No no miss, my name is Mion!"
That gives me just the time to realise that shes covered in blood and it's going onto my shirt.I let out a scream and this time find the force to push her back.
"Ahhhhhhhhh"

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"Now now, I am sure you two have been through a lot. Why do not you introduce yourselves and tell us if you remember something before arriving to this room?" , Lee camly asks.

"Oh... I'm sorry."

I move backward, I don't want to scare the poor girl.

"I thought you might have been someone I knew. You looked just like her."

After I respond to Lee. "I'm sorry, I don't really remember anything. I don't even remember my own name fully. I think it was... Rosa? Does that sound right? It feels familiar, but I really don't remember.

I know also notice pretend to finally notice the blood on my clothes.

"Oh my god... What is this? What is this? AHhhhhhh!"

After I hear the words 'I'm sorry', a familiar instinct? It seems I am finally able to calm down. I close my eyes for a few seconds.
"It's ok..."

When Rosa is done I go straight to the point.

"Sonozaki Mion, I... I came to the hotel... with my family and... that's all I remember."

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"If we talk with the girl's family we should be able to confirm her story, but..."

"But Rosa is not quite as lucky. Tell me, you got anyone here who can confirm your story?"

"I'm sorry for you Rosa, but we are gonna have to keep you locked. You are bad news" ,Cyrus says in an intimidating tone.

"I... I don't think so.... the name Maria.... it sounds off in my head... but I don't think so was here...."

"But.. I didn't do anything I swear! Why would I kill 4 random people!"

"Rosa, after we forced our way inside, we found you two fainted, our Rose in danger of dying and this gun on the floor" , Lee says, as he displays something you remember you were carrying in your luggage.

A Winchester rifle you had bought as a souvenir for your father, what are the chances?

"Tell me Rosa, do you recognize this gun? Our friends were killed with it" , Lee asks, suddenly sounding sharper than before.

I sit down pretending my head hurts. "I... I think so... I think it was a gift I bought for my father."

"This must be a nightmare... it has to be..." My eyes fly open. "Maria... Maria! Where are you? Maria...."

Lee and Stella appear to be surprised by your reaction, but Cyrus, on the other hand...

"Then it's all settled. Nobody but Rosa could have committed this murder!"

As Cyrus speaks, you feel a special kind of energy comes from his words. You very own existence feels threatened by his last statement, and you feel compelled to argue back to him.

My mouth goes agape. "Excuse me!? And just pray tell how could it only have been me?"

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>>19319
Oh hey, long time no see. Welcome back.

"I'm sorry, sir, I know it must be hard for you, but what exactly gives you the right to say something like that?! The gun? She's not the only one who can use a gun, for once I can. I know miss Rosa is suspicious, but you can't skip the possibility that someone is trying to frame her here. I mean just look at her, she's as confused as I am!"

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>>19341
"I didn't do anything!"

I start crying.

" why does no one believe me! I don't know what's going on!
Why is this happening to me? I didn't do anything!"

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Rosa's act and Mion reasoning don't help Cyrus to calm down at all, however, before a rampaging argument begins, Lee intervenes.

"Very well, Rosa, Mion. Allow me to inform you of our discoverings, and why your presence here is so suspicious for us" , Lee says, as he tries to calm down his pet iguana.

"About two hours ago, we had planned a very special dinner to celebrate Rose work in our organization. You see, she is the leader of Primavera, an important "social movement" that fights to return Japan to the Japanese. Unfortunately, neither Rose or the victims arrived at the appointed time to our event."

Lee pauses for a moment, takes a deep breath, and continues.

"The first to find the corpses were Cyrus and me. We found Rose clinging to life and you were unconscious. The only key to the room was here, inside of an envelope.
We also found that the only window in the room was closed and locked. And as the room is in the eight floor, we doubt anyone would be able to get out of here by any other mean but by the door."

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Adding to Lee's explanation, Cyrus looks at the suspects and exclaims:

"And you better think twice before accusing our Rose! I'd rather die before accepting she would kill our fellow members and friends!

"That means nothing. Your personal belief doesn't mean anything. However, I will respect it, and not accuse her. There are ways for this space to be made. Rose could have locked the door, and put the key away. Or she could have locked the window. And if you really think that someone couldn't have gone out the window, you really aren't that impressive of underworld people."

While this is happening, I move to get a better look at the door. My curiosity is about the lock itself, basically.

Rosa's sound reply calm Cyrus and let him thinking for a while, meanwhile, Mion walks to the door, which is nearly broken lying on the floor.

You try to imagine a picture of the non-broken door in your head. The door has an inner lock, and a special looking keyhole. The lock seems like it can only be set while the door is locked, and from the inside. You also see that the door has a plastic protector in the bottom and the upper side, perhaps to prevent a string or another object to enter the room while the door is closed.

"It appears the closed room construction can be solved if we consider Rose into the equation. However, she most likely could not walk or crawl with ease while she was hurt. In addition, we found Rose lying next to the window, and no trail of blood that would make us suspect she moved to the door." , Lee says, looking serious.

"More importantly, what are you two doing in this place? How can we know you are not involved in this crime?"

"If she was by the window, couldn't she have locked it?"

I think really hard. "I really don't know. I remember going back to my room on the 3rd floor. I thought about flirting with some of the gentlemen I saw earlier that day, but I was just too tired today. And then... I remember waking up here, with a pink haired girl asking me for help... She looked like she was in pain, but I can't see where she is hurt." I pretend to be in pain. "And then I blanked out I think as I was rushing over to her."

"Right now? Trying to prove my innocence and Rosa's. Maybe you can help me as well, sir, by answering a few questions for me."

I describe to them the way I imagined the door, with every details.

"Now can both you and Mister Cyrus confirm that the door was like that when you came here, I mean how did you even know where to look for us? Weren't you waiting for them at the meeting? I am thinking maybe you noticed something special on the door.
After all if the door was already broken to begin with, there's no mystery."

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"You felt tired, and then you just woke up here?", Lee says, in a concerned tone. "Do you believe you were drugged? To be honest, you two still look a little bit disoriented."

Meanwhile, Cyrus replies to Mion.

"Once we got worried about Lady Rose we split up to look for her. But it was very strange. We could not find anyone from the management of the hotel. Then, Lee and I found a door with a bloody inscription, and it was locked. We broke it down and found you all", he says, as he takes the broken door and shows everyone the "out" side of it. You can read a message in red that says The game has started.

You hear someone rush into the room, his ragged voice sounds through the whole floor.

"We can't get out! There's a strange black aura surrounding the exits of the hotel! I've never seen anything like this before!"

"What the freaking hell are you talking about?", Cyrus shouts, very confused.

"I'm saying the only people in the hotel are us. And we are trapped like rats!"

"My head hurts, and I can't remember anything. You tell me."

"What exactly does it mean by the game starts? What game? I have to get home to Maria."

"I'll break a way through! Richard, you come with me!" Cyrus roars. Then he grabs this new person and they both get away with haste.

Ignoring the ruckus between Cyrus and her brother, Stella approaches the window and opens it. As soon as she does, an eerie chill fills the whole room. As you dare to peek through the window, you find what's keeping you inside of the hotel. It's pure darkness. A wall made of a shade of black you had never seen before. It certainly doesn't look as something from this world.

I approach Rosa and tell her this with determination.

"I don't know you very well, but I can tell that you are a good person, miss Rosa. Don't worry, I promise I will do everything to help you get out of here safe and sound."

I thank Mion.

I approach Stella. "Umm, Stella you said your name was correct? Do you mind if I ask you something?"

Lee,still quiet,takes some white long bed sheets and approaches the youngest looking of the corpse. It is a small chinese girl. Lee sadly looks at her for a last time, he carefully closes her eyes and covers her body with the sheet.

Meanwhile, Stella turns to Rosa and says,

"I am sorry you have gotten tangled up in this. And yes, please ask me anything you need to know."

"Well, first I wanted to ask, is that woman, the one who is really important to all of you, alright? If only I hadn't blacked out the second time." I shake off my regrets.

"And you people are gangsters right? What did you mean by social movement? And lastly, why was Rose and her friends in this room? This is kind of a random room to enter..." I let out a sigh. "I'm sorry to ask you these questions. You've just lost important friends of yours. Seeing people die... it hurts.."

"Rose is... well, we still don't know much about her condition. I heard we had to move her to a hospital as soon as possible...", Stella replies.

"Madam Rose is the head of the club Primavera, it used to be a night club, but in the last few years things have gotten more complicated. In her search to get the best for the common Japanese people, Primavera got power and influence from the mafia", Stella kindly elaborates.

"To the rest of the world, we might just look as any other group of mafioso, but Madam Rose has worked hard to create a better Japan",she finishes while looking a little sad.

Lee returns after taking a deep breath.
"We don't know what Rose and the rest were doing here"[i], he replies. "Richard said this room wasn't under our name, so it's still a mystery how and why they were here."

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"I see, she sounds like an amazing person. For what its worth, I hope she makes it through. And I'm sorry, please forgive my rudeness, I'm sorry for jumping to such conclusions."

I look all around the room, the window, outside the window, everywhere, list anything suspicious.

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You look around the room. You see a big bed, a small kitchen with a fridge, a window to the outside of the hotel, a room to a bathroom and the place where the door to the hallway used to be.

There are 4 corpses on the floor. It seems like they all were shot in the chest, presumably with your gun.

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I check the window.

I follow behind Rosa, but instead turn my attention at the corpses. Is there a large pool of blood under each of them. Does it look like the corpses were moved from the blood. Is there bloodtrail anywhere that shouldn't be, tell me all about blood!

As the "detectives" attempt to gather more information, you notice Lee's change of expression as he says:
"I am sorry, but I can not allow anyone to temper with the crime scene. I sincerely want to believe in your innocence, but I am afraid you are still suspects, so, I will ask you to..."

However, before Lee finishes his sentence, his voice suddenly slows down, until his lips completely halt, and so does the rest of his body. Then, a black aura suddenly appears on the way to the hallway, keeping you locked inside of the room.

Feeling free to mess around, Rosa now closely inspects the window. It doesn't seem to have any unconventional feature. It has a mechanical lock, it can only be locked from the inside, and it doesn't seem to have any strange modification or anything else placed over it.

Mion on the other side inspects the corpses. Each one has a deep wound in the chest, and there are pools of blood next to each one. The only other place where you can see a blood stain is in the wall and the floor next to the window, presumably where Rose was shot.


"Welcome, my players", says a cool and definitely not latino figure that suddenly appeared from the darkness.

"I've stopped time now to allow you to investigate at your own leisure. Just to keep the game fair. If you have any question, now it's a good time to ask."

I'll look around outside the window. Are the windows for the hotel all in a row going vertical?

While Rosa is doing that, I ask the definitely not Latino guy.

"Fine, I do have a question. Why weren't we shot? I think I know the answer, if i'm wrong, well i'm sorry."

I say that before taking the gun and shooting at him pointblank.

Rosa ignores the evil aura from the black wall outside of the hotel and takes a peek from the window. Doing so, you realize that the windows are actually lined up as you guessed, but you also find out the eight floor is the last floor of the hotel.

Mion's attempt to shoot the handsome non-latino figure is not very successful, as the gun appears to be unloaded. Then, the game master replies, without a flinch.

"That's a simple one. We're playing a game. The culprit tried to frame you, so that's why you were left in the crime scene."

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I'll also ignore the strange man who just appeared and leave, my target, the bathroom. Time to see if the real killer accidentally dumped some clues in this room.

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You continue ignoring your humble host and you arrive to the bathroom. You find nothing out of the ordinary, and it looks rather clean and normal. However, upon a closer inspection you find a long green hair laying on the floor.

"I can think of lot of names for what were into, but to think of it as a game sounds just sick to me."

As I say that, I turn around to see what Rosa is doing. I'll inspect the corpses further more, and move them to see if there's something I missed under them.I'll check the key, making sure it's the key to the room. Then ill go have a look at the fridge.

"To explain it further, you are a piece in a gameboard. But you should be more concerned about solving the murders" , the Gamemaster adds.

After listening the evil man's bs, Mion checks around the corpses one more time. They all look death and authentic. Their wounds look very deep and impossible to fake. The one thing you find of interest is a small empty vial lying on the floor.

The key inside of the envelope appears to belong to door, but it's not possible to be sure of it as the door is still broken. And finally, your inspection of the fridge is not a hit, but at least you found some good cheese and wine.

I'll leave the bathroom.

"Oh, Mr... whatever.. you're still here? Okay then I have a question for you, was this gun the gun that caused the bullet wounds?"

I give the vial to Rosa and stand behind her.

"Hello, Rosa. It's a pleasure to have you in my game", the Gamemaster says, perhaps a little happy of finally being acknowledged. Then, he takes the Winchester from wherever it is and continues.

"Ah, I like the way you are asking that. I'll play nice this time:

This gun is yours. It was in your room some hours ago.
The gun wounds you saw in the corpses inside of this room were caused with your gun.

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"And do my hands contain traces of gun-powder?"

"You haven't killed anyone." The Gamemaster clarifies.

"Is that enough? You could have some traces of gunpowder, but they don't really matter."

I argue back. "It does matter."

"I see. In that case, I refuse to answer your question, as I don't find any point to it" , the Gamemaster explains.

"Is this the end of your investigation? Or do you need more time?"

"Was the envelope really in this room when the door got busted down?"

"Yes, of course. The envelope with the key to the room was already inside when the door got busted down.

"And the key inside was the key to this room correct?"

"It was", the Gamemaster simply replies. "Well, I meant that it was the same key, and it still is."

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"Oh we can ask anything? Alright then, was the door broken only once, and can you tell me that it happened after the murder took place?, mister ghost."

Looking a little bit confused, I continue.

"Wait a sec, do you know anything about that black aura wall thingy that's outside?! Is that part of the game as well???"

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"Hmm, the door to this room was broken only once", the black coated figure declares.

"And yes, the wall is part of this game. It will last until the game ends, and it won't allow anyone here from getting out, or anyone out to get inside."

Then, the Gamemaster checks his watchless wrist and announces. "It's been too long. The time must go on again. If you have any other business please do it now."

Rosa looks away bored. "No, I have no more interest in you, resume this game."

"Thanks, mister ghost <3"

"Then the game shall continue now. Oh, I forgot, I had a freebie for you."
The Gamemaster's look turn sharper and then he announces.

I will only say this once.

Miguel Kurashiki is dead.
Hsiao-Lan is dead.
Amanda Amamiya is dead.
Claudia Kurosaki is dead.

Rose Haibara is dead.

As soon as he finishes, the world slowly begins to move again, the gamemaster disappears and everything in the room returns to be as it was before. Then you hear a slightly confused Lee trying to finish his sentence.

"...What a bizarre feeling" is the first thing he manages to properly say.
"Sorry, as I was saying, I am afraid I will have to ask you to refrain from touching the crime scene...", Lee says, as he holds his right hand over his face.

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"Yes, I'm sorry about that, how careless of me." I apologize to him.

I show Mr. Lee a serious expression, but it has nothing to do with what he just said. Rose is dead? I feel like the most precious clue has slipped away from our reach.

"Oh, we are truly sorry sir."

Lee graciously accepts your apologies but remains a little confused. Seizing the opportunity, RudolfStella approaches the potential criminals and makes a suggestion.

"I have no idea why this happened, but I don't believe some honest looking outsiders like you would be involved in this tragedy" she says.

"Even so... you should stay with us, for your own protection. You have been attacked once already. We have no idea what the sick mastermind of this massacre will try next."

"I believe I will have to agree with you this time, miss Stella. Our friends here are probably not dangerous, but we are all in a tight spot right now. Perhaps we should move downstairs and see if they were able to find an exit from this hellish trap."

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You four leave the unholy room with the corpses and move to the hallway. As you walk to the stairs, you notice the elevator is out of service, but you remember it worked fine some hours ago. Once you descend to the 6th floor you begin to hear some loud ruckus from the lower floors.

"I just heard it from Wang! Rose is dead!"

"What the heck? I don't trust that Chinese scum at all!"

"He must have let her die! I bet he is working with Alfred!"

"I saw Madam's wounds, they didn't even look that deep! But Wang forced us to leave him alone with her!"

Leaving you little time to react, Lee leaves your group as he dashes down the stairs, jumping just like a stealthy cat from floor to floor.

"Wang Yuanhong is Lee's mentor... He was taking care of Rose after she got shot, but it seems everyone wants to lynch him now!", Stella explains.

"I hope it is just a misunderstanding. We should find out what is going on. Maybe there is something to still be hopeful about in this dire and terrible situation."

"I hope so too", RudolfStella says.

Then you reach the 4th floor and you see many people drawn in colorful styles. They all appear restless and confused. You notice Stella has a decent amount of influence around, otherwise she wouldn't be allowed to blend in so easily while having two strangers following her. Then the get inside of the room. You find a bed with blood stains and the corpse of a guy splattered in the floor.

Then, once again. Before anyone complains about your presence in the crime scene, the world suddenly stops and your time to play detective begins.

"Poor man." I say before beginning my search of the crime scene. I'll start with by examining the door.

The door seems undamaged and working fine. Besides that, you notice the Gamemaster appears in the corner of the room, staying silent for now.

"This is freaking me out."

I search the room for a vial, tell us more about the structure of the room, is it similar to the other one?

Mion looks around the room and finds it's smaller than the room where they woke up. This room only has a bed and some furniture. You see there's a flipped desk on the floor and some other things of little interest. You don't find another vial here but you see blood stains in the bed and a dirty jacket with more blood, which from its size, you believe it belongs to Cyrus or someone as big as him.

"Hmm might as well start with the body."

I'll examine the corpse of Wayne.

Wayne's body is warm and his whole back drips with blood. You find a single bullet wound in his chest, and it seems quite safe to assume it is what killed him. Among his belongings, the only important item you find is his gun, which by its odor, appears to not have been used recently at least.

>>19490
How far away is the bed from the door, and the window as well?

The Gamemaster apparently reads your mind and replies.

"The bed is at least 2 meters away from both the door and the window. Wayne corpse was found on the floor, next to the bed.

Oh, and before you get too serious. This isn't a closed room. The door to this room was unlocked when they found Wayne's corpse. I guess you can relax a little now."

"There's not much to say about this room eh,"

I'll investigate the jacket.

"Poor man, I hope this is the last one."

Your inspection of the jacket isn't very fruitful, it's just a big jacket soaked in blood.

"Oh yes. I thought it would be obvious, but that's the jacket Cyrus used to cover Rose's wound when they were moving her from the 8th floor to this place", he elaborates

I examine what direction Wayne is facing. The bed? The door? The window?

Wayne's body is facing the roof, as he is in the floor. He is close to the bed, though.

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>>19496
What direction are his legs facing.

From the position of his body, it appears that Wayne was looking at the bed when he was shoot.

I'll examine the bed.

The bed is in a messy state and there are plenty bloodstains in its sheets. A more careful investigation makes you see a long pink hair, clearly belonging to Madam Rose.

Looking around the bed do I find anything of interest?

Nothing of interest appears in your search, meanwhile, the Gamemaster has a little to say to you.

"Time is running out, soon you will have to deal with everyone else.
With this, we finish the first twilight. I expect to have about two more twilights until the final showdown. I hope you don't die before that", he says.

"Let's go Rosa, we have to find who is the culprit of these terrible crimes!"

"I suppose we have no choice."

I'll walk back over to where Stella is, aka where I stood before time stop.

"Fine resume, things."

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"Very well. And now, with 6 victims, the first twilight ends." the Gamemaster announces.

Then, as every thing in the room return to how it was before, the long pink hair you found in the bed remains in your posesion. The atmosphere slowly returns to normal and you see a slightly confused Lee breathing heavely while staring at the bloodstains on the bed. Immediately, you hear the ruckus back again and a man in a green suit gets inside of the room.

"Is it true, Lee?", he asks.

"I don't know. But if Wang-san said it, then it must be", Lee replies.

A muscular man also approaches the group, showing anger and frustration in his words.
"This is a plot from the Chinese. Nobody else here would have any benefit from hurting Madam Rose."

Lee's grieving expression turns into silent aggresion, but before he says anything else he turns to Rosa and Mion and kindly whispers, "Things are turning ugly here, why don't you two let us settle our differences in private?" as he pushes you outside of the room.

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Outside, a man in a military suit decides to approach you.

"Hello, you must be the suspicious girls that were left behind in the closed room. So, would you care to have a drink with me?" he asks, without much spirit left in his body.

I frown and let out a sigh. "I suppose, I don't really have any choice."

"The atmosphere has turned hostile in this place", he remarks.

"Please come with us as well", he says, regarding to green haired girl. "I'd hate to leave you with the sharks."

The remark startled me. I glimpse a look of fear before answering:

"The sharks ?! Yes yes, i'm right behind you."

You follow the American man and descent until the first level of the hotel. Then, you get inside of a large lobby in which you see a two young men drinking in a table, and an older man drinking next to one of the walls. They all appear quite distressed but they don't mind your intrusion into the room.

Butler takes seat in a comfortable looking sofa and asks you to seat on the other side. Then, he begins to explain you a little more about the situation.

Today it was going to be a memorable day in the story of Primavera. After several negotiations, the Japanese, the Chinese and the American colonies in Japan were able to find reasonably good conditions to operate. All of them being greedy and looking for the best of their countrymen definitely didn't make this an easy feat at all, but now it's all done, this trip was a way to celebrate the union of their goals. Except, by the time the banquet was going to begin, Rose and some other of the guests were missing. He explains it was very hard to tell who was down in the banquet room and who wasn't, but he heard that Cyrus found a door with a bloody inscription and that's how the corpses were discovered. He also explains now without a leader, a war of power might begin among the survivors.

I look at Butler with a frightened expression.
"Sir, can you wait a second, this is too much are you saying these scary people are going to fight in this hotel right now?? Is that what u meant when u called them sharks earlier??? Lot of people died already, we have to do something! How many people are still here, we have to hide, we have to" *hyperventilates*

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Butler can hardly contain his amusement from Mion's agitated response, but he replies to him nonetheless.

"They are all used to having dangerous arguments, but they aren't a bunch of mindless killers. This tragic incident... is completely out of the ordinary," he says, wearing a bleak expression again. However, he smiles again and adds, "but if you stay with me I promise you I will keep you safe from their negotiations."

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The corner of my eyebrow raises up just a little. "What do you mean by 'negotiations?"

I frown a little as I stress out the word, something about his smile, just bothers me inside.

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"Please don't misunderstand me, Madam. Their negotiations are merely politic. However, you two are in a weird position."

The army politician keeps silence for a moment, shrugs and continues.

"Have you been told yet, that besides us, Primavera's guests, you are the only people in the whole hotel? Just some hours ago it was packed with people... That's almost as bizarre as the strange darkness blocking the exits of the entire building. We have no idea what is happening, but some believe this is sort of a game."

"And that's why I think it could get violent" he adds, as he glances at the other people in the lobby.

Meanwhile, the younger guys have probably not been paying attention to Butler's words, as they appear to be immersed in their own argument.

"Madam Rose was wrong Alan, we cannot pretend every Japanese wants the best for their countrymen. If we are to change our future, we have to fight," the slender, black haired boy says.

"You don't get it Keith! This is what the culprit wants! To split our ideals and destroy Primavera!" the taller young man explains.

"I've decided already Alan. There's nothing else to argue here" Keith coldly says as he stands up, and promptly leaves the room. Hopeleness is easy to see in Alan's face, but the other man in the room only takes a new cigarrete from his pocket and lights it up.

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"This is the first time Ive heard about that. It doesn't make any sense!"
I take a long breath and calm myself.

"Sir, please, you have to help us. Weve been framed, I swear I have no memory of what happened in that room. We were hoping that Madame Rose could help us, and now she's gone too... We have to find out what happened before they decide were the culprits!"

I look at Rosa, terrified and practically begging for her advice.

"If you think we can trust him, please, Rosa, show him what I gave you in that room, he might know..."

I let out a sigh, this whole event was very exhausting, and I came here to relax. "You can't blame me for being just a little bit weary of everyone. As Mion just said we were basically framed for murder."

"This is a horrid nightmare, one I have to make it through for Maria's sake."

I show him the vial. "It isn't much, but Mion found this in the room when we woke up. And then we spotted another vial in the room where that last murder took place. Do you have any idea what they could have been for? Or who it would belong too? These are the only clue we have to go on at the moment."

"A vial you say?" Butler says, as he grabs the item and carefully inspects it. He tries to smell the inside of the vial or see if there's anything still inside, but it proves to be empty, and apparently odorless.

"I really don't know why this was in the room with the murders," Butler admits, sounding honest. "This might be a good clue to understand the mystery, but how did you sneak this out of the room?" he adds, with a hint of suspicion.

"It was necessary. The whole room was under the belief that we had committed the crime and wasn't even willing to think of other possible solutions or even examine the room, fully believing they had already found the truth."

I frown. "I know we look suspious, but you have to believe us. Well, you don't 'have to' but we want you too. We are just as confused as anyone, if not more so. We were in completely different rooms, and then woke up to that horrid state. I know the chips are all seem to fall in place for us to be the answer. But that is the why it doesn't work. The act that it all fits together so well is the reason why it needs to be questioned, is it not?"

I explain to him fully what I mean. "I'm sure you understand this without having me to explain it. But it just fits too perfect, it doesn't work as a plan. Let's take for a moment and say that this 'truth' is the truth. Where is the escape route? If this were the truth, it doesn't work for the culprit. Since there is no way out. The real culprit clearly plans on continuing this 'murder game.'"

I frown and shake my head as I say the last part. I cringe and then try to regain my composure.

"But we were lucky they didn't kill us on the spot when they found the room. It almost came to that, to being lynched on the spot. Why would the culprit not give themselves a way out? If they wanted to kill more, and they clearly do, they needed to not be caught, or even under suspicion right now. It is the only way for the 'game' to continue. You understand that don't you. You seem like a smart person, so I'm sure that you realized this as well, and that is why you approached us because you realized that this is just a trap by the real culprit. It is the only thing that makes sense, from the point of view of the culprit and their desire for this 'murder game' to continue."

I smile at him after explaining all that. "I'd glad we have someone smart like you as our ally."

"Kihihi~, flattery will take you to nowhere, Madam," Butler says, even though it seems the flattery was indeed effective.

"You are right, I don't suspect you. You could be accomplices at worst, but I trust my gut. You are innocent. Now, on the other side, I don't think you should retrieve any more evidence unless there's more people around. Originally, we wanted to prevent the crime scenes from being damaged because we wanted a full police operation for the attack against Madam's Rose, but now it looks like we will have to solve this crime by ourselves" Philip adds, looking at the darkness through the small window in the room.

Then, as Butler finishes, the man who had been idling near of the wall comes closer to you and says.

"Philiph, ladies. The name's James Tomitake. I happened to listen to your story, and I believe I know something that might help you piece your mysteries together," the man says.

"Today, hours ago, I saw some of our bodyguards harass you two. Rose heard about this later, and offered you to have drink tea with her as a sort of apology. I have no idea of what happened next, but we can assume the culprit's target was Rose, and maybe you were still with her when this happened," he adds.

>>19550
"Yes, it would be wise to do something rash, I understand that. We won't disturb things any further."

I turn to the new man. "I'm sorry, but I honestly have no memory of such an event. My get away vacation has not had such a dour event. And as for Rose, I never met her." I shake my head. "So I'm afraid I don't believe that was the reason. You say you saw the bodyguards harass us? What were we doing? And why we would they harass us? Can you explain in detail what you saw? Maybe that might help clear up my memory."

I frown in confusion, I had no memory of such an event, but maybe it happened to Mion... Did we get harassed? I'll wait for Tomitake to explain what he saw.

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"I see, then you might have been drugged, after all" Tomitake says, sounding confident of his own theory.

"Well, you might have to take my word for this but I swear I saw some of the bodyguards flirting with you. Rose came up, told them to respect the rest of the guests of the hotel and invited you to her room for a cup a tea," he tries to explain again, as he grabs a new cigarette.

"I believe Claudia and Amanda were also with her, but they suffered the same fate as Madam Rose..." he finishes, looking apparently hurt from their loss.

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>>19554

"I'm sorry Miss Rosa I don't remember... Ahh I hate it!"
I pause, put my hands behind my head and try to remember.

I go over to Mion and comfort her (him).

I turn to Tomitake, "Do you have any idea as to what time these events happened?"

"It was probably about five or six hours ago," Tomitake replies, making a pause.
For a moment he appears to be deep in thought, he glances at the door and gives you a word of advice.

"Ladies, I am not a good man, but even I have a moral code. I had to tell you what I knew in order to keep being the man I am. However, that's all I can do to assist you.
Good luck" he finishes before leaving the lobby as well.

"He must be going to meet with Caleb now. He is leading a movement for a colder, goal-oriented Primavera, and is not afraid of using violence to make changes. It would be troubling for us if he wins" Butler says, sweating a little bit.

I head over to where freakface is.

"Umm... Hello..." I say nervously. "I'm trying to understand this situation we are in and trying to find the culprit. You appear to know a little bit of what is going on, well at least more than me. Can I ask you a few questions?"

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"...Yes, of course," the young man says, though his expression still shows confusion.

"Rosa, I believe? How can I help you?"

Seeing this opportunity, as Rosa is busy chatting, I decide to quietly leave the lobby as well, following the strange man.

Mion quietly leaves the room and finds herself in a hallway. To your right you hear some loud noises and it seems the main entrance is in that way. To your left you manage to see Tomikake climbing the stairs.

Courage Mion, you can do this!

I slowly move towards the left side, trying to be as stealthy as a teenager can be and move up the stairs.

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Fearlessly, Mion follows the gangster upstairs, somehow remaining concealed from him. After reaching the fourth floor, Tomikake turns right and heads into a large room, guarded by a white haired man you don't recognize. And meanwhile you ponder about continue your ninja quest, you feel a hand touching your shoulder from the back, which whispers, "I wouldn't go there if I were you," says Lee, in a clesr attempt to joke/surprise you.

"But he looks so suspicious!" I whisper in answer, unaffected by the surprise. After a moment, I realise someone is touching my shoulder and re-enter the conscious world.

I turn around to face Mr. Lee, showing that face.

"I have to do something Mr. Lee, I can't sit while the murderer is still on the loose."

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Lee appears a little frustrated that his prank had no effect on Mion, evidenced by his dissapointed smirk he made after she turned around.

"I understand your determination, Mion. But I can't let you get in trouble with them. Besides, they aren't doing anything suspicious. After my argument with Caleb, I heard he wanted get the approval of the rest of the guests to propose himself to lead Primavera."

After hearing again about the "argument" you realize Lee's clothes appear a little less clean than before, and you see his left shoulder is a little injuried. Noticing your glance to his wound, he continues.

"Caleb isn't a bad man. He has s goal and a very strong will. Our argument was even fun, if you allow me to say it. He doesn't suspect me anymore, but he still believes my older brother is related to the murders."

I look at the freakface.

"Yes, that's correct. Can you tell me a little about yourself and what is going on? I'm still completely in the dark about basically everything."