Rosa frowns and looks at the clock. Jessica has been gone almost 15 minutes.

"Jessica should have come back or called or something by now I would think."

She looks down worried. "Anon, would you go and check on them."

"Geez, why did Jessica had to leave all of sudden? I am worried again now."
"Alright I'll. But you stay here. Where is Hideyoshi and Eva room?"

>>2606
Rosa tells you which room Eva and Hideyoshi said they were going to use. Rudolf, Rosa and Maria say they will stay here.

anon go to the room

>>2608
You arrive at the door and find it locked.

anon will knock the door, if no response he will open it

>>2610
You knock and wait, but you get no response. You use your master key to open your door. But it only opens an inch before the chain stops it from opening further.

anon will try to force the door a bit, also he will try peeking through the opening.

>>2612
The chain refuses to budge no matter no much force you use.

You look through the crack in the door, but you don't see anything of value.

"... I don't like this"
anon will now return to the parlor and ask Rudolf help to open the door.

>>2614
Battler and Shannon hear your attempts to get into Eva and Hideyoshi's room and they come out of theirs as you are just about to head down the stairs.

"Is something the matter?" Shannon asks wondering what is going on.

"Yes, Eva and Hideyoshi aren't replying to our call, and their room is locked with the chain"

>>2616
"The chain is set? That means we can't get inside."

"Damn it. I hope nothing happened to them!" Battler shouts running straight to their door. "Come on Anon help me bust it open!"

"Alright, let's get this door down."

>>2618
Together with one slam Battler and yourself bust open the door. The chain brakes apart and falls to the door. The door busts off its hinges and falls to the floor with a thump.

You can see the whole room from your location. You spot Hideyoshi's corpse on the bed, you can't tell anything from your location though.

You see Eva's corpse near the edge of the bed on a rug. You spot a thin mark around her neck.

You notice the gun sitting on the dresser under a large mirror.

The door to the bathroom is closed, but the door to the walk in closet is open.

You notice something strange near Eva's corpse. It is a pool of blood, you notice there is something in the blood but you can't make out what it is.

"Eva-sama! Hideyoshi-sama!"
Perception check on the room

>>2620
Perception: You rolled a (1)

You notice a thin mark around Hideyoshi's neck just like Eva.

You notice an envelope on the nightstand next to Hideyoshi's corpse.

You notice the windows are locked.

You notice what appears to a red ribbon in the pool of blood.

"That ribbon!" Shannon cries out.

"Jessica was wearing that this morning." Battler finishes.

"J-Jessica-sama." Shannon cries out.

"This is terrible ... we should return to the parlor and inform the others ..."

>>2622
Battler picks up the envelope curious as to its contents before you all leave the room and head to the lounge.

You see Rosa, Maria, and Rudolf in the lounge.

"Rosa-sama, we found Eva and Hideyoshi corpses in the room. I'm very sorry."

>>2624
Rosa froze the cup in her hand fell and crashed to the floor.

"Nee-san is-Nee-san is... d-d-d-d-d-d-dead?!"

"What happened?" Rudolf asks you.

"I went to their room to check them, but the chain of the door was set, Battler helped me to break into the room.
Inside was Eva and Hideyoshi, both of them had marks on their necks, maybe they died by suffocation.
O-oh also we saw Jessica's ribbon, I didn't inspect the room but we couldn't see her."

>>2626
"Jessica-chan's gone missing?"

"It seems like it." Battler commented dryly. "This is going way to far. When I find that bastard!" Battler finished his sentence by punching the wall.

"Uu-! Thirsty, uu!" Maria whined.

"The tea should be here soon." Rosa snapped quickly. She froze then. "Kumasawa.... has been taking a long time."

"You don't think something happened to her do you?" Shannon asked worriedly.

Everyone moved out of the lounge and headed to the servants room.

"It is locked." Battler snarled as he tried to the door. "Damn it! Kumasawa baa-chan! Answer me!"

"Kumasawa-san ..."
anon check the door, and if he can't open it he will use his master key.

>>2628
You find it is locked just like Battler said. You use your master key to unlock it.

The door opens with a creak revealing a shocking, yet not exactly surprising sight. It was something that was expected, nonetheless they wished their fears wouldn't have come true.

Kumasawa was laying in a pool of blood with a stab wound with the knife still sticking into her head.

You notice Kumasawa's master key sitting atop the counter near the blender under the window.

The papers on the desks have been scattered about in a mess on the floor, and written are them are letters.

G-O-U-G-E-T-H-E-H-E-A-D-A-N-D-K-I-L-L

It is the scene of the fourth twilight.

anon take the key and check the room, somebody could be hidden etc

>>2630
You can't find anyone hiding in the room. You notice the windows are locked. Aside from that you don't learn anything new from what you already knew about the room.

You take Kumasawa's master key.

Shannon breaks out in tears upon seeing Kumasawa's corpse.

"What is going on!" Battler howled angrily. "Why, why is this happening!?"

"Who-Who would do this?" Rosa stuttered taking a brief look at the corpse while trying to prevent Maria from seeing it.

"This-this envelope." Battler stutters. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out the envelope. "I think we should open this." He says looking around the room to see if people agree or disagree.

He hands the letter out to you. "Anon... would you open it." He asks. "I'm worried that in my current frame of mine, I might rip it up depending on its contents. And it might contain a clue. I want to find that bastard as soon as possible and make them pay for all this."

By now, anon already understood this was not a game, somebody was really serious about a certain sin and didn't care about the other people lives.
"... Let me see it."
Slowly, anon open the letter and read it aloud.

>>2632
Inside are two pieces of paper.

The first piece says: http://boonce.org/up/6445_1312215565851.png

Was it some kind of taunt from the culprit?

The second piece says:
"You can try to run, you can try to hide. But your sin will haunt you, it will stalk you. Until you confess your sin, this nightmare will never end.

This is your fault. You brought this on everyone here and you know it. You know your sin, you know why this is happening. Yet you refuse to give and let more die. The faster you fess up to your crime the more of the sheep will live. Are you heartless? Do you not care what happens to anyone but yourself? If you hold any amount of care for these people you know what you should do.

If you really don't care how many die, then you deserve this even more than first believed. Rot and suffer, and return to the dust you came from.

If you want to try and punish me for trying to bring your sin into light, why don't you come and find me~

Come find me~ I'll even tell you where I am, I'll even wait for you~ I'm in the main house. Come all those who want this game to end, come try to kill me~

Signed the Golden Witch Beatrice

"They are inside the main house." Battler snarled heading for the door. "That's it, I'm coming for you! I'll make you pay!"

"Battler, wait up." Shannon cried out running after him.

Rudolf looks at you. "We should probably follow them, it probably isn't good to split up right now."

" ... I'm kinda screwed right now. So it's a protect "Maria + Rosa" or "Battler + Shannon" ? ..."

>>2634
"No, it is protect the one target. There is only one target. Wasting time trying to protect others is a fruitless effort."

"Rosa-sama, Maria-chan. We gotta follow them, we can't leave them alone with that murderer!"

>>2636
Rosa agrees and the 4 of you rush out of the guesthouse towards the main house.

Upon entering the main house you are overcome with the urge to throw-up. A horrid stench fills the air. It is so horrid it is making your eyes water.

You notice Battler and Shannon not to far ahead of you. It appears they just arrived before you did.

"What is this horrid smell." Rosa mutters as she covers her nose. "Where is it coming from?"

"It appears to be everywhere." Rudolf comments dryly.

"Is this some kind of poison gas or something?" Battler questions.

"It appears to be coming from the vents I think." Shannon says aloud after checking a different room for the smell. "Could something have happened to the boiler that caused this? Does it smell when it breaks down?"

It was a question no one knew the answer too. Was the smell actually coming from the boiler room?

"Uu-" Maria whined pulling on her mother's sleeve. "Maria has to go to the bathroom."

"Hold it." Rosa snapped. "You just went back in the guesthouse not 20 minutes ago."

The group decided the best course of action was to in fact check the boiler. At the top of the stairs everyone noticed that the door to the boiler was open wide. As if invited everyone in.

Battler was the first person to enter the boiler room, and when he did a tear ran down his face and he cried out. "Jessica!"

There was a corpse burning in the boiler, from a glance you could gather two things about it. 1 it was female, 1 the person was a teenager or about that age.

A cute charm lay discarded on the floor of the boiler room along with Jessica's key to her room.

Jessica's corpse had a stab wound in her chest, it was the 5th twilight.

Taking a minor delay until I can discuss this a bit with Kinjo, while you wait, mfw the letter

>>2638
lol. ozaki no help at 4 in the morning.

>>2639
No, that's not the problem. I just wanna have a talk with him as well.

>>2640
yeah I know. I just don't remember exactly what we talked about so I assume I was too tired to think~

Mfw everything in this game.

As if anon brain had a small delay to react, anon awaits a few seconds before running to see the scene better.
"Jessica! Who did this to you!? Why did we allow you to leave alone!? Uuuooohhh!"
Then, like in a genius trance anon clear his face from tears and inspect the room, search for any item inside, check the second door of the boiler room and the door they used to enter as well.

>>2643
Aside from the corpse the only thing you find is Jessica's key.

Looking at the corpse, you are sure that this is indeed Jessica. The same girl who you first saw upon waking up yesterday.

The door to the courtyard is wide open. You don't notice anything strange about it.

You examine the door leading to the first floor, you don't notice anything strange about it.

"Jessica," Shannon cries.

Everyone seems deeply upset over Jessica's death, expect Maria.

"It doesn't matter. We'll see her again in the golden land. Beatrice will revive all loved ones."

>>2644
"... Beatrice will? are you sure of it?"

>>2645
Maria frowns.

"Uu-! Beatrice is a powerful witch. She can do anything. Uu-!" Maria seems to have grown upset at your comment believing that you're doubting Beatrice.

"I am sorry Maria, I didn't doubt of Beatrice power, but I wonder if she will bless us with her magic.
Anyways ... the smell here is horrible, Should we return to the guesthouse? ..."

>>2647
"I don't think it is a good idea to head back to the guesthouse. I think we should stay in the main house for now."

"Alright, lets stay here. We could even go to Kinzo-sama studio, I hear it has it's own bathroom and dinning area.
Anyways, can we check the dinning room? I have hunch I wanna check"

>>2649
"Father study.." Rosa repeats. "But we can't get in? We don't have the key. Maybe we should just go to the parlor or the den."

The group decides to decide where to go after going to the dining room with you. Everyone is fine with going to the dining room. The group leaves the boiler room and heads to the dining room.

The eerie circle still is on the dining room door. Both doors are closed.

In a calm way, and paying his respects for the deceased ones, anon opens the door to the dinning room and inspect it.

>>2651
You find nothing strange about the door. The powerful stench is reaching even to this room through the vents. It appears that the stench is everywhere in the main house.

Everyone starts to consider your proposal about going to the guest house.

>>2651
Laying on the table you see the bodies of Krauss, Gohda and Genji. A large carving knife is stabbed in Krauss's neck. The scene makes it look like Krauss, Gohda and Genji were going to be served as a main dish for breakfast.

You spot the body of Ikuko over by the dining cabinet where the dishes are stored. Only half of her head exists.

"... Wait a second, where is Natsuhi corpse?!"

>>2654
You look around but you can't find Natsuhi's corpse in the room.

"Guys, there's something suspicious here. I can't find Natsuhi corpse.
What if ... if she faked her death and is hiding somewhere?"

>>2656
"Natsuhi Nee-san is the culprit?" Rosa gasped.

"Natsuhi Oba-san..." Battler said in a breathless tone. "She is the one behind all this. She murdered her husband and Jessica!"

"I-I-I-Never knew that Madame was like that." Shannon stuttered. "I-I-I thought Madame was a good person."

"Who would have thought." Rudolf mutters. "I guess if you think about it, it makes sense. But who would have thought that she would murder her own daughter. She really has no heart."

"I never knew Madame was such a heartless person."

"Well, we can't be sure. She could be the culprit or she could be completely innocent, but there's something weird with Jessica dead. Burning her corpse to make it hardly recognizable anymore. Who knows, maybe even Jessica is alive ...
Anyways, Shannon, do you have the key to Kinzo-sama studio?"

>>2659
Shannon shakes her head. It appears no one knows where a key to Kinzo's study is.

"You don't? Oh well.
Anyways, we need to take shelter, there could be more than one person pretending to be death on this island. Should we return to the guesthouse? I think Eva gun was left on the crime scene.

>>2661
Upon the realization that they left a gun behind everyone agrees to head over to the Guesthouse.

"Uuu-uu!" Maria whines as everyone enters the lounge. "Maria has to go to the bathroom, Uuu-!"

Rosa looks at Maria, and lets out a sigh. "Alright but this is the last time I'm taking you." Rosa gets up and leaves the room with Maria.

"We should probably go and get that gun from Eva Nee-san's room." Rudolf mentions. "Here Battler, hold onto the gun. Shoot anyone who tries to enter the guesthouse ok. We locked the main door when we left, and it was still locked when we returned, so no one should have been able to get inside. We should be safe. I'll be right back."

With those words Rudolf also leaves the lounge.

"Wait Rudolf, I'm going with you."
anon follow Rudolf to Eva room.

>>2663
You and Rudolf head up the stairs while Rosa and Maria go by the stairs to the bathroom.

You both head down the hallway until you reach Eva's door. The room is very noticeable with its broken door and open doorway.

"Nee-san." Rudolf says as he enters the room and sees the scene for the first time.

"... What a despicable scene...
Rudolf, do you think Natsuhi would be able to commit this crime?"

A white butterfly flew through the cracks of the window in the lounge. It flew right past Battler and Shannon, though they didn't react to it at all.

Did they not see it?

Or did they just ignore it?

It flew down the hallway and past the stairs. It stopped in front of the door to the bathroom. Before it squeezed its way through the cracks in the door.

The bathroom was pretty big. The toilet area and the sink area where Rosa stood at where blocked by a separate room. The door to the toilet area were Maria currently was, was closed.

Rosa gazed out the window deep in thought. She was enthralled with her troubles so deeply that she didn't hear the sound of footsteps approach her.

"Mama."

Rosa jumped at the sudden voice. She looked to her left, Maria stood there smiling at her.

"M-M-Maria?" Rosa stuttered.

"Yes Mama." Maria replied.

"Maria?" Rosa repeated.

"Yes Mama?" Maria said again.

Rosa could tell something was wrong. But she couldn't but her finger on it. Something in her was screaming at her, but she couldn't place it. Something was telling her that something was wrong with this picture. But she couldn't figured it out.

It was sharp and sudden. A horrible pain shot through Rosa. "You're not Maria." Rosa gutted out with her last breath.

"How perceptive." Maria smirked pulling the pitch black staff from her Rosa's stomach.

"Ok, Mama. All done." Maria said as she came out of the toilet area. "Mama!" Maria screamed seeing her mother's corpse.

"Mama! Mama! Mama!" Maria cried out tears streaming down her face. She looked over at her double. "Why, why did you kill Mama!"

Her double smirked at her. "Me? What are you talking about? You killed your mother!"

The staff suddenly vanished from 'the doubles' hand and appeared in Maria's. Blood stained Maria's hands. She screamed and cried out. She looked around for the doppelganger but her double wasn't around, almost as if she didn't exist.

>>2665
"Natsuhi Nee-san, strangling people. It sounds kind of weird, but it isn't impossible. Sure it might not be possible for her to strangle Hideyoshi, but if he was sleeping I think she could do it. Or maybe she had help or something?"

The sound of crying suddenly interrupts your conversation. It is Maria's voice.

"Was that Maria?! Lets check the bathroom!"
anon will also pick the gun before leaving Eva room

>>2668
You pick up the gun before racing out of the room with Rudolf. You arrive at the end of the hallway, and from the bottom of the stairs you can see Battler and Shannon pounding on the door to the bathroom.

"Maria are you ok!" Battler frantically yells. "Maria, Rosa Oba-san answer me!" Battler starts to panic when there is only Maria crying as a response. "Shannon open the door!" Battler yells quickly at her.

Shannon takes out her master key and opens the door. You and Rudolf arrive next to them right as Shannon opens the door.

Rosa is laying on the floor blood spilling out of her chest. Maria is sitting on the tile next to her mother's body. Blood covers her hands, arms, and chest, there is even some blood on her face. A sharp knife is on the ground in between them.

"Rosa Oba-san!" Battler yells. "Ma-Maria-chan you- you- you didn't? Did you?"

Maria continues to cry. "Mama-Mama-Mama-Mama-Mama Mama!"

Shannon cries as well, Battler angrily pounds the tile. Shannon goes over to comfort her, however it seems to have little to no effect.

"Why!" Battler pounds the tile. "Why! Why! Why! Why is this happening!" He screams as the tile he has been punching smashes to pieces. He gains he composure a little bit and stands.

anon quickly take a towel from the bathroom and use it to cover Maria, trying to calm her down a bit.
"... What happened Maria? Who did this to Rosa?"

>>2670
Maria slowly calms down. "Mama-Mama is dead. Mama is dead!" Maria cried again. "Dunno. Mama! Mama! Mama! Come back! Maria loves you! MAMA! MAMA! MAMA!"

>>2671
She seems completely upset. It seems however, she didn't see anything, or if she did doesn't remember. Or something..

"Or Maybe it's just the GM trolling me."

_______________________________________________

"This is bad, guys we should shuttle ourselves in a room for now. Every time we split out somebody gets murdered, this is just insane. Whoever is plotting this massacre is obviously checking what do we do."

>>2673
Trust, love, etc. But one can wonder where trolls lie, and where truth exists.
_____________________________________________

"We should all stay in the lounge for now. I think." Rudolf tells shuffling everyone to the lounge.

anon will follow everyone to the lounge. Also since he is a gun faggot he will check the load of the gun, and if it does have more than one bullet he will make a test shoot on the floor.

>>2676
It is fully loaded, has all 5 bullets.

You shoot one into the floor. The bullet its the floor and creates a dent as the gun smokes.

"Alright, this gun seems to work fine. Also, it had all the bullets so apparently Eva nor Hideyoshi had any chance to resist against his killer, maybe they were drugged?" anon think aloud.
"Shannon, did you see or hear something strange before Maria scream? I don't understand what happened in the bathroom."

>>2678
"Strange sound? What do you mean? What kind do you mean."

"Ermm .."
Noticing Shannon common sense is probably lower than Maria's, he decides to try to talk with her again.
"Maria-chan, please try to calm down for a second, everything will be fine. Please tell me what happened in the bathroom."

>>2680
"Uu- Maria went to the toilet and closed the door, and then can't remember." Maria struggles to remember more. "Woke up, Mama was dead, covered in blood in front of me."

"I see, don't worry Maria, I won't let anyone hurt you."
anon say this to Maria, however he is not very sure if he can fulfill that promise.
"Shannon, this is important. You have been working here for a long time. Do you think it's possible to her to have planned this? It make sense if she wanted to kill the Guest, but why murdering anyone else? Or do you think someone else is behind this?"

>>2682
"........" Shannon remains strangely quiet. "I'm tired of this, so says as tears start to form in her eyes. All this death and suspicion. I don't want to believe that anyone would have done this. I don't want to call them bad people."

"..." Shannon pauses. "Maybe Beatrice-sama is the one behind this as Maria said."

This statement causes Maria to cry. "B-b-b-b Beatrice, is dead. Mama is dead, everyone is dead!"

"This is no use, everyone is to tired to talk."
anon will now make a check on the guesthouse, while locking all the doors and windows, checking the rooms before locking them.

>>2684
You commence a check of all rooms. You find all doors and windows locked. So you have no need to lock them. You find a small hole inside the closet of Eva's room.

______________________________________________

Bernkastel turns and looks at you. "I think it is time we win this game, don't you Anon?"

"Well, that's what we do here, right?
Mira, Witch of Destruction. What happens now?"

Hours fly by and everyone in the guesthouse begins to feel the powerful grip of hunger. Like a temptation of a great treasure, they can't resist it long. And the group decides to make a run to the kitchen in the main house.

Anon and Rudolf are at the front with Rudolf pushing a cart, Maria is in the middle, with Battler and Shannon bringing up the rear.

Battler carefully watches behind them and to the side readying the gun in his hand to kill anyone who would do harm to the group.

Shannon lets out a sudden scream. You quickly turn around and see two people laying on the ground. George is on top of Shannon with a gun in his hand, the barrel is pointing towards Shannon's head. Battler has his gun pointed at George's head.

"Help! Battler!" Shannon cries out in fright.

Battler growls at George. "Aniki-no George, you you're the culprit, you killed everyone!" Battler shouts as tears pour from his eyes.

Battler tackles George and the two of them begin a vicious fight. Battler manages to get on top and with another punch George falls to the ground. Battler points the barrel of the gun at George.

Suddenly the world around you turns gray, expect for Battler and yourself.

Bernkastel appears behind Battler and replaces the gun in his hand with a bright blue pistol.

"Under special authority, given to me by Lambdadelta. I am within my right to kill the culprit. I extend this authority to the piece I am using, Battler."

Mira glares at Lambdadelta who only laughs. "....Grrr... well it isn't like I can revoke it....."

"That is what you get for trusting me." Lambdadelta laughs as she torments Mira who is shaking.

Bernkastel turns and looks at you. "Well, Anon now is the time of our victory. Do you want to win?"

"Of course I want to win. Can't let that friend of yours take my victory.
Lambdadelta, you claim George is the culprit? pfft that's ridiculous. There are more than one culprit alive to this point. And one of them is indeed your piece, Battler!

>>2689
"Hoh~ Really? *Giggle* Is that so. Then explain all the crimes."

"Mystery? There's even any mystery to solve here?
I already solved the letter thing from a while ago and I will repeat it!
Shannon left the letter on my room, it wasn't her intention to involve me in this massacre!
And about the first twilight ...
Shannon master key was used to lock at least one of the doors of the dinning room!
And someone could have been also stay inside of the dinning room! For example:
George got beaten up and left on the dinning room alongside the corpses. He locked the door from the inside and then he fainted!

>>2691
Bernkastel looks away bored as your blue bullets fly at her.

Just as they are about to hit a red wall appears.

"Shannon did not lock either door to the dining room.
George did not lock either door to the dining room."

However one bullet passed through the wall and pierced Bernkastel, however she showed no sign on pain.

"Who is saying Shannon did it? Oh wait."
Someone locked the doors using Shannon keys, and then returned it to her!
Or even easier, Natsuhi, who had her own death faked was inside of the dinning room. She locked the door from the inside!

>>2693
Bernkastel flinches slightly when the blue bullets hit her.

"I see. And the 2nd twilight?"

"The bathroom. The door to the bathroom was closed and nobody checked it, actually not even the walk-in room was properly investigated.
Occam Razor? Jessica was hidden inside of the room, she killed both Hideyoshi and Eva."

>>2695
"....." Bernkastel huffs. "And the 4th twilight?"

"Something is very wrong here, my new enemy is not opposing too much resistance"
"... Kumasawa was absent for a long time, she could have died before Hideyoshi and Eva.
Anyways, the door was locked yes, but what is the big deal? The door was locked using the servant room key, which incidentally wasn't inside of the crime scene. Or maybe Shannon just locked it.

>>2697
A red wall appeared around Bern as she spoke.

"What makes you think such a key even exists. No such key as exists.
Shannon did not lock the door to the servants room."

"Some opposition? Finally"
anon look at his hand, he still got two tokens, but using one now would be a waste.
"The servant room door was forced, ergo locking it without the use of a key."
anon thinks for a bit and then suggest.
"Oh, this one is good. Kumasawa was killed before Hideyoshi and Eva, the culprit got outside of the servant room and locked it from the outside using Kumasawa master key. Then when Hideyoshi and Eva were dead as well Kumasawa master key got back to the servant room thanks to a hole through both rooms."

>>2699
The blue bullets flew into Bernkastel and send her flying backward.

Blood drips down from her head as she stands up.

"Rosa's death! What about that huh!"

"Why are you fighting me Bernkastel? Isn't Mira and Lambdadelta supposed to be my only opponents?"

>>2701
"Ushiromiya George is the culprit. I want to win this game. I won't allow you to screw it up."

"... Shannon used her master key, yes but. She only pretended to unlock the door, because it wasn't locked. Even worse, they noticed when the culprit went and killed Rosa but did nothing"

>>2703
"When you saw Battler and Shannon pounding on the door, the door was in fact locked."

Using magic, anon change to his emo clothes. Why? just because.
"Shannon, Genji or Gohda master key was used to lock that door, the culprit killed Rosa while Maria was still on the extra door of the bathroom"