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Guesthouse F1

Guesthouse F2

Mansion Incomplete

>>6600
"That is correct. I called Battler at 9:20, then you at 9:30. Seconds after I called you I also called Kyrie and Rudolf. At 9:35 I attempt to call Hideyoshi and Eva with no response.

>>6618
"So in other words, that half hour from 9:20 to 9:50 is... no, wait. All of you servants, at what times did you all wake up?"

>>6619
Each of the servants answers your question.

Genji: "As you know I never went to sleep."

Gohda: "I set my alarm clock to 8:00am so I could prepare for breakfast."

Berune: "I was woken by Ruon at 8:10am to help in the kitchen with Gohda."

Ruon: "I woke up around 8:00am and then woke Berune. After, I went to clean Rosa's room."

Manon: "It's already known I stayed up all night."

>>6620
I jot down all of these times in my notebook, then look at my watch.

>>6621
You write down the times and check the time.

It's 10:50am

>>6622
"I see. I believe that's enough interrogating for right now. But I have one last thing to ask of you all. Please stick together in the same room at all times. Once you're separated from the group it's likely that the culprit will just pick you off one by one. Don't forget there's a murderer on the loose. So be careful."

>>6623
Everyone agrees with your statement and they look as if they are wondering to do what next.

"Well I guess we should move to the parlor for now..." says Krauss.
"Wouldn't your study be saver Krauss?" Rudolf asks.
"Couldn't we just stay here?" Rosa adds.

Most of the group seems to be trying to decide where to go.
As they are doing this Kyrie walks up to you.

"So Kinjo," she says. "I was wondering what was your thoughts on all of this. After all it's your job is it not, to solve crimes? I assume you have some sort of theory don't you?"
Kyrie walks slightly past you and continues to talk. "Do you have any suspects in mind?"

>>6624
"...It's difficult to say. While the servants have the worst alibis, I doubt they would be the culprits. At best, they'd just be covering for someone like say... nah, in the end that's just a theory. I can't prove anything yet, really."

>>6625
"So in other words, you are expecting more murders to occur?"

>>6626
"You know that Japanese saying? When it happens two times, you should expect it to happen a third time. That's just what I think."

>>6627
"That's troubling."
Kyrie looks behind her, seemingly to check the others.
"There is someone else I want to tell you about last night." her voice now down to a whisper. "While I was getting my drink I saw Ruon in the guesthouse. Now that I have heard all the alibi's it seems more conclusive that she had the opportunity to be there. Not to mention while you and the men went to the crime scene Ruon entered the dinning hall a few minutes after you had left. I'd thought I'd let you know."

>>6628
"Interesting. Does that mean you suspect her, then?"

>>6629
"Heh, perhaps. She seems the most suspicious at the very least."

>>6630
I look to see what Ruon is doing right now.

"Possibly. But what kind of motive would a servant have to kill those two? There's nothing to be gained from their deaths unless the motive is personal, and I just don't see a servant having that."

>>6631
Ruon is being silent in the corner with the other servants.

"Well maybe you're right, maybe you're not." says Kyrie. "In this world motive always comes last. You'd be surprised how many cases are solved without even considering the motive. When so much circumstantial evidence is found the motive can instantly become redundant."

"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" Battler walks up to you and Kyrie, the others are still talking.

>>6632
"We were just discussing the whiteness of our hair things related to the murder. Is there anything you want to mention regarding your jealousy of our white hair, Battler?"

>>6633
"Anything else? I don't think so. Do you have something particular in mind?"

>>6634
"Well, you were the first one at the scene of the crime. Was there anything odd that stuck out to you when you got there?"

>>6635
"Hmm. Well, the fact Hideyoshi was in his pajamas, and Eva was still wearing her clothing from the night before seemed odd."

"When you took Maria to the mansion, which servants did you see?" Kyrie asks.

"Servants? Why?" Battler gives you a stare.

>>6636
"Just answer the question, please."

>>6637
"I see, so that's where this is going.
When I walked to the mansion with Maria I saw Genji shoveling and when we passed through the main entrance I saw Ruon. Those are the only servants I saw that night."

>>6638
"So, according to the times... Battler and Maria went back to the mansion at midnight, where he saw Ruon. Sometime around 2:10 or 2:30 when Kyrie called for a drink she saw Ruon in the guesthouse. According to Ruon's alibi she never gave any specific times, but supposedly only cleaned up the parlor, dropped some things off in the kitchen and served Krauss and Natsuhi before going to sleep. It's inconsistent."

>>6639
"See, it seems like the best possibility." says Kyrie.
Battler says nothing and simply walks back to the group.

"Hmm, I probably shouldn't have said that in front of Battler." says Kyrie. "Over the years the servants have been working here the cousins have probably made strong bonds with them. Well what is done is done."

>>6640
"......Kyrie. This is probably related to the murder of George three years ago. Can you tell me anything about that?"

>>6641
"It's a rather long story, how much of it would you like to know?"

>>6642
"As much as you can remember."

>>6643
"Alright, I'll give you a summary of what happened."

Kyrie explains the event. Her explanation matches Hideyoshi's exactly.

"That's about it. There is something else you should probably know. There have been some rumors about the case being hushed up by us. That actually may be the case.
I don't have evidence, however It's extremely likely that Krauss covered up the main points of the incident. Hell, I wouldn't doubt it if he had the police document destroyed."

>>6644
"I see. Did you suspect anyone at the time, of being the culprit way back then?"

>>6645
"Of course the people who disappeared were the most suspicious. The only problem was how did they do it. The room was practically solid metal."

Kyrie looks past you and you also turn to see what it is.
It seems the group is done deciding and they are calling you over. As you and Kyrie walk over you notice battler break away from a conversation with Genji and Krauss then speaks.
"Alright, we have decided that we should stay in the parlor for now. Are there any objections, Mr. detective?"

>>6646
"No objections, but we should probably bring some food with us. I don't think anyone ate breakfast, and we'll need energy for the rest of the day."

>>6647
"Agreed. We'll stop by the kitchen and grab some canned food before going to the parlor."

With that said Krauss opens the door and everyone starts to leave. You are currently in the dinning room.

>>6648
I follow the group to the kitchen.

>>6649
As you are about to leave the dinning room a single sentence is spoken. One sentence that seems to shake the whole room.

>>6650
I turn around and look at Battler.
"...Huh? What are you trying to say?"

>>6651

[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICKoZ18zHk ]

You turn around and see Battler standing there with a smirk on his face.
"That's right. It's useless, you're whole theory is useless!" Battler yells.
"Hey what is going on!?" The others seemed to have heard Battler and are now standing in the doorway.

"I'll tell you what's going on! Kinjo here is doing a lousy job as a detective! There is no way for Ruon to be the culprit!"
The crowd stationed behind you starts to murmur. Ruon breaks to the front, "Kinjo...You think I'm the culprit?"

Battler doesn't give you a chance to respond. "Ah, damn right he does! However there is one major flaw in that theory, it's impossible for Ruon to have committed this crime!" Battler lifts one of his hands in an arching motion above his head and points at Genji.
"Genji, you said you were shoveling during the whole night; The exception being a single moment. When was this moment, and why did you do so?"

Genji responded, "It was at 2:10, Manon had called me because she didn't know where the equipment was for the drinks."
Battler smiles, "Good! And where pray tell did you meet her?"
"It was in the main entrance of the guesthouse, right in front of the lobby doors. I told her where to find it and then went back outside. The interaction lasted less than a minute." Genji finishes.

"Exactly! And -" The world fades yet again. " because of the snow there is no way to get to the Guesthouse or Mansion without using the path Genji made!" As your vision becomes clear you can see Battler's finger is now pointing at you. "Since Genji and Manon met in such a place there was no chance for someone to sneak by!" he exclaimed.
Battler continues, "I last saw Ruon in the main entrance of the mansion at midnight, also Genji never saw Ruon that night. Finally, Genji has already told me that the snow stopped at 7:30 in the morning, upon entering the mansion he saw Ruon exit her room!

"Therefore, Ruon never even left the mansion!" Battler asserted.

Everyone is shocked silent. All you can hear is a small mumble of relief from Ruon.

"This doesn't add up...! Kyrie...explain yourself. What exactly did you see last night from 2:10 AM to 2:30 AM?"

>>6653
"I'm telling you, I ordered my drinks, opened the door because I thought I heard Manon coming, but I saw Ruon walking down the stairs. I closed my door waited a few seconds and Manon showed up!" Kyrie says.

"Lies! I never left the mansion just like Battler said!" Ruon cries.

Battler thrusts his fist into the air for some sort of signal for silence.
"Pfft, that simple Kinjo." he starts. "Devil's proof. Kyrie was tired, she could have mistaken Manon for Ruon, they look similar after all. Not to mention that Kyrie was had been drinking."

>>6654
"So they were walking down the stairs? If it was Manon why would she do that? The servant's room is on the first floor so she wouldn't be upstairs! But at the same time, if you're trying to say Ruon killed them and you saw her as she was leaving...Eva was alive at that time, so that doesn't make sense!"

...

"...In any case, it would be better to stop pointing fingers for now, and move together to the parlor. There's not enough information yet."

>>6655
I drink some vodka to go back to this point in time and watch events unfold slightly differently.

>>6655
"Like I said, Kyrie's perspective wasn't reliable that night." says Battler. Kyrie looks a little peeved that Battler keeps undermining her, but she doesn't disagree.

"Besides, we someone has already starting to point fingers, now that it's been proven false I know exactly who to point to." Battler closes his eyes and smirks yet again.
"The last person to have seen one of the victims alive, the unexpected guest, the outsider, the odd man out." Battler lifts his hand once again and points... to who?

"That's right, it's YOU, Kinjo! You are the most suspicious here!

>>6665
"Now hold on...! Why would I kill them?! I have no motive! I'm just as likely a suspect as anyone else here! I'm a detective, not a murderer!"

>>6666
"Yeah, that's what the last detective said, and then she went around mutilating corpses!
You could just be another lunatic who loves the sight of blood for all I know."

"You said you last saw Eva at 3am, which is well after anybody else saw her. Genji told me that Hideyoshi wanted to talk to you last night. He also saw you climbing out of your room window some time during the night."

"Another thing that strikes me as odd is that you were running around without a jacket last night. Judging from the crime scene the culprit would have had to get blood on their clothing. Nobody saw Eva after a certain point during the night. She could have been killed much earlier then we think. You probably had to wash the blood off didn't you?"

"Now that you mention it I saw Kinjo hiding in the boiler room without his jacket on..." Ruon says
"See! Even more suspicious actions. What do you have to say for yourself?" Battler says.

>>6667
"Battler...you think I'd kill the people who wanted me to solve the case of their kid's death?! You're just throwing theories around. You know, I didn't say Ruon was the culprit. I was just thinking a servant might be an accomplice at best... You know who I think the culprit is? You!!!"

>>6668
"Me?" Battler clicks his tongue. "Out of all your theories so far-"
Before Battler can finish Kyrie interrupts.

"Alright, you both are right, almost anyone could have done it. For now, I'd say we should do as Kinjo suggested and stop pointing fingers. Even if there are countless suspicious actions against him there is not proof on anyone."
Battler protests but Kyrie firmly stops him.
"Alright whatever." He gives you a final glare and then leaves the room into the hall.

It seems nobody else has anything to say, so you follow him into the hall.

The group stops by the kitchen to get some canned food. Gohda and Rudolf grab armfuls and bring them to the parlor where everyone sits down in silence.

>>6669
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcE1_uKySnQ ]

As you enter the room you notice there are still has decorations set up in the parlor. Extremely unfitting for the event that had taken place almost an hour ago. Everybody takes seats in arbitrary places. A can opener is passed around and everyone gets a few cans of food. People eat in silence. Nothing is said. You have a few cans open in front of you and a spoon.

>>6670
Eat food, etc.

>>6671
You finish off you food along with everyone else.
There is no talking going on until Natushi suddenly speaks.
"I hate these flowers. Can someone take them away?" she says as she points to the vase of flowers on the table.
Manon walks over and picks up the vase and moves it to another table. As this is done Natsuhi lets out a gasp and heads turn in the her direction. Where the vase once was there is a envelope.

>>6672
"What does it say?"

>>6673
Natsuhi picks up the envelope and opens it. Inside there is a letter and she begins reads it out loud.

"Dear Detective-san,
After investigating on my own I have found there are some certain documents on this island that- What is this nonsense!" Natsuhi suddenly stops reading and yells. Battler grabs the letter from her and continues.
"There are some certain documents on this island that should complete the ones you already have. However they are guarded by the head of the family and only he knows how to get them."
As Battler reads his vision slowly lays upon Krauss. "Krauss, what is this taking about?"

Krauss opens his mouth and closes it a few times. Finally he seemingly has settled on something. "Alright, I'll let you see them. There isn't much point of hiding it now." Krauss turns to the door. "It would be best to show you, I'll go get them." Krauss is about to grab the handle as Battler speaks up.

"Hey, hey, hey what about sticking together?" says Battler.

>>6674*
"That's right, we should stick together no matter what. If Krauss goes everyone else should go as well, either that or stay here together. There's no doubt that the culprit wants us to split up."

>>6675
As you say that Battler looks over at you. From behind Rosa starts to speak.
"Um, if you don't mind I have an idea." Everyone moves to get a look at Rosa.
"I was thinking, since the exchange that happened in the dinning room. If we sent Battler or Kinjo with Krauss, and everyone else stayed here, then they should be save."

"Save!?" Battler buts in, "If he is the culprit for all we know Krauss could be his last target and he will just run off into the forest after he is done with him." Battler exclaims furiously.

"Actually, when you think about it Battler, the snow is way too high for someone to even reach the forest," says Kyrie. "I see what Rosa is trying to say. However you are right, if we sent a single person with Krauss, and they turn out to be the culprit, then we're just throwing him out to the lion's den. So I have a better idea, send both of them."

"That could work." says Krauss, "That way if everyone else stays here in the parlor then both of them can give alibi's for each other. Naturally the same can be said about the people in the parlor."
"Well, when you say it like that..." Battler mumbles.

"Alright then, Kinjo and Battler follow me." Krauss motions towards the door.

>>6676
"Fair enough."

I follow Krauss.

>>6677
You and Battler follow Krauss out of the parlor and into the hallway. You notice as you walk Battler is continuously watching you. It's rather creepy.
Eventually you reach the main stairs and Krauss walks right past it. Confused, you asked why you are not going up the main stairs.
"The main stairs only go to the second floor. You have to use the stairs to the far right of the mansion to get to the third floor. I guess they really shouldn't be called the main stairs..." Krauss says simply.

You continue past the dinning room and the servant's room then reach the stairs at the end of the mansion. As you arrive on the second floor you give a quick look down the length of the mansion.

[ Mansion F2 Glance ]

The second floor looks pretty much the same as the first floor, just with more rooms. You and the others continue up the stairs yet again and reach the third floor. As you do you notice that light is shining through the windows on this floor.

Despite being the third floor there is no long hallway going through it. Rather, from what you can see it looks more like a foyer. Looking around the corner there is a single large fancy wooden door in the middle of the wall. Around the corner again is some more stairs. However Krauss stops in front of the door and pulls out a key. "Alright, here is my study." he says while inserting the key and unlocking the door.

>>6678

[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEUw0YgN-h4 ]

Krauss unlocks the door and you hear the lock open loudly. The three of you enter the room and the door swings shut behind you. As it does you notice the sound of the lock again.
"This study used to be my father's. As you know he was slightly paranoid, hence the auto-lock," Krauss states. "After he passed away I decided I might as well use it. I must say I have been rather reluctant on throwing away his artifacts. Even if they are rather disturbing."

Krauss then walks into what appears to be the main part of the room. The room is heavily covered in books and odd looking artifacts like chemistry bottles and suits of armor. You notice that the study is actually broken up into multiple rooms. Fortunately for you each has a label above the door.

[ Mansion F3 ]

"Alright just give me a minute, they should be in my desk somewhere."

Krauss starts to search in his desk and Battler looks around at the artifacts. You are standing in the main part of the study.

>>6679
I'll also look at those artifacts.

>>6680
You look around the main area of the room. Along the walls there are countless books on random subjects, ranging from sciences to business. Over on the left side wall there is a bunch of chemistry beakers that haven't seemed to have been used for a long time. Behind is some box of chemicals. One the wall to the right there is a large collection of alcohol, for some reason the vodka draws you in closer, but you control you self and break away from it's gaze.

Krauss is still looking through his desk.

>>6681
What kind of chemicals are there?

>>6682
There seems to be a rather small variety. Judging form the labels there is some Hydrogen cyanide, Dipotassium phosphate, Hydrogen carbonate, and and bottle labled, iron(III) bromide hexahydrate.

>>6683
I'll wait for Krauss.

>>6684

[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ZvuaqK66g ]

Eventually Krauss says he has found it and he stands up from his desk.

Krauss hands you a few sheets of paper. "I burned the rest of them, but those papers should be a summary."
You take a look at the papers, they look exactly the same format as the police records you got from Terence.

The first page is simple a title labled, "Rokkenjima Murder"
On the second page however there are pictures of a corpse you reconize it as George...but wait...

The other picture is of a girl! Half of her face is destroyed, she was probably no more then 20 years old. You notice she is wearing a maid outfit, however the document says the body was never identified.
"Krauss t-this is!" Battler starts.
"Yes, that's right, Shannon and Kanon didn't dissapear on that day, she was also found dead, right next to George." Krauss says as he goes over to the alcohol drawers and starts pours himself a drink.
Battler seems to be shocked and he takes a few steps back. "So it was true... I knew it..."

You continune to read; it seems she was in the same state as George, gunshot to the back of the head, found in the same room no less. "Kinjo, I don't know if you have found out, but there wasn't two servants that dissapeared that day. You see, we had a servant who suffvered a mental condition. It caused different personalities to form inside her head. Her actual name was Yasu. Kanon and Shannon were examples of the personalities."
Krauss walks back over to his desk and sits with his drink in hand.
"This are the only documents I can think of. Does this satisfy you?

>>6686
"Does this satisfy me? I never asked for this. It was that person who keeps writing those letters. And they're probably the person who killed Eva and Hideyoshi. If there's nothing else to show me we should head back to the others immediately to make sure they're safe."

>>6687
"Also, I wouldn't drink that if I were you!!!"

>>6688
"Hmm? Why not? I just bought this rum yesterday, and there is only one key to the room which I keep on my at all times. Besides..."
Krauss reaches into his desk and pulls out a silver spoon. He then puts in into the rum and moves it around. Removing it, he then stares at it for a few seconds.
"I saw you doing this yesterday. If I remember correctly it will show if there is poison in something. By the looks of it there is nothing." says Krauss.

"Besides, if you didn't notice, I already tested it for poison." He points over to the alcohol drawers and you see a small bottle beside a cup with a bit of liquid in it. "I've been threatened more then once in my life time, I tend to be extra cautious around alcohol." He then takes a gulp of the drink. "See? Nothing wrong."

"Anyway, to get back on to the topic at hand, if you check the third page if you will." Krauss says while putting down his drink on his desk.

>>6689
"Right..."

I check the third page.

>>6690
You flip to the last page of the collection and see what he was taking about. On the last page there is yet another picture, however this one is on a beach. There in the photo is a rotten corpse in a disfigured position. The date is two years ago. Krauss stands up and looks out the window.
"Yes, that is the body of Furudo Erika, it was found a year after the incident. The only way they were able to identify the corpse was because of the teeth. At first it would be obvious that she has committed the crime and then killed her self. However once they got a good look at the bones it was found that she was shot in the back of the head. Impossible for a suicide."

"So she wasn't the culprit after all..." Battler mentions.

>>6691
"So two other people were killed on that day. If Yasu and George were found dead at the same time, does that mean the servant who found them covered it up then and there? How did they do it?"

>>6692
"The answer is simple, they were not found inside that room. When the bodies were found Genji informed me of the conditions for Yasu, and i ordered the bodies to be moved. It seems at the last moment George was able to solve the riddle, and he wrote it down. Because of that we knew where the door was and how to open it."

>>6693
"You had the bodies moved? Where were they originally found dead?"

>>6694
"In the mansion's servant room."

>>6695
"...So you moved George to the VIP room. But what about Yasu?"

>>6696
*And by "VIP room" I meant "that underground base".

>>6697
"Yasu was taken to father's supposed hidden mansion by Genji. I heard she was later buried."

"What?" Battler speaks for once in a while, when you look at him he looks angry. "Well, where was she buried?" he asks.
"I'm sorry, I do not know. Only Genji does."

"Sonofva- Alright come on, lets go back."

>>6698
"Right, we've been here long enough."

I motion to start leaving.

>>6699
"Alright." Krauss agrees and downs his drink.
You and Battler turn to leave, however you notice you don't hear a sound from Krauss.

[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJuQaMZOuPk ]

Krauss is standing frozen in place beside his desk. His eyes bulging and his mouth moving open and close. His hand gripping his chest crumpling his clothing. He attempts to take a step, however suddenly he lurches sideways and losses his balance, flying head first into the alcohol drawers. The glass shatters on impact and blood splatters on the ground. A ear piercing scream is emitted from his mouth as he falls backwards on to the middle of the floor in front of you. The room shakes from his one prideful figure hitting the ground. Bottles fall from the impact, snow passes the window, the suit of armor falls. The mouth once uttering such hateful remarks is cut up and looks on fire, stained by the bright color of red. His eyes practically jumping from their sockets, he reaches his arm out towards you, stretching, stretching, the bloody face of Krauss pleading for someone, something to help him. Until finally you see the light shatter from his eyes and his arm goes limp. Laying there in the middle of the destruction a puddle of blood starts to form surrounding his head.

>>6700
"Well, can't say I didn't warn him."

>>6701
"W-what...Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooo!" Battler lets out a yell, as he does the word turns grey.

(Investigation Mode)

>>6702
Alright.

Let's quickly survey the room once again. To see its current state.

>>6703
Around the room a variety of objects have fallen down, notable the suit of armor. Krauss's body is laying in the middle of the main study in a pool of blood. The alcohol cabinet is shattered and many of the bottles have fallen, and thus have smashed on the ground. Krauss's cup is on the corner of his desk. Beside the cup is a silver spoon. In the middle of the desk there are piles of documents from which Krauss took out in search of the case papers.

>>6704
First things first, let's examine those documents!

>>6705
You take a peek at the documents on the desk. They seem to about previous and current deals with other companies. According to the documents a few years ago when Kinzo was alive his sons and daughters needed money. Out of what looks to be sheer luck, with the 'little' amount of inheritance Kinzo left Krauss he was able to bring everyone out of debt.

>>6706
Very well then, onto less important matters.

I'll check the silver spoon.

>>6707
Checking the silver spoon you can see nothing wrong with it.

>>6708
Anything odd about the cup?

>>6709
You look at the cup. It is on a small golden plate built into the desk. It is empty. From looking at it you can't see anything odd.

>>6710
Next up is the alcohol cabinet, how does it look?

>>6712
You walk over to the cabinet. There are shards of glass scattered around the floor mixing in with the many types of alcohol and blood. The small tray and bottle Krauss said he used to test the drink with are left untouched by the damage.

>>6713
I'll hold onto that tray and bottle for later. Oh, and I'll go and take that silver spoon with me too. And finally check out the closet.

>>6714
You pick up the bottle and tray. As you do you notice inside the tray the rum is the same color as rum should be. The bottle is half full.
You go over to the closet and look inside. There is an assortment of outfits. You look around each corner but only find clothing.

>>6715
Time to inspect the bathroom, how does it look inside?

>>6716
You enter the bathroom.
Besides being considerably larger then the one in the guesthouse it seems to have all the same functions: a toilet, a sink, a mirror, a shower, and a garbage bin. You search each one but come up empty handed.

>>6717
Back in the main room, are there any other interesting objects that fell on the floor?

>>6719
No, your quick survey identified all of them.

>>6720
I'll search the bookcases for anything hidden inside, as well as secret passages!

>>6723
You check every single book and crevice on the bookshelves and conclude there is nothing hidden there.

>>6724
Derp, silly me.

Almost forgot to inspect the dead body up close.

>>6725
After inspecting the body more closely you find that the only wounds you can see are the ones caused by the glass. The the smell of alcohol is strong, however around the head it smells slightly more pleasant, different from the rest of the body. The cornea has filmed over, and the white of the eye is turning grey.

>>6726
I check for any noticeable change in complexion of the face.

>>6727
The face extremely cut up and bloody, it's hard to check complexion, however it seems slightly pale.