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Guesthouse F1

Guesthouse F2

Mansion F1

Mansion F2 Glance

Mansion F3

The world shatters into nothing. Where you were once standing, you are now sitting in somewhere completely different. In front of you, in the middle of the room is a chessboard. Facing you is a single white piece. The other side is fuzzy and out of focus, as if it's being blocked from your sight. You are alone.

On the other side of the room there is and empty chair parallel to the one you are sitting in. At that moment there is a booming sound and the room filled with the color of blue.

"Kyrie is not dead. Battler couldn't properly confirm her death without the use of his candle, which is in a different room!"

The moment the blue fades there is a loud popping sound and in the chair that was empty there now sits a man.

[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVSOu2Tjshg ]

>>6858
Alright, finally! I was waiting for a blue Kinjo. Let's see what-

Hold up...This, is the first blue you try? Jeez and here I thought you actually had a theory or something useful. Then again you did accuse me of a logic error back then, so I wouldn't put it past you. Anyway, I don't even need red for this. You just need to investigate more.

Battler still has his lighter with him you know? It's not like it's a one use object like a match.

While you are here is there anything else you want to try?

>>6859
Hey, it sounded better in my head...!

Anyway, I'll try another. Two-sided attack!

Manon was seen in the guesthouse by Kyrie in the time from 2:10 AM to 2:30 AM!

Ruon was seen in the guesthouse by Kyrie in the time from 2:10 AM to 2:30 AM!

>>6860
Okay, at least that's a theory of sorts.

Manon was seen in the guesthouse by Kyrie from 2:10 AM to 2:30 AM.
I won't respond to the second one, I also won't tell you why either.

If you really feel like it, you can try one more for now. After that you'll be sent back. Unless you are already good?

>>6861
Let's go for one more.

The one who wrote the letter that sent me here is among the people on this island.

>>6862
Another good one. I'll allow it.

Whether they are dead or alive, the one who wrote the letter that called you to Rokkenjima is among the people on the island.

Anyway, if you excuse me. I've got something to deal with.

>>6863
With another small pop the man disappears. Leaving you alone in the room with the walls glowing red from his last statement. It slowly fades back to the norm and at that moment darkness overcomes you.

--

>>6864
You open your eyes to find yourself in the room with Genji's corpse and Maria. The world is still halted. As if nothing had just transpired.

>>6865
First I take the candle, then get a closer inspection of Genji's corpse.

>>6866
The candle is already close enough to see Genji's corpse.

Looking at Genji's corpse reveals not much else then you already knew. There is a large stab wound in his chest, right around where the heart should be. He is lying stretched out, his mouth wide open and covered in blood, no doubt by caused by him coughing it up after being stabbed. His eyes have yet to film over.
Near his body is some broken glass, which turns out to actually be the lantern he had taken from the servant room. It is broken beyond repair.

>>6867
You also notice while crouching that unlike other investigation modes this one hasn't blocked off the hallway. What could that mean?

>>6868
I'll examine the entire room, using the light from the candle to see.

>>6869
There is some odd resistance from the candle, but you are in the end able to lift it up and proceed to use it to investigate the room.

The room is roughly the same size of your guestroom and seems to have a closet and bathroom. There is a single window on the opposite side of the door. There is a bed and a single wardrobe in the room.

>>6870
2nd Floor Murders

>>6871
I'll take a look at the door closest to Genji's corpse (not the exit) and see what's inside.

>>6891
You open the door to the closet.
Inside there are rows of outfits, that is not to say there is any variety. The are all the same, matching the clothing Genji is wearing.

>>6892
You sure there aren't any fancy suits? Either way I'll proceed to the next door and look around.

>>6893
You check in the very back of the closet and find an incredibly fancy suit. It is completely golden.
Disregarding the amazing suit you go check the other door, which leads to a small bathroom. Inside there is a toilet, shower, sink, mirror, and a garbage bin.

>>6894
I'll check the trash and inspect the mirror.

>>6895
Upon your inspection of the mirror you find nothing odd. By pushing it it swings open and inside are a variety of toiletries.
There is nothing found in the trash bin.

>>6896
Very well.

Back inside the bedroom, are there any notable pieces of furniture aside from the butler?

>>6897
Excluding the bed and wardrobe there is a small table beside the bed. On top of the table there is a lamp and a phone.

>>6898
Let's inspect the wardrobe this time. Is it big enough for a person to hide inside?

>>6899
It would be uncomfortable but yes, a person could fit inside. It is locked.

>>6900
...Locked?

I'll bend the copper wire from my magnets to form a lockpick! Let's bust this door open!

>>6901
It takes awhile, but you finally pick the lock and open it up. Inside there are multiple drawers lining the sides. The main section of the wardrobe is empty.

>>6902
Take no prisoners, let's open them all!

>>6903
Inside most of them there is more clothing, however in the very bottom drawer there is a small box. It is locked with a special type of lock. It seems fruitless to try and pick it.

>>6891
>>6893
>>6895
>>6897
>>6899
>>6901
>>6903
Reported

>>6904
Hmm.

I'll take the box with me. Then I'll go over to the table and see if the lamp or phone magically works.

>>6908
You take the rather large box with you and put it under you arm. Checking the phone and lamp you find they do not work.

>>6904
>>6908
>>6909
>Small box, box, rather large box

Watch out Kinjo! The box is growing in size!

>>6910
That was just Ozaki hinting Piece Kinjo mental disability background.

>>6911
Alright...

I'll go over to Genji's corpse and pick up the broken glass.

>>6912
You pick up the glass, and add it to you already stuffed pockets.

>>6913
Where's Maria at?

I tell her to turn around (facing away from me) and close her eyes.

>>6914
Maria seems to be frozen in place. However you words somehow get through to her and the next thing you know she goes from facing you, to facing away from you.

>>6915
The detective is forbidden from killing any child of man.

I take one of the glass shards... and slice off Genji's neck...!!!

>>6916
You vicious thrust cuts right through Genji's neck, and in one quick motion his head falls off. As if in stop motion the blood from your strike spatters around the body.

>>6917
Damn, I forgot about the blood splatter.

I'll check to make sure it didn't get anywhere on me... if not, I'll end the investigation here (and leave the glass shard on the ground).

>>6918
You have gotten a splash of blood on your right sleeve. Your shoes have also been covered from what you did, not to mention stepping in the puddle of blood.

>>6919
I'll re-enter the bathroom and begin washing the stained parts of my clothes with cold water.

>>6920
It's takes a while but you eventually wash it off. You can still see it if you try, however it's not noticeable.

>>6921
Good.

Investigation over.

>>6922
The world slowly fades back, and the darkness regains its viscosity.
The room is silent excluding Maria's breathing in the corner of the room.

>>6923
"Maria, you can open your eyes now. It's not safe to stay here, let's go check on Battler."

I grab Maria's hand and go to the room Battler entered earlier.

>>6924
You take Maria by the hand and walk out of the room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDma4A6A3Bc

As soon as the you enter the hallway you hear a small gust of wind, and your candle goes out. Before you can realized what you heard wasn't just a gust of wind, a sharp screaming pain assaults you leg and you feel a mass impact you on the chest. As you fall the sound of ripping flesh flies into you ears, matching perfectly with the painful vibrations coming from your leg.

Falling to the ground you hear Maria scream, followed by the sound of one foot after another rushing down the hallway.
Reaching down to grab your leg the pain returns and the agony is immense. Something hot is pouring out of your leg and into your hands.

>>6925
"Maria! Are you alright?!"

I try and find her in the darkness.

>>6926
"I'm alright Kinjo." Maria says weakly from behind you.
The footsteps counting to echo through the hall and the pain doesn't subside.

>>6927
As much as I want to chase after that culprit... I can't let Maria get hurt.

It'd probably be useless with my leg hurting so much, anyway.

I continue to try and make my way to Battler's room... if I can tell where it is in the dark. I call out to Battler.

"Battler, where are you?!"

>>6928
Just as you are about to call out your hear Battler exit the room and flick on his lighter. "What the hell happened?" he yells while running up to you.
"What the.." he mutters as he gets closer and sees your leg.

Now that it is lit up you can now see the damage. Your pants have been stained red, and right on the thigh there are is a large stab wound cutting through the fabric right into your flesh. Blood is steadily dripping from it.

>>6929
"Someone attacked us... probably the same one who killed the others. Damn, if only we had a doctor on this island...What should we do?"

>>6930
"Shit, they must be long gone by now. Quickly, cover up that wound with something, we should get out of here." Battler says.

>>6931
"Right."

I take off my tie and use it as a bandage. Then I take Maria's hand and follow Battler.

>>6932
You try to get up however you find your left leg almost completely useless due to the wound. Looks like you'll have to hop.

Battler takes Maria's hand, lights the candle and starts to slowly go down the hallway.

>>6933
I'll follow.

>>6934
You limp after Battler who stops at the main staircase and turns around. "Hey will you be alright to walk?"

>>6935
"It's a bit difficult...Don't worry, I'll manage somehow."

>>6936
Battler nods and continues down the steps with Maria, with you following shortly behind.
The first thing you notice is that the main doors are wide open. Battler stops.

"They must have gone to the guesthouse. You know, like we were talking about before. We should probably head over there too."

>>6937
"Good idea. Let's at least go outside where we can see."

>>6938

The three of you exit the mansion and are greeted by the cold winds. The clouds are a deep shade of gray and the snow keeps falling. In the distance the light from the guesthouse can be seen.
After an painful trek through the path Genji had made your group makes it to the guesthouse and all three of you enter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm6BKgnuW_s

"Hello?" Battler calls in the brightly lit hallway. There is no response.
Battler walks over to the double doors closest to the entrance and yanks them open. Inside the Lobby there are a few chairs a sofa and a small bar to the side. There is also a bathroom and a closet it looks like.

The only problem is, nobody is there.

"Where they hell..." mutters Battler.

>>6939
I hop over to the closet and open it. What's inside?

>>6940
Just some cleaning tools such as a vacuum cleaner and a broom. Nothing really interesting.

"Oi Kinjo, don't you think you should be taking it easy right now?" Battler says.

>>6941
"...Yeah. It's probably best that I head back to my room, but what do you and Maria plan to do?"

>>6942
"I don't know, I was positive that everyone was going to be here..." Battler says while Maria sits down on a coach out of ear range.

"Anyway, if we really are the last ones, then I'm not letting us get split up. I think we should go find that radio Genji was taking about. From what I remember, I think they kept one in the servant room."

>>6943
"Servant room sounds good. Let's go."

I lead the way to the servant room.

>>6944
"Come on Maria," calls Battler. Maria puts up some resistance but she eventually gets off the sofa and follows.

The three of you enter the servant room. Inside it looks similar to the one in the mansion. Excluding the utilities of course. Battler goes over to the desk and starts to look through drawers. After a few seconds he gets to the bottom drawer and pulls out a large radio.

"Alright," says Battler "Genji already tried to use this once, so it should already have the settings punched in."
He starts to fiddle with it, and then a light flickers on. A steady buzz of static is coming from the radio.He then picks up the microphone.
"Hello? Is anyone there we need help quickly!" He takes his hand of the mic and listens for a response.
All that comes out is static.

Battler seems determined and starts to try again.

>>6945
You hear a sound coming from the hallway. Battler doesn't seem to notice it over the static.

>>6946
I whisper to Battler.

"Hold on. Do you hear that?"

>>6947
Battler looks up from the radio and turns it off.

With the power off you can clearly hear the sound of a door being closed.
"We shouldn't make unnecessary moves. Lets wait." Battler
whispers. The three of you wait and no longer then a minute later a voice is heard.
"Battler? Kyrie? You here?" It sounds like Rudolf. Battler walks over to the door and enters the hallway. "Dad!?"
You follow him and sure enough there is Rudolf at the end of the hallway.

>>6948
"Battler? Christ it is you! I thought you had gotten caught up in the explosion!" says Rudolf. Battler follows, "What happened to you guys?"
"I don't know, the others and I just woke up in the boiler room only moments ago." says Rudolf. "It was a real mess, the whole room caved in. Not to mention-" However Battler cuts him off. "Wait, others? Who else survived?"

Rudolf looks confused. "Survived? Well everyone I guess. They should be here any second. You, Genji, Kinjo, Kyrie, and Maria were the only ones missing." He looks around and sees you and Maria. Stopping for a moment he slowly asks: "So... where are Kyrie and Genji?"

Battler can't help but look down. "They are both dead." he finally is able to mumble. Rudolf's expression freezes. "No..." You notice Rudolf start to sway a bit.
At that moment the sound of the door opens again. You decided to get close to where Rudolf and Battler are standing to get a better look. There the rest of the people thought to be missing are standing.
Jessica, Rosa, Ange, Gohda, Manon, Berune, and Ruon.

>>6949
"That's right... we've lost another person. Two people, in fact."

>>6950
Another person you say?

"Maria!" Rosa calls and runs up towards you and Maria. "Oh thank goodness I thought I had lost you." Rosa cries as Maria says she was fine in a clam voice. Ange also waddles over to Battler and silently tugs on his shirt while shaking. Battler gives her a pat on the head and quietly reassures that he is okay.

It seems the other had heard the news about Kyrie and Genji through the doorway and have fallen silent. Jessica speaks up, "So in other words; while we were all unconscious, your group, Kyrie, Genji and the culprit were not." When this is said you notice Battler's expression grow tense as his eyes squint. He puts his hand on his chin and looks down, probably in thought.

After exchange the others finally pay you heed. "Oh my god, Kinjo! What happened to your leg?" Berune exclaims. Hopping from the adjacent hallway all attention is brought upon you again as you look down to check on your wound.

It has bled through your tie and leak out of the sides. You feel a bit nauseous now, you've lost a decent amount of blood.

>>7110
"Earlier the culprit attacked me while I wasn't watching... it was too dark to see who it was, and I didn't have much to work with, so I used my tie to cover the wound. But now that we're in the servant room there should be something around here to help, right?"

>>7111
"That's right; there should be some bandages in the servant room." Manon says.
Manon enters the servant room and comes back out shortly after with a first aid kit. "We should have you sit down, I have first aid training so I'll do what I can." suggested Manon.

"I guess we should take refuge in the lobby for now. That's the only place with enough seats." says Rosa. Everyone agrees and evacuate the hallway into the lobby. As you enter you are able to get a better look of the place. There is a large glass window spanning the left side. Of course it is all blocked by snow, so the view is nothing impressive.

Everyone one by one takes their seats around the room. While that is happening Manon guides you over to the chair in the corner of the room. She sits you down and asks you the standard first aid procedures and while checking your wound. You notice she can’t help but let out a gasp when the blood starts to fall after she rolls your pant leg up. She warns that this may sting as she pours something out from a bottle onto the wound. It feels like she poured water onto it. After a few minutes she has wrapped the wound.
"You probably shouldn't move the leg too much. The bleeding has slowed down faster than it normally would have, but it would be bad to test it any further." She says. Before walking back to presumably wash the blood of her rubber gloves she seems like she is about to say something, but then stops and continues to the bathroom.

>>7113
As you sit watching the others in the room, Jessica rise from the sofa and walks over to you. Everyone in the room is giving her a sideways glance. She walks over and sits in the chair opposite from you.
"...are you feeling?" she says softly, just enough for you to catch half of it.

>>7114
"I could be doing better. How about you?"

>>7115
Jessica looks down at her feet and attempt to mumble something but nothing comes out. You see a tear roll down her eye and you finally hear something "I'm sorry..."
You get the feeling that is not entirely directed at you.

>>7116
"...I should probably be saying that to you. Sorry."

I look over at my watch.

>>7117
It is 5:00pm

"No... It's my fault that you're are here... and because of it... mom and dad" Jessica manages to sob. Luckily she keeps it quite and the other can't hear her right now.

>>7118
"...Your fault? What are you talking about?"

>>7119
Jessica manages to calm herself down enough to talk.
"I was the one who sent that letter. The one to your father. He often our came to visit my Grandfather, so I thought he could help. I had sent that letter a long time ago, but never got a response I had no idea he had passed."

>>7120
"Ah, so you wrote it... But why keep yourself hidden for so long?"

>>7121
"I suspect the culprit is trying to find who wrote it, and kill them. That's why."

>>7122
"...I see. Well, before your father died, he told me... Erika, Shannon, and Kanon are all innocent. They didn't commit that murder years ago. And there's no way they're committing these murders right now."

>>7123
Jessica wipes her tears.
"Yes, I suspected as much. Even after that day, I knew the culprit had to be someone hiding among the innocent. I don't really know why. I guess you can call it intuition."

Hold it.

I enter the Meta-World.

"Repeat it in red. Everyone alive on the island is gathered inside the guesthouse right now."

>>7125
The world shatters and the fragments fly through the air rearranging themselves one by one.
The pieces fit together and you are now standing in the same room as before. Words fly by the glass shards in the room.

"Repeat it in red: Everyone alive on the island is gathered inside the guesthouse right now."

The words fade and the room becomes silent. There is no response.

>>7126
"What's the matter? Can't repeat it? Then at the very least you can remind me... how many people were there on the island the instant I got there, and what were their names?"

>>7127
Out of no where a large black portal opens up. The man you saw before pops his head out.

Yo, what's up?

From inside the portal flashes of red, blue, and gold are exploding with sound. His arms are failing around matching the timing of the the gold and red explosions. His gaze is completely focused on you though.

>>7128
"............You did hear me, right?"

>>7129
Uhh hang on...

Ducking into the portal you see a large flash of red and an explosion larger then the rest is felt. This time the man jumps all the way in to the room and the portal closes.

Alright let's see here. Hmm, yeah sure no problem.

Everyone alive on the island is gathered inside the guesthouse right now.

>>7130
"Oh... alright, then. Would you mind answering that other request, too?"

>>7131
Heh, that's rather too generous.

>>7132
"Hmm... Well, alright then. One last thing; I don't remember if I asked you this before or not, but...George is not dead. Devil's proof."

>>7133
Devil's Proof? How silly.
Got any thing else you want to ask?

>>7134
Nope.

I return to the gameboard.

I whisper quietly.

"So, then, Jessica... does that mean you think the culprit is among us right now?"