RE: Murder III: Deep, Dark Cavern: Day 5 Ends 5/19
(WHAT THE INACTIVE ONE?! MURDERER YOU FIEND YOU'RE COLLABORATING WITH MY WII'S INTERNET AREN'T YOU! ASDFG SDTYNWETYBARTAW *noms on wifi*
In all seriousness, I woulda most definitely posted sooner but my neighbor's wifi's been a bit shoddy recently...and we're not talking battles. Now, onto the real reason of my post...)
Maelstra woke up that day. Yet there was definitely a feeling of dread. She knew who had died, if the murderer kept their word. She -knew- it. And it hurt, for one of HER kind to be KILLED for no apparent reason.
Solemnly, she swam to the scene. She swam past her brethren's body without even looking at it. If she looked at any more death, she would just break down. She qouldn't be able to envision anyone else but herself in poor Vaporeon's position...dead, watching her friends die as a ghost.
Oh boy, and there was that Piplup at it again. At once he turned and pointed towards the remaining Vaporeon;
"She's the one! She did it!" he wildly exclaimed, rattling off small amounts of proof her way. However, Maelstra was more than done. "You have every reason to try and frame me with this new evidence!!"
"Shut it for a moment!" she cried, silencing the Piplup. "Think about it this way; why would the murderer want to keep you alive if the murderer was myself? The murderer has absolutely no reason to stay stuck to these notes and letters. The murderer could easily have turned around, said, 'oops, I lied, bb Joeypals!' instead! Think of it this way: why would I keep you alive if you were a threat to me? That right THERE would be solid enough alibi for you.
"But no, it goes on. You're the one that was leading the way, not really reading into all of the clues and the like. You were the one that stated 'I'm a pretty good sense of character when it comes to spotting lies'. But, what have we here? We have someone that can't even keep up with his OWN posts. He assumed he had HP Grass, whereas he had HP Electric. This could be just one of the many clues behind you.
"Oh, but I think I have some justification beyond 'it's an easy thing to forget something that small'. In this sort of game, why do you think we're not allowed to edit our posts? We're supposed to look at EVERY piece of incriminating evidence, here. This includes keeping tabs on what was said in the past. We're supposed to go looking back in all the posts to find out this-or-that concerning the murderer. So one little slip-up and a very conveinent cover up could easily be seen as incriminating.
"In terms of behavior, I believe I have this much to say on the topic: You have always been extremely quick to judge everyone in this case. It's almost as if you're paranoid, trying to get EVERYONE except yourself to take the blame. Now, that somewhat is part of this game, but when it's done SO quickly like this it's extremely suspicious. Voting right away without taking the time to really examine the hints and see who's got a bigger mound of hints, you're really just looking at who has the most conveinent hint from last time. This is not a shoot-n-go game; it's a puzzle solver, a real mystery game. You've always been incredibly quick to put people away like this. That's a strike right there against you.
"Now, we'll start getting to this next part...the gems are fakes part. You seemed to react especially well to this part, my fine watered fowl. You yourself said that the gems were fake. Whether or not that was an intentional mistake, it still looks very poorly on your record that you went along with it. It hurts that you probably were selling gems while a SERIAL MURDERER was on the loose for $2! Come now! Is that any way to act? You've been always quick to change the subject and play innocently.
"Now, I'd like to take a moment to humor you, Piplup, if I will...I'd like to humor you with SOLID evidence. As true as it may be you have evidence against myself, you have what is called 'circumstancial' evidence. So far, the way I see it, there are only 3 solid pieces of evidence that the dead have left for us: 'calm before the storm', 'the writing on the wall' and 'forget this fish'. Which three of these have you connected me to? None. Absolutely none. I could be connected, but you have shown no proof to make these clues solid proof for us. Yet, I think I've already mentioned that 'writing on the wall' most obviously points towards YOU. You were the only one besides Mudkip and Lanturn to have any solid connection with the Unown writing false clue.
"This is just one of many more 'solid' clues that Joeypals!! has against him. I don't think I got all of these in, but these are the major clues that come to my mind when I think of the incriminating evidence against him:
-Water and Ice: Piplup is a penguin-like Pokemon; this immediately files him under the ice category.
-'the writing on the wall': conspired with Snorchu to make a false Unown hint.
-Gems are fake: He was selling fake gems. This one's a bit obvious...
-Motive for killing Luvdisc: As previously noted, he could have not liked the 'wave-paw' theory Luvdisc had.
-Caught in a lie: < what it says. Piplup was caught lying about his Hidden Power being Grass.
-Irregular behavior: very quick to judge people and change subjects and one's mind easily. Anyone but him was targeted.
-Hidden Power Electric: was used on the latest victim. Piplup has already stated that he has Hidden Power Elec near the beginning of the game. This could directly tie him to the latest murder.
-'Look in the most obvious spot to find me': the murder could mean the most active of posters here, Joeypals. He could be hiding behind that title in the most obvious of ways: talking a lot. (If that makes sense?)
-Storm clue: ??? unsure, but he could have more subtle ties to that clue (such as The Storms clan, which I notice shadoworganoid is from...)
"...again, I think I got most of the major ones. It's been a while since I've really had the chance to look at all the notes clearly (see: lack of computer BAH), so forgive me if I've overlooked something.
"...Piplup, I can understand your accusations against me. However, wasn't M just used for 'Murderer' assumably last game? Unless there was a connection to Flare that I can recall...
"Also, concerning Acid Armor...true it is 'acid' armor, but if you think about it, Vaporeon's more known to 'melt' away into water rather than 'burn' away into water. HP Fire is also the main murder method, and since fire and burning go hand in hand, I doubt it'd be the proper language for that note.
"And one last note...I have never voted once during this game. Once. You have voted almost immediately thereafter the next victim was found! I hardly find your theory of setting you up believable. IT's not setting up if you have solid evidence behind you. Again, the proof of not only the clues, but the behaviors you've been giving off to us are plenty to try you against."
Maelstra hesitated there for a moment. Is...is it really, morally alright to take the life of someone else, just because they killed someone? Can we be sure it's him, when we don't have solid proof of the 'Storms' clue? Yet...what if he is the murderer? Can we really just allow him to have his way with more innocent people...? My life is also at the stake now...
"I...I do not want to vote. However, it seems clear to me that we have no choice in the matter. If Joeypals!! is to be believed, and he is an innocent, then we're presented with a difficult problem: having someone with as much evidence against them as he does him. As it stands, it's sad to say but again, he seems most suspicious to me.
"Out of the reasons listed above, I can say with only a small reasonable doubt that Piplup may be the killer. I think we need to consult with Suicune about this further, as well..."
