day two

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dreamland day two 40 players remaining. There are no clocks in your dorm room to help you mark the passing of time, but at a certain point, in the early hours of the morning, a cheerful chime tune plays over the loudspeaker. Whether you're awake or asleep, the door to your dorm room is now unlocked. You'll have about a forty five minutes, in which you can get ready or grab some breakfast, before the door that allows you into the park unlocks. By this time, you may or may not have noticed that one of your number is missing. The chimes play again, to announce that the park is open, and the rides and music begin to come back to life as a voice plays over the loudspeaker. "Rise and shine! Let's have a lot of fun today, or at least all of you who are left!" You will have until 4 PM to explore the park and talk amongst yourselves. Somewhere in the park, you'll find the body of Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu. rulebook character statuses private conversations graveyard Voting will close at 10 PM EST on September 27. Though a special comment for discussion will go up shortly before voting, you are encouraged to discuss who to vote for throughout the day. Voting

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[terci]

Y-yeah.. [He looks back over to the body.]

Well I guess we should see what the cause of death is. [Are you prepared to become close and personal with a dead body, Mabel?]

[ineptus]

[She's as ready as she'll ever be...]

Okay.

[Deeeeeep breath and moving to bend down by the body and...ugh this is gross....]

Um...it's probably whatever happened to his face...

[terci]

[He reaches into his vest and pulls out a few sheets of paper, along with the marker Mabel gave him.]

It's a good thing I looked for paper last night... I wouldn't want to draw a diagram of this on your back or something. [He walks to the other side and crouches next to the body, drawing a slightly detailed diagram.]

It looks like his face was bashed in by something.. maybe the butt of the gun that he was shot with? Or like, they could've smashed his head into the ground but I'm pretty sure his body would be face down if that were the case.. [Eugh.. this was brutal....]

[ineptus]

He was shot??? [She's still new to this you better cut her some slack. This information revealed to her though gets her looking his body over for the gunshot wounds...]

[terci]

Oh uh yeah, see? On the leg here. [He points to his leg.]

I'm guessing he tried to run so they shot him down... [Quietly writes that down as a note.]

[ineptus]

.....

[She's quiet as she gives that some thought.]

Why not shoot him in the back if he was running?

[terci]

Huh? [He looks up from his paper and looks down at the leg, thinking for a second.]

..because you run with your legs? [That is a little weird though, he'd admit.]

[ineptus]

Yeah but...if someone is running from you, why would you aim for their itty bitty legs? Hiko was kind of short too so his legs were even smaller...

[terci]

[Itty bitty legs..]

You have a point there. [He crosses out something and writes something else down in it's place.]

If he wasn't running then... maybe he was trying to fight back?

[perfectstrike]

There are no signs of a struggle.

[SUP. Here she is. Here's the screaming girl from before. She's not crying anymore, though her eyes are all puffy. It's hard to tell if they're red from crying, or just red because she's so anime. It is a mystery.

Her arms are crossed, but it's hard to tell if she's trying to look defiant, or if she's trying to hold herself together.]

There is no blood trail leading elsewhere. He would not have fled.

[ineptus]

[OH HEY SCREAMING GIRL. Mabel wanted to say something earlier, but she hadn't been sure what to say. And she's still not quite sure what to say either but...maybe investigating will at least distract her. SO HELLO SCREAMING GIRL.]

So then...why was he shot at all? If he's not running or struggling...what's the point?

[Pushing at her cheek a little, she moves to crouch by Kuzuryuu's head, kind of...poking at the gore.]

And why kill him like this? Couldn't they have shot him in the head instead? Especially if he wasn't doing anything...

[perfectstrike]

Don't--!

[Peko gives a violent start and steps forward, grabbing Mabel's arm with maybe a little more force than necessary. Don't. Don't poke that. Just don't. She lets go quickly after, looking a little ashamed, but she's not going to apologize, either, just repeating more quietly,]

Don't.

[ineptus]

[That...that really made her jump. And at first there's a lump in her throat because she was already close to crying and this didn't really help, but she just...ignored that and wrapped her arms around her knees instead with a nod and a quiet apology.]

U-um...so...a-any thoughts on what I asked maybe?

[perfectstrike]

[Peko Pekoyama: scaring small animals and children since 2k4ever.

She doesn't look directly at Mabel, her attention falling to Kuzuryuu's chest instead. That is intact. Which is weird as it is.]

He... would not have done nothing. I... he would have fought back. So I had thought to check for injuries, but no one seemed different.

There must be a reason two different people saw fit to attack him. I do not know why...

[ineptus]

Two people? [Excuse her, Peko. The thought hadn't yet occurred to the twins that it could have been two people.]

Maybe...they were scared of him? Being part of a mafia would make him pretty scary to try and kill I would think!

[perfectstrike]

Indeed. The same person would not have been able to switch from a firearm to a blunt instrument very easily. Not if he were struggling.

There would be more blood... The timing could not have been very long. There must have been two people.

As for being the heir to the yakuza... [she shakes her head, crossing her arms loosely again.] I would assume them to convert him, not kill him. Rely on other people's ignorance to do their dirty work for them.

[ineptus]

...that's a good point. [Tapping her lip.]

But even if that makes more sense, they decided to kill him instead. So...I think my point still stands?

[terci]

[well during this conversation, Dipper had been furiously writing notes down as the girls spoke. And now seemed like a good time to put his two cents in.]


If two people killed him, maybe it was because they knew he'd try to fight or in the very least struggle? Maybe they thought it'd be easier..

[ineptus]

Well, if I were to try and kill him, that's probably what I would do. Because he's from the mafia, you know? I'm twelve, so it'd be hard for me to kill someone like that on my own.

But you and I do everything together, so I think it'd be obvious who I'd pick so I guess the age thing doesn't matter, hehe.

[terci]

[He nods]

Even someone big and strong can't kill someone on their own if they're good at keeping alive, and I'd think a mafia heir would have that kind of training when he was growing up. [He looks over at Kuzuryuu's face.]

What kind of weapon hit him though? Maybe, like, a bat or something?

[ineptus]

Yeah...but he didn't fight back. That's really weird.

[Why wouldn't he? Kuzuryuu seemed like the kind of guy who wouldn't go down without a fight...]

I don't know. It's a little hard to tell just looking at the wound like this. Is there anything around here that could be used like a weapon? Maybe they got something from here...

[terci]

He didn't have to fight back, just stay alive. [It was weird that he didn't fight back, though. It was really weird.]

If they have guns, they probably have other kinds of weapons, too. [He puts a hand to his chin]

I think even someone's fist could do something like that to his face if they hit him enough times.. but why would they even hit him so many times to collapse his face? I mean, you don't need to break someone's skull to kill them with a blunt weapon.

[ineptus]

But he didn't run away either. He'd have less of a chance of living if he didn't run and didn't fight.

[Like. What the hell, Kuzuryuu? What the hell is this?]

Why hit him at all? They had a gun! I'm pretty sure shooting someone is probably easier than beating his face in.

[terci]

If he didn't run and he didn't fight, then what did he do to make them shoot his leg? He obviously was doing something, otherwise they wouldn't have shot him! [What she brings up next is a really good point, though.]

...I don't know why they didn't just shoot him. Maybe the person with the gun was too scared to deal the final blow? Or they ran out of bullets?

[ineptus]

Well...I don't know. Why would you shoot someone who wasn't running or fighting that you were trying to kill?

[It's probably not good for a pair of twelve year olds to be thinking in "if you were going to kill someone" terms...

Rubbing her forehead a little, Mabel sits down fully at this point, stretching her legs out and thinking.]

Think, think, think.......think, think, think..............If the person with the gun was too scared, why didn't the person who hit him shoot him instead? He obviously wasn't too scared...

But maybe they did run out of bullets...but why? If they didn't have enough bullets, why shoot him in the leg in the first place?