day three

[guestcontrol]

dreamland day three 34 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 and look for the bodies, too!" You will have until 4 PM to explore the park and talk amongst yourselves. Somewhere in the park, you'll find the bodies of Dipper Pines and Mahiru Koizumi. rulebook character statuses private conversations graveyard Voting will close at 10 PM EST on September 30. Though a special post 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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Bulletin Board

[guestcontrol]

[As promised, the electronic bulletin board near the main train station has a copy of the rulebook, as well as the following notice: ]

Good morning! As of today, there are 35 players remaining. No VIPs have been killed. There has been one opportunity for conversion. The following guest roles are still alive (though we can't guarantee their alignment):

Detective: Every night, will learn the alignment (guest or special guest) of one player. Will also be alerted whenever there's a successful conversion.

Buddy Cops: Meet at night. Every night, chooses one player to learn the alignment of. Will learn the alignment of that player. If one buddy cop is killed, the other may be able to survive one more day before dying, and cannot be saved. If one buddy cop is converted, they will still attend cop meetings, but their vote will technically not count.

Medical Team: Meet at night. Every night, choose one player to protect from being killed. If a protected player's buddy dies that night, they will survive. If one of the medical team dies, the other may be able to survive one more night before dying. Cannot protect themselves.

Conversion Busters: Meet at night. Every night, chooses a player to protect from being converted. Their protection will extend to that player's buddy as well. If one of them dies, the other may be able to survive one more night before dying, and cannot be saved.

Detonator: Meets at night. Chooses one player to receive a key that can, at any time, detonate another player's guest identification bracelet and kill them.

???: Objectives unknown.

This morning, Dipper Pines and Mahiru Koizumi are dead. That's all! Have a fun filled day!

Dipper Pines

[guestcontrol]

[Take your time getting ready in the morning, but eventually you won't have any choice but to look for a body. As you wander around the park, you're likely to see a body sitting upright inside one of the train cars.

You can look at the bracelet on the corpse - it flashes Dipper Pines's name and dorm mascot, but shows nothing else. Dipper is sitting upright in the train car; he looks as though he had been sitting in there before he died. There's a bullet wound to his head that looks as though it was shot from a distance.

Dipper Pines is no longer among us.]

[fanbase]

[ She can't pull her eyes away and stands there with her mouth open. Clash is keeping her distance. ]

I— Was it just because he tried to guess who killed Fuyuhiko?!

[godwhisperer]

...

[After Mahiru, comes to look at this.]

Hah. What cowardice.

[ineptus]

[The first thing she did when she heard the announcements that morning was the same thing she did the previous mornings; She went to meet up with her brother. Except that, for some reason, she couldn't find him anywhere. She tried knocking on his door, waiting outside his room for ten minutes before fearing the worst...

She didn't bother reading the bulletin, scared of seeing his name and refusing to believe he was the one who was dead, instead leaving to search for the body on her own. She would find whoever it was and take notes for Dipper since apparently he was sleeping in today! Stupid, sleepy head.

When she finds the body, her blood runs cold and she's rooted to her spot by the train.]

...D-Dipper...?

[...nope. No. He couldn't be the one who's dead. She wasn't looking at his dead body. He was just...waiting for her, yeah. So she gets in the car, standing there for a moment before reaching out to shake his shoulder gently with a shaky laugh.]

H-haha Dipper. V-very funny. Y-you can s-s-stop joking now.

[When it's clear that he is very much not joking - very much dead - the other twin slowly sinks to sit next to him, eyes wide and scared and brimming with tears.

And then she wraps her arms around the corpse, letting out a wail.]

N-no! N-n-no!! You can't be d-dead! I d-don't want to be h-here alone!

Mahiru Koizumi

[guestcontrol]

[Take your time getting ready in the morning, but eventually you won't have any choice but to look for a body. As you wander around the park, you're likely to see a body slumped over inside one of the teacups

You can look at the bracelet on the corpse - it flashes Mahiru Koizumi's name and dorm mascot, but shows nothing else. Mahiru is slumped over in the teacup, lying down on the seat. There's a bullet wound to her head that looks as though it was shot from a distance.

Mahiru Koizumi is no longer among us.]

[photoshot]

[ oh. damn.

Aya doesn't actually take a photo immediately, just stares at the body for a moment. ]

[glasshole]

[Someone is actually up early today, walking around the park. When he finally runs into a body, he's looking over it carefully, expression a little hard to make out.]

1/2

[cheats]

[ Really, he should know better by this point. Nothing good will come of searching for the bodies, but he can't help but be drawn to look, since even though he'd be loathe to admit it, there were kind people here, and he was worried every morning now that they would be the ones to turn up.

He runs up to the teacups ride, and at first, he's ready to keep moving on, since it seems there no one there, but... A flash of red catches his eye. ]

Ah...

[ Ciel stops in his tracks, since the look of red hair is far too familiar to him, and it doesn't immediately occur to him that this is Mahiru. He's imagining someone else at first, someone more important to him, because that shade of red was more familiar than he'd ever realized before. His steps start again, and he walks to the edge of the cup until he sees Mahiru sitting inside. He stares down in shock, since she had been actually.... very kind to him. Kinder than he'd wanted to think about until now, since he only realizes it when he sees the red of her hair mixed with red blood.

He realizes, too late again, that he should have thanked her more. ]

[godwhisperer]

...

[Doesn't really have anything to say about this.]

[chronic]

[ ...Oh no. Mysterion pulls down his hood as he approaches the body. He opens the side of the teacup, stepping carefully into it. He reaches down to try to clear some of the blood from her face with his glove.

This is the first time this all sort of hurts. She'd been so kind to him. The fact that this confirms an active detonator from yesterday and shows how buddies die is cold comfort. ]

I'm sorry. Mahiru.

[flatview]

....huh?

[ Nui appears to be....mildly upset upon this discovery. For once, she's not facetiously shocked and sort of impressed to find a body, just. Unusually quiet.

There weren't many humans she could say that she liked, and maybe Mahiru didn't quite fit that description either. And yet, there's an weird feeling of disappointment and resentment welling up in her chest. ]

Mahiru-chan is...

[royalizing]

[ Even at first glance, there's no missing Mahiru's red hair and her figure slumped over in the teacup. As soon as Natalia sees her... ] Mahiru!

[ She'll go running over, and shake Mahiru's shoulder to try and wake her. She hasn't known the girl that long, but all she did was try to help everyone out.... Whether it was cooking while people were too shaken up to do it for themselves, or helping out with laundry for those less technology-acquainted (like her). ]

Who would do such a thing...? [ How could they murder someone so kind-hearted and someone so young all in one stroke? If there was any doubt left in her about the circumstances of these VIPs, it's gone now. ]

PAPER DELIVERY

[photoshot]

Bunbunmaru Newspaper, Dreamland Murder Game Special Edition


Season 129, 3nd of Nagatsuki

Cry Woof! Dog Detective Has a Bone to Pick
Three innocent guests fall victim to VIP, detonator, our own votes

Day two brings us two bodies before evening: Mr. Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu was brutally attacked by the VIP during the night, and Mr. Yuya Sakaki’s corpse was found later that afternoon near the carousel. It is likely that the latter’s death was due to the detonator at work--further speculation suggests that said detonator or the detonator’s recipient may be working together with the VIP.

Evening only bloomed into more chaos as Mr. Levi, uncontested detective from last night, was finally and doggedly challenged by Mr. Missile. When it was clear that the majority of guests favored believing Mr. Missile’s claim over Mr. Levi’s, he admitted to faking the role. I was able to speak with him yesterday in an exclusive interview, complete with explanation for his actions:

' My only objective is to help the detective and keep them alive longer. Wost case scenario, I sewed some confusion into the ranks of the VIPs. If I'm killed, then there's a chance the VIPs thought I was real, and would believe they killed the true detective. If they don't, then there's a very good chance that Legion is not a VIP after all, and the real VIPs consider me a useful distraction.

You can report this however want. Tell them all that I'm a liar, and they'll probably lynch me for it. That's fine. I don't have a buddy, so I will be the only one to die, and I would deserve it for risking my neck. Whoever actually delivered that message could easily come to you and confirm their identity in order to out me. If the original sender is the real detective, then there's more of a chance that they'll do this. If the sender was a VIP, they may let me continue my charade, allowing me to convince everyone to execute Legion — assuming he's innocent.

Regardless, I wouldn't be able to keep this lie up for long, not even past tomorrow. It's not meant to be a long term deception. '

Unfortunately, Mr. Levi was correct. After our discussion, I decided neither to confirm or deny the fact that he had been the note-writer, whose identity remains a mystery. I believe we were all prepared and even expecting to see a counterclaim made against his detective status. We were evidently prepared to vote and execute him when it happened.

More information on Mr. Missile’s detective findings can be found on page X.

- Aya Shameimaru.



Parkgoers Published!
Broadcast your voice

If you'd like to submit a story or piece of information, please feel free to leave a message under my door at Bee #6. Note: entries are not guaranteed to be accurate or trustworthy, just in-print.

Today's entries are:

• a photograph of two photos unevenly torn out from her newspaper - one of Levi, one of Edea. Levi's is from yesterday’s newspaper and has been almost but not quite torn in half right across the face, Edea's is from the first issue and is barely recognizable from how ripped up it is.

• ' OBJECTION! THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULDN'T MURDER PEOPLE:
  1. It's rude!
  2. And illegal!
  3. If someone channels their spirit they will probably want to avenge themselves!
  3.5 Or you might accidentally murder their sibling and the surviving sibling will steal their face and murder you back!
  4. Hugs are more fun than murder.
  5. So is food!
  6. Why murder when you can eat food instead?
  7. Do you want to go to jail forever? NO, YOU DON'T.
  8. Or!! Since there's no jail here do you want to be executed?? DIDN'T THINK SO.
  
  [ the list actually continues all the way up to number 57, which is just don't okay and makes progressively less sense. The submission ends with: ]
  
  And if you're a VIP, resist it! Those of us who are still alive can all make it out if we work together! Row row fight the power! '
  
  - Miss Maya Fey.

• [ Written in stiff, block capital letters: ]
  
  ' THIS IS ONE OF THE MEDICAL TEAM.
  
  WE WANT TO ASSIST AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. UNFORTUNATELY, A VOTE FOR PROTECTION WAS WASTED ON LEVI LAST NIGHT.
  
  WE WILL REVEAL OURSELVES TO ANY BUDDY COP OR DETECTIVE THAT CAN FULLY VERIFY THEIR ROLE. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. WE WANT TO HELP. AS SOON AS ONE OF YOU ARE ABLE TO VERIFY YOUR ROLE, ANNOUNCE IT PUBLICLY. WE WILL APPROACH YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
  
  WE CAN ONLY PROTECT ONE OF YOU. THE FIRST TO VERIFY THEMSELVES WILL BE THE ONE WE PROTECT. WE WILL NOT BE MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE WE MADE ON LEVI. '
  
  - Anonymous.

• ' Please note:
  Edea Lee is a VIP.
  Missile has confirmed this and you can ask him again if you must.
  Missile communicates discovered VIPs by fully ripping up pictures of them from the papers or through growls.
  Execute Edea today. '
  
  - Anonymous.

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[ there are considerably less smiling faces in today’s issue, but the few include the Pines twins’ proud investigation conclusions, Kyoya and Miko discussing voting and Mori at the carnival. there seems to be just the one prominent scandal story and photoshoot--Budding Sweet Transvestite Surprisingly Ratty. the rest of the paper is dedicated to three considerably more solemn obituaries.

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu: He is a capable leader. There is no one who deserves to be called the Super High School Level Yakuza more than he... (- Miss Peko Pekoyama.)

Yuya Sakaki: I wanted to know him. As unfortunate as it is, we expect to see a body show up in the morning, but to have that happen in the middle of the day... (- Mr. Kurapika)

Levi: [H]e's a soldier. A captain, to be precise. You know what that means? That means wherever he's from, he's used to being responsible for many, many lives, or at least, he'd know already how that would feel. (- Mr. Sigma Klim.) ]

[edealistical]

...So it's like I thought. The meaning of that picture was... an accusation.

[She seems unsurprised.]

I deny this allegation. Regardless of the information that Missile believes to have received... I know only that I have harmed no one here. My only purpose has ever been the safety of those trapped in this nightmare.

[Edea sighs a little, but her fear had been exhausted the previous day.]

Those who would seek my death - I will bring my blade to bear yet.

[eventhandler]

[Royce is not going to be so open with Aya today when he opens the door to see what the news provides - while he takes the newspaper and looks it over, he doesn't greet her like before. Her involvement with the Levi business...well, Royce won't forget something like that.]

...

Were there any murders today? [He just woke up, so he hasn't had the chance to check the bulletin board yet.]

[chronic]

[ he is back in full extremely serious Mysterion mode........ ]

Good job.

Re: PAPER DELIVERY

[crueltobekind]

[Kaoru's actually a little grateful for the paper today. All the deaths had been pretty overwhelming, and he's only just managed to gather himself together enough to . . . well. To really function at all.

Unfortunately this news really is no better than the last few days, and even more confusing.]

What the hell have I missed?!

At breakfast

[shoutoku_administrator]

Your attention, please. The situation has changed.

Until today, I confess that I had a theory that the best strategy was to let the VIPs win. If nobody was executed during the day, then even if they continued to kill, then as many as sixteen of us could survive that way. However, that theory was formed on the notion that the VIPs were innocents like the rest of us, being forced to kill by some unknown motivation or threat. If they were instead seven evil people intending to subvert and destroy the group, then this would mean only nine of thirty-five innocents would survive, along with seven murderers.

Last night, a child was killed. It was no unexpected consequence carried out by the bracelets we carry - he was attacked and killed with a weapon. As of this moment, I am no longer willing to put any faith in the idea that the VIPs are victims of circumstance. I shall not accept any outcome other than their complete destruction.

To that end, our first priority is the information in Aya's newsletter. Mr. Tanaka, I leave verifying the claim about Missile's findings to you. If it is true, then we act on it tonight.

If anyone has any further information to share, step forward now.

[fanbase]

Haven't most of their victims been kids? [ Despite being nineteen, a seventeen-year-old is still totally a kid to her. ] The only adult that's been killed so far has been Levi and... that wasn't because of the VIPs.

Do you think they're just trying to bring us down by doing that?

around lunchtime

[chronic]

[ The kid in the cape and mask jumps up onto one of the tables to make an announcement. He looks ridiculous. ]

Thought of something.

In the rulebook. It's stated that buddies aren't necessarily on the same side. This morning, a pair of them died. Announcement said that no VIPs had been killed. Maybe Mahiru or Dipper had an important role, but either way, they were both innocent. The VIPs went for someone they knew none of 'em were connected to.

If you have a buddy, start thinking hard. They could be a VIP. Maybe you know that, and maybe you don't. But any VIP with an innocent buddy isn't going to want to target them, because they'd die too. To execute VIPs... we might be sacrificing innocent people along with them. And any innocent person who knows they're connected to a VIP and says nothing about is... is technically working against us.

I don't know. It's something to think about.

[uncoincidental]

...I don't think the innocents who have buddies that are VIPs know that they're VIPs. That's a secret from everyone, isn't it? Wouldn't they just know that they have a buddy?

The VIPs would know, but the innocents... isn't it more likely that they're in the dark just as much as we are?

Afternoon

[chainjailer]

[Kurapika avoided the crowd for the most part during the day, too angry over the double murder to trust himself. Once he'd finally gotten a better look at the bodies without bursting a vein in his head, he put together something to tell the group.]

A sniper rifle. [He says simply.] It looks like they were shot from a distance, so it might have been a sniper rifle.

Legion said using one took a fair amount of skill, because you had to calculate how the bullet would fall and respond to wind. [He raises a finger.] His profile is the only one that mentions them in particular. Even if that first Detective's note was a fake, we can't mark Legion as innocent just yet.

[sunshade]

...so, who of us is capable of wielding a sniper rifle? I don't know if we should really take the same initiative that Dipper took yesterday for narrowing the suspect list down, but they do need a certain amount of accuracy. And adequate strength to withstand the recoil force of the rifle firing, and not missing its target.

??? - lunchtime

[belgian]

[Belgium will wait until after Kenny is done jumping around on tables to bring up what's occurred to her.]

Did the rest of you see that new--role? On the bulletin board? It was just three question marks with "objectives unknown" next to it, but it was with all the others and I don't think that was there before.

[mediumburgers]

Yeah! What do you think it means? Maybe it's a nice role that gives out cotton candy?

A Thing

[guestcontrol]

[In the park outside Dreamland Castle, there sits a small box. Inside of that box, there sits a bracelet, displaying the name "Charles Macaulay." Attached to that bracelet is a human hand.

There is also a short, typed note in the box, stating only that there were some problems and that Charles needed to be removed. One corner has been torn off, but it's well below the text, and only a small piece has been taken, so it doesn't seem as though much, if any, information could have been taken.]

[flatview]

[ fun thing: playing keepaway with severed limbs. at leas to Nui Harime. Because in happening upon the hand in the box, her first instinct is to pick it up and poke at it. She'll shout at any nearby guests: ]

Hey! I think our mystery killer struck again!

Another Thing; afternoon

[guestcontrol]

[At some point during the early afternoon before the trial starts, anyone in the northern area of the park will hear what sounds like a small explosion going off. If they head towards it, they'll find M'gann M'orzz's body nearby the carousel. Her corpse is a mess; judging by the gaping chest wound, it looks like something embedded in there exploded.

Her bracelet is attached to her wrist and seems to still be in working order despite the explosion. On it is displayed the words REGULAR GUEST.]

[perfectstrike]

[STOP MESSING UP THINGS PEKO LIKES. She'd really liked the carousel, okay. And then someone had to go die all near it. Rude tbh.

Peko can be found crouching near the body, examining the wrist and bracelet and just kind of... seemingly mildly annoyed and rather tired. There are dark bags under her eyes, and her movements are a little more sluggish than one might expect from the swordswoman.]

And? What exactly is this supposed to prove? That the detonator keeps giving keys to the VIPs, or those given the keys have exceedingly poor judgement?

[Is she... talking to herself... Hopefully someone is close enough that maybe she heard them approach and is instead addressing them.]