Chapter 3: Will the Price be Paid?

[Tetsu]

Feb 11, 2021 7:26:47 GMT -6 ⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆ said:

Well, doesn't Edward kind of remind you of Snow White, somehow?

"Snow...White? Is his skin as white as snow? Is he the fairest of them all? He is neither of them, because well..." She stops mid sentence as suddenly a purple swirl appears and a man walked out

Feb 11, 2021 7:43:40 GMT -6 Misaki said:

"Also you were the apparently the mystery man I saw enter the castle during A4 and went upstairs. Can you tell us what you were doing during the night?"

"How...Regina?" He glares at her

As Gretel asked the question

"Me? Well, I was stuck in the Dungeon Cell for a long while now...since they locked me up. It was then I saw the hooded boy, who said he would go and asked someone who could get me out of here to meet my Aurora."

"After, I notice him bring the cap guy and the guy with the lyre and show them me. They tried but unfortunately they can't that's when he left Edward and Donny, not after I showed them a newspaper article. After that, Red left saying he would look for someone to set me free."

"Next thing I know after he left, I walked out of the cell, Edward and Donny stared at me confused. That's when a bird flew in from the cracks and circle around us before continuing to pull Edward away. Donny did have his fishing rod and Edward a crown..it made him charming, to be honest"

"Donny told him to follow the bird since it could be important...yeah people like us...we will never get a happy ending...not in our life time. So he left with the bird and we head straight to the castle. That's where we see two armor knights, a girl with a crossbow, a women laying next to the throne unconscious. After that, I excuse myself and head to Aurora's Chamber and found my ladylove laying there sleeping so peacefully."

"Well, that's about it."



"Goodbye Phillip. That is all I think our subjects needed." She the whisk him away in a whirl of purple smoke.

[mao]

Feb 11, 2021 7:26:47 GMT -6 ⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆ said:

From this, it would seem that animals were being controlled by someone. But by who? Well, doesn't Edward kind of remind you of Snow White, somehow? In that story, she was able to speak to animals and they helped her with cleaning, nyeh. It's possible that Edward schemed to have a bird 'kidnap' him, when in reality, he was in full control. Edward also could have controlled Frog, an animal despite his best efforts, which is why Frog attacked Battler out of nowhere."

"Regarding the animals, I think their behavior is relevant here. I believe when we arrived to the Enchanted Domionion, we all saw that there were a lot of animals around, so seeing them through the night in itself is not surprising. What's interesting, though, is that multiple people observed the animals doing the same thing. In A2, I followed mice through the portal, Gretel saw birds fly from the tower to the clearing, Frog saw crows fly through the portal, while Edward was being pestered by birds in the dungeons. In A3, a rabbit came through the portal and led Kokoro through, and the birds were leading Edward to Storybrooke as well. After that, there's no mention of animals acting weird."

"There's two things we can take away from here: 1) The animals were clearly leading people through the portal and 2) their weird behavior was limited to A2 and A3. I don't know what any of that means, but I thought it could be meaningful."

[⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆]

Feb 11, 2021 8:16:37 GMT -6 mao said:

Feb 11, 2021 7:26:47 GMT -6 ⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆ said:

From this, it would seem that animals were being controlled by someone. But by who? Well, doesn't Edward kind of remind you of Snow White, somehow? In that story, she was able to speak to animals and they helped her with cleaning, nyeh. It's possible that Edward schemed to have a bird 'kidnap' him, when in reality, he was in full control. Edward also could have controlled Frog, an animal despite his best efforts, which is why Frog attacked Battler out of nowhere."

"Regarding the animals, I think their behavior is relevant here. I believe when we arrived to the Enchanted Domionion, we all saw that there were a lot of animals around, so seeing them through the night in itself is not surprising. What's interesting, though, is that multiple people observed the animals doing the same thing. In A2, I followed mice through the portal, Gretel saw birds fly from the tower to the clearing, Frog saw crows fly through the portal, while Edward was being pestered by birds in the dungeons. In A3, a rabbit came through the portal and led Kokoro through, and the birds were leading Edward to Storybrooke as well. After that, there's no mention of animals acting weird."

"There's two things we can take away from here: 1) The animals were clearly leading people through the portal and 2) their weird behavior was limited to A2 and A3. I don't know what any of that means, but I thought it could be meaningful."

“If their behaviour was limited to A2 and A3 couldn’t it mean Edward died at the end of A3 or start of A4?”

[mao]

Red thinks for a bit before answering.

"I think it might be a limit on their ability - I think we all have one. It doesn't necessarily mean he died A3/A4, but perhaps they were unable to use their ability after that, or there was a cooldown, or they had already done what they wanted to. Or that they died and that's why the animals stopped acting strange."

"I think it's not a coincidence that once Edward passed through the portal, the animals in Enchanted Domionion returned to normal. Maybe his ability is limited to one area at time, specifically the area that he is currently in?"

[superkirbystar]

I was with Henri in the Audience Chamber (A1) when suddenly I felt really weird and strange and I collapsed. I was unconscious (A2) the whole time until I woke up for some reason on the throne (A3). I briefly saw Gretel when once again I felt very strange and I fainted (A4). When I woke up (A5) I saw Donny, Henri and Gretel. I looked with confusion at them. Then, I felt really weak and I fainted again (A6).

[mao]

Red looks smug as if they had figured something out.

"The people who investigated the bodies and the crime scene found something sour and pungent on the bodies' faces and on shattered glass near Edward's body. Since their faces were unrecognizable, it's fair to say some sort of acid was used on them. An acid that is both sour and pungent. I started thinking about what thing smell sour, until I realized: they don't! They taste sour. But how would we know how's an acid supposed to taste? It would burn off your tongue if you tried to check. So... I started thinking about what things have acid that you could taste."

Red looks at everyone as if he's not having this big brain moment alone.

"The smell of pungency is characteristic to hydrochloric acid! HCL is something you've all tasted, too. It's the sour aftertaste of gastric acid that lingers in your mouth after vomiting. Now that I think about it, out of the four most common chemicals used in vitriolage - the others being sulfuric acid (sulfuric), nitric acid (acrid) and sodium hydroxide (odorless) - it is the only one that has a pungent smell."

[crazynuto]

Feb 11, 2021 4:34:31 GMT -6 Panda said:

Battler looked at Frog and started laughing

"What are you saying Froggo? We were just hanging out. I never tried to kill you.

Froggo was looking around when I showed up and just smiled towards him. Of course, I am sure Froggo is ok. I told him we should hang out and he finally put his sword down and so we did that. We started hanging out and talking. I was so excited, that I put my arm around his shoulders like a nice bro. Then, Gretel showed up and, all of a sudden, Froggo just shoots himself out of my arms into the bush with his legs up. Then that’s when I heard a screaming “I’m sorry” from the Forest Clearing.

I told the rest I was going to investigate and they followed me. As I reached the Forest Clearing entrance, I noticed a werewolf chasing Red but I also noticed something glinting from their feet heading to the Waterside shouting "Please stop.” “I’m Sorry” and “Leave me alone” which is clearly a feminine voice. Once at the Clearing I noticed no one seemed to be here except the portal. I then was confronted by Frog saying I tried to kill him as he swung the sword at me. I didn't understand what was happening. I thought Froggo and I were friends.

So that's it. I didn't try to kill you Froggo. You were the one that pointed a sword at me!"

Frog menacingly croaks at the fiend Battler. Ribbit Ribbit.

"It wasn't a simple "Arm around the shoulder", you were definitely squeezing the life out of mine body! 'Twas not a friendly "bro" gesture. Yet still I worry that you're not thine culprit, as thine alibi is unfortunately Rock Solid. Yet still, could I have been bewitched? I like to think of myself as an amphibian over an animal, yet none can deny my Froggish tendencies...

I'm sure that something attacked me, but I'm not sure if it's even relevant as this point.

Still, I don't think it's possible that Edward nor Kyrie did this themselves. Where would the acid go? Surely something had to have stored it, and there were no signs of any container like that at the scene of the crime. So unless there were killed somewhere else, mine own theory states that it was a third party that did thine terrible deed."

[crazynuto]

I have realized that there was shattered glass by Edward's body. Please forgive this knight's slow brain, he's had a trying day.

[Evie The Bat]

Donny after a long time of thinking says

"So...the most suspicious folks seem ta be Lydia and Red. I had an idea...what if they work'd tagether? Lydia said she can disguise as other folks. So she disguis'd as Red and one of them was in the enchant'd dominion place where I saw Red. Then the other Red went to their room in the big apartment place, and made some of that acid stuff, never heard of that 'fore taday. They then remet up at the hospital, after one of them damag'd the hospital to create a distraction or alibi for themself. At the hospital they killed Kyrie then Edward, then escap'd out the window. Then they fak'd that wolf attack to create a more solid alibi for themself. Hows that sound?"

[⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆]

Feb 11, 2021 14:46:10 GMT -6 Evie The Bat said:

Donny after a long time of thinking says

"So...the most suspicious folks seem ta be Lydia and Red. I had an idea...what if they work'd tagether? Lydia said she can disguise as other folks. So she disguis'd as Red and one of them was in the enchant'd dominion place where I saw Red. Then the other Red went to their room in the big apartment place, and made some of that acid stuff, never heard of that 'fore taday. They then remet up at the hospital, after one of them damag'd the hospital to create a distraction or alibi for themself. At the hospital they killed Kyrie then Edward, then escap'd out the window. Then they fak'd that wolf attack to create a more solid alibi for themself. Hows that sound?"

410 nods. “That makes a lot of sense, actually, nyeh. They’re the two most suspicious by far, and I don’t know if I buy their story. Lydia admitted to being able to transform into someone else, but if Red lied about her transforming into him, she could have become any number of people...”

[Evie The Bat]

Donny points at red and Lydia asking in a louder voice

"You two folks. Do either of ya have anythin' to say?"

[⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆]

410 shrugs. “I think it was either Lydia and Red working together, or Edward killed Kyrie and then himself.

The Lydia and Red theory is easy. They were both in Storeybrooke for a long time, either alone or only with each other, and both went to the apartments where the sour smell was. Both of their apartments are in the floors where Frog smelled it, too.

One could have been killing the victims while the other set up the mattress and locked up, or any number of things. The story they gave is flimsy at best; why would Lydia use her power to transform into Red at all? Also the fact that Lydia jumped into the water at the end of the night, added to the fact that Kyrie’s fingers indicated that she’d used magic, makes me think Lydia got wet to rid herself of the evidence of Kyrie fighting back with her flames.

The Edward theory is a bit more difficult. Where did he get the acid? How could he have lured Kyrie to the hospital? But it would make the locked rooms make more sense, and it adds up with the animals being restless and bringing him, if that was his power.

However, Lydia has been seen with animals on other nights. So even if they aren’t part of her ability, she could probably still convince them to help her out. So I’m more suspicious of her and Red...”

[Misaki]

Gretel spoke up.



"I'm not sure if this relevant to the case or not but I also happened to have investigated the Waterside and this is what I found."

"The waterside seemed normal besides a semi-flatten bush. Moreover, there seemed to have been a larger puddle of water on the edge than before. The puddle seemed to have been formed by something falling into the water. I also notice some oily layer on the puddle and the river surface. It had traces of a powdery oil base and had a nice smell. There was also small indents along the river edge which I determined was where the Light Attractor and Bowl of dumpling were when I saw them in my A5."

[Evie The Bat]

Donny after much more thinking, says

“Edward might be the killer. I think about the whole fairy tale aspect. Miss Regina and the other two lasses call’d Kyrie Maleficent and Edward Charmin’. In the stories Ma’ told us, there was one about a Prince nam’d Charmin’ that kills an evil queen type of gal because she poison’d his true love or somethin’. Now that would mean that Edward kill’d Kyrie because he knew about her fairy tale thingy. That then leads to how Edward got kill’d. Either Kyrie, with her dyin’ energy attack’d Edward and wound’d him ‘fore dyin’ herself. Or the evil sisters as it says on this votin’ thing, kill’d him for endin’ the life of who they call their sister. Does that make sense y’all?”

[AdelynnWilde]

"Hmm... I dunno about murder-suicide," Hyde pondered. "I mean, I could totally see Whiny Baby offin' himself, but takin' out Sassafras seems like a stretch! She was annoying, but seemed like the careful type. Though he was touching that bloody scalpel, so I guess it's not 100% out of the question." She chuckled, tilting her head to the side. "I guess y'all probably wanna know what that useless chick was up to all night? Or maybe not since she's so pathetic, it's not like it matters!"

Another cackle. "Anway, Loser-Girl and Elphaba over there were chillin' in the Audience Chamber. The witch as going on and on about some city - Saphire? Ruby? Somethin' like that. Henri was listening, but I sure as hell wasn't! Then she suddenly collapsed out of nowhere! Of course wittle Henwi ran over to help.{A1}

She tried to check Elphie's pulse, but her hands passed right through her like some kinda ghost! Floofybutt ran past 'em up the stairs. Then there was this big crash from up there that got Henri all distracted. When she looked back, the ghost-witch-projection-whatever-it-was was gone! She went up to check on Floofybutt, even though she's totally freaked out by that Hookah thing. Scared I'll come out if she gets high! But still, that tramp is always concerned about other people. Always sticking her nose in other people's business. {A2}

Up in the hallway, one of the suits of armor started movin' and dancin' around. It was so clearly the bunny chick that even that moron figured it out. Then she put one on too for god knows what reason... maybe she was trying to make friends or something cheesy like that. Pathetic wretch has been awfully concerned with stuff like "friendship" lately... The freak with the decapitated brother walked by with someone we couldn't quite see. {A3}

We went back downstairs and Elphaba was in a totally different part of the room! Totally zonked out too, but Gretel said she was alive. Then Beanstalk Boy came in with that prisoner our Evil Mistress here was just showin' off, and everyone was super confused. I gotta admit, all that chaos was kind of amusing. Elphie started to open her eyes, but she was still super out of it. {A4}

Loser-Girl started questioning Elphie about that whole disappearing act, but she acted like she had no idea. Maybe she did, maybe she didn't. Either way, almost everyone else left and they didn't seem to have any useful information at all. {A5}

Henri showed Beanstalk Boy one of those weird-ass photos everyone's been finding. They were puzzling over it when Floofybutt came back and threw mice at them! I can see why Henri's worried, that chick's wayyy off her rocker! {A6} Anyway, that pretty much sums up Loser-Girl's boring-as-heck night. God, she's so lame..."