Shadoweh Quest 2: Just(ice) Version! [End!]

[Bardiche]

>  BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

> You laugh inwardly.

> ..Is Bardiche in a maid's outfit? Stare at him for a few minutes, mouth agape. "Uh.. hi!"

> That's Bard. In a maid's outfit. With a hair ribbon in, even. Beet red. In a dress.
> "What. Do. You. Want," he says with gnashing teeth.

>_

[Chaore]

>Okay get over it. It's Bard in a dress. You can see that any day, apparently. There are some interesting questions here though.
>"So... Why are you here? I mean, I'm going to assume you don't normally daylight as a maid for K4U."

[Hanged Hourai]

> "Well first off, let me just say that you wear that very well."
> "Second, I was wondering if I could ask you some questions pertaining to the case."
> "Also, what are you doing here at the crime scene?"

[Shadoweh]

> "..Or do you?"
> Sneak photos of Bard with your phone.

[Bardiche]

>Okay get over it. It's Bard in a dress. You can see that any day, apparently. There are some interesting questions here though.

> Yeah. Not like Bard in a meido dress is-- what? That's totes rare.

>"So... Why are you here? I mean, I'm going to assume you don't normally daylight as a maid for K4U."

> "Mafia game," Bard responds tersely. "I did not choose to wear this, okay?"

> "Well first off, let me just say that you wear that very well."

> Bard is turning more red. You're not sure if that's anger or embarassment.
> Meanwhile, Dormio behind you breaks out in full laughter. "You're so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!" he laughs.
> Bardiche gives him the most beautiful left you've ever seen. Dormio's out cold.

> "Second, I was wondering if I could ask you some questions pertaining to the case."
> "Also, what are you doing here at the crime scene?"

> "Hold up. I can answer your questions, but I can't tell you why I'm here."

> "..Or do you?"
> Sneak photos of Bard with your phone.

> "Do I what?" Bard asks while casually snapping your phone in half.

>_

[Hanged Hourai]

> "If you can't tell us why you're here, can you say what you're doing here? Rearranging in a crime scene is not very townie."

> "And can you explain the events of yesterday leading up to the murder in your own perspective?"

[Bardiche]

> "If you can't tell us why you're here, can you say what you're doing here? Rearranging in a crime scene is not very townie."

> "What? These books need re-arranging!" Bardiche heavily gestures to the bookcase. Half of the books are sorted A-Z, the rest aren't. "It's totes a crime, y'know?! I couldn't just pass by here every day while all those books were all unarranged. It's a crime! You should get shot for mistreating your bookcase so!"
> "Besides, I have permission from the police." He pulls a slip of paper from his apron and hands it to you. You recognise UK's writing saying, "You can enter the crime scene now, I have all the evidence I need."

> "And can you explain the events of yesterday leading up to the murder in your own perspective?"

> "Yesterday? Well, yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far awa-- this isn't time for karaoke!" He sighs deeply. "The murder happened two days ago, like the parser's been saying. And I dunno, I wasn't there at the time."

>_

[Shadoweh]

> "Uh, I don't think it's actually a crime Bard.."
> "Anyways, are you sure you weren't there? Serela talked about a maid that he was really hesitant to mention."

[Bardiche]

> "Uh, I don't think it's actually a crime Bard.."

> He shrugs, then droops sadly. "Well, I guess Kitten4u did get shot eventually..."

> "Anyways, are you sure you weren't there? Serela talked about a maid that he was really hesitant to mention."

> Bard turns around. "F, fine. So I was here f, for a while. It's not th, that I wanted to dress like a maid, alright?"
> Dormio comes to. "But you're so kyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute," he squeals.
> With surprising speed, Bardiche turns around and roundhouses Dormio. Dormio is out cold.
> "Alright, from what I know of the crime, uh... I don't know much. That's why I asked you to solve it."
> He crosses his arms. "Because Serela didn't do it. There's lots of evidence to contradict the prosecution."

>_

[Conqueror]

>"Looks like you know something we don't, Bardy-kun. Care to share?"

[Chaore]

>"Well that's great. Did UK already get in here and throw it out though?"

[Bardiche]

>"Looks like you know something we don't, Bardy-kun. Care to share?"

> "No."

>"Well that's great. Did UK already get in here and throw it out though?"

> He looks at you like you're stupid. Oh, wait, that's his usual look. "I doubt she can throw it out."

>_

[Chaore]

>"It's UK. You're really expecting she wouldn't if she had the chance? And I don't doubt she'd get a chance."

[Shadoweh]

> "Even if it was the walls, she would try. Serela said he left the gun in his coat so it'd be pretty hard for him to shoot someone with it."
> Examine the crime scene
> Like position of the drawing compared to the chair, the blood on the table, etc.
> Look for anything that might resemble a struggle.
> Look for the bullet. If it exited Kitten4u it must be in the room somewhere.

[Conqueror]

>"Where were you when Kitten4U was shot? Do you know what was Edible doing at the time?"
>"What other maids work here?"

[Bardiche]

>"It's UK. You're really expecting she wouldn't if she had the chance? And I don't doubt she'd get a chance."

> "It's UK. You really think I'd give her any chance?"
> He gestures around him heavily. "Besides, she'd have to throw out the goddamn crime scene to get rid of it."
> With a smooth smile-- wait, no, that's just a sheepish grin. "And I'm not telling you more than that. Do some footwork. Explore things. This isn't a game where the parser's inserted avatar's supposed to tell you every damn thing to solving this case."

> "Even if it was the walls, she would try. Serela said he left the gun in his coat so it'd be pretty hard for him to shoot someone with it."

> Bard's face lights up. "That's right. Wow, Shadomeh, I didn't expect you to get that outta him! You should try asking Edible about it."

> Examine the crime scene
> Like position of the drawing compared to the chair, the blood on the table, etc.
> Look for anything that might resemble a struggle.
> Look for the bullet. If it exited Kitten4u it must be in the room somewhere.

> You put on your detective cap, grab a pipe to smoke, hunch over and examine the crime scene with your magnifying glass. "Smooth going there, Sherlock Holmes," Bard remarks dryly.
> There's no drawing, the table is spotless (it looks like Bard just cleaned it), there're no signs of struggle and there's no bullet.

>_

[Hanged Hourai]

> "Thirsty this afternoon, Bard? I noticed there were some fresh cups of tea on the table earlier. Were you expecting any company?"
> "Speaking of which, can you tell me about the tea you offered Neo? I heard that Edible said it wasn't suitable for her or Kitten4u. What was with that?"

[Bardiche]

> "Thirsty this afternoon, Bard? I noticed there were some fresh cups of tea on the table earlier. Were you expecting any company?"

> He blinks. "Well, I was expecting you, actually. Until I remembered I was wearing this... this..." He gestures at his clothes, then glares at you with a 'don't say a word' glare.

> "Speaking of which, can you tell me about the tea you offered Neo? I heard that Edible said it wasn't suitable for her or Kitten4u. What was with that?"

> Bardiche shrugs. "I don't know what was up with that. I figured they'd like it, but Edible was all against it and gave Neo a drink himself instead. Can you believe that? It was just some junk he picked up from the supermarket five days ago, too."

>_

[Conqueror]

>"Where were you when Kitten4U was shot? Do you know what was Edible doing at the time?"
>"What other maids work here?"
>"Did you see Edible put anything into the drink he gave to NeoSerela?"
>"Is the container that Serela drank out of still here? If so, can we see it?"

[Shadoweh]

> "..Huh. Edible gave Serela the juice, huh? Is the empty container around here somewhere? What about the coffee Serela had?"
> "..And where's the bullet?"

[Bardiche]

>"Where were you when Kitten4U was shot? Do you know what was Edible doing at the time?"

> Bardiche shrugs again. He must really love shrugging. And avoiding looking at you. He hasn't looked you in the face this entire conversation. "I was in the kitchen just down the hall. I've no clue what Edible was doing. He barked at me that I should clean the kitchen or he'd send pictures of me in this retarded getup all over the world."

>"What other maids work here?"

> "No maids work here." He glares at you.

>"Did you see Edible put anything into the drink he gave to NeoSerela?"

> "I don't think so."

>"Is the container that Serela drank out of still here? If so, can we see it?"

> "..Huh. Edible gave Serela the juice, huh? Is the empty container around here somewhere? What about the coffee Serela had?"

> "I uh, sorta threw it in the trash. UK told me to."

> "..And where's the bullet?"

> "I dunno where the bullet is lol." Yeah, he actually said 'lol'.
>_

[Hanged Hourai]

> "HOLD IT! Bard, I find it hard to believe that you were expecting me when you said that you just walked this room past and decided to rearrange the bookshelf.  And also,  Edible told me he ordered you here.  Who was the tea meant for and why are you really here?"

[Bardiche]

> "HOLD IT! Bard, I find it hard to believe that you were expecting me when you said that you just walked this room past and decided to rearrange the bookshelf.  And also,  Edible told me he ordered you here.  Who was the tea meant for and why are you really here?"

> Bard looks unperturbed. "I'm totes telling the truth here. Edible didn't order me to be here at all. I just figured sooner or later you'd show up so I made some tea. Damnit, Shadomeh, this isn't Mafia, stop looking for contradictions everywhere!"

>_

[capt. h]

> Get tea from trash.
> To be safe, enter everything in the trash into the court record.

[Chaore]

>"You let her tell you to trash something? ...yeah, I feel really glad you were there to stop her from disposing of evidence."

[Shadoweh]

> "..Really? Why would Edible lie about sending you here?"
> "Ugh. Well, it figures UK told you to throw out important evidence. I think Serela was drugged. Is it still here somewhere? Kitten4u might have been too, if Edible brought her coffee."
> "Oh! Bard, why does Kitten have a puppy door handle? That really doesn't go with her motif."

[Conqueror]

>Examine puppy door handle for signs of Advice Momiji or beepdog.

[Bardiche]

> Get tea from trash.
> To be safe, enter everything in the trash into the court record.

> There's no trashcan in this room. Bard probably meant a trashcan elsewhere.

>"You let her tell you to trash something? ...yeah, I feel really glad you were there to stop her from disposing of evidence."

> "Sh, shut up, Shadomeh. I, it's not like I had a choice!"

> "..Really? Why would Edible lie about sending you here?"

> He shrugs. "I dunno, it's Edibleh. Does he ever make sense?"

> "Ugh. Well, it figures UK told you to throw out important evidence. I think Serela was drugged. Is it still here somewhere? Kitten4u might have been too, if Edible brought her coffee."

> At this, Bardiche frowns. "Coffee? Kitten4u hated the stuff. She'd never drink coffee."
> "And uh, no. It was just a dumb bottle of juice anyway."

> "Oh! Bard, why does Kitten have a puppy door handle? That really doesn't go with her motif."

> "What are you talking about, she has a kitty face motif." He points at the door handle.
> It's still a puppy dog motif.

>Examine puppy door handle for signs of Advice Momiji or beepdog.

> You can only tell with your expertly trained eye that this door knob is new. Brand new.

>_

[Conqueror]

>GASP. IS THE DOOR KNOB EASILY REMOVABLE? COULD SOMEONE HAVE SHOT KITTEN4U THROUGH THE DOORKNOB?

[capt. h]

> Very well. Ask Bard where the tea is and get the tea from there.