Black Stories ~ Touhou Edition - Case 20: Down to the bottom of Misty Lake!

[UncertainJakutten]

Totally knew the last one. But yay for facepalmery!

[Spidere]

A special round sounds pretty entertaining.

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Alright my dear players.
Preparations for the Case 16 Special Round are finished.
For this riddle, we will try out a new style of answering.
I will no longer answer your questions with words (unless it's really necessary), but with photos.
Photos of my humble self symbolizing the answer to your question by expression, gesture or other means.
Of course this method will 'cause answers from my side to take a bit longer, so have patience.
I may also let some more questions pile up before answering than before.
I hope that we can have a fun 16th game with this system, let's see how it goes.
And to use it properly, I have also chosen a riddle that will hopefully allow for some interesting questions.

Well then, let us begin~






Sixteenth Case - Two Dead Men
Two dead men were sitting at a table.
In their middle was a chessgame and a revolver.

[UncertainJakutten]

Was chess srs bsnss to them?

Did anyone cheat at the game?

Were they killed by gunshot?

Did the revolver have two bullets used?

Was the chess game clearly in a state of checkmate for one side?

Did the chess game have anything to do with their deaths?

[theshirn]

Is that picture of you awesome?

Did they kill each other?

Did one kill the other?

Did either of them suicide?

[TL777 ✌]

Was the revolver loaded?
Did the men often play chess together?

[Kilgamayan]

Is the revolver a game piece?

[UncertainJakutten]

Were they actually Kinzo and Nanjo, Nanjo finally won a game of chess, and Kinzo shot Nanjo for a magic ritual and then burned himself up for the sake of finding Beatrice again?

Are you going to pick up the revolver and shoot me for that wild ass theory?

[Pesco]

I know I've heard this one before. The memory is imperfect .

Is the chess game state relevant?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Just saying, I will sometimes re-use simple YES/No pictures if I don't have any better ideas.

Was chess srs bsnss to them?

Did anyone cheat at the game?

Were they killed by gunshot?

Ask differently.

Did the revolver have two bullets used?

Was the chess game clearly in a state of checkmate for one side?

That's a thumbs up, hard to see.

Did the chess game have anything to do with their deaths?

Is that picture of you awesome?

Your futile attempts at flattery shall not work on me.

Did they kill each other?

Did one kill the other?

Did either of them suicide?

Rephrase please, I'm not sure how to answer that one.

Was the revolver loaded?

Not when I got it...

Did the men often play chess together?

UNKNOWN

Is the revolver a game piece?

Were they actually Kinzo and Nanjo, Nanjo finally won a game of chess, and Kinzo shot Nanjo for a magic ritual and then burned himself up for the sake of finding Beatrice again?

It's useless! It's all useless!

Are you going to pick up the revolver and shoot me for that wild ass theory?

Is the chess game state relevant?

[Pesco]

Does Haruhi know the answer?

Are all the pieces in a standard game of chess still on the board?

In their starting positions?

[Kilgamayan]

Were the two men murdered? (Count intentional self-inflicted death as murder for the purposes of this question)

Is the identity of the murderer important?

Are the men dead as a direct result of the revolver being fired?

Is there any game on the table other than the chess game?

[FinnKaenbyou]

Is a knowledge of chess required to solve this riddle?

Was there an illegal position in that both sides were in checkmate?

Was there a third person who performed the murder?

[Kilgamayan]

Does Roukan really not already know the answer?

[Pesco]

Did Kilga not pay attention to the answers given?

[UncertainJakutten]

Is there actually a game of chess being played on the chessboard.

[FinnKaenbyou]

Does Roukan really not already know the answer?

I'm just trying to think of some sort of clever chess term that would explain this. :V

Was there an argument over the rules?

Were either of the men killed by a gunshot wound?

[UncertainJakutten]

Wild ass guess

They aren't really human men. They are chess pieces. Captured ones. Each side has captured a chess piece so they count as dead, and they are on the outside of the chessboard, on either side. Um...the revolver just looks cool

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Next batch of answers will come after I've slept.
Sorry, just too tired right now.

Please wait warmly~ (and put up more questions if you want).

[Kilgamayan]

Did Kilga not pay attention to the answers given?

This is amusing to see from someone that asked if the chessboard was set up in the starting position when it's been confirmed one side is in checkmate.

[Fightest]

Did the men have an overly convoluted arrangement that backfired and caused both their deaths?

Did you know you look like a serial killer in the first photo?
"It puts the questions in YES/NO form or it gets the hose again."

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Does Haruhi know the answer?

Are all the pieces in a standard game of chess still on the board?

In their starting positions?

Did Kilga not pay attention to the answers given?

This is amusing to see from someone that asked if the chessboard was set up in the starting position when it's been confirmed one side is in checkmate.

Were the two men murdered? (Count intentional self-inflicted death as murder for the purposes of this question)

Is the identity of the murderer important?

Are the men dead as a direct result of the revolver being fired?

Thumbs up + thumbs down again. Held my hand too low.

Is there any game on the table other than the chess game?

Is a knowledge of chess required to solve this riddle?

Was there an illegal position in that both sides were in checkmate?

Takes that as NO

Was there a third person who performed the murder?

Is there actually a game of chess being played on the chessboard.

Was there an argument over the rules?

Were either of the men killed by a gunshot wound?

They aren't really human men. They are chess pieces. Captured ones. Each side has captured a chess piece so they count as dead, and they are on the outside of the chessboard, on either side. Um...the revolver just looks cool

Did the men have an overly convoluted arrangement that backfired and caused both their deaths?

Did you know you look like a serial killer in the first photo?

I'll probably have time for answering at late night today, so prepare a lot of nice questions for me until then.

[Prody]

Priceless expressions.

Anyway, was the game played really CHESS? Your board is clearly a GO board.

[Thaws]

Is the location of the people relevant?

Was there an argument?

Was there cheating?

Did both of them abide by the rules?

Were they deciding something over a game of chess? (like whoever lost had to do something)

Was the revolver used this way : they spun the revolver before the game and whoever got pointed at goes first?

[Hououin Kyouma]

Totally irrelevant to this case but was the fish caught in case 15, you?

now back to topic

did one of them die by accident and the other by murder?

was the revolver used to kill one of them?

was the revolver RevolverKoala?

[Xijiy]

Did both men cause their own deaths? As in, did they both commit suicide?

Or did one of them kill the other and the remaining man killed himself?

Did they use chest matches to help decide arguments or decisions. As in, if both of them wanted a drink and both of them didn't want to move. Did they use chest to decide who would go and get the drinks?

[Pesco]

Is the posture that the men died in important?

[Kilgamayan]

Were the two men sentient beings when the game began?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Is the location of the people relevant?

Was there an argument?

Maybe, but more like IRRELEVANT

Was there cheating?

Did both of them abide by the rules?

Were they deciding something over a game of chess? (like whoever lost had to do something)

Was the revolver used this way : they spun the revolver before the game and whoever got pointed at goes first?

Totally irrelevant to this case but was the fish caught in case 15, you?

Do I look like I'm dead?

did one of them die by accident and the other by murder?

What the hell am I doing in this photo? Answer is: Using Kilga's definition of murder (if I understood it right), then it is kind of a YES. You might want to ask again with other words if you have a certain idea.

was the revolver used to kill one of them?

was the revolver RevolverKoala?

Eh? Wait, let me ask...


No answer. I guess it's not him.

Did both men cause their own deaths? As in, did they both commit suicide?

Or did one of them kill the other and the remaining man killed himself?

Did they use chest matches to help decide arguments or decisions. As in, if both of them wanted a drink and both of them didn't want to move. Did they use chest to decide who would go and get the drinks?

Possible, but not really relevant.

Is the posture that the men died in important?

Were the two men sentient beings when the game began?

[Kuma]

I can assume that one of the guys killed the other, and than killed himself, so if that's the case, I will try to find out why!

Did these two men hate eachother?

Did they consider eachother Rivals?

was it a murder/scuiside pact?

did the other man killhimself out of guilt, or anything like that?