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It happened again.
I stared at Jambo Adebayo. His corpse engraved itself into my mind, and I co
“But, while I was going, I heard…something.” He added.“Something? Whaddya hear?” Poppy interrogated, getting right up in Urkstin’s face, completely forgetting about her prying apology seconds before.“Ah, w-well,” Urkstin gulped, backing up as much as he could, “I heard what sounded like that metal plate beingmoved
Joseph.Urkstin.Risa.Those three were the only potential culprits, they had to be. But even then, I didn’t want to think that one of them could have been lying to me. That thought that one of them was blatantly lying to hide the fact they killed Jambo was overwhelmingly depressing…
“So you’re saying the culprit pickpocketedthe lighterfrom Jambo to light theblowtorchto heat thevents?” Urkstin asked.“That seems to be the logical course of events.” Mia confirmed.
“Oh yeah, there’s also the fact that there wasn’t a vent cover in front of the library vent!” Poppy added in, throwing even more suspicion, “Almost as if ya needed aneasy entrance and exit.”Risa couldn’t even respond properly. She was crouched down with her hands gripping her head, shaking and sobbing. It was a depressingly nostalgic sight.
“I can prove my innocence by showing mywarning message.” He explained, “If I didn’t watch my video, then I don’t have a motive to kill Jambo, right?”“That’s not true! You could have killed just for the sake of it!” Joseph screamed out, trying to throw away Urkstin’s plan.
Suddenly, a shadow started to emerge from the icy depths, and a hopefully look came across our faces. After a couple seconds, the shadow broke the surface, and revealed itself to beJoseph!… Joseph’sbody, to be exact, which had drifted its way to the surface of the water, unmoving, and frozen. The hopeful look turned itself into terrified fear as we realized that Joseph had either drowned or frozen to death, and a few of us screamed once we
……“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!” Two voices sing out, as I stare into a brightly lit cake with the words ‘Aka 15th’ written on it.“Happ
“Soo…” A voice broke through the silence, which was Urkstin’s, who sounded like he was trying his best, “I think we should get to know each other better!”“I don’t think that’s necessary.” Mia said, eating her breakfast while looking at the table. “That could just get us attached to each other.”“Well, if we get to know each other better, wouldn’t that make us
With that, we all exited the cafeteria, with me leading the way as usual. Most of the team followed, while people like chefs and most of the cleaning crew stayed behind to clean up everything so that no evidence would be left behind. Amber was the only exception, following us as I needed her to clean up specific areas.As we neared the crossroads for the different hallways, I made sure to inquire about something important to her.“Yo, Amber, you made sure you guys cleaned all of thefingerprints
…The hallways were finally silent.The only thing I could hear were my own footsteps, as I made my way through his familiar prison, on my way to the cafeteria.I was trying to keep my composure, walking in stride, and proper composition, but occasionally a small snicker or bounce escaped me as I neared the room closer and closer, thinking back on everything that had happened. Turning the corner, I could see the door to the cafeteria, and felt my excitement growing exponentially.&n
“...Congratulations!” The Loudspeaker called out in celebration,“You voted incorrectly!”… …
“I think that I might have theone piece of evidencewe need to convictour culprit.” I responded, feeling a sudden boost in confidence as the words started to form in my head, and the face of a culprit started to come into view. All we needed was one more push, and I had it.“Please do tell then.” Liam allowed, sounding a bit worried and excited at th
“Are you saying that she…sacrificed herselfto let us progress?” Urkstin questioned, seeming to get increasingly upset at the idea. Personally I was feeling the same way, but for a much different reason.“That… would explain why the handwriting does not match.” Liam responded, solemnly. Everyone seemed to be getting on board with the idea, which just infuriated me more, to the point where I couldn’t hold back.“B
“That means that it must be one of the two who were out during that period, which would beyou two.” Liam spoke, pointing at bothMia and Akira.… …… …Once again, the room fell silent, with a new ominous aura looming ove
“However, this also brings with ittroubling news.” Liam spoke, readying himself for this next phase of the trial.“Troubling? How so?” Akira asked. I most likely knew where Liam was going with this, but let him speak in his own words first.“Well, the more uplifting news is that we now have a
"Akira and I discovered somethin’ a bitstrange.”“Strange how so?” Liam prompted me to answer, while Akira sat back and let me explain away.“Well, this might sound a little gross, but I noticed somethin’ strange inside of Aka’s mouth, so I had Akira put a finger in there to find out what it was.” I explained, getting some varied looks from everyone in the room.
"I was looking for aweapon.” Mia responded, getting some questionable glares from her answer as to why she went towards the bathrooms, “Alongside that, I saw Natsumi heading down the bathrooms’ hallway at10:15 PM, so I followed her at10:20 PMand after seeing her in the bathrooms, got myself a weapon from ther