Awards Killing Game 2x2: Moon of Hope (Game Thread) - Grand Finale: Shoot The Moon

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Ah, a goopy gelatinous caper has graced our doorstep. What a conundrum, indeed.
Luckily, master detective Lupin is on the case.

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Er, master detective Lupin can't do his job when the crime scene is suspended in mid-air. Me no likey. Is it safe to assume the cloud of red is the victim's blood?
Definitely seems to be the case. The deep red cloud is diluting rather well as it expands from the center of the victims chest, it's not a strong color like paint or food dye. The lowered gravity and different densities between blood and water are keeping it mostly around the victim's body.
 
Let's stretch our legs and take a closer look at the wreckage near the garage, then the Icy Lake
 
Let's stretch our legs and take a closer look at the wreckage near the garage, then the Icy Lake
You examine down the road from the Garage. A very expensive vehicle has had its windows smashed, its brakes removed, its tires ruined, and its front engine set on fire at the bottom of the road. The interior of the car seems mostly in tact, but the exterior is ruined. This was a vintage model, so that's quite an expensive bit of damage...

You examine the Icy Lake. Well, there was once a lake here. Now it's not very icy, or very lake-y.
Now, it's a crater filled to the brim with mushy old paper, stuck together with chunks of ice and several fish flopping around on the surface. They can't die, they're ghost fish, so all they can do is flop, and suffer, much like yours truly. Every single page is blank. A sizeable tunnel has been dug out of the mushy paper pile, and chunks of it scattered around the surface of the ice. At the end of this paper tunnel lies a steel hatch, which has been opened. A cavernous, icy slide extends into the darkness below. The crate and lamp from the previous night have been tossed aside unceremoniously.
 
Another day, another murder. Sigh...

First things first, inspect the wreckage at- Oh wait, she already did.

Well, in that case, slide down the icy slide and investigate Under the Ice.
Victor doesn't hesitate and wordlessly slides down the dark, cold, crystalline tunnel, leaving you all in the icy dust.

While sliding, this music begins playing in your head without any known source of sound. It must be tied to the tunnel itself.


The mysterious room, more like a bunker, is completely covered in sheets of ice, wooden securing beams, and hundreds of strange crystals that reflect rainbow light. A large Treasure Chest is here, opened, its contents taken. Some light hunting firearms, rifles and shotguns hang on the wall, some embedded in the crystals. A giant realistic fish head hangs from the ceiling, and in its mouth is a lone RPG hanging out of it like a cigarette. A coffee machine has a half finished, but ice cold pot of coffee on it, and a tin of opened beans remains unfinished nearby. Some scattered documents and covered portraits remain about. Lastly, there's a portable generator, which seems to be a miniaturized version of the Hydro Generators next door, powering a string of mining lanterns hanging around the crystals.

A large, hoop-shaped metallic "gate" leans against one of the walls. It has a Z on its side, labelled a "Z-Gate". It is currently unpowered.

Mona chimes in to reveal she's never seen this bunker before, but instantly recognises the smell of coffee as Gadd's favorite brew, so she immediately begins examining the room by poking it with her safety sign. "Was... Gadd hiding here?" she asks Vigil, who remains wordless.
 
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Check the damage on the east and west galleries
 
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Mona, do you know if air is normally kept in the anti-gravity area when it's activated?
Yes, generally speaking. Gadd pumps this chamber full of paranormal wavelengths to mimic anti-gravity conditions and test his odd-theories about cosmic entities, so it's not a complete vacuum. Y'know how poltergeists can float with objects and stuff? It's basically a close approximation. It can even reverse the gravity entirely!

Even if it's not completely vacuum sealed, no one can get in, or out, when it's operating, and it sucks up nearby objects in the lower exhibit as the plexiglass is lowered, which is why the code for activating this wondrous contraption is usually a staff-only privilege. Safety first, and all of that... sigh...

I suspect Gadd kept the activation method written down somewhere though, in case he forgot. Gadzy was doing a lot of studies on comet dust and how it reacts to the atmosphere at one point, in the hopes of replicating a strange streak of crimson he once saw in the sky.
 
Alright bozos, move over. I got this


So the dead guy's floating in a sphere of water, right? But all that water probably wasn't lying around in those exhibits to begin with. Had to come from somewhere, you feel me? So how clear does that water look from here? Bit murky, like lake water, or crystal clear? Maybe safety sis can tell us if some magic was involved here? Same with the flood in the Kitchen, actually.

Yeeeah, I dunno how much further we can get from out here, but I'm not gonna make the call to hit the button myself. The Lash accepts no responsibility if we miss a clue cuz we jump the gun.
 
Alright bozos, move over. I got this


So the dead guy's floating in a sphere of water, right? But all that water probably wasn't lying around in those exhibits to begin with. Had to come from somewhere, you feel me? So how clear does that water look from here? Bit murky, like lake water, or crystal clear? Maybe safety sis can tell us if s