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

[Lin Beifong]

Vigil puffs his cigar and nods.

"This is a crime scene, and this man fought with me in battle!
Have some respect!"​

 

[BBQ Turtle]

Can we compare the items not from the exhibits found near the body to the stab wounds and see if any of them match up?

I also noticed that a knife was missing in the Smokehouse- is there one of similar size we could compare the stab wounds to as well?

 

[MCD]

Hey everyone... bit of a rough night, huh?

So upon waking up I decide to pass through the Aviation and Space Exhibits, confident that neither will have any further relevance, on my way to survey the Kitchen. Turns out, it's all completely ruined, except the knives for some reason.

I remember my experience yesterday where I was not afforded an NPC favour despite provably - at one point - having voted for the correct culprit, before Turb used his powers of misdirection to make me suspect him instead. Therefore I decide to read up in the Library on some legal clauses that will help me out, during which Victor passes through. Having prepared my case, I find King Blocky Boo and request that he grant me one favour: completely fix the Kitchen so I can enjoy a bowl of tea or a cup of cereal or whatever it is I usually eat. He agrees but - in a very nasty move - completely removes any trace of tea or cereal. My heart breaks on the spot. I head downstairs, passing Lyra, who's carrying presumably coffee in a large thermos.

In the Garage, I meet my good friend Vigil and ask him for a chat in dead Thanos's car, but the car is gone, and motor oil is everywhere... oh no! It's on fire, I yell, as I run out with a fire extinguisher and try to salvage what I can, passing Jackson. But it's too late - someone has murdered this priceless automobile which belonged to one of Marvel's famousest actors. I look upon the burnt-out remains and ask Vigil if he'd like to have our boys chat in the car anyway, and he says sure. I asked him why his favourite food is a "biohazard" and the answer was kind of boring honestly so I started to work on a little side project. I think he enjoyed spending time with me though. I think this was good for both of our mental healves and we could maybe do it again on Night 6?

I then return to the Garage and see Jackson again, except this time he has a new face and was holding some kind of painting. Heading upstairs, I meet up with the Wii Fit Trainer in the Clock Tower Heights and invite her to guest on my podcast, to which she enthusiastically agrees

It's a decent start to the record, despite my guest's unwillingness to sit down due to being a bit undead. I ask Wii Fit Trainer for health tips but realise that as she's dead I should probably ask elsewhere. I ask how it feels to be a ghost and she just glares at me. I ask if she'll help lead a live fitness demonstration that my listeners can enjoy through audio.

Before the session, I check the Dining Room to see if anyone is around and wants to join. Sir Ratigan enters and partakes in a few jumping jacks, but seems to get tired quickly and leans over the fireplace, then leaves shortly after. Portricia and Tanner show up and get well into the swing of things. Tanner was more into it than Portricia, she seemed to have other business in the Parlor. Some of the instructions were weird and then for some reason Wii Fit Trainer started getting fiery and speeding up, I could tell everyone was struggling to keep up. Former guest Lee Chaolan enters and gets into the swing of things but... steals my glasses? I didn't know I was wearing any.

As I depart, Wii Fit Trainer is still dancing, when out of NOWHERE she launches a fireball at me and knocks me into the hallway. What the hell guys! I flee down to the Tree Roots and find that someone's dug a massive hole.

While in the Basement, I take the opportunity to investigate the area a bit more. I check out the Quarry and Dark Lab and investigate a bit, grabbing documents that seem relevant. I later spot Lulu, Reigen and Winter emerging from the Maintenance Hub, wet and covered in frozen paper. I head towards the Smuggler's Hideout and spot some red paint on the ground, remembering the paint incident yesterday and deciding against a repeat of that. Before heading to bed, I take a final look at the Archives based on the info I found last night, and then head to bed.

I guess today, could've gone better, but-

...

...Huh. That was weird. Lost my train of thought. I know what'll help - let's listen to my podcast recording to see if I picked up anything incriminating.

 

[Dr. Lyra Orpheus]

Spoiler: Music

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Well, would you look at that? You managed to find your way to the bottom of the lake all on your own. Not bad for a lizard whichever empty-headed losers decided to tag along. Kyahahah! Well, celebrate your victory while you can, because I found plenty of information on my own - and I didn't even need to both with some dumb lake-turned-spitball. Of course, I'll throw you a bone and share.

I just need a... Hm. Does this Gadd Zooks guy have a whiteboard anywhere? Let's see uh... Aha!

I'm not going to apologize for my middling artistic abilities. The arts and humanities are for lesser beings, plain and simple. Besides, I'm a scientist. We all have bad handwriting. It's practically part of the job description. I'll just need a place to jot a couple of diagrams down, don't expect me to draw my night like some kind of sicko.

Unlike the rest of you, I had some higher ideas in mind for my incentive from the trial. I get to force a favor from one of the residents of this place? Well I'm going straight to the top - to the big dog himself! Kyahaha! But first, when I woke up I went to go get a couple of paint packets, just in case. Historically, those always come in handy. Lee Chaolan was in the Studio too. Guess he had the same idea - a momentary flash of brilliance. After that, I just went upstairs. There was some knight fixing a hole in the floor, but I'm employed - so I didn't care about that.

This big square ghost is obviously high on his own supply, so I correctly assumed he would like some coffee. I went to brew him some in the Kitchen, obliterated though it may have been, when...

The place flashed with some unknown Esoteric signature, then... it was all fixed! It was like no one'd ever touched it! Of course, it wasn't flooded yet either. I just made the coffee and filled up a thermos. I took it over to see the "King" himself in Horology, but all I can really say about that whole trip is that I saw MCD in the hall looking paranoid, and some creep was sitting around in the Greenhouse behind the plants. Don't know what they were doing, I don't care.

I met up with our host and then...

[CONTROL OVERRIDE ENGAGED]

//:It was quite the enlightening conversation. Yes, yes. Our host knows a great many things that will be extremely valuable to our research. I would like to thank him for his compliance in our survey of this place and the energies that pulse below the surface of this world.://

[CONTROL OVERRIDE DISENGAGED]

I... don't really remember what we talked about, only that... he gave me a couple books. I think they have... some kind of information. I'll present them later.

Anyway, I had places to be. Things to research. The Dark Moon, the Sun Stone, in my infinite originality I had a few leads on places I could go investigate - but first, I thought I should get my hands on one of those Dark Lights. They may just be this complex's take on a basic Esotera detector, but it's better to have the tools you need to get the job done. I took the elevator downstairs to the basement levels and ran into that lizard again, along with his friend - the turtle I've already taken the liberty of classifying. I didn't pay them much mind, I just went to the Dark Lab to arm myself.

Of course, I'm more than familiar with the proclivity of Killing Games to feature some level of interaction with mysterious and potentially Occultic-aligned crystals, so I thought I'd look around the Crystal Mines with my Dark Light. They reacted about how you would expect, but in the process, I managed to find another book. Kyeheheh, you jealous?

Next, I went to the Clockworks. Through careful observation, I was able to locate this strange symbol around the gears. A pentagram in shape, or maybe a star. In any case, it was surrounded by what appears to be roman numerals of some sort, indicating an order of operations, or some kind of password. Don't say I don't do anything for this research team, hm?

After that, I went to the Hydro Generators to gather up some Water Sprites. The idea was that I would use this to flood the bottom of the canyon outside, providing a comfortable cushion to a fall and preventing an prospective explorer like myself from dashing my brains out on the stalagmites on the bottom. Porticia seemed like she was gathering some sprites as well, but she left fairly soon after I started my own containment work. With the apparitions firmly secured in my coffee thermos, I went back upstairs to investigate my next venue: the fountain.

I suspected this area contained a Dark Moon Shard, but when I showed up, it was frozen solid, with a bunch of smoldering ashes around it and water splashed everywhere. This was an unexpected roadblock in the progress of my night, so I ended up just trying to smash through it by hand, hammering on the ice with my thermos and fists, tearing out sheets of ice as I went. I'm not built for this, you know. I messed up my hands and wrists pretty bad, but in the name of discovery... what else was I supposed to do?

When I made a big enough hole in the ice, I jumped in to investigate the basin proper, except... It was boiling hot! I jumped out as soon as I could, now soaking wet, injured, and with nothing to show for it! What a joke! Whatever, the Canyon awaited, and there were two morons wandering the garden anyway, I didn't want to deal with them, so I just left.

I took my rope from the previous day to the Canyon, and tried to rappel down. I couldn't make it all the way, and the water sprites were less than useless, they just hit the bottom and exploded into water. It wasn't enough - or even close. I suppose I overestimated the Anomalies that spawn within this complex. It doesn't matter though, because I found something quite interesting.

There was a camera halfway down the canyon, looking like something utilizing Dark Light technology. There was a wooden sign too, with what appeared to be the astrological sign for Pluto drawn on it. You're lucky I'm in a... good mood, because this kind of Stellaric crap really drives me crazy. Dr. Zooks must be a total hack if he buys into this, kyahahaha!

Well, after the damage my hands and wrists had suffered because of the ice, continuing my descent wouldn't have been particularly pleasant, so I climbed back up - only to run into that lizard and his band of suck-ups! He had the sheer brass balls to come up to me and bandage my hands too, like I needed his damn help!

Whatever. I went back to bed after that. Next time, I'll make sure he thinks twice before lying a hand on me. I couldn't sleep for shit though, someone was smashing up the gallery all night like a total troglodyte. Just my luck!
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[Evil Power Flotzo]

Well then, since it's been quiet for a while, let me recall to you the events of tonight.

I first entered the Library, where the posh Cyndaquil was poring over several thick law books, assessing their weight with one book in each hand. I then passed through the West Gallery and Passage en route to the Shaft. Mona was hovering over the hole, now wearing a suit of armor. Next, I entered the Garage and rummaged through one of the drawers just as Winter entered to leave for the Forest, and Lash popped his head in. Who do they think they are, trying to intrude on my genius?

From there, I headed into the Studio, where I worked upon a painting of one of the girls I had targeted in the past. I even vandalized one of the portraits to make it look sad--by which I mean, even better! Wahaha!

Next, I went into the Metal Laboratory and sighted Albina. On my way to the Shaft, Jackson entered from the Garage, now bald, and headed for the Studio.

In the Crystal Quarry, my next destination, I spoke with Tanner for a bit. Portricia then showed up after a while, and the two of them headed elsewhere. I took this opportunity to search for some hidden treasures that could help me skedaddle out of this dump... but instead, I found Lulu. As I followed her around, the two of us looked around the "Solaire of the Sun" coffin. There were also other coffins, but they were all open and nothing of value was inside, except one with a camera with a letter Z on it that seemed to be turned off... What could it mean?

Exiting into the Basin, I tried to trip Lulu on the ice, but she saw through my evil scheme! We then rushed into the Tomb, which was eerily quiet and had strange inscriptions on the wall in a language beyond my comprehension. That was a waste of time, so I split from Lulu as she headed for the Maintenance Hub, and I continued upstairs to the Metal Lab. Jackson passed me on the way to his bedroom, except this time he had a paint can over his head. Good-the pressure seems to be getting to him!

I then returned to my bedroom, pausing in the hallway to watch Albina for a bit before I fell asleep.

 

[Lin Beifong]

Well, after the damage my hands and wrists had suffered because of the ice, continuing my descent wouldn't have been particularly pleasant, so I climbed back up - only to run into that lizard and his band of suck-ups! He had the sheer brass balls to come up to me and bandage my hands too, like I needed his damn help!

Whatever. I went back to bed after that. Next time, I'll make sure he thinks twice before lying a hand on me. I couldn't sleep for shit though, someone was smashing up the gallery all night like a total troglodyte. Just my luck!
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WINTER:
Well, that seems to be healing properly, at least.

I still have no idea how you managed to do that to yourself.
But I don't blame you. This entire location is like a security vacuum, held together by malice and incompetence.
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