We choose eyepatch for Harleck.
Actually, scratch that; Harleck, don’t get an eyepatch, just use a strip of fabric around your head like Raiden in MGR. Really sells the “anime protagonist” vibe.
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“Thank you all. We have reached the close of the fourth trial of the Ultimate Hunt. The person which you have selected as the blackened is…”
TrustworthyLiberal
“Interesting choice.”
“I am pleased to announce that the person you have selected as the Blackened is…”
Guilty. Execution will begin shortly.
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“I believe you all have figured this out already, but here’s what truly happened in this case…”
This case was complicated by the fact that the Blackened was not intending to use their trap to directly kill. Although they did intend to use their trap as an element of their plan for murder, the true effects of their tools were unknown even to them.
The first tool that the Blackened used in the murder was an ink case acquired in the Experiment Room in Chapter 1. The ink case contained six colors of ink: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Unbeknownst to the Blackened, each color of ink had special properties. Of relevance to this case are three colors: orange ink, which caused whoever looked at it, besides whoever wrote the original message, to experience blinding pain; green ink, which healed minor injuries when applied to skin; and purple ink, which lit itself and the surface it was applied to on fire whenever anyone besides the original writer looked at it.
The second tool that the Blackened used in the murder was a pink Exisal suit, which was placed in the Observatory as part of the motive for this chapter. The Blackened intended to use this suit as part of a murder by coating the visor in ink to reduce visibility, then attacking the wearer directly. However, after applying the ink to the suit, they returned to the Research Roof to sleep for the night.
When the victim, PKR, entered the Observatory to carry out his tasks, he caught sight of the Exisal suit. When he climbed into the suit, he was instantly struck by blinding agony, and the suit began to catch fire around him. Although he struggled desperately to get the suit off, he was unable to manage it, and his body experienced a heart attack due to the simultaneous shock of the pain and the fire. Only his face, which was in contact with the green ink, escaped injury.
When PKR’s body was discovered, even the Blackened was shocked to discover that they were now a murderer.
…Isn’t that right, Stephanie Brown (@TrustworthyLiberal), the Ultimate Highwaywoman?!
Discuss amongst yourselves. The execution will begin shortly.
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“As much as we expected. Although there is one thing left unanswered - what did the blue ink do?”
(and also what was TL’s wincon but idk how to say this in character)
i mean if you think about it
he was going to murder PKR anyway but he was going to do it physically, which would have just left more evidence
he was doomed from the start when katze knew he had ink anyway
inb4 Alyx reminds you how long it took them to remember that the ink was a thing in the first place and says that they probably would have forgotten about it altogether had it not been so fundamental to this trial.
(okay but if i told you the true reason i remembered the ink existed then you’d probably laugh
so leave me alone mom)
i just remembered i forgot to do the thing to see if people could do a roll to identify what the case was
because i only used a ritual