Day 17 - WHODUNNIT?

[pandatrash]

[It's that time again! The Great Detective has been killed, so put those little grey cells to work and find the culprit!]

[Most of the flooding has been stopped as well, though it's uncomfortably damp just about everywhere. Looks like the raccoons only half-assed their cleanup.]

[Speaking of half-assed, where's Tycoon? I mean, broken ones, sure, but has anybody seen him up and about? Looks like you guys might be flying blind this time around...]

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[purrtagonist]

[wait]

[what???]

Puzzles? What kind of puzzles?

[#priorities]

[loveandwillpower]

"Win, rearranged, angered, stolen."

You're smart, but if you solve it right away I'm gonna be mad.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . uh]

[he says nothing and arches a brow at her, because. why this. why puzzles]

[loveandwillpower]

I know, right?

And there was this key in a hollow book we had to find to get there in the first place.

[purrtagonist]

[HE]

[ISN'T FOLLOWING]

[AT ALL]

What did you find at the end of all of these puzzles?

[loveandwillpower]

Fifth floor's open!

You should take the stairs from the fourth if you want to see it, the elevator is...

Dumb.

[purrtagonist]

[yeah, tell the injured guy to use the stairs]

What's on the fifth floor?

[loveandwillpower]

Just a locked door. Two keyholes and a cat door.

[purrtagonist]

[locked door?? keys??? he perks up]

You didn't happen to find any keys to said door, did you?

[loveandwillpower]

I wish. The orgasm key just unlocks the secret compartment in the white room.

[ Minako do you just like having an excuse to say orgasm? Spoilers the answer is yes ]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Why is it called the orgasm key?

[EVERYTHING SHE SAYS JUST. MAKE HIM HAVE SO MANY MORE QUESTIONS]

[loveandwillpower]

You have to delve into the mysteries of the female orgasm to get it.

[ This face is the face of someone with no regrets in life ]

[purrtagonist]

[IN THE MOST DEADPAN TONE HE CAN MUSTER]

I'm into girls too, don't get me wrong. But my heart is currently spoken for. I'm afraid I have to refuse, with much regret.

[insurgeont]

[ minako you're always so helpful

(spoilers ulaz did most of the puzzle heavy-lifting) ]

They were mostly forms of wordplay.

[purrtagonist]

[ooooh, wordplay. Akira's favorite thing!]

What happened when you solved them?

[insurgeont]

...Nothing. But by coincidence we wound up in the kitchen, and there we discovered the small elevator now inside the oven.

[ read: there was a hint pointing them in that direction but they fucking missed it ]

[purrtagonist]

[YOU GUYS. . .]

[. . . also just going to. ignore the fact that's where Erika's head was HAHA. . .]

Was there anything in there when you found it?

[insurgeont]

Not in the oven itself. Minako traveled down it [ ulaz is too big to fit, whomp whomp ] and found that it leads to another elevator that goes up to the fifth floor.

[purrtagonist]

[ooooooh]

That's What she meant when she said the elevator was dumb.

[insurgeont]

It is not the most efficient of systems. [ dumb as hell, he agrees ] But thankfully it is not actually necessary to use it to access the fifth floor now that she has cut the tape blocking the way.

[purrtagonist]

Right. She told me there was a new stairwell leading up, and that there was a door at the top of the stairwell.

I think we need to find us some keys.

[insurgeont]

[ look man

you don't want to know what ulaz went through for the last key

...actually the briefest of grimaces does in fact cross his face at the thought ]

It is possible more riddles will appear next killing night.

[purrtagonist]

[I'm sorry]

Yeah.

[. . .]

But why? Are they trying to lead us towards the exit, or what?

[insurgeont]

It may be nothing more than further zuykrult chases. But there is not much else better to do at night regardless.

[ except maybe kill each other, I GUESS ]

[purrtagonist]

[what the fuck is a zuykrult]

If we really want to get out of here, we need to explore all possible avenues.

[. . .]

Why is Minako calling it the "orgasm key?"