This post was last modified: Mar 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM by Deathborn.

Deathborn
Behold. Once more, the cycle continues. We are one step closer to the Mandrill Empire's dominance!

Honoka Kosakatua
...I'm not seeing the connection between mandrills and murder.

Hollywood Bowl
Well, they both start with M. Maybe that's his excuse?

Honoka Kosakatua
You know what else starts with M? Meadow. Where's the Meadow Empire?

Deathborn
I could plant a meadow here when the Killing Game is over, if you think it would add something.

Honoka Kosakatua
That... actually sounds pretty nice.

Agent Evangeline
Mandrills and meadows aside, where's the body?

Momoyo Himemushi
Over here, and you guys are gonna have some fun with this one!

A body has been discovered! @Theodore Noise has been found dead in the Gambling Parlor!

Spoiler: Show

You are the Ultimate Homesteader, and looking on this barren land, you see nothing but opportunity! Your indomitable frontier spirit and knowledge of agriculture have combined, to allow you to grow any native plant to this region in a night and a day. Plant a cactus on Night 1 and watch it be grown and sprouted by Night 2... though don't expect results when you try to plant a palm tree. But plants aren't the only way to build a homestead around here - a good farm needs animals too. You can tame one wild animal per night, and each night one of your tamed animals can assist you with various tasks. A snake? An armadillo? The choices are yours!

Forbidden Action: The weather is your greatest nemesis, and to let it claim you or your morals goes against every code you have. You will perish instantly if you are incapacitated by weather, or if you set someone else up to be incapacitated by weather. If people get in trouble with weather and you're not involved, tough luck for them - they can freeze all you like as long as you didn't knock them out to freeze.

Hollywood Bowl
That's one death I'm not going to mourn. Maybe we could all vote suicide?

Deathborn
You could, if you wished to share the Jail Cell the next night.

Hollywood Bowl
Darn.

Agent Evangeline
That's probably enough faffing around. Give us the case files.

Momoyo Himemushi
Case information, you say? Let's see here...

CASE FILES
-The victim is lying on the floor in the Gambling Parlor, with severe injuries
-A trail of blood leads between the Gambling Parlor and the Restaurant
-One of the ovens in the Restaurant is damaged, and the remains of several potatoes sit inside
-A barrel is currently dangling from the Water Tower
-The Archives door has been damaged and repaired
-The CCTV in the Blacksmith is gone
-@Elster attempted to break into the Telegraph Office last night

THE MAP

First Floor: Show

Purple Building
Desert Sage Dorm: One of the three large dorm rooms. This one is decorated with a bunch of desert flowers.
Sheriff's Office: The office of the one lawman in the town. Contains an officer's desk, several guns, and the Jail Cell.
Jail Cell: A jail cell, to, unsurprisingly, jail people. Anyone who starts their night in the jail cell is inflicted with Jailbird upon exiting.
General Store: A store stocked with all sorts of dry goods. The destination for all items you could want in the Wild West that aren't stocked elsewhere! There's a locked trapdoor in the floor.
Army Post: A well-equipped military depot, with everything from rations to weapons that a handful of soldiers might need.

Blue Building
Lobby: This building is fully modern, unlike the old-timey other five buildings. The glass-walled lobby full of plush chairs to sit in is a great example.
Theater: An old fashioned movie theater with modern projection equipment. Perfect for screening Wild West films after making them!
Archives: A large number of filing cabinets sit in this room, full of information on past Wild West film shoots that took place in Silver Junction. The door is locked.
Executive Office: A fancy, plush office with a large chair and larger desk, for whoever's in charge of the current movie productions.

Green Building
Prickly Pear Dorm: One of the three large dorm rooms. This one is decorated with a bunch of cacti.
Chapel: A non-denominational chapel to pray to whatever you may choose to pray to. We don't judge.
Newspaper: A room to run off the day's paper, complete with a printing press and a few desks for the newshounds.
Bank: A fancy, well-equipped bank, complete with a manager's office and plenty of tellers - as well as some money lying around. The back has a large vault door.
Vault: A locked vault behind a large vault door in the bank. It looks very complex to open, and it's marked High Security.

Yellow Building
Saloon: The big bar of Silver Junction. Lots of booze behind a bar, a piano with curtains on the side, plenty of tables, and of course every door is the swinging saloon doors.
Gun Store: A store selling all kinds of guns, from pistols to shotguns to rifles. Free to take and use to all customers!
Farrier: A small shop containing everything one could need to take care of a horse properly.
Stable: A stable currently inhabited by four horses. Whoever stocked them was cheeky enough to pick a red horse, a black horse, a white horse, and a pale gray horse.

Orange Building
Century Agave Dorm: One of the three large dorm rooms. This one is decorated with a bunch of low-growing desert plants.
Blacksmith: With a furnace at full blast, this blacksmith's shop is fantastic for making metal tools.
Carpenter: This room is full of woodworking tools and wood to work with for those tools.
Ruined Mine: The collapsed remains of a mineshaft, creating a deep hole in the middle of the building. Plenty of rocks to poke at if you want.
Mineral Storage: A place to store whatever minerals were dredged up from the mine when it was active. It's full of pyrite.
Mining Equipment: A large room, full of shovels, pickaxes, and any other non-explosive mining equipment your heart could possibly desire.
Explosives Storage: A room with plenty of dynamite, blasting caps, and whatever else you'd need for a big boom. The door is locked.

Red Building
Train Platform: An open-air platform for people to wait for the train. Contains a few clocks and a few benches.
Passenger Lounge: A comfortable waiting area and ticket counter for people to relax while waiting for the train.
Post Office: A small station to store, sort, and receive letters, of which there are currently a blizzard's worth.
Telegraph Office: An office to send and receive telegrams up and down the line. The door is locked.
Locomotive: A full-sized steam locomotive with a tender, three passenger cars, and a caboose attached. Several necessary parts of the engine have been removed, so it's not going anywhere.

Exterior Locations
Cemetery: A graveyard. It's currently devoid of graves beyond a few old headstones, but that could very well change here.
Livestock Corral: A small pen, holding several cattle. There's also a few chickens, for some reason.
Water Tower: An elevated water tower. It contains, surprise, water.
Outhouse: The only bathroom or bathroom-equivalent on the entire map. If it breaks you're not getting another one.

Second Floor: Show

Purple Building
Officer's Club: A fancy bar meant for army officers. With the lack of those in the vicinity, it's become open to all.
Schoolhouse: A small, one-room school. Well equipped for general lessons, less well equipped for specialized.
Mayor's Office: The office of the Mayor of Silver Junction, holding all kinds of documents and records relating to the old town.
Courthouse: The judicial location of the county, back in the day. Contains a judge's bench, witness stand, desks for attorneys, and a jury box.
Hallway: An ordinary hallway to connect the 2F rooms in the purple building. There's some paintings on the walls, at least.

Blue Building
Soundstage: A big soundstage, perfectly designed for filming. There's a few different backdrops available to choose from, all fitting the Wild West theme.
Film Equipment: A storage room for the movie set building, holding the camera equipment and plenty of props for any Western you care to film.
Recording: A soundproof room for recording voice. Full of recording equipment, ranging from the gramophone to the modern systems.
Breakroom: A comfortable room to relax in during all the filming. Has several couches and tables, a coffee machine, and a fridge.

Green Building
Tailor: Plenty of clothing lies around in this store, all of it befitting the Wild West aesthetic on display.
Laundry: A hand-wash laundry, with everything you need to wash 'em and dry 'em both.
Barbershop: A fancy barbershop, equipped well for both haircuts and dentistry as necessary.
Law Office: The office of the town's only lawyer. Contains difficult-looking legal books in a row, a nice desk, and far too many papers.
Tobacconist: A tobacco shop, full of plenty of cigars, cigarettes, and chewing tobacco to imitate whatever noir or western trope you desire.

Yellow Building
Restaurant: A nice restaurant, complete with a small kitchen. Unimpressive compared to the OCGA Central Facility.
Gambling Parlor: A smoke-filled room set up for all sorts of games of chance and luck.
Brewery: A room set up for the easy production of moonshine. Saloon's gotta stay supplied, right?
Hotel: A small hotel with a few beds set up for sleeping. Perfect for quick layovers.

Orange Building
Doctor's Office: A basic doctor's office, for taking care of injuries in the West. Contains various doctor's tools, a cot, and a locked medicine cabinet.
Funeral Home: An undertaker's room, to work on laying to rest the deceased. When there's not a constant supply of them you can't keep up with, that is.
Pharmacy: With plenty of cheap drugs, nothing here is as good as the medicine in the Doctor's Office, but it can still come in handy.
Target Range: A shooting gallery set up to practice your gunplay. If you didn't bring your own, it's got plenty of guns and ammo ready to go.
Trading Post: A small trading post that caters specifically to selling to the miners, rather than the open nature of the general store.

Red Building
Railworker Quarters: A small sleeping area for employees of the railroad. It's got beds and not much else.
Station Storage: A storage room located in the train station. Contains various parts for the track and gear for employees.

Exterior Locations
Water Tower: An elevated water tower. It contains, surprise, water.

LIVING PLAYERS
Desert Sage Dorm
-@Not Shane
-@North Star
-@Bud
-@Madame Zalsarona
-@Hifumi
-@Cascabela
-@Tsavorae
-@Elster
-@Hollywood Bowl (NPC)
-@Momoyo Himemushi (NPC)

Prickly Pear Dorm
-@Partitio Yellowil
-@Mizzlebip
-@Akira Kogami
-@Strong Bad
-@Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
-King of Clubs (@Amoeba)
-@Lynne
-@Gyro Zeppeli
-@Reginald Fikwerther
-@Deathborn (NPC)
-@Agent Evangeline (NPC)

Century Agave Dorm
-@Marisa Kirisame
-@Neil Marshall
-@Derek Stiles
-@Ranger
-@Roland
-@Kroos the Keen Glint
-@Nico Yazawa
-@McJango
-@Honoka Kosakatua (NPC)

The phase will end in 48 hours, at 9 PM EST on Sunday, February 2nd.

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Autopsy on the body, please.

This post was last modified: Feb 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM by Marisa Kirisame.

Oh dang, the weirdo died already? I kinda expected he'd be more like a cockroach, so this is a little anti-climactic

Well, whatever the case it is, we still gotta solve this I guess. Investigate both the restaurant and the gambling parlor, as well as the trail of blood

Oh, that's a shame... I guess?

Examine the damage to the Archive door.

This post was last modified: Feb 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM by Roland.

(Already looking at the body, the scene too... they sure work fast, huh?)

Well, guess I'll check The Noise's room and the area we found those buried potatoes yesterday. Don't expect to find very much, but... who knows what he was keeping in there.

I would like to inspect the damaged oven to see if I can figure out what happened

Can't say I'm surprised someone already went for him. Ah well, a case is a case.

Investigate the water tower.

This post was last modified: Feb 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM by Deathborn.

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Autopsy on the body, please.

You investigate the body of the Noise. It appears he has several bullet wounds scattered all over his body, as well as a single sharp stab wound to the chest.

Well, whatever the case it is, we still gotta solve this I guess. Investigate both the restaurant and the gambling parlor, as well as the trail of blood

You investigate the trail of blood. It leads between the oven in the Restaurant, and the Noise's body in the Gambling Parlor.

You investigate the Restaurant. There are some damaged-looking potatoes in the oven, and it's currently open. A few cacti lie piled up, and a slice of pie and a pressure cooker are missing. Some jugs of milk sit on one of the tables.

You investigate the Gambling Parlor. The Noise's body lies here, in the middle of the floor. You feel nothing. There's also some casino chips lying on the floor.

Oh, that's a shame... I guess?

Examine the damage to the Archive door.

You examine the Archives door. It appears that it has brand new hinges.

The reason for this is lying on the floor, as you can see the old hinges. It appears something cleanly sliced through them.

Well, guess I'll check The Noise's room and the area we found those buried potatoes yesterday. Don't expect to find very much, but... Well, who knows what he was keeping in there.

You check the Noise's room. It seems like there's nothing stored there.

You investigate the area by the Outhouse. The buried potatoes have been dug up, and are gone.

I would like to inspect the damaged oven to see if I can figure out what happened

You inspect the oven in more detail. It appears the potatoes have been blown open from the inside. A few bullets can be found stuck in the inside of the oven.

Can't say I'm surprised someone already went for him. Ah well, a case is a case.

Investigate the water tower.

You investigate the water tower. A barrel has been tied, hanging from the top. It sways fiercely in the wind.

Why'd he have to die? T. Noise was my prime target for helping show the world the wonder of Peroro-sama!

Just to cover our bases, could we check the restaurant and gambling parlor for bullet holes or impacts?

Gimme a look at that oven, how about. The surrounding area too. Is the blood splattered onto the potatoes as though he was shot from behind? Is it splattered like he was shot from the oven? Was the oven open or closed when we took a look at it, and how close is the guy anyway?

Is it possible for me to determine the depth or size of the knife wound? Can I compare it to missing knives from the Restaurant or Army Post?

Also compare the knife wound to a surgical doctor's knife

I dunno if this is something I can check but does it look like the potatoes were blown up from not being vented or from having gunpowder or something inside them

"Akira wants to blow up potatoes! Let's find an oven somewhere for Akira Kogami's dazzling miraculous cooking show, stuff some potatoes with bullets, stuff a few more with gunpowder plus bullets, and then turn it on and bake until golden-brown~!"

Ranger, those potatoes seem important

Yer right Marty, we better get to the bottom of this mighty quick

I'm gonna eat one of them blown up potatoes and see what it tastes like, hopefully there ain't nothin' extra in it

Wanted to make meal with cactus. Brought it from the desert.

Sheep lady told me to wait a day. Did not make food. Bud hungry.

Here's what i noted down from last night!
- spot strong bad and cascabela while leaving dorm
- pass through mining equipment, spy Hollywood Bowl and T. Noise chatting outside green building
- loiter around at the bank vault waiting for the gang to arrive
- Roland cracks the thing open and we venture inside, see his account for additional details
- we check out the general store and come up with nothing then we go to bed


...I'm not sure we should mess with the stuff down under that vault

Why'd he have to die? T. Noise was my prime target for helping show the world the wonder of Peroro-sama!

Just to cover our bases, could we check the restaurant and gambling parlor for bullet holes or impacts?

You search the restaurant. There's a few bullet holes in there. There are no bullet holes or impacts anywhere in the Gambling Parlor.

Gimme a look at that oven, how about. The surrounding area too. Is the blood splattered onto the potatoes as though he was shot from behind? Is it splattered like he was shot from the oven? Was the oven open or closed when we took a look at it, and how close is the guy anyway?

You look at the area. The potatoes and oven itself remain bloodless, it's just a pool of blood in front of the oven. The blood is splattered generally away from the oven, and it was open when you investigated it. Theodore is... all the way over in the Gambling Parlor. It's quite a trek.

Is it possible for me to determine the depth or size of the knife wound? Can I compare it to missing knives from the Restaurant or Army Post?

You cannot directly determine the depth or size, but it looks kind of... thin and round. It doesn't match those knives at all.

Also compare the knife wound to a surgical doctor's knife

No match.

I dunno if this is something I can check but does it look like the potatoes were blown up from not being vented or from having gunpowder or something inside them

You look, but though the potatoes have eyes to see, they lack mouths to speak.

"Akira wants to blow up potatoes! Let's find an oven somewhere for Akira Kogami's dazzling miraculous cooking show, stuff some potatoes with bullets, stuff a few more with gunpowder plus bullets, and then turn it on and bake until golden-brown~!"

This you can do you. You shove some bullet potatoes and gunpowder bullet potatoes into an oven and turn it on.

You wake until it bakes, and you open the oven. You duck as all the potatoes on both sides start to fire wildly, the bullets cooking off from the heat. When you sit up and look at the carnage, there's several bullets in the oven, and the potatoes look blown apart like the original ones.

Ranger, those potatoes seem important

Yer right Marty, we better get to the bottom of this mighty quick

I'm gonna eat one of them blown up potatoes and see what it tastes like, hopefully there ain't nothin' extra in it

You eat it.

Tasty.

Examine the trap door of the General Store for more... destruction.

Also is there anything visibly banged up or smashed in Century Agave Dorm?

Got a wild hare from Kroos and I'm rarin' to chase it. Those casino chips, how close are they to our round and circular stab wound?