[IC] Mindscape continuations

[zettai]

[Super late continuations or new threads for Lambda's mindscape can go here]

Comments

[moextispicy]

Exactly. What does it cost you to let me stay?

[zettai]

Nothing much. That's why I'm allowing you to be here in the first place.

[moextispicy]

Then why not?

[zettai]

You won't even properly play the game to get to the next stage. [glances at the door]

[moextispicy]

Fine, fine. I'll be a good girl, nipa~

[zettai]

If you want to see whatever there is here, it's only fair you're expected to play by the rules.

[moextispicy]

By the rules? ... [giggle] That would be a new experience, at least.

[zettai]

Did you think you could cheat my mind?

[moextispicy]

[considering how to do this] Of course not, nipa~

[zettai]

It's difficult to convince me to let you through unless you're taking it seriously.

[moextispicy]

If I'm going to play, I need some kind of idea of the victory conditions. In order to get all the information, do I need to solve the murder?

[zettai]

That's what you need to do to unlock the door.

[moextispicy]

...Mi- The murderer's identity or a way the murderer could have done it? I don't know that much about the players.

[zettai]

How it was done. Don't overthink it. It's just a silly riddle, like the ones we shared in that one game a while back.

[moextispicy]

All right, I'll play seriously nipa~

[zettai]

Good luck, then.

[moextispicy]

Thank you.

[zettai]

Then I'll see you again, on the other side of the door. You won't keep me waiting too long, will you?

[moextispicy]

Of course not, nipa~ I'll see you then.

[zettai]

[And she disappears.]

[moextispicy]

[turns to the door] The murder would have taken place either by a trap set by the murderer, the killer dying before they left the room, the murderer killing them through a hole in the room, or the murderer having the key. [and opens a chocolate]

[zettai]

[You were not directly killed by a trap. There are no gaps in the room big enough to fit through any means of carrying out murder. The murderer did not step foot inside the room as the murder was carried out.]

[moextispicy]

The murderer could still have stood outside the door and killed them with the door open, and then closed it with the key. They could also be in a wheelchair or lacked feet in other ways that still allowed them to move around. [opens chocolate]

[zettai]

[The door was fully closed when you died. The murderer was not present in the room whatsoever when this happened.]

[moextispicy]

It was a slow death. The murderer did something that would be fatal, then left and locked the room before the victim was dead.