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Title: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 13, 2013, 08:01:39 AM
The rules:

Every week, a staff member (probably me, but it may rotate; we'll see), will post in this thread detailing a "perfect" crime that has been sent to us by one of you. You will describe the crime scene in detail, including in it the relevant clue or trademark that is your own and by which you will later be identified. The crime scene may contain other clues or details to throw people off. The killer must then, in passing, mention the specific vital clue or element he or she has determined will be their trademark in a post anywhere on the forum within a weekday of committing the crime. If the killer wishes to draw the crime scene so people can visualise it better, they are welcome to do that too, but there must also be a written description.  With luck, we may get a member of the Four Winds team to eventually sketch the crime scenes.

Example:
A stuffed unicorn is found mangled and murdered with a knife on a large mountain of brie cheese. There are no witnesses, but there are a number of blue feathers at the scene mixed in with the sticky pink substance that may be icing or blood. The stuffed unicorn is survived by his partner, the Pink Invisible Unicorn and friends.
Now, within the week of this being posted, the killer must mention any of the things associated with the crime in a post in the part of the forum of his or her choosing. It could be how much he hates unicorns (or stuffed animals), that s/he has  collection of murderous knives, that s/he has a penchant for blue feathers or blue birds or that s/he recently ate bright pink icing, or that s/he has designs on obscure fake religious idols or gods.

Submissions should be sent to me in a PM and will be accepted now. :) Have fun. 
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: KatieHal on February 13, 2013, 09:02:59 AM
Fun!

Do people then come here to declare who they suspect/accuse of being the killer?
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: snabbott on February 13, 2013, 09:20:46 AM
Cez did it! :o
Oh, wait. We haven't started yet. :P
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 13, 2013, 06:16:35 PM
Quote from: KatieHal on February 13, 2013, 09:02:59 AM
Fun!

Do people then come here to declare who they suspect/accuse of being the killer?
Yes! :P Along with the quoted post of incriminating material.
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Oldbushie on February 13, 2013, 09:44:28 PM
Shocking!  :o
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 14, 2013, 05:33:44 AM
Someone murder someone so we can plaaaaay! :D
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 15, 2013, 05:43:44 PM
We have our first murder! The scene:

Quote
A unidentified man is found squashed beneath a grand piano. The piano was suspended on a rope that went all the way up to a hook in the ceiling; the rope was secured to a ring that was stuck in the floor. A sign beside the ring says "untie me for a surprise!" Beside the ring is a pack of playing cards; they are scattered everywhere. A copy of "The A-Z of International Murders" has been left on the floor with an inscription on the flyleaf: "NOT ELEGANT ENOUGH!!!! Grrrr arh snap crazy sounds" The murdered man has nothing in his pockets except a one-way plane ticket to Timbuktu.
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 19, 2013, 03:23:14 PM
How diabolical! :o Everyone, quick! Search out the killer! He or she is IN THIS VERY ROOM *obvious but not quite applicable Poirot reference"
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: stika on February 19, 2013, 03:41:19 PM
Can I keep his plane ticket? Not like he'll need it.

I...I... mean... yeah what a horrible crime *shifts his eyes*
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: snabbott on February 19, 2013, 04:05:20 PM
Sounds like the man may have untied the rope himself, in which case, he should be a Darwin Award winner.
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: snabbott on February 19, 2013, 04:11:05 PM
I accuse darthkiwi on the basis of this:

Quote from: darthkiwi on February 19, 2013, 03:21:57 PM
QuoteSometimes the narrator is just so fed up that she ends the game whether you like it or not.

Haha, I like that idea. XD

But I can't help wondering... are these deaths ELEGANT enough? Surely they lack a certain... FINESSE? :P

I made some notes about this in a book I had but for the life of me I can't find it now... Oh well. *is totally useless at finding things* :P
"Finesse" suggests the cards - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finesse
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 19, 2013, 04:26:24 PM
:o I'm afraid it's true. Off to the court with you, where you can defend your heinous actions!

The new submissions can now be sent. :D
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 19, 2013, 07:07:47 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

*sound of a prison door slamming shut*
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 20, 2013, 05:31:52 AM
We have a new case!

Quote
As soon as you enter the laboratory, you smell burning flesh. On the floor is what appears to be an empty set of clothes, laid out in the shape of a person in a puddle of ooze. Nearby, an empty can of Red Bull is tipped over. You ask the police chief what happened and his only comment is, "Looks like the Red Bull *literally* gave him wings." Upon inspecting the can very carefully, you see that it was lined in order to contain what must have been an extremely caustic chemical. Also, for some strange reason there is a mustache drawn on the bull's face.
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: stika on February 20, 2013, 07:00:56 AM
oh wow that was really observant of you, Snabbot.


As for the new case...gruesome :P
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: snabbott on February 20, 2013, 07:04:27 AM
Aqua Regia?
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 20, 2013, 08:06:05 AM
Oh, and the new rule is same-day clues, both because it's more realistic and because that way we have to go through fewer posts to find the killer. :D
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: snabbott on February 20, 2013, 01:01:10 PM
I suspect someone...
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: KatieHal on February 20, 2013, 02:09:20 PM
So do I, but you go first snabbott :)
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 20, 2013, 02:14:54 PM
I suspect two people... but... I don't think I have enough evidence... :S

Snabbott and Katie, you go first. I don't think I have enough to bring a case to bear. :P
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: snabbott on February 20, 2013, 03:42:39 PM
Quote from: darthkiwi on February 20, 2013, 02:14:54 PM
I suspect two people... but... I don't think I have enough evidence... :S

Snabbott and Katie, you go first. I don't think I have enough to bring a case to bear. :P
Well, it's a good thing cases aren't judged by bears. :P

I'd rather wait for more evidence. What I have is rather circumstantial.
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: KatieHal on February 20, 2013, 05:16:12 PM
In that case, I'll go ahead--with my FIVE pieces of damning evidence against OldBushie!!

Quote from: Oldbushie on February 20, 2013, 12:09:49 PM
-> Look questioningly at "daddy" and squeak.

The father twirls his mustache, thinking to himself. "Fine, he can come with us, but he'd better have enough energy to keep up with our performance! Oh, and please feed the bull, I do believe it's time for lunch."

Quote from: Oldbushie on February 20, 2013, 04:56:19 PM
I love Cortez the Red. :D I wonder how he'd look with a mustache...

Evidence bolded for emphasis. :)
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 20, 2013, 05:55:33 PM
Katie's solved it! :D For future references, the murderer only needs to leave one clue behind and it can be about any piece of information at the crime scene; there doesn't necessarily have to be more than one clue in it, but there can be. :)
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Oldbushie on February 20, 2013, 06:44:05 PM
He was thirsty! And I was trying to help his indigestion! :( I'm innocent I swear!!
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: KatieHal on February 20, 2013, 07:51:14 PM
You'll rot in jail forever for this!!

I originally only noticed one mustache clue, but then I caught all the others when quoting the evidence :)
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: stika on February 21, 2013, 03:12:08 AM
I think I'm going to suck at this game, I'd never catch on to that, lol
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 21, 2013, 04:17:48 AM
*waits impatiently for another case* :P
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 21, 2013, 07:19:59 AM
Come on, somebody murder somebody! :P
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 21, 2013, 10:42:30 AM
QuoteThe body of a famous celebutante lies forlorn and forgotten at the bottom of a well. The well's water has been dyed neon pink. Her fingers are scarred with video game company logos. Scratched into her arms and legs are what look to be messages from a text parser, including "I don't understand 'bedazzle'.", "I don't understand 'adorbs'.", "I don't understand 'totes'." The police report for the cold case tells you only that the resident criminal psychologist had determined that this was obviously the work of a deranged obsessive compulsive.

Get cracking!
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: KatieHal on February 21, 2013, 11:05:17 AM
I have a suspect, but I'll wait since I got the last one. :)
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Oldbushie on February 21, 2013, 08:25:58 PM
Awful! :-o I hear Bedazzler stains are a pain to get out.
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Oldbushie on February 21, 2013, 08:52:34 PM
I suspect darthkiwi of escaping jail and committing another murder! :o
Quote from: darthkiwi on February 21, 2013, 07:17:07 AM
-> Panic!

Becoming increasingly paranoid and convinced that the thumping in your head is approaching footsteps, you waggle your adorable little legs in the air and squeak wildly, but to no effect. (But you do look totes adorbz :D )
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 22, 2013, 04:30:46 AM
Since we are dealing with different time zones here, a day is the 24-hour period from posting of the murder.

DARTHKIWI, are these allegations true? Have you murdered again?  :o
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 22, 2013, 11:30:15 AM
Um, I don't think so? XD I mean, I might have murdered somebody in my sleep, by accident, or something. XD But I don't remember committing this one?

I think you have the wrong guy, officer!
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: KatieHal on February 22, 2013, 12:04:30 PM
Huh, you were also my suspect, for that exact same post!
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 22, 2013, 12:22:43 PM
But darthkiwi posted that four hours before the body was found. :P
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: KatieHal on February 22, 2013, 01:15:15 PM
That only proves it was premeditated!
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Oldbushie on February 22, 2013, 01:18:02 PM
Quote from: Deloria on February 22, 2013, 04:21:37 AM
Does anyone here follow the Vlogbrothers? I'm personally interested in many of their endeavours, with exception perhaps to the now infamous Lizzie Bennet Diaries, which I can't stand watching because of the near-constant uses of the words "totes" and "adorbs" which just makes me go on rampage. :P
Maybe Deloria herself? :o How could you?? :'(
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 22, 2013, 01:46:21 PM
*Gasp!* How could you? And without me, too! It could have been our thing! :P
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 23, 2013, 07:38:46 AM
Quote from: darthkiwi on February 22, 2013, 01:46:21 PM
*Gasp!* How could you? And without me, too! It could have been our thing! :P
I wanted to involve you. :( That's why we would have gone for the same thing. It was our thing. :(
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 23, 2013, 10:26:32 AM
Awwww! That's so sweet. :) <3

So... it was you, right? :P
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 23, 2013, 01:14:43 PM
...yes, BUT I DID IT FOR YOU! :( BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE PEOPLE LIKE THAT EITHER!
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: GrahamRocks! on February 23, 2013, 01:23:15 PM
Ah, the things people do for love.
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Oldbushie on February 23, 2013, 03:00:25 PM
Let's put them in the couples' retreat prison! :D
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 23, 2013, 04:54:41 PM
YAAAAAAAY :D We'll be locked up together for ever and ever :D <3
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on February 23, 2013, 06:57:46 PM
Quote from: darthkiwi on February 23, 2013, 04:54:41 PM
YAAAAAAAY :D We'll be locked up together for ever and ever :D <3
*locks us in a turret together* :D
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: darthkiwi on February 24, 2013, 09:42:50 AM
Yaaaaay! :D <3
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Deloria on March 02, 2013, 07:32:12 AM
We have another killer on the loose!

QuoteIn the back of an alley at the base of a brick wall, the purveyor of some perfidious slash fic was found... slashed to death, in fact. Above his body was scrawled in his own blood: "Deal with that guy" followed by a box with a checkmark in it. A notebook with various lab notes on biological topics was found at the man's feet. In his hands, he clutches the next episode in some truly horrible slash-fic pairing... well, some things just should not be. His head is resting on a stack of grammar books: a thesaurus, Strunk & White's, and a dictionary.
Title: Re: The Ultimate Murder Mysteries
Post by: Oldbushie on March 02, 2013, 02:39:36 PM
Oh dear... people really should watch their grammar. O_O