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<p>Ah yes. Appropriate amount of coffee here. And, someone gave me a book about coffee so that I can read about coffee while I&;m obviously drinking coffee. You are the future.</p>
<p>So. We&;ve been told there might be one of us who...might not be who they claim to be. As despicable as Alexis may be, his knowledge about espionage were valuable. Anyway, I suppose I can chsare our collective suspicions, yes?</p>
<p>First, there is our scientific officer, Miss Keith. She is the lady in the red mask and with long ponytails. Is she always that chipper? I&;d tell you yes, but it seems so caricatural to me right now!</p>
<p>Also, her husband, Mr O&;Bass. The redhead with a cane, we all know he can&;t walk on long distance, let alone run. What is he doing here?</p>
<p>Elodie Cole, the lady with the full mask also seems off. I get a really distant vibe from her. Like, she doesn&;t really want to be there.</p>
<p>Finally, there is Florence Kane, lady in the leaf wrap with the green fan. I have overheard heard discussing S-bombs in detail with someone. How has she learned that much?</p>
<p>There is Ariana, the woman in yellow and purple, our ship pilot. She seems unusually quiet, for someone that would usually go and share her silly theories about things. I feel like she got something to hide.</p>
<p>Finally, some might think it&;s me. I just am not that fond of social events, but some might take that as a way to suspect I hid a bomb in here and am waiting to watch the place burn?

Sorry to be so late. Headache yesterday (and a dull one today). Could be the dancing or the cocktails or something else but they do take away from my being active in our masquerade :(

An imposter hmmm. Will be difficult to trust anyone if anyone could be the imposter. I do wonder what Florence was saying about s-bombs, to who and why.

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Well, if she is acting really out of character then it's a fair reason to be suspicious. Though there could be other reasons for her actions. Maybe I will run into her to ask. If she returns. Maybe someone else knows where she's gone?

I'm a tad suspicious of Ariana, hmm

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<p>I&;m getting creepy. I can sense it from your aura.</p>
<p>But, all I wanted to say is, watch out for Dresden. As kind as she may appear, she seems over-the-top in her attitude. As we say, the scorpion always smiles before stinging you. But yes. She&;s not normal and I feel the impostor is acting like they only have a superficial knowledge of her. That&;s how I feel about things, anyway

Well, it may just be that she's so excited about the masquerade, so that's why she seems over the top. Partying can do that to folks. I think. I mean, I don't really party too much, but I've hear it can be so. At any rate, I'll pass your suspicions along.

What does having lived in the country have to do with anything?

New message!

I think it's Julius Yorke. He seems a bit less friendly than everyone else, like he's got something else on his mind...

Ariana makes me suspicious, especially how she made the comment about be so excited about being on TV, rather than the fact that there is danger aboard. Julius Yorke seems pretty shifty, pretty jittery all the time. Those two are the most suspicious for me right now.

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<p>A good night to you!</p>
<p>We&;re almost ready to wrap up this part of our investigation, we just need to hear two more testimonies and we&;re set. We haven&;t had a chance to go and meet Miss Keith and Miss Kane yet, but we&;re hoping to do soon over the next few hours.</p>
<p>And you, do you have an idea who might be the impostor? We&;re at the point where we&;re ready to go and arrest our suspect. Seriously, this is so exciting, it&;s like we&;re on TV!</p>
<p>So, as soon as you are ready to accuse someone, go ahead and tell us.</p>
<p>We&;re going to double-check the proof we have, so don&;t worry too much. It&;s almost in the bag, but we&;d like to get your input first!

Hmm. Well, we have barely had a brief exchange of words with all of them, hopefully you guys got more conclusive proof on that end... D:

So far, Keith and her husband felt like their usual selves to me! xD

There are some remarks about Ariana being more quiet than usual, but just because she might like to share theories about things/people, that doesn't mean she's dumb õ_o She's probably quiet because she's afraid of trusting the wrong person. Or trusting someone who may trust the wrong person next. xD

There are some remarks about Julius and his taste for caffeinated drinks, but that seems rather average for a programmer. If you're trying to find out information, must make sure you're awake (and taking part in the ball!), haha. Hackers are kind of spies. Plus he was never really friendly so there's that!

Florence does feel a little creepy with the S-Bomb thing, but she might have sensed something the rest of the people wouldn't have... I'm amused by the idea of Kali interviewing her, though. xD

So I'm going to go with Elodie for this! Full masks make it easier to disguise facial expressions (like surprise, or anxiety) or, well, impostor faces. She was never too great with remembering names or faces herself, but she seems worse now, and didn't really seem to recognize the jelly shot. õ_o Also she always felt more shy/quiet than now; I'm not sure she'd describe herself as a "worrywart" either? Plus if we're presuming Ariana is herself, she must've gotten her gossip right, 8D

Idk, if I was an impostor I'd rather try to impersonate someone who's quiet than someone who's outspoken/outgoing, for sure. And preferably not someone who had very specific sets of skills, too...

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<p>Alright. Our conclusions are similar to yours, so we brought Mister Yorke and Miss Anvers in for further interrogation.
So, thank you. Hopefully we figure out where the bomb(s) are, before it&;s too late.</p>
<p>We should go and send you a bounty once everything is figured out. We&;ll just go and connect the dots until we reach the mastermind.</p>
<p>I guess I should...have trusted you better than I originally did. I mean, the first time we met, we weren&;t really in good terms (because I summoned an elder god and threatened you all, but we said we didn&;t talk about that), but I&;m really glad we managed to overcome this hurdle and collaborate.</p>
<p>I should be back soon enough with your bounty, count on me! :D

LOL don't worry at all, I'm kind of a terrible detective (proof is that I'm totally on the minority with my wild guess XD), I'm good!

I'm curious to find out where the bomb is (preferably before it explodes!!), hopefully there shouldn't be any delays/complications on the plot D:

HAHA if you say so! You're welcome xD AS LONG AS THERE'S NO ANCIENT GOD SUMMONING INVOLVED, WE'RE ALL FINE. 8D

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<p>A good night to you!</p>
<p>We&;re almost ready to wrap up this part of our investigation, we just need to hear two more testimonies and we&;re set. We haven&;t had a chance to go and meet Miss Keith and Miss Kane yet, but we&;re hoping to do soon over the next few hours.</p>
<p>And you, do you have an idea who might be the impostor? We&;re at the point where we&;re ready to go and arrest our suspect. Seriously, this is so exciting, it&;s like we&;re on TV!</p>
<p>So, as soon as you are ready to accuse someone, go ahead and tell us.</p>
<p>We&;re going to double-check the proof we have, so don&;t worry too much. It&;s almost in the bag, but we&;d like to get your input first!

Gah - work had me all day so I missed the speculation bit - newest part in the spoiler for those still waiting for that step to avoid:

Latest Installment

My guess was going to be Elodie based on the chitchat from everyone else but it appears I would've been sadly mistaken darn me hahaha. I should've read more carefully - this was great fun though!

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<p>Alright. Our conclusions are similar to yours, so we brought Mister Yorke and Miss Anvers in for further interrogation.
So, thank you. Hopefully we figure out where the bomb(s) are, before it&;s too late.</p>
<p>We should go and send you a bounty once everything is figured out. We&;ll just go and connect the dots until we reach the mastermind.</p>
<p>I guess I should...have trusted you better than I originally did. I mean, the first time we met, we weren&;t really in good terms (because I summoned an elder god and threatened you all, but we said we didn&;t talk about that), but I&;m really glad we managed to overcome this hurdle and collaborate.</p>
<p>I should be back soon enough with your bounty, count on me!

PSH. JUST AS I WAS SNEAKILY EDITING MY POST! xD

Late to the party as usual. I do hope the bombs will be found! I hope they tell you where they are quickly.

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<p>Hello again. Sorry, I&;m like, 15 minutes late with Starbucks! Or, Subetabucks! Or, Get Mugged! I was told that was the name anyway!</p>
<p>So, I just finished intercepting this communication sent by the spy who infiltrated the ball, to the mastermind who ordered the coup.</p>
<p>Are...are you staring at me weirdly? Am...am I...</p>
<p>OH CRAP, BETTER SEE VALAIRE QUICKLY. I GOOF&;D.</p>
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<li>Dorian</li>
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<p></p>
<p>attn : l. mara.</p>
<p>near the 24th. so far, nothing out of ordinary.</p>
<p>s. authorities not a threat.
a.authorities totally thrown off the loop</p>
<p>was suspected but two witnesses arrested on 23th, at 22:xx.</p>
<p>will assume infiltration position soon. do not contact before the 27th.</p>
<p>played well, i&;d say.</p>
<ul>
<li>X</li>
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<p>p . s :</p>
<p>expecting payment by the end of the month.

Mhmm so it looks like those two were the wrong people õ_o

(also for a second I almost thought Valaire was the infiltrator. WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN SUCH A MAJOR PLOT TWIST?! xD)

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<p>Hello again. Sorry, I&;m like, 15 minutes late with Starbucks! Or, Subetabucks! Or, Get Mugged! I was told that was the name anyway!</p>
<p>So, I just finished intercepting this communication sent by the spy who infiltrated the ball, to the mastermind who ordered the coup.</p>
<p>Are...are you staring at me weirdly? Am...am I...</p>
<p>OH CRAP, BETTER SEE VALAIRE QUICKLY. I GOOF&;D.</p>
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<li>Dorian</li>
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<p></p>
<p>attn : l. mara.</p>
<p>near the 24th. so far, nothing out of ordinary.</p>
<p>s. authorities not a threat.
a.authorities totally thrown off the loop</p>
<p>was suspected but two witnesses arrested on 23th, at 22:xx.</p>
<p>will assume infiltration position soon. do not contact before the 27th.</p>
<p>played well, i&;d say.</p>
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<li>X</li>
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<p>p . s :</p>
<p>expecting payment by the end of the month.

I GO BACK TO GUESSING ELODIE THEN DARN IT.

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<p>OH COME ON D:&lt;

:P You mentioned it first!

Now, better go watch out for that bomb, looks like the original suspects were innocent after all! D: -poke-

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<p>ow my head</p>
<p>Nevermind, I shouldn&;t be complaining.</p>
<p>I...I was locked in the kitchen&;s pantry all along. It&;s a funny story, someone in the kitchen cut themselves while preparing bacon roses, and they needed a nurse and next I know, I wake up tied up in the pantry. Thanks goodness a registered nurse always has useful tools on her! But nothing suitable for a Masquerade, so the guards left me outside, until I met that Dorian guy! That was his name, right? And so, here I am!</p>
<p>Anyway, I&;m sorry for whatever happened. I mean, it&;s my fault, I was caught off-guard and why did I believe the bacon roses story? It&;s no use crying over spoilt milk.</p>
<p>I heard the first of two bombs is located in the left wing of the ballroom, and moving it away won&;t be enough to disable it. You&;ll have to beat a special challenge...</p>
<p>Man, my memories are blurry. I&;m pretty sure it has to do...Oh right!</p>
<p>We need to get a collective score of 122 at the Decanter of Indestructibility! The minimum score one can get is 2, and I just had that in my last game, so we can deduct these two points so...we need 120 points altogether.

Bah - only 2 points on this round of Decanter. But that means only 118 more to go!

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<p>ow my head</p>
<p>Nevermind, I shouldn&;t be complaining.</p>
<p>I...I was locked in the kitchen&;s pantry all along. It&;s a funny story, someone in the kitchen cut themselves while preparing bacon roses, and they needed a nurse and next I know, I wake up tied up in the pantry. Thanks goodness a registered nurse always has useful tools on her! But nothing suitable for a Masquerade, so the guards left me outside, until I met that Dorian guy! That was his name, right? And so, here I am!</p>
<p>Anyway, I&;m sorry for whatever happened. I mean, it&;s my fault, I was caught off-guard and why did I believe the bacon roses story? It&;s no use crying over spoilt milk.</p>
<p>I heard the first of two bombs is located in the left wing of the ballroom, and moving it away won&;t be enough to disable it. You&;ll have to beat a special challenge...</p>
<p>Man, my memories are blurry. I&;m pretty sure it has to do...Oh right!</p>
<p>We need to get a collective score of 122 at the Decanter of Indestructibility! The minimum score one can get is 2, and I just had that in my last game, so we can deduct these two points so...we need 120 points altogether.

Oh hey, looks like I wasn't SUCH a bad detective after all! (And guessed it too, mwahah xD) I'm sorry to hear about that, though! That doesn't sound any comfortable ;-; It's totally not your fault at all, I'm glad we're in time to try and prevent that bomb from exploding...

...well, except for the fact I'm extremely unlucky and just got a score of 2 as well. xD Gosh I haven't played that game since I was a newbie aksdhk

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<p>Alright. Our conclusions are similar to yours, so we brought Mister Yorke and Miss Anvers in for further interrogation.
So, thank you. Hopefully we figure out where the bomb(s) are, before it&;s too late.</p>
<p>We should go and send you a bounty once everything is figured out. We&;ll just go and connect the dots until we reach the mastermind.</p>
<p>I guess I should...have trusted you better than I originally did. I mean, the first time we met, we weren&;t really in good terms (because I summoned an elder god and threatened you all, but we said we didn&;t talk about that), but I&;m really glad we managed to overcome this hurdle and collaborate.</p>
<p>I should be back soon enough with your bounty, count on me! :D

I'm glad we've made progress to figure out the S-Bombs. And don't worry about it at all - it's good that we've narrowed down the suspects! It has been an honour to work alongside this magnificent group of people. :)

In the meantime, let's get a move on trying to get that collective score! I've never played before, but let's see... 4. Oh, that's not too bad! That means we have only 112 points to go!

[EDIT] Just played again with 2 points, so we only have 110 points to go now.

I doubt I'll screenie every score (especially since I'm on mobile every so often) but xD I'll prob try to screenie scores above 2, I guess...

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Got 4 this time!

Your score this time was: 4

I got this yesterday before the game challenge and before the most recent message about the suspects being taken in for interrogation. Not sure if it's toooooo relevant now, but here it is all the same

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<p>People, mostly city entrepreneurs wanting to get their grubby claws on our minerals and lands, have used S-Bombs in the past to force countryside residents to leave their houses. And, most of the time, the powers that be turned a blind eye to their shady business.</p>
<p>S-Bombs are not lethal but they sure are annoying. Are they selling gas masks at the menagerie. I think you should consider a nice supply

Your score this time was: 2

Well boo

I'm happy everyone is working so hard to find the culprit! Hopefully we aren't too late D:

Your score this time was: 2

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