《Whodunnit 2》Chapter 11 - Alliance Trade
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Eventually, all the guests reunited in the marble great room. Giles followed them and reinstated his usual exchange.
"Guests, you know have thirty minutes to discuss, or not what to discuss what you found in your areas. I'm sure you need no reminders that sharing information at this stage of the game is vital for survival." The butler soon left after his speech and the group of guests all split up.
The group of siblings (Troy & Kristina) discussed what they found first.
Kristina started, still visibly shaken by the severity of what happened at the morgue "So, at the morgue, there weren't actually many burn marks on Colton. There was only a little bit of burning on his back so he obviously landed on his back on the fireplace. Plus, there was a massive stitch going down Colton's chest..."
"Eww." Troy pulled a face imaging such a long scar which would have been stitched up on Colton's chest.
"So, none of us really wanted to do it. Like, Cecilia felt sick and I definitely wasn't going too. Then, out of nowhere, Kendra grabbed the scalpel and opened his chest. She said about how his internal organs were fizzing and his stomach looked like a bomb had gone off inside it." The youngest Dreyford sibling finished describing her graphic detail of Colton's body in the morgue before Troy started his description of what he found in the last known whereabouts.
"Me and the others first noticed that his room was completely spotless. Colton obviously liked his cleanliness. The only thing that really gave clues was his bathroom. There was a lot of dried blood on the windowsill and his toothbrush was covered in blood. There was also these weird burn marks on the windowsill and they looked like acid burns to me." Troy finished pretty quickly.
The alliance of Jeremy, Brett & Chantal also discussed what they found with one another. But, they quickly realised that had made a massive mistake. One of them had forgotten to take the area of the morgue. Therefore, they had no idea what the body looked like or if there were any clues indicating how Colton was killed by the body.
The group of three quickly discussed who else from the other groups might be willing to share information. Chantal thought of a plan.
"If we win this riddle we can negotiate with the others. Tell them to tell us what was at the morgue and if they refuse then we don't tell them what the riddle told us."
Jeremy gave a confident nod. "That's a great idea. All we need to do is win this riddle and we can have control of the entire game today."
The majority group of Kendra, Mary, Mike, Cecilia & Grace also discussed what they had found in their areas. The four members of the alliance congratulated the wise member (Grace) on withholding information from Brett & Jeremy at the crime scene.
"It's great you didn't share that. Because there's no way they know about that hatch from the other areas." Mike was ecstatic that the team had a key piece of information which could literally decide who was killed off next.
Just as Grace was about to humbly thank her alliance members, Giles strolled into the great room with a riddle in hand.
"Dear guests, it's time for the next riddle."
"In terms of hygiene, I am a must. If Colton would have been left in that fire he would have become dust. But, he didn't and the real cause of death was still clear. If you find me, the clues will be placed right in front of you to solve this murder. Hurry along now! If you don't want to be the next to take your last bow."
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The group of ten (like usual) split up around the resort once hearing the resort. However, they were (for once) all heading to the same place. Colton's bathroom. The overall group as a whole believed that if there was anything involving hygiene in this crime, it would be in Colton's bathroom, especially seeing how the deceased was a major neat freak.
Unfortunately, their hopes were dashed. The door was locked, it was clear to them that this was deliberate. The room was clearly (for some strange reason) off limits.
The sibling duo of Troy & Kristina were the first to split from the majority. On the first day of exploring the island, the two noticed an indoor pool in a stand-alone building, with some luxury showers just meters away from the pool. They decided to search there first as it seemed the most obvious thing to them. A shower is a necessity for hygiene.
However, once the two arrived, they knew they were in the wrong place. Since there were no clues anywhere.
Just as Kristina & Troy started to examine another area, the largest alliance of the resort (Mike, Kendra, Cecilia, Grace & Mary) were thinking of areas to go to.
The group of five decided to head to the massage parlor building of the resort. None of them had actually stepped foot into the building since they arrived at the building, but, upon seeing the massive sign while walking across the green of the island, they decided to enter. The group came out of the building, however, with no answers. The panic would quickly set in.
It was ultimately the group of Jeremy, Chantal & Brett who found the ultimate answer. Chantal reminisced back to the second day of her stay at the Heaven Honour Resort. After the discovery of Paul's chopped up body, Chantal felt repulsed and ultimately wanted to brush her teeth. However, she had a problem. She had lost her toothbrush the first day. She asked Giles for assistance on finding a toothbrush and the butler instructed the singer to the storage cupboard in the great room. The tiny cupboard had a wide variety of toiletries, and the toothbrushes were directly in front of you once you opened the door.
It didn't take long for the alliance of three to reach the storage cupboard. Once they did they knew that they were in the correct place, as ten white envelopes were perched on a plastic stand. The three snatched their envelopes from the stand and read the clue inside.
"Go back to this morning, where this crime began. Go quickly if you want to increase your lifespan. The code is 1995, it will all become clear. Climb the ladder and don't succumb to your fears."
Jeremy instantly knew where to go. He knew from investigating the crime scene (thanks to Grace) that there was a padlocked code at the top of the fireplace in the parlor. He also knew that there was a ladder in there to scale.
The alliance of three only had to travel to the next room to get to the parlor. They each stepped into the fireplace and decided on who should go up to the little wooden plank on their own. The two guys instantly put forward Chantal. With Chantal being quite a skinny girl, it would have been easier for her to get in the small space rather than the muscular Brett or the unflexible, Jeremy.
Once Chantal got to the top of the ladder, she instantly squatted on the small wooden plank to put in the correct combination for the padlocked human-shaped hole in the wall. Once the blond put in the code of '1995' she was able to tear off the square door and climb into the air vent.
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After turning several turns in the air vent, Chantal came across a bloody object. It was a scalpel, the dried blood had cascaded the entire thing. After moving on from that, Chantal found another coded door. The singer put in '1995' again and crawled her way into a secret room. It was a small space with only a single light bulb to keep the room lit. In the middle of the small room was a single table with a book on it.
The twenty-three-year-old noticed the bookmark on the book and opened it to the special page. Chantal quickly skimmed over the page and found that it was a page all about a particular poison. Cyanide. According to the book, if enough was digested by a human, their insides would practically melt away with ease. But, there was still one question. How did Colton digest the cyanide?
Chantal had to take herself back to the last known whereabouts to think of an answer. But, she found it pretty quickly after thinking about the deceased toothbrush. Chantal assumed that the killer must have laced the business students toothpaste with Cyanide and that his internal organs must have been damaged due to that.
The singer gave a wide smile as she placed the book back down, she now knew exactly how the murder panned out. And, that herself and the alliance would all be safe.
From following the vent more, she also found more clues. The vent lead straight into Colton's bathroom.
The Heaven Honour Resort bell rung throughout the whole resort once Chantal found the answer. This brought utter misery to Kristina, Mary, Troy, Kendra, Mike, Grace & Cecilia, as they knew they didn't have answers. And therefore one of them was bound to be the next killed.
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The alliance of three smugly strolled back into the parlor where the other six guests and Giles already were, waiting.
"Congratulations to Miss Jennings, Mr. Klein & Mr. Wayne on solving the riddle today. You three now seem to have a position of power, as you all have the will to share the information you have learned, or keep it for yourself. Dinner will be at 9PM local time at the buffet, you must have all stated your cases by 8PM. If you fail to do this, your death will be inventible. Good luck guests." Giles gave his usual speech and left the guests alone.
Jeremy, Brett & Chantal decided to lounge by the pool for about an hour, they were in constant discussion about who to share information with. They all had a pretty good idea of what was at the morgue but they needed confirmation from one of the girls from the other alliance just to make sure. They had pros and cons for both alliances.
With Kristina's alliance of her and Troy, the positives were that they would know what was at the morgue. However, the weaknesses were that they didn't know if they could really trust them not to share the information with the others. This was also a risk since the guests had already had a heated argument between each other when they were all an alliance of seven.
When it came to the group of five, they had advantages of having them all on their good side. However, a negative was that sparing the five of them would leave Kristina & Troy as the only people scared possible. And if that happened, then the alliance of five could easily get power again and take over.
It took a long time for the threesome to think of a decision. But they did, and they approached the alliance just half an hour before they were all due to state their cases.
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Everybody ate in silence before Giles arrived at the buffet that night. The atmosphere was very awkward, the stress of the game had really taken a toll on the guests psyche.
The selected theme for the buffet that night was Chinese. Several of the guests indulged in the delicious food which seemed to never end.
However, none of the guests felt like eating as Giles eventually walked over to the guests table.
"My dear guests. One of you has definitely impressed the killer with their interpretation of the crime..."
"You were scared last night but tonight you are guaranteed safety. Congratulations, Chantal. You are safe."
The singer gave a humble smile as she heard her name read out by the note supplied by the killer. Brett gave his closest allie in the game a pat on the back once he heard that she was safe.
Mary rolled her eyes.
"Now. For the other nine of you, I will talk you through his Colton met his end."
"Feeling uneasy about being scared, Colton stayed up most of the night to drink. However, when he returned to his suite eventually, he had no idea he had walked into his doom. Colton went along doing the usual bedtime routine, getting changed, folding your precious cloths, and lastly, brushing your teeth. However, following this necessity for hygiene would be the last thing he would ever do. While Colton stayed out drinking, I secretly managed to slip into his room and lace his toothpaste with Cyanide, one of the deadliest poisons ever. It didn't take long for the Cyanide to kick in, and once it did, Colton started to scream out in agony. The poison started to melt away his insides, with his internal organs starting to fizz away piece by piece. He even coughed up blood which got all over his toothbrush. The acid burns on his bathroom windowsill was nothing but a ploy. Once I made sure Colton was dead, I made my move. Using a secret compartment from the parlour, I snuck into Colton's bathroom. It's from here on out that it got dirty. Using a scalpel I cut down Colton's chest, only to re-stitch it so that the guests who chose the morgue today could witness first hand Colton's destroyed stomach. After I was done, I scaled back through the secret compartment with Colton's body in hand. Once I got back to the start of the secret compartment, which was the mid-section of the fireplace. I placed Colton's body on a tiny wooden plank and waited until the perfect moment. The next morning, I purposefully pulled the fire alarm to scatter everybody outside. Once we were all placed back inside the parlour, in the midst of the worry. I was able to pull the secret lever to that wooden plank in the fireplace. This therefore made the wooden plank fold in, and Colton's body plummeted to the bottom of the fireplace, where we would all find it in terror. Yours cruelly, your killer."
"Holy shit." Mike cursed, he was shocked at the severity of the crime this time. The killer (in his opinion) had completely gone overboard in killing Colton.
"By now you should all know the drill of knowing that your fate is at the bottom of your drinking glasses. Brett you are first tonight." Giles called the man furthest away at the table, sitting next to Chantal and Jeremy, first.
Brett took his time in drinking his champagne. But he already knew his fate, from Chantal winning the riddle it was no shock that he was
"Jeremy?"
"Kendra. You are next tonight."
Kendra grasped her drink and took a deep breath. With one gulp she had finished her champagne. But, she immediately dropped her glass after finding out that she was
"No!" Kendra whined as she started to hyperventilate.
Most of the guests felt bad for Kendra, she definitely wasn't the smartest and seeing how she was now scared for the second time, many people assumed she was going to be the next to die.
"Grace. Please reveal your fate."
Grace felt incredibly nervous as she drank her drink. Seeing how one of her allies was now scared, the odds for her weren't great. However, she had nothing to worry about as she was
"Kristina?"
Upon hearing her name, Kristina locked eyes with her brother out of nerves. He reassured his younger sister, and eventually Kristina drank the champagne. She was
"Cecilia?"
"Can I have a moment?" Cecilia asked in her heavy accent to the British butler.
"No." Giles replied in a authoritative, but polite voice. "You need to reveal your fate now please."
Cecilia said a five second prayer and devoured her drink. She was
"Oh my lord." Cecilia grabbed her chest in shock as she looked over at the three guests who were still waiting on their fates. Troy, Mike & Mary.
"Mike?"
Mike grabbed his glass with a still face. Upon finding out his fate, his expression didn't move. Which was surprising seeing how he was
Mike's alliance of all females tried to comfort the police officer but he pushed them away. His facial expression was now completely blank.
Giles took a long pause and looked down at the card once again.
"The killer has made me aware that only two guests will be scared tonight. So, Troy & Mary, you two are both spared tonight. Congratulations."
Troy & Mary did a tiny celebratory smile before snapping out of it to try and not seem cocky.
"As for Kendra & Mike. One of you will be the next person killed. The killer has instructed me that we will all be indulging in a game of Golf tomorrow morning at 11AM sharp, you will find caddy uniforms in your suites when you return to them. Attendance is mandatory, goodnight guests."
The alliance of Jeremy, Chantal & Brett ultimately decided to trade information with Troy & Kristina on the soul fact that the other alliance was too big already, and would be harder to break up later. They felt bad for Mike & Kendra, but then again, it was better the two guests than themselves.
Troy & Kristina celebrated in Kristina's suite, immediately leaving the buffet after the spared or scared ceremony. They spent the night trying to secretly plan an escape and also discuss their long time guess on who they thought was the killer, Jeremy.
For the alliance of five (Mary, Mike, Grace, Kendra & Cecilia.) They all drank together for the night. They knew it would be their last night as a five. One of their very own was going to be killed. But who was it going to be?
Mike Or Kendra?
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