Zoë: So, Emily. What did you find out about the bar?

Emily: It's just the fact that it has...    Way more blood than where we found Danny's body. What's more, it's also where Wendy's gun was hidden.

Emily: I'm just wondering...     What it that's where Danny really died?

Rebecca: ...What?

Edmond: You make a good point, sis...     Danny's location of death was never mentioned in the playgroup file, so there's a pretty good chance that you're right.

Kylie: But if that's the case, then how did his body end up in his dorm?

George: ...They must've moved him to his dorm after killing him.

Kylie: Wh-What?!

Richard: ...I think George's onto something. 

George: Wait, really?

Richard: It's the only logical explanation, plus I'm pretty sure that there's some evidence that backs the theory up.

Richard: Anyone who's wandered through the library will know, right?

Peppa: Yeah...      Richard must be talking about...

Playgroup File 2
Glass Shards
Lack Of Blood
Wendy's Dorm
Teatowel
Bar Bloodstains
Broken Wine Bottle
Arrows
Mop
Note
(Blood Drips)
Bloody Patch Of Dirt
Weapon List
Missing Janitorial Key
Janitorial Closet Bloodstain
Locked Room Mystery

Peppa: I got it...!

Peppa: You're talking about the drips of blood running from the janitor's closet to Danny's room, right?

Richard: Sure am.

Rebecca: But...    Those drips don't reach all the way to the bar...

Emily: Well, maybe if we discuss a few more things about the bar...      We can find a reason as to why the drips don't go all the way there?

Kylie: Great idea! I'm also pretty certain that the body was moved, so maybe some other things hiding within the bar could explain how the culprit planned to move Danny's body!

Kylie: Or in the least, a little about Danny's final moments...

George: Ok then...       Let's see if we can make some sense out of the objects in there.

) Nonstop Debate (

- Bar Bloodstains
- Arrows
- Broken Wine Bottle
- Bullet Holes
- Teatowel

George: Starting off, we all know that Danny was killed by the gun hidden in the bar.
(Bar Bloodstains)

George: Now the only question is...       How did it go?
(Arrows)

Rebecca: It must've happened quickly, because of how sudden the death was...
(Arrows)

Edmond: Yeah...     But if that were the case, surely it'd needed to be planned ahead of time?
(Broken Wine Bottle)

Zoë: Either that, or it wasn't planned at all.
(Bullet Holes)

Zoë: What I mean is, it happened so fast that Danny couldn't react to it...
(Bullet Holes)

Peppa: No, that's wrong!

} BREAK {

Peppa: Hold on a minute...     Maybe Danny did have the chance to try and fight back.

Zoë: Really...?

Peppa: Yeah...     Take a look at his wounds. Two bullet holes in the neck, one in the elbow.

Kylie: Ugh...    Jeez, that must be gruesome.

Peppa: Now compare that to the bangs that we heard. First it was one on it's own, then two right after each other.

George: So...    You're saying that Danny tried to fight back against his attacker after getting shot once?

Edmond: Or probably something similar. The killer likely tried to kill Danny with one shot, but missed.

Edmond: Danny noticed and tried to fight back, however he ended up getting overpowered by...    Something, which lead to him being shot in the neck twice.

Pedro: What could he have been overpowered by?

Suzy: Probably something also in the bar...

Peppa: ...I think I know what it could be.

Peppa: How did Danny get overpowered...

- He was suffocated by the teatowel
- The wine bottle was smashed into his head
- The culprit threw the cardboard box at his face

Peppa: I got it...!

Peppa: The culprit probably smashed the wine bottle we found into Danny's head to knock him out.

Peppa: That would immobilise pretty much anyone, and it also explains the glass shards in Danny's fur.

Emily: What's more, it's pretty easy to grab hold of a random wine bottle when there's 5 full shelves of them behind you...

Pedro: ...Elaborate?

Emily: Imagine a scenario like this: After Danny realised the culprit was after him, the two got into a fight, ending with Danny pinning the culprit to the wall with the shelves of alcohol.

Emily: The culprit grabbed the bottle of wine and swung it at Danny as an unexpected counterattack. Then, with Danny weakened, the culprit...   Pinned him to the countertop, and... Finished him off...

Pedro: ...Makes sense...

Freddy: ...

Richard: Danny's body must've slid off the countertop afterwards. That would leave the smear marks.

Rebecca: Yeah... 

Kylie: Hold on a minute...! Isn't it weird that we know that Danny died in the bar, yet we don't know why he went there in the first place?

Candy: Good point...    Emily, you saw Danny last, right? Did he say anything about why he was going to the bar?

Emily: He said he was going to get a snack...    But there isn't any food in the bar...

Peppa: ...

Peppa: I swiftly gave Pedro a sharp eye, the memory of what he had shown me earlier running through my brain.

Pedro: ...Huh?

Peppa: You know what.

Pedro: Oh yeah...    Uhm...     Guys?

Emily: Hm?

Pedro: I...    May have some evidence that explains why Danny went to the bar...

Zoë: Really?! Show us!

Pedro: It's a bit terrifying to me, but here you go...

Peppa: The pony pulled the scrunched piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to Zoë. Eventually, the paper went around the whole room in procession.

Zoë: ...

Richard: ...My god...

Peppa: ...

Peppa: ...Wait a minute.

Peppa: Pedro, do you think the culprit wrote that note?

Pedro: Deffo.

Peppa: So that means that...

Peppa: ...Dammit...     How do I word it...

{[ Hangman's Gambit ]}

r r u e d M / s a w / n l a P e n d

u r r e d M / a s w / n l a P e d n

M u r r e d / w a s / l a P e d n n

M u r d r e / w a s / l a P n n e d

M u r d e r / w a s / P l a n n e d

Peppa: I got it...!

{ COMPLETE }

Peppa: The culprit must've planned this whole murder from the start...!

Kylie: Wait, what?!

Peppa: Think about it! The note Pedro found, the arrangement of items in the bar, the mysterious scenario of us getting locked in the pool...     This isn't necessarily something that could've happened in the moment, is it?

Rebecca: ...You're right. It isn't.

Edmond: Wow.

Richard: So...    If they planned this whole murder, then that also means that they knew what they were doing. If anything, the most unplanned part of their plan is probably the usage of the wine bottle.

Emily: It's going to be important that we remember that fact during this trial...

Kylie: Yeah...     Sure gonna be.

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