Syzygy 021

Syzygy 021 - Penelope Painting

> In which another person is dead, a murderer is chased, and existential questions are asked.
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The twenty-first episode in the Syzygy arc.

Previous Episode:  Shots 3 - That Way's North

Previous Syzygy Episode: Syzygy 020 - Truth Hurts

Everyone wakes up, still on the grounds of Guthrie Mansion. Nike asks Mr. Gilby if it's possible that Penelope or her mother may be haunting the mansion, on the chance that Greg is not the killer, but Gliby doesn't think it's likely.

Guin goes up to Credence's room and summons Gary the Wizard, using Credence's sink, and buys three Truth Hurts potions from him. She retrieves the Sending Stone from under the bed and asks Mike if he heard anything suspicious. He says he heard him crying. Guin explains the situation and Mike says that he gave the party the stone in order for them to contact him in case 'this exact thing happened', which Guin mistakenly takes as Mike knowing that an invisible door-locking murderer would go around branding people with moons.

Nike and Kodak go into the mansion and start searching for clues. In the hall, they see a shape of a cloak-covered body in the hall, that Nike investigates. It is the corpse of Gregory Longfield. Nike brings the body out to the bear pit and discusses this with everyone else. They establish a buddy system, with Kodak pairing with Mr. Gilby, Nike pairing with Lindsey Montague, Guin pairing with Daniel Burningsong, and Credence being stuck with Fae DeGray.

Kodak and Mr. Gilby return with coffee, and everyone once again tries the truth serum. Guin starts asking Credence invasive questions immediately, and gets defensive of Remy. Everyone states what they were doing during the night, but when they get to Lindsey, the group realizes that she is gone, but continue questioning the others. Guin offers Mr. Gilby a job at the museum, then calls Mike to update him on the situation.

Fae and Credence go to explore the hedge maze while the others go to the house, finding that Given's room has been ransacked. Nike catches the painting of Penelope moving. She admits that she has been animated the whole time, and says that she saw Lindsey go towards Given's room and says that Lindsey committed the murders. She also says that Credence is her cousin and that he 'didn't used to suck'. Guin spots a third figure in the hedge maze outside the window. Nike looks with his spyglass to confirm that the figure is Lindsey running away and holding a wrapped object.

Everyone from the house runs out to try and catch Lindsey. Nike, having seen the layout of the maze from the window is able to navigate to catch the team up to her easily. Guin cuts Lindsey off and Nike manages to grab the wrapped bundle. Guin headbutts her into unconsciousness, Before she passes out she whispers "your time will come" in Guin's ear.

When the guards arrive, everyone convinces them that Lindsey was the murderer, and they take her away before she can be interrogated. The party call Mike and tell him that the painting is alive and that it is what Given had wanted to give to Mike. Guin asks Nike what the thing he took from Lindsey was, but he claims he lost it in the maze.

Next Episode: Syzygy 22 - Fishy Business