Syzygy 019

Syzygy 019 - Bad Hair Day, Bad Alibis

> In which a man is dead, and absolutely everyone is suspicious.
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The ninteenth episode in the Syzygy arc.

Previous Episode: Syzygy 018 - BEAR Titties

The episode begins with Amber nailing a conspiracy board to the wall, out of character.

Shifting to in-character, Guin bursts into Guthrie Mansion, pulling the bear along, but finds the rest of the guests in shock, the host of the party, Given Guthrie, having been slain in the night. Guin immediately suspects Credence, and orders him to remove his hat. He refuses, so Guin hands the bear off to Kodak and knocks the hat off with a rock, revealing that Credence has an extremely bad haircut. The two get into an argument that ends with Guin admitting to a different death, and looking very suspicious.

Guin suplexes the bear out the door. As the others go upstairs to examine the body, Nike notices Guin sneak off. She goes to Credence's room, and retrieves the Stone of Far Speech, checking in with Mike. She then puts crushed up fruity pebbles into another bottle in the bathroom, before heading the Given's room to meet up with the group.

In Given's room, Nike finds a paper that appears to be a suicide note, however, on the back, 'Murder,' is written in blood. Kodak discovers a second note under Given's pillow, stating that he knew he was going to be killed, and that he had preemptively called the guard and everyone in the house would be arrested in three days' time unless they determine the killer themselves and avenge Given's death.

Nike pulls Kodak and Guin aside, and questions Kodak about his sleepwalking. Kodak claims that as a child he would have night terrors and fight in his sleep as a child, but hasn't done this in years.

When everyone gets downstairs, Fae DeGray proposes that all the attendees should state their alibis for the murder.

* Nike says that he waited up for Guin and Kodak to return from the bear hunt, then spent the rest of the night comforting 'a colleague' who was 'having some issues'.
* Gregory says he changed clothes, and then went outside to practice sparring, and punched a topiary out of shape.
* Guin tells about how she caught the bear with Kodak and spent the rest of the night sleeping beside the bear pit.
* Kodak says that he went to bed after catching the bear, then had a night terror and Nike calmed him down.
* Daniel states that he's deaf and thus is unable to confirm Kodak's night terror despite being the next closest after Guin. He tells everyone that he went to bed early.
* Credence says that he took a shower after dinner and went to bed, but when he got up in the morning and tried to do his hair, it fell out.
* Lindsey says she stayed up putting her hair in curlers.
* Mr. Gilby says he showed everyone their rooms, did his rounds, and went to bed afterwards. He says he saw Nike talking to Given before he turned in.
* Fae says she went to her room after dinner to write a letter, left the house to send it, and returned and went to bed.

Nike realizes that he still has one bottle truth serum that was purchased from Gary the Wizard, but they only have the one. Guin attempts to summon Gary with a dish of soup, but it doesn't work.

Next Episode: Syzygy 020 - Truth Hurts