Long Game 103: Eyes of Red and Blue

[Araris Valerian he/him]

17 hours ago, Ookla the Villager said:

Still, he was interested in Arenta's ( @Araris Valerian ) thoughts on the matter, and also wanted to hear from Metorem, who had apparently vanished.

Arenta's gossip has not yet extended to the potential Unmade influencing events. Right now the rumor mill is grinding through Cillian's death, and Arenta has disciplined herself to (mostly) limit her gossip to that.

Arenta snuck out during the day to see what she could learn about Jonoh and Matoro. They both seemed to be reasonable suspects for Cillian's companion, so clearly the decision could only rest on their financial status. The question was, who might know the juicy details, and what sort of rumors could compel them to share with her?

[Lord Spirit he/him]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Villager said:

Edited to add:

(Storming thread ninjas.)

In sum, Jonoh could not have it both ways. If Jonoh wanted to insist incredibly specific Unmade powers that might or might not have been granted the murderers hitting the exactly correct targets, then there was no particular reason to believe it was Matoro over anyone else who had an accounted-for action. It could just as easily be a Midnight Essence kill with the murderer having actually used their genuine Surge. 

If Jonoh wanted to insist it was the Surge of Transportation, then supposing Volo did not make up his own death and salvation, then working directly off claims, the logical space for that was purely in <Arenta, Jonoh, Matoro, Volo.> Metorem had provably used one of Abrasion or Adhesion due to Giethri's corroboration, and Sever's claim was distinctive. 

Both arguments ran on distinctive tracks and should not be conflated.

Jonoh understood that he was the most likely suspicion of the town and his elaborate ideas apparently had made things worse. “Paranoid”.  While some things could have been done by anyone, Matoro still has acted more suspicious than they. 
However unlikely his theories seemed, they were based on one fact that only he knew: he was innocent. Since he wasn’t the killer someone else must be. 

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

Game Over.

Expect a finale post in a bit.

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

we got them all!!!