1. Monobear file #3
Victim: Counterpunch
Location: Autobot Storage Room
Cause of Death: Stab wound in the back. Death was nearly instantaneous.
Time of Death: 11:30 P.M.
Additional notes: Victim had trace amount of high-grade in his systems and has a few dents and scrape marks. Victim obtained multiple knife wounds to the back post-mortem.
2. Location of Body
Counterpunch, despite being a Decepticon, was located in the Autobot's storage area.
3. Body Discovery Announcement
Blurr discover the body by himself, meaning two other people had to have found the body before him.
4. Kitchen Knife
Knife found embedded in the body. Does not come from the dorm rooms and lacks the amount of energon on it associated with a fatal stabbing.
Confirmed to come from the bar's kitchen.
5. Lack of Energon
There was a lack of energon found at the body.
6. Signs of a Fight
Scraps and dents suggest Counterpunch got in a fight before he died.
7. Lack of evidence
Location of body lacked any signs of a fight.
8. Smell of Cleaning Fluids
The Decepticons' Storage area had an overwhelming smell of cleaning fluids.
9. Stab Wounds
They were placed to spell out 'PUNCH.'
10. Missing ElectroID
Victim was missing his electroID.
11. Killing Blow
Stab wound went through the victim's spark.
Not part of the message.
Slightly larger than the other wounds.
12. Wildrider and Dead End's Alibi.
Both testify to be with each other all night at the bookstore, barring a brief interval between 11:45 and 12:15.
13. Dead End's Testimony
Saw Beachcomber loitering about the mall at about 11:15.
14. Beachcomber's Testimony
Claims to have been asleep in his room since 10:00
15. Combat Knife
Found hidden on a ledge. Covered in energon.
Confirm to match the fatal wound in the back.
Belonged to Counterpunch
16. Onslaught's Testimony
Saw Beachcomber on the first day at the mall buying a bunch of anti-depressants.
17. Missing Anti-depressants
Anti-depressants were missing from the pharmacy.
18. Pharmacy Cashier's Testimony
Someone came to buy a syringe after whoever bought the anti-depressants.
19. Bartender's Testimony
Attest to seeing Counterpunch at around 11:00 in rough shape.
Saw Wildrider come by after him at an unspecified time.
20. Gold Dust
Gold dust was found on the railing in front of the bar.
21. Maintenance Hall Door
Held shut by adhesive to prevent entrance.
22. Maintenance Hall
There were signs of a fight in a part of the hall.
23. Syringe
Found broken in the maintenance hall and missing its needle.
Didn't have any substance in it when it was broken.
24. Clean Section of Maintenance Hall
A part of the maintenance hall was recently cleaned.
25. Jazz's wounds.
Jazz has wounds that come from a fight.
26. Needle
Found inside the fatal wound in the back.
27. Motive
After a certain amount of time had passed, everyone's secret would've been revealed.
28. Syringe and Needle Unmatched
The two don't fit each other.
29. Counterpunch's Files
List an operation that Counterpunch was in that was headed by Jazz.
30. Mixmaster's Testimony
Talked to a roughed up Jazz from 11:00 to 11:20.
Saw Beachcomber entered his room at a little after 11:20.
31. Groundbridge usage
Used at 11:20 and 11:47.
The trial is now in session!
Make an accusation!
Jazz
Brawl
Mirage
Dead End
Bumblebee
Mixmaster
Blurr
Skywarp
Counterpunch
Bludgeon
Drift
Nautilator
Hoist
Blast Off
Rewind
Wildrider
Chromedome
Onslaught
Beachcomber
Swindle
Smokescreen
Knock Out
Ratchet
Scavenger
Perceptor
Shockwave
Hound
Vortex
Nightbeat
Soundwave
"Jazz, how and why do you know Counterpunch?" Nightbeat accused.
"Huh?" Jazz asked startled.
"Don't act surprised. We found something that directly links you to him," Nightbeat told him.
Present Evidence!
1. Monobear file #3
2. Location of Body
3. Body Discovery Announcement
4. Kitchen Knife
5. Lack of Energon
6. Signs of a Fight
7. Lack of evidence
8. Smell of Cleaning Fluids
9. Stab Wounds
10. Missing ElectroID
11. Killing Blow
12. Wildrider and Dead End's Alibi.
13. Dead End's Testimony
14. Beachcomber's Testimony
15. Combat Knife
16. Onslaught's Testimony
17. Missing Anti-depressants
18. Pharmacy Cashier's Testimony
19. Bartender's Testimony
20. Gold Dust
21. Maintenance Hall Door
22. Maintenance Hall
23. Syringe
24. Clean Section of Maintenance Hall
25. Jazz's wounds.
26. Needle
27. Motive
28. Syringe and Needle Unmatched
29. Counterpunch's Files
30. Mixmaster's Testimony
31. Groundbridge usage
"These files that we found in Counterpunch's room links him to an operation in which he was the subject and you were the one heading it. Drift confirmed that those files came directly from the Autobot's database," Nightbeat told him.
"What? How did those files get to the public?" Jazz wondered to himself.
"Jazz, you do realize you're under suspicion of murder here," Nightbeat told him.
"Yes, of course, but a breach like that shouldn't have happened. Those files were top secret," he kept complaining to himself. "I'm going to have to complain to Red Alert when we get out."
"Perhaps you can fill us in on all of it," Bludgeon advised him. "While the files were useful, they were corrupted partially, rendering a lot of it unreadable."
"Oh, yeah, my bad," Wildrider told him. "I might've sorta accidently broke it a little bit when I checked that place out a little bit."
"You floundering fool!" Bludgeon insulted him.
"Enough! Let's concentrate what really matters," Onslaught told them, glaring at the spy. "So, Jazz, will you explain the files to us."
"Huh, well, I guess I see no point not too, although it might be a bit hard to swallow," he told them.
"A bit hard to swallow?" Nightbeat asked.
"Yes, you see, you were very wrong in saying that Counterpunch was both an Autobot and a Decepticon. I can confirmed that Counterpunch was very much a Decepticon," Jazz told him.
"Huh?" Bumblebee asked. "Then, how did his electroID worked for both areas?"
"Tel me, Nightbeat, did you noticed anything odd about those files?" he asked him.
"Anything odd?" Nightbeat asked. He quickly wondered about it. Anything odd? Well….
What was odd about the files?
How Counterpunch was refer to.
When the operation took place.
How it was taken.
Jazz's role in all of it.
…
How Counterpunch was refer to.
"You mean how Counterpunch was refer to, correct?" Nightbeat asked him. "The first half refer to him as Punch while the second-half refer to him as Counterpunch."
"That would be correct," Jazz confirmed to him.
"So? What's the point of that?" Skywarp asked him.
"Punch? Oh no, don't tell me that was him," Beachcomber said to himself out loud.
"Huh? What's wrong with you?" he asked.
"Nothing. Just let him continued," Beachcomber immediately said, trying to forget about it.
"Well, this operation had one goal in mind," Jazz said, getting everybody's attention again, "to create the perfect mole for us to infiltrate the Decepticons."
"What? Will you quit calling him a mole? He isn't one!" Skywarp yelled at him.
"I think it's time to face the facts, Skywarp. He was more than likely a mole," Onslaught told him.
"Actually, Skywarp is right. He wasn't a mole," Jazz told him.
"What?!"
"You see, we came to the conclusion that the perfect way to get a mole in the Decepticons was by making the mole not realize he was one," Jazz told him.
"Huh?" Mirage asked. "How's that possible. To be a mole, you have to give information to the enemy. How could he not realized he was one?"
"It's quite simple really, now Nightbeat, can you tell everyone why Counterpunch was refered to that way?" Jazz asked him.
Why was Counterpunch refer to with two different names?
Punch was easier to type.
He asked for that.
It was his stripper name.
They were two different people.
…
They were two different people.
"Because… he was two different people," Nightbeat realized, barely holding on to his stand.
"What?!" was the reaction from most of the people in there.
"You see, in order to make the perfect mole, we had to create someone else first. We essentially created another personality and put it in his head. The original, Punch, would be able to see everything while Counterpunch was mostly a puppet for Punch to infiltrate the Decepticons," he told them.
"What the frag is this pseudoscience?" Perceptor asked, slamming his fist into the stand. "To insert another personality into someone is nonsense!"
"That's impossible," Skywarp said. "he- he- shouldn't he have realized that?" Skywarp asked him.
"Well, there was one thing that constantly gave it away. Tell me, could anyone answer that?" he asked.
"Something… well, this is basically a Cybertronian-made Dissociative Identity Disorder, so he should've experience something with that," Nightbeat wondered to himself.
Epiphany Anagram!
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
_/ L/ _/ _/ K/ _/ _/ _/ _/
B/ L/ A/ _/ K/ _/ _/ _/ _/
B/ L/ A/ C/ K/ O/ _/ _/ _/
B/ L/ A/ C/ K/ O/ U/ T/ S/
…
BLACKOUTS
NIGHTBEAT: That's it!
"He would've suffered from blackouts, correct?" Nightbeat asked him.
"Oh, scrap!" Blurr shouted
"What?" Nightbeat asked him.
"That night after the second trial, I met Counterpunch in the newly opened mall and he mentioned to me that he had been suffering from blackouts," Blurr told him.
"And that's it. Counterpunch was a Decepticon while Punch was an Autobot," Jazz told them.
"Now just a second. Something doesn't make sense here. If Punch was the original, why didn't they take Counterpunch out after that happened," Swindle asked him.
At that, Jazz looked rather forlorn and looked at the ground. "You see, we've might've let the other personality grow too strong. Near the end of the war, Counterpunch unintentionally struggled with him for dominance. In the end, he won the battle and was the new dominant one," he answered for them.
"But, he was still suffering from blackouts," Blurr reminded him.
"Yes, he was. That meant Punch never gave up, even until they both died," Jazz told them.
"So, wait, you're saying he never knew about Punch?" Blast Off asked.
"Correct, as far as I know. He probably thought he was dealing with a defective memory core or something along those lines," Jazz told them.
"Although, judging from the fact that the files were found in his room, he was starting to learn the unsettling truth behind his existence," Hoist said.
"Yeah, I guess he was," Jazz agreed.
"Is that why you got in a fight with him?" Nightbeat asked him. Before Jazz could replied, he added: "And don't say you haven't been in a fight. The scratches on your knuckles said otherwise." Jazz paused and thought it through before speaking again.
"Alright, fine. I fought with him. Yes, I know that makes me look bad, but I assure you, I left him alive.
"Why should we believe you?" Scavenger asked.
"Because I give him a damn good alibi," Mixmaster muttered.
"Huh?"
"You were out at the time, Scavenger, but me and him engaged in a conversation that lasted until 11:20."
"That's still enough to get to the mall and kill Counterpunch," Bumblebee pointed out.
"Yes, that's true, but I honestly don't think that he did it," he argued.
"I'm just pointing out the facts. I would love more than anything for him to be innocent."
"There's two ways of reaching the mall," Perceptor said. "Going through the library or going through the groundbridge over there."
"Couldn't he just used the groundbridge," Chromedome asked.
"No, I don't think so," Nightbeat said.
"Uh?"
"Oh, yeah, I get it. It couldn't be him," Nautilator said.
"I'm officially lost," Chromedome said to the two of them.
"We found that thing, remember?" Nautilator asked.
Present Evidence!
1. Monobear file #3
2. Location of Body
3. Body Discovery Announcement
4. Kitchen Knife
5. Lack of Energon
6. Signs of a Fight
7. Lack of evidence
8. Smell of Cleaning Fluids
9. Stab Wounds
10. Missing ElectroID
11. Killing Blow
12. Wildrider and Dead End's Alibi.
13. Dead End's Testimony
14. Beachcomber's Testimony
15. Combat Knife
16. Onslaught's Testimony
17. Missing Anti-depressants
18. Pharmacy Cashier's Testimony
19. Bartender's Testimony
20. Gold Dust
21. Maintenance Hall Door
22. Maintenance Hall
23. Syringe
24. Clean Section of Maintenance Hall
25. Jazz's wounds.
26. Needle
27. Motive
28. Syringe and Needle Unmatched
29. Counterpunch's Files
30. Mixmaster's Testimony
31. Groundbridge usage
"The groundbridge log," Nightbeat answered.
"Yeah, that. It says it was used at 11:20 and 11:47," he told them.
"Wait, it was used twice before the murder and after the murder?" Scavenger asked.
"Yes, it was, which means that has to be the killer!" Nautilator told everyone.
"I'm inclined to agree with him," Nightbeat said. "It's too much of a coincidence."
"Well then, good to see I'm innocent," Jazz said.
"Yes, although I have another question for you," he told him.
"Shoot."
"Did you fight in the maintenance hall and if so, did you clean up after yourself?" he asked him.
"Actually, yes we did fight there, although I didn't clean up after the fight and I'm sure he didn't either. We fought at around 10:45," he answered for him.
"Hmm, thanks for that as that just proves what I've been suspecting for a while now," he told him.
"And what's that?" Rewind asked.
"The murder didn't occur in the storage rooms, but in the maintenance hall," he told them.
"In there?" Chromedome asked.
"Yes, something about that are has made me suspicious about the area and that is-"
Present Evidence!
1. Monobear file #3
2. Location of Body
3. Body Discovery Announcement
4. Kitchen Knife
5. Lack of Energon
6. Signs of a Fight
7. Lack of evidence
8. Smell of Cleaning Fluids
9. Stab Wounds
10. Missing ElectroID
11. Killing Blow
12. Wildrider and Dead End's Alibi.
13. Dead End's Testimony
14. Beachcomber's Testimony
15. Combat Knife
16. Onslaught's Testimony
17. Missing Anti-depressants
18. Pharmacy Cashier's Testimony
19. Bartender's Testimony
20. Gold Dust
21. Maintenance Hall Door
22. Maintenance Hall
23. Syringe
24. Clean Section of Maintenance Hall
25. Jazz's wounds.
26. Needle
27. Motive
28. Syringe and Needle Unmatched
29. Counterpunch's Files
30. Mixmaster's Testimony
31. Groundbridge usage
"-the section of the maintenance hall that was cleaned," he told them.
"A section of the maintenance hall was cleaned?" Jazz asked.
"Yes and considering another part of the area was covered in energon that looked like a fist-fight took place there, I'm guessing the unclean part is yours."
"Couldn't Monobear had just started cleaning when we found the party?" Rewind asked.
"Nope! I only engage the cleaning command when all you bastards were asleep," he told them.
"Dead End and Wildrider were both up until the body was found," Perceptor murmured.
"Yep, which means we have foiled that dastardly killer's plan," Wildrider bragged.
"I swear, I just want to go over there and smacked you," Dead End murmured to himself in a murderous tone.
"Yes, this means the murder had to have happen at-"
"Hold it!" Perceptor shouted, slamming his fist on his podium. "Look, I'm not a criminal expert, but you need more than that to prove otherwise. Who's to say that Counterpunch didn't tried to clean the area before giving up part-way through it. Who's to say that Monobear isn't just screwing with us again? Who's to say that Jazz isn't lying?"
"The murder had to occur there," Nightbeat told him.
"Well then, prove it to me," Perceptor commanded.
Cross Swords Battle!
Swords Available:
Syringe
Needle
Maintenance Hall Door
Groundbridge usage
PERCEPTOR: The fact that you think the murder…
PERCEPTOR: …happened in the maintenance halls is absurd.
PERCEPTOR: There are so many other explanations…
PERCEPTOR: …for why the area is clean…
PERCEPTOR: and yet you think it's because the murderer…
PERCEPTOR: …was covering the crime scene.
…
Development
…
NIGHTBEAT: I don't make crimes lightly Perceptor…
NIGHTBEAT: …especially when there's evidence to back me up.
PERCEPTOR: You said there is evidence…
PERCEPTOR: …and yet you offer nothing to show that.
PERCEPTOR: The hallway was messed up because…
PERCEPTOR: …Jazz fought with Counterpunch in there.
PERCEPTOR: You're continued belief that the murder happen there is laughable.
PERCEPTOR: All it takes is to enter the room…
PERCEPTOR: Look around the place…
PERCEPTOR: …and realize the murder couldn't have happen there.
NIGHTBEAT: I'll cut that to pieces.
Sword Used: Maintenance Hall Door
"Perceptor, you said that it takes to prove that murder didn't happen there is to open the door, but that's the very problem. The door was sealed shut with adhesive," Nightbeat told him.
"It was?!" Perceptor asked.
"Yep. Me and Blurr had to bust the door down together to open it," Hound told him.
"Well then, do you see now?" Nightbeat asked him.
"Yes, I do," Perceptor said with a huff. "Only the murderer would want to keep us from seeing that area."
"Calm down, genius. We all make mistakes sometime," Skywarp told him.
"Some more than other," Perceptor said.
"Right," Dead End muttered. "Since Counterpunch was killed there, let's discussed why he was there."
"Well, more than likely he was searching for a way out," Mixmaster guessed.
"To be honest, I didn't find any evidence for that," Nightbeat told them.
"Well then, let's call the only other person up that night," Dead End told him.
"Yes, you know who," Dead End told him. "Judging from his comments during this trial, he at least partially knew the victim as well."
"The other person up that night," Nightbeat murmured. "Yes, it could be useful to get more useful from him."
"May I ask exactly who that person?" Perceptor asked.
"The other person,"Nightbeat thought to himself. "He claims he wasn't up late that night, but a lot of evidence points to him being up well into the night and his outbursts at the trial showed he knew more about than he let on. That person… he could have the knowledge to show who the killer is."
Make an accusation!
Jazz
Brawl
Mirage
Dead End
Bumblebee
Mixmaster
Blurr
Skywarp
Counterpunch
Bludgeon
Drift
Nautilator
Hoist
Blast Off
Rewind
Wildrider
Chromedome
Onslaught
Beachcomber
Swindle
Smokescreen
Knock Out
Ratchet
Scavenger
Perceptor
Shockwave
Hound
Vortex
Nightbeat
Soundwave