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
"Beachcomber, it was you, wasn't it?" Smokescreen accused the geologist.
"Uh, well…," Beachcomber hesitated.
"The thing that proves it was you is…"
Monobear File #3
Red Group's Lack of Alibi
Onslaught and Blast Off's Secret Rendezvous
State of Repair Bay
Broken Recorder
Missing Lever
Welded doors of the Casino Backroom
Locked Safe
Energon-Stained cloth
Energon-Stained Scalpel
Interconnecting Rooms
Communication Device
Mirage's Preferred Hand
Time of impalement
Hint to Safe password
Monobear File #4 (2)
Wire
Tap in the Pipe
Dents in the door.
Nightbeat's Note
Communications Device (2)
Spark Detector
'Building Objects and Traps for Dummies' Datapad
Jazz and Beachcomber's Testimony
Tarp and Knife
Mirage's Note
Hoist's Present
Smokescreen and Hoist's Testimony
"…your own words. You admitted that you were the last one out. You used the excuse of a lack of recharge to stay behind and throw the scalpel in the trash and then release everybody from yellow room, correct?" Smokescreen explained to him, waiting to tear apart his arguments.
"Oh man, I better go ahead and explain things before you get things all wrong," Beachcomber muttered, shocking Smokescreen. People don't give up this easily! "Alright, look, it doesn't have anything to do with Nightbeat or Mirage's death. I was just… I was... dammit, it's hard to explain."
"Let me guess… cutting yourself?" Dead End guessed, causing Beachcomber to give a deep intake of breath before replying.
"Yeah…."
"What the fuck… you really need a therapist!" Blurr shouted.
"Well, I would like one, but in case you forget, we're stuck in this hellhole!"
"Well, can you just not do it?"
"You are an idiot?" Dead End interjected.
"Eh, I'm getting called an idiot by the guy who most definitely needs a therapists and a ton of anti-depressants! You're so-"
"Shut up. Insulting me doesn't prove you're right. Now, does this have anything to do with Nightbeat and Mirage's death?" Dead End questioned the room. The room stayed quiet. "Exactly. You can talk to Beachcomber about this later. Now, we have to find a killer."
"Thanks, man," Beachcomber thanked him.
"No problem."
"Right," Perceptor muttered, "since we can't reach a conclusion on Nightbeat's killer, let's go at it from a different angle."
"Mirage's death, right?" Onslaught questioned.
"No. I'm talking about you and Blast Off," he clarified, causing Onslaught to go on the defensive.
"I was afraid we get to this?" he muttered, staring him down. "I'll go ahead and admit, me and Blast Off were out tonight, but we had nothing to do with it."
"We need more than your words," Perceptor growled.
"Whoa, calm down now," Jazz interfered. "Let's be careful here. We don't want to falsely accuse anybody."
"For some reason, I doubt I'm wrong," he coolly replied.
"Either way, I want to confirm something before we get ahead of ourselves. Have we got every bit of evidence?" Jazz questioned the room. Everybody kept quiet, but Smokescreen noticed Knock Out and Ratchet glancing at each other. The two stared at each other before Ratchet addressed the group.
"Well, me and Knock Out took a couple of pictures of Nightbeat's corpse before and after we removed the lever with the electroID. If it helps people get a feel of the murder, we can show you," Ratchet informed everybody.
"Sure, that would be great," Jazz agreed.
"Alright, uploading it to evidence," Ratchet agreed, getting his electroID out to do it. Smokescreen got his out and looked at what uploaded. The first was a picture of Nightbeat laying down on the ground with the lever sticking out of his chest. One of his hands was grasping the lever while the other was to the side. A small bit of energon was dripping down the side of his mouth and covering the wound and lever. A second picture showed off how he looked without the lever, giving people a good inside his wound, where both wet and dried energon was covering it.
Ammo Gained: Pictures of Nightbeat's corpse.
Picture of Nightbeat's corpse taken by Ratchet and Knock Out. One shows one with the lever embedded and one without it.
"Well, thanks for that," Skywarp muttered sarcastically. "Didn't really help anyone, except those who enjoy snuff." He glanced over at Rewind with that comment, who did his best to ignore that dig.
"Well, what should we concentrate on now?" Rewind asked the group. "Mirage's death or Onslaught and Blast Off's alibi."
"I say the alibi. We need to figure exactly what they were doing," Perceptor continued to push on Onslaught.
"I agree. We need to start pushing on them, hard," Blurr agreed.
"Considering you're track record, I'm not very frighten," Blast Off scoffed. "You're the one who kept pushing on Swindle when he was innocent."
"Guah, hey! That's was just a onetime thing! I'm sure at least one of you is a killer!" Blurr countered.
"Well, if you insist, let's discuss and talk about how wrong you are," Blast Off told him
Nonstop Debate!
Ammo Available: Monobear File #4, Onslaught and Blast Off's Secret Rendezvous, Broken Recorder, Hint to Safe Password, Missing Lever, Locked Safe
BLAST OFF: Let me go ahead and make this clear…
BLAST OFF: …neither me nor Onslaught were involved in either murder.
BLURR: There has to be something you're involved in.
BLURR: Why else were you out?
ONSLAUGHT: And you're delusional.
ONSLAUGHT: What leads to us being suspicious?
ONSLAUGHT: Did we leave any evidence behind that is clearly ours?
BLAST OFF: Did somebody leave evidence behind to frame us?
ONSLAUGHT: Is there some kind of code?
BLURR: …
PERCEPTOR: …
BLAST OFF: Exactly. You have nothing.
SMOKESCREEN: Actually, I do.
Ammo Used: Hint to Safe Password
"Onslaught, thanks for reminding me of something," Smokescreen sarcastically said to him.
"Huh. What?" Onslaught questioned, startled.
"There's this safe that's very hard to get to. Breaking the code is pretty impossible with the time we had. Yet, with a certain hint, Swindle was able to solve it easily," he told him, causing Onslaught to flinch and glare at his sub-ordinate.
"Swindle, what does he mean?" Onslaught questioned him.
"Alphabetical digital root," Swindle said simply. "It was one of the completely pointless things you taught us in case we needed a code."
"Wait, hold on," Wildrider halt the procedure, rubbing his head in pain. "What the heck is a digital root?"
"Digital root is basically the process of turning letters to numbers. Once you do that, you add the numbers up to get another number. If that number isn't a single digit, try again and again until you get one," Swindle informed him. "I had a feeling that code was related to us and since the hint said alphabetical, I knew he was talking about our name's digital root in alphabetical order."
"I get it," Perceptor muttered, thinking it through. "Let's start with the first one, Blast Off. If you convert the letters to number, you get 9 after doing all the math."
"The first number of the code was 9," Mixmaster told everyone.
"Exactly. So, since the digital root just so happen to fit your guys name in alphabetical order, that would mean that safe is yours, correct?" Smokescreen said with a smug grin. Blast Off and Onslaught both glared at him before Blast Off replied.
"Fine, I suppose counting it as a coincidence is too much for you to swallow," he assented, with Onslaught giving a reluctant nod of acknowledgement.
"Knew I should've picked something less obvious," Onslaught muttered.
"So that proves it, right? One of you murder Nightbeat or Mirage!" Blurr shouted, glaring at the two of them.
"Oh, pipe down. Did the contents of the safe relate to the murder in any way?" Blast Off asked them.
"Well, yes," Smokescreen told them.
"Oh, really?" Blast Off scoffed, crossing his arms. "Which one?"
The Communication Device
The Spark Detector
Both
Neither
"The Communication Device," Smokescreen answered him. The reason why is because-"
Monobear File #3
Red Group's Lack of Alibi
Onslaught and Blast Off's Secret Rendezvous
State of Repair Bay
Broken Recorder
Missing Lever
Welded doors of the Casino Backroom
Locked Safe
Energon-Stained cloth
Energon-Stained Scalpel
Interconnecting Rooms
Communication Device
Mirage's Preferred Hand
Time of impalement
Hint to Safe password
Monobear File #4 (2)
Wire
Tap in the Pipe
Dents in the door.
Nightbeat's Note
Communications Device (2)
Spark Detector
'Building Objects and Traps for Dummies' Datapad
Jazz and Beachcomber's Testimony
Tarp and Knife
Mirage's Note
Hoist's Present
Smokescreen and Hoist's Testimony
"-we found this communications device in the atrium in the fourth building, right outside the murder scene," Smokescreen told them. Blast Off glared didn't ceased, but Onslaught flinched at that. "I'm guessing that one is yours?" he told the leader, causing him to flinch again.
"There's no proof of that," Onslaught scoffed.
"Listen, the device in the safe could only be obtained by a Combaticon, and I highly doubt it's Swindle's since he's the one who helped us get it. That leaves you two," Smokescreen glared at him.
"Come now, there is only some circumstantial evidence," Blast Off scoffed.
"Circumstantial leads way to solid evidence. Soundwave found that out the hard way," Perceptor reminded him, causing him to flinch.
"Well, you got a point, but you got to find the solid evidence first," he reminded him.
"Very well. Get ready."
Nonstop Debate!
Ammo Available: Spark Detector, Onslaught and Blast Off's Secret Rendezvous, Monobear File #4, Locked Safe, Interconnecting Rooms, Welded Doors of the Casino Backroom
PERCEPTOR: We know you two are involved…
PERCEPTOR: …you two just need to admit it.
ONSLAUGHT: There is nothing definite!
ONSLAUGHT: Just give up.
RATCHET: You two are determined, but it's useless.
KNOCK OUT: He's right, everything leads to you.
BLAST OFF: Quit it, it pointless to pin anything on us.
BLAST OFF: The communication's device doesn't lead to us.
BLAST OFF: The spark detector doesn't lead to us.
BLAST OFF: Just stop!
SMOKESCREEN: Got you!
Ammo Used: Spark Detector
"Blast Off, quick question, how often have you checked the evidence list," Smokescreen asked.
"Not much," Blast Off shrugged. "Why?"
"Well, how did you know the spark detector was in the safe?" Smokescreen asked.
"Huh?"
"We haven't talked about that thing once, and yet, you talk about it as if it's already a topic of discussion. Now, how do you already know about it, considering only five of us know about it: Me, Swindle, Hoist, Mixmaster, and Skywarp. That list doesn't include you."
"Guah," he gasped. "Dammit!"
"Hah! We got you!" Blurr yelled in joy.
"Well… what did I use it for?" Blast Off asked, regaining his cool.
"Huh?"
"Ah, good. You don't know. Let's talk about it."
Nonstop Debate!
Ammo Available: Knife and Tarp, Mirage's Preferred hand, Interconnecting Rooms, Time of Impalement, Monobear File #4, Energon-Stained Cloth
BLAST OFF: What's the point of it?
BLURR: Well, you used it to help murder one of them!"
BLAST OFF: Well, if that's the case, which one do you propose I used it on?
BLURR: Well, I imagine it would be personal…
BLURR: …so you used it to murder Mirage!
SKYWARP: He could've used it to make sure no one was around…
SKYWARP: …to hear Mirage as he yelled for help.
BLUDGEON: He would've been struggling for a long time.
BLUDGEON: The poor fool.
BEACHCOMBER: Can we be certain about this?
BLURR: What other way can it be?"
NAUTILATOR: I wish :Nightbeat: was here
RATCHET: Well, he isn't, so we have to make due.
SMOKESCREEN: That's wrong
Ammo used: Nightbeat
"Wait, Nautilator, you might've reminded me of something to prove that it couldn't be Mirage that Blast Off killed," Smokescreen told him.
"Huh, what does that mean? I didn't say anything!"
"You mentioned Nightbeat."
"Yeah? So what?"
"If Blast Off used his spark detector to help kill Mirage, how come he didn't noticed Nightbeat?" Smokescreen asked.
"Hey, that's right!" Onslaught agreed. "We encountered Nightbeat as he was exiting the med-bay. If the killer was using the spark detector, than they would've noticed him."
"Ergo, I couldn't possibly killed Mirage, the person who I had the biggest motive to kill," Blast Off pointed out to Blurr with a smug grin, causing him to wince.
"What the-? You two hated each other!" Blurr yelled.
"Then wouldn't that make me the most obvious person to frame?" Blast Off pointed out again to him. "If someone murdered Mirage, then naturally, suspicion rests with me as the one with the most obvious relationship to him."
"Then… then… what the frag was that spark detector for?!" Blurr yelled at him.
"Well, it wasn't to kill Mirage," Blast Off told him.
"Then you must've used it to help set the trap," Perceptor guessed. "That's why you used it?"
"I'm not quite so certain about that," Swindle butted in. "Me and him have been hanging out together since the second trial and he's had no time to get the equipment and set up the trap." He glared at Blast Off. "Although, your attitude is still suspicious."
"Hmpf, does it matter? It's obvious that I'm not the killer so you can stop your assertions," Blast Off said.
"What, that's impossible! It had to be you, you bast-"
"I agreed," Perceptor announced, causing Blurr to gawk.
"What, but-"
"Enough Blurr. Blast Off, let's confirm something. You are the one who used the spark detector and only you," Perceptor asked him.
"Yes, although I won't tell you why?" Blast Off ordered.
"That's fine," Perceptor agreed. "I believe you didn't kill anyone." He turned to Onslaught. "However, that doesn't clear you," he said to him.
"What?!" he yelled out, startled.
"Well, Blast Off admitted to using it. However, he never said anything about you being with him. Sense you were absent when he used it, it makes sense that you were not with him and killed Mirage when you were absent," Perceptor explained to him.
"What, but-"
"Is there any reason I'm wrong?"
"Is there a reason you're right?!"
Nonstop Debate!
Ammo Available: Communications Device, Communications Device (2), Spark Detector, Knife and Tarp, Interconnecting Rooms, State of Repair Bay, Broken Recorder
PERCEPTOR: If Blast Off didn't kill Mirage…
PERCEPTOR: …you're the next best suspect.
ONSLAUGHT: Once again, I must ask…
ONSLAUGHT: …do you have any proof!
PERCEPTOR: We know you were out, for starters.
ONSLAUGHT: That's circumstantial at best!
PERCEPTOR: We lack any other suspects that we can confirm were out.
ONSLAUGHT: Than we're missing one, obviously.
PERCEPTOR: You must've at least planned the meeting with Blast Off, correct?
ONSLAUGHT: I had nothing to talk to him with!
ONSLAUGHT: We were at different teams!
ONSLAUGHT: You're the one who keeps making these baseless accusations.
SMOKESCREEN: Got you!
Ammo used: Communications Device
"Onslaught, are you seriously kidding me?! Smokescreen asked, insulted. "We found a communications device at the atrium that you must've dropped."
THAT'S FLAWED!
"There's nothing proving that I used that device," Onslaught told him.
"Oh, you really think that?" Smokescreen asked him.
"I know so!"
"Well, let's see if those big claims of yours keeps up."
Cross Swords Battle!
Swords Available: Monobear File, Knife and Tarp, Spark Detector, Nightbeat's Note, Mirage's Gift
ONSLAUGHT: Listen, it couldn't possibly have been me!
ONSLAUGHT: You have no direct proof.
ONSLAUGHT: You're just coming to a flaw assumption because I was up that night.
ONSLAUGHT: Won't you back off of me.
ONSLAUGHT: The actual murder is elsewhere.
…
Development
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SMOKESCREEN: It's true, I got no direct evidence…
SMOKESCREEN …but what if there was something that tied it to you.
ONSLAUGHT: Nonsense!
ONSLAUGHT: I haven't acted strangely!
ONSLAUGHT: I haven't met up with Blast Off somehow before we met.
ONSLAUGHT: Once again, you're throwing baseless accusations…
ONSLAUGHT: …because that's all you got.
SMOKESCREEN: That claim is going down
Ammo used: Nightbeat's Note
"Onslaught, you have been acting strangely," Smokescreen accused him.
"How do you know? You weren't there," Onslaught argue against.
"You're right, I wasn't with you, but this note I got says something different," he told him.
"Huh?"
"Nightbeat wrote a message about you seemingly talking to yourself," Smokescreen informed him. "We found it on his body and it couldn't have been tampered with."
"It said that Onslaught was talking to himself?" Beachcomber muttered to himself. "Doesn't that mean he could've been talking into the communications device?"
"Hey? Why are you against me?" he turned next to him towards Beachcomber, who cowered away from him.
"I'm just pointing out what may have happen," he defended himself.
"Well, that doesn't make sense because I had no time to give it to Blast Off," Onslaught backed off and glared at everyone. "If me and Blast Off talked to each other through communications devices, when did I give it to him? We're in separate groups and my group didn't go with other groups. When and where did we give each other the communications device?"
"When and where?" Hound asked. "That is a good point. We have to have a point where he and Blast Off could've met."
"In which there is none," Onslaught growled.
"Hold on, I think I know where he could've done it," Smokescreen told everyone.
"Huh?" Onslaught asked.
"Well, you and Blast Off have to be together for a short time and there is only one place I can see you doing it."
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SMOKESCREEN: Right here!
"We always meet up at the cafeteria. With us all mixed up in there, you or him easily could've passed a communication device to each other," Smokescreen told him.
"Oh, yeah… that could work," Hound agreed.
"So, no objections, Onslaught used the communications device to talk to Blast Off," Perceptor asked the group.
"Yeah," he agreed, along with most of the people around.
"Good," Perceptor muttered before turning to Onslaught. "Now, the device being their indicates that-"
"Look, I tossed that aside when me, Blast Off, Smokescreen, Hoist, and Nightbeat were heading to the Repair Bay without anyone looking," Onslaught suddenly admitted.
"Eh, that was sudden," Rewind said, skeptical.
"Look, me and Blast Off had to stay communicated so I can know how he was doing. I was suspicious when we were heading to the Repair Bay, so I tossed it aside," he told them.
"Wow… that is such a bad excuse," Wildrider muttered, clutching his head. "It least make it kooky."
"Look, I didn't kill Mirage or Nightbeat, so quit blaming me," Onslaught ordered weakly.
"Ha, we got you, you murdering bastard! You were the one who killed-"
"Shut up," Blast Off blandly said to him.
"Huh?"
"Listen, I didn't want to have to admit this, but since you bunch of idiots are so dead set on Onslaught murdering someone, let me dispel this claim once and for all," Blast Off told them. "Onslaught was with me since he left Nightbeat behind in the bathroom and we stayed together since before 1:30."
"Hey, you can't make that-"
"I'm not finish, so calm down, speedster," Blast Off talked down to him. Blurr flinched before staying silent as he waited for Blast Off to finish his explanation. "Now, let me explain, once and for all, what out rendezvous was about."
"Wait really? What is it?" Beachcomber asked.
"Quite simple really: we were planning a murder together that night," Blast Off told them. The group froze as Blast Off plainly admitted such a revelation. "Now, the question: Who was I going to kill?"
"Isn't it obvious? Mirage or Nightbeat!" Hound answered.
"Naturally, you would assume that, but I'll go ahead and tell you that is wrong," Blast Off informed him. "A murder was supposed to happen tonight to someone who is still alive with us."
"Huh?" Smokescreen asked and even Hoist had stopped rebuilding the recorder to gawk at the spectacle before him.
"I was supposed to kill someone that is still alive. Now who is that?" Blast Off asked the room. Everyone was confused at that, as they all tried to make since of it Smokescreen in particularly was thinking really hard about it. Nothing about what Blast Off said makes sense. If he was going to murder someone that night, he had to be sure that someone would be wondering around that night and no one was certain to leave…
…
…
Except there was one person who Blast Off knew would be there.
"You cold asshole," Smokescreen muttered, figuring it out.
"Ah, good, you figure it out. Go on, tell them who else was supposed to be dead by my hand tonight were it not for all the interruptions."
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