Nearly everyone was arguing with each other and talking at once, either over pettiness or trying to get people to stop, but it was getting us nowhere.

"This has to stop!" I cried to myself.

"Oh man, this is too awesome!" Aqua Tail laughed.

I took a deep breath, and then using all my lung power, let out a bloodthirsty scream. "SHUT UP!" I then started gasping for air.

My scream worked fortunately, as everyone turned to me looking shocked, concerned, or annoyed.

"Are you okay Natalie?" Dana asked.

"Ow! My ears!" Raj cried.

"Someone say banshee queen." Simon snickered.

"What's wrong Natalie?" Irene asked.

I spent a few more seconds getting my breath back before facing everyone. "We need to chill out people! This arguing and insulting needs to stop, or nothing is going to be accomplished!"

Everyone was silent for a few moments.

"Natalie is right." Dane agreed. "We need to stop being side tracked and focus."

"Agreed, it will only be artistic when we solve this case." Bridget smiled.

"Let's work hard everyone!" Kirsty encouraged.

"Anything for you Kirsty!" Henry replied with heart eyes.

"Okay..." Miranda said quietly.

I smiled at everyone. "Thanks guys, now back to the discussion."

"What should we talk about now?" Rory asked.

"What other clues do we have?" Irene added.

"I think I have a guess on who the killer might be." Raj answered.

"Really?!" Sam asked, surprised.

"Let's hear it Raj." RK replied.

"Okay." Raj said. "I think Harvey might be the killer!"

"Harvey you say?" Gavin replied.

"What the hell do you mean I'm the killer, you little nerd?!" Harvey asked. "I'm not the killer."

"Explain yourself Raj." Ellen ordered.

"Okay!" Raj replied.

Nonstop Debate

"Harvey could definitely be the killer!" Raj exclaimed.

"No I'm not you fag!" Harvey screamed.

"Calm down." Irene stated.

"Harvey is nothing but a big bully!" Raj continued. "I can see him just flat out killing someone like Donald!"

"Harvey did bully Donald a lot." Said Dane.

"I definitely wouldn't brush it off as impossible." RK replied.

"So we're going with Harvey as the killer?" Sam asked.

"No!" Harvey screamed.

"While Raj has a somewhat good theory, there isn't any evidence in it." I thought to myself. "He's wrong and I'm going to put a stop to it."

"Hold on here!" I cried. "Harvey can't be the killer!"

"And why not?" Rory asked.

"Henry's account is Harvey's alibi, can you please explain Henry."

"Sure!" Henry replied. "While I hate to defend a big bully like Harvey, he actually is innocent."

"I don't need any help from you, fry cook!" Harvey snarled.

"Harvey!" Irene growled. "If Henry can prove that your innocence, I'd shut up right now if I were you, unless you want us to vote for you."

"No don't!" Harvey cried. "Help me fry cook!"

"Very well." Henry replied. "After I left the party last night, Harvey left not long after I did."

"That is true, I can confirm that." Sam agreed. "Harvey left the party not long after Henry left!"

"After I got to my hut, he started bullying me, but I was saved by my darling Kirsty!" Henry had heart eyes.

"Ugh!" Kirsty groaned.

"How did Kirsty save you?" Bridget asked.

"My beautiful Kirsty knocked him right out by punching him in the back of his head, he was out cold all night." Henry continued.

"It was Kirsty who knocked me out?!" Harvey asked, so shocked.

"Is this true Kirsty?" Ellen asked.

Kirsty groaned. "Yeah, I knocked Harvey out, but it was only because him bullying Harvey was keeping me up! That is all!"

"But how does this make Harvey innocent?" Rory asked.

"Easy!" Henry continued. "After my darling Kirsty left to return to her hut and I realized Harvey was knocked out, I went into my hut for the night. But I was very concerned for my Kirsty's safety, so I watched Harvey all night, he didn't move at all, he was out cold for good."

"I saw Harvey lying outside Henry's hut both last night and this morning." I added. "This story definitely holds true."

"I was wondering why Harvey was lying on the ground as I was making my way to the beach after Aqua Tail called for us." RK stated.

"More importantly, we can rule out Harvey out a suspect if Henry is his alibi."

"PUNKED." Rory randomly shouted.

"What? What is it Rory?"

"Hey, I'm all for doubting Harvey, and I don't wanna suspect Henry, but for once, I have to be serious here."

"Huh?"

"Let me tell you all about why we can't just believe Henry's story or cross Harvey off the suspect list."

Rebuttal Showdown

Rory looked really excited, like he was about to watch someone fall for one of his rope traps. "Check this out babe. I'm not saying Harvey or Henry is the killer, but here is why either of them could be the killer. What Henry just said, doesn't count as an alibi for Harvey."

I was prepared to face off against Rory. "What are you talking about Rory? How can you say those two could be the killer when Henry watched Harvey's unconscious body all of last night?"

Rory just laughed. "Come on babe, as much as I like Henry, he could just be lying about watching Harvey all of last night. He could of fell asleep while watching Harvey, and during that time, Harvey could of went to kill Donald, before returning to his position of being knocked out. Or of course, Harvey was knocked out all night, and Henry is just claiming he watched his body all night, when he as as well could of gone to kill Donald, before returning to his hut, while still insisting his watched Harvey all night. No one besides those two can confirm this alibi."

"Rory actually has some good points." I thought to myself. "But he is still wrong, someone else can backup both Harvey and Henry. I just know it."

"I would like to cross off more suspects, but we just can't-"

"I'll cut your argument in two!"

"Wait!" I cried. "Somebody else can back up Harvey and Henry's alibi, as well as prove both of their innocence!"

"Whoa, what?" Rory asked, shocked.

"Kirsty."

"Yes Natalie?" Kirsty asked.

"You told me during the investigation you know both Harvey and Henry didn't kill Donald, you need to tell everyone why you know that."

"Ugh!" Kirsty groaned.

"Is my darling Kirsty about to save me from possibly being considered the killer?!" Henry asked with heart eyes.

"She obviously doesn't dig you, burger bitch." Simon replied.

"Shut up." Ellen ordered. "Cut this worthless shit and explain how both Harvey and Henry can be ruled out as suspects."

"Ugh!" Kirsty groaned again.

"Please...Kirsty..." Miranda begged.

"I guess I have no choice, after I knocked out Harvey and went back to my hut, I started to worry about if Harvey would wake up and continue trying to bully Henry that night. Therefore, I kept an eye on both Harvey's body and Henry's hut."

"And did Harvey ever get up from his spot or did Henry leave his hut?" I asked.

"No and no."

"If both Henry and Kirsty claim Harvey never got up last night, and if Kirsty claims Henry never left his hut last night..." Dana began.

"Then both Harvey and Henry couldn't of killed Donald." Dane finished.

"It helps that this all happened after Kirsty, Henry, and Harvey left the party." I started with. "And since Donald was the last person to leave the party, he was still at the party when Harvey was knocked out."

"Hell yeah!" Harvey exclaimed. "I can't be the killer!"

"I knew you would save me, my darling Kirsty." Henry replied with heart eyes.

"Shut up you freaking weirdo!" Kirsty exclaimed. "I don't like you!"

"Well I guess we can cross off two more people from the suspect list." RK stated.

"Three actually." I corrected. "We now know for sure that Kirsty can't be the killer either."

"How come?" Bridget asked.

"Kirsty's hut is very close by Henry's on the opposite side. And since he was watching Harvey all night from his window, he could of seen Kirsty's hut as well, and did she ever leave her hut Henry?"

"Not at all." Henry replied.

"Then it is settled." Irene stated. "Harvey, Henry, and Kirsty can't be the killer."

"Alright!" Sam exclaimed. "That is three more people! We're getting there!"

"Agreed!" Gavin agreed.

"Looks like that leaves us with eight possible people that could be Donald's killer." Dana stated.

"Who are they?" Raj asked.

"Natalie, Simon, RK, Sapphire, Rory, Dana, Raj, and myself." Ellen confirmed.

"Not me!" Sapphire whined.

"Don't look at me people." Rory said.

"I didn't do it!" Raj cried.

"Relax everyone." Dana assured. "Nobody is a prime suspect."

"Fucking yet." Simon snickered.

"We should get back on track now that we cleared all this issue." Dane suggested. "What next?"

"We should see who else could be suspicious!" Sam exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Harvey agreed. "Somebody else should be on the chopping block!"

"No!" I disagreed. "We need to ease up on flat out accusing people, let's just go over anymore pieces of evidence we may have."

"I agree." Irene replied. "We need some more facts thrown out, not theories."

"What else...do we have?" Miranda asked.

"When and why did Donald go to the beach?" Bridget asked.

"It's gonna be hard to find out exactly why Donald went to the beach." Dana answered.

"But I think we can narrow it down to when Donald went to the beach." I thought to myself.

"Gavin, didn't you see someone on the beach after the party ended?" I asked.

"Oh yeah!" Gavin exclaimed. "I did!"

"You saw someone?" Kirsty asked.

"Was it Donald?" RK asked.

"Honestly, I can't be sure who I saw." Gavin answered.

"Donald should be a fair guess." Irene replied.

"Did anyone else go to the beach after the party ended?" Dane asked.

Nobody answered yes.

"If nobody went to the beach after the party." Raj started with. "Then Donald was the person that Gavin saw on the beach!"

"Don't be fucking stupid you basement dweller." Simon replied. "That person could have been the killer, and of course they wouldn't say they were at the beach after your stupid, fucking party ended."

"Hey! Don't you talk trash about my party!" Gavin exclaimed.

"You mean your party that most likely played a part in the puppetqueer's death?"

"Hey! Leave Gavin alone!" Sam yelled angrily.

"Enough!" Irene cut in. "Stop this pointless arguing!"

"So we can definitely say for sure that either Donald or the killer was alone on the beach, before the murder and right after the party ended." Henry said.

"That doesn't do shit for us!" Sapphire whined. "We already know the killer killed Donald on the beach by bashing him in the face!"

"It should help a little bit." Bridget replied.

"How so?" Raj asked.

"I got it!" Gavin exclaimed. "For any of the remaining suspects, if anyone saw them walking anywhere on this island after they left the party, that might just give us a clue!"

"If they were walking the opposite direction from their huts, that might just make them suspcious." Rory added.

"But did anyone see any of the remaining suspects?" I thought to myself. "Yes! Someone did!"

"Hey Rory." I started with. "Didn't you see someone after you left the party?"

"Oh yeah, I did." Rory answered.

"Who was it?" Dana asked.

"After I left the party and returned to my hut, I saw Raj head into his hut by the time I reached the huts."

"Rory did leave the party not long after Raj did." Sam added.

"Does that mean I have an alibi and therefore can't be the killer?" Raj asked happily.

"Not at all." Ellen answered. "Just because someone saw you walk into your hut, doesn't mean you'r innocent. You could of easily just snuck out of your hut and stayed hidden as you made your way to the beach, if you avoided the main path that we all take."

"But I didn't!"

"Nobody is saying you did Raj." I assured him.

"Yeah! Stop being such a pussy!" Harvey laughed.

"Since Henry and Kirsty were looking out their windows all night, they must have had a decent size view of a lot of huts." Dane stated. "Did either of you see anyone at all during the night?

"Just Natalie when she returned to her hut." Henry answered.

"The same goes for me." Kirsty added.

"I hope nobody points fingers at me again!" I thought to myself.

"Back to Natalie again, are we?" Bridget asked.

"DAMN!"

"Could Natalie have come...from killing Donald...at the beach?" Miranda asked.

"No!" I exclaimed. "I didn't!"

"It shouldn't be looked at too hard." Sam added. "Remember, Natalie was the second to last person to leave the party, followed by Donald. It wasn't too long after Harvey left the party, who was the third to last person to leave, while Donald stuck around a bit longer after Natalie left."

"Then Henry and Kirsty seeing Natalie walking to her hut was just her returning from the party." RK stated.

"That is true." Ellen agreed. "But that still doesn't make her innocent. Like with Raj, she could of snuck out of her hut and walked to the beach by staying hidden the whole way if she avoided the main path we all take."

"Then we can't count on Henry and Kirsty seeing anyone!" Sapphire whined.

"Then where do we go from here?" Rory asked.

"Let's start blaming people!" Harvey replied.

"Unfortunately, I do have to agree with Harvey." Kirsty responded. "We do need to narrow down the suspect list."

"Then let's get to it!" Gavin added. "Ellen, Simon, Raj, Natalie, RK, Rory, Dana, or Sapphire is the killer!"

"Sam, can you tell us when they all left the party again?" Bridget asked.

"Sure!" Sam answered. "RK left first, Dana was second, Sapphire was third, Raj was fourth, Rory was fifth, and Natalie was actually the ninth person to leave the party!"

"While Simon and Ellen never attended the party." Dane added.

"Those two are definitely suspcious!" Sapphire accused. "Simon and Ellen!"

"Shut up you fugly twat." Simon replied.

Sapphire went red. "WHAT?!"

"Don't start!" Irene warned.

"Sapphire is right though." Henry agreed. "Ellen and Simon are definitely suspcious!"

"They...could of been...stalking out...the party..." Miranda suggested.

"While you're right there." Ellen agreed. "My point still stands for the other six that they could of easily stayed hidden on the island and out of sight before and after killing Donald."

"Since nobody saw anyone else after they left the party, we can't deny that possibility." Irene reluctantly agreed.

"Therefore, you can't narrow it down to the cosmetology cunt and I." Simon snickered.

"But we need someone to accuse!" Harvey exclaimed.

"Calm down!" I cried. "Let's think about what evidence we can use to possibly narrow it down."

"What evidence do we have though?" Raj asked.

"What else do we have?" I thought to myself. "Maybe this can help!"

"Perhaps we should talk about the motive now." I suggested.

"Yeah!" Gavin agreed. "That might help!"

"Everyone' precious thing that was in danger of being destroyed by Aqua Tail?" Kirsty asked.

"So artistic!" Bridget cheered. "Murdering for something you love!"

"What's so artistic about that?" Dane asked.

"Shut up and get on with it." Ellen demanded.

"Right." I replied. "According to the motive, Aqua Tail threatened to take away my desires to succeed, though it still unknown if he can do that."

"You bet I can!" Aqua Tail replied.

"In the same type of scenario, we have Simon's sense of humor and Ellen's memories."

"Like I need a sense of humor to insult you bitches." Simon snickered.

"I don't even believe Aqua Tail could take away my memories." Ellen replied.

"Like we're gonna believe you!" Harvey cried.

"Yeah!" Raj agreed. "I don't believe you!"

"You can still very much be the killer." Rory added.

Ellen simply rolled her eyes.

"Moving on." I continued, "For a single item, it was Sapphire's laptop."

"Would she really kill someone for a laptop?" Dane asked.

"Hell yeah I would!" Sapphire exclaimed. "I'd kill you all for my laptop!"

"You're not helping yourself at all you know." Rory replied.

"Then we had Raj's collection and Rory's prank website." I continued.

"My collection!" Raj cried.

"Raj is always so passionate about his collection." Henry commented on.

"But no way this little geek is smart enough or strong enough to kill someone." Harvey replied.

"You're right about the former." Simon agreed. "He's more fucking stupid than you."

"HEY!"

"As for Rory, he was also quite attached to his website." Irene stated.

"Well, yeah." Rory agreed. "But I wouldn't kill anyone over it!"

"Then we had Dana's beach." I added.

"While it would hurt me deeply to see it go." Dana replied. "I would never risk anyone's lives just to save it."

"Very artistic indeed my dear." Bridget replied. "But you aren't out of the woods yet."

"And finally..." I really didn't want to say the last part, but I had to. "For RK, he had nothing."

RK merely shrugged.

"Does this mean that RK can be eliminated as a suspect?" Sam asked.

"Of course not." Ellen replied. "You might just be as stupid as Harvey and Raj, RK could of killed Donald, while thinking nobody would suspect him, since this motive didn't apply to him."

"I guess I can't argue with that." RK replied. "I'm not the killer, but I can understand that I'm still a suspect."

"This was a waste of time!" Sapphire whined. "We didn't narrow it down at all!"

"What else...do we have?" Miranda asked, nervously.

Nonstop Debate

"Don't give up people!" Gavin exclaimed. "We can't give up!"

"What else do we have though?" Raj asked.

"Think!" Harvey yelled.

"I don't think there is anything else to think of." Dane replied. "We don't have anymore clues."

"Dane is definitely wrong!" I thought to myself. "There are more clues!"

"Wait!" I cried. "We do have more clues!"

"We do?" Dane asked, confused.

"Bridget, didn't you see something strange as well?"

"Right!" Bridget replied. "I did!"

"What did you see Bridget?" Dane asked.

"It is quite artistic as it is surrounded by shadows of mystery, something I saw late last night. I left the hotel room I was staying in for a bit to grab some leftover food from the party. When I was getting some from the patio, I saw someone come from the beach, and they walked past the hotel."

"Who was it?" Henry asked.

"I was able to make out Donald's hat and cane, so I assumed it was Donald, but I can't say for sure it was him now."

"Why couldn't it have been Donald?" Kirsty asked.

"Sapphire." I said. "Why don't you tell them what you found?"

"What do you mean girl?" Sapphire asked.

"She spent pretty much the whole time guarding that evidence in the forest, and now she doesn't even remember it?!" I yelled to myself.

"...What did you find in the forest?" I asked, trying not to deadpan.

"Oh right!" Sapphire exclaimed. "I found Donald's hat and cane hidden in the forest!"

"Really?" Dana asked surprised.

"Yeah! I was guarding it for the whole investigation!"

"Is this why you yelled at me when I was in the forest?" Gavin asked.

"As well as when you told me to go the fuck away?" Raj added.

"Forget that, were Donald's hat and cane really found in the forest?" Ellen asked.

"They were." I answered. "And that brings us to something else, when we discovered Donald's body on the beach this morning, his hat, cane, and Mr. Warn were missing."

"Mr. Warn?" Irene asked. "Donald's puppet?"

I nodded. "Yeah, and while the puppet was never found, we did find his hat and cane in the forest."

"I found it!" Sapphire yelled.

"But where does this get us?" Rory asked.

"Last night, way after the party ended." I started with. "Bridget was on the hotel patio and saw a dark figure leaving the beach and walking past the hotel. She couldn't see who it was, and was only able to make out Donald's hat and cane. Then when Donald's body is discovered, his hat, cane, and even Mr. Warn are nowhere to be seen. However, during the investigation, Sapphire discovers the hat and cane hidden in the forest. I think we can assume the killer was that figure Bridget saw last night, walking with Donald's hat and cane, as well as they decided to hide them in the forest."

"Why the killer do all fo that though?" Harvey asked.

"I can't fully say for sure as it doesn't appear to be fully thought out plan. But right now, it does appear that they knew they wouldn't of been identified walking from the beach that late at night in the dark, so they took Donald's hat and cane so someone at the hotel would make out Donald if they saw them."

"Their plan is pretty shitty though." Simon replied. "They would have been so fucked if anyone having sex at the hotel saw them from the patio and went down to confront them."

"That is very true." RK agreed. "This plan wasn't thought out that well."

"The killer's plan..." I thought to myself. "It does seem rushed, improvised, unplanned, risky..."

"And then...why hide...the hat...and cane...in the forest?"

"And not that well also." Sapphire added.

"Why not just bring them into their hut?" Kirsty asked. "If Ellen is correct and they were avoiding being seen."

"Honestly, it just seems that the killer didn't have a full plan and either didn't think of hiding Donald's stuff in their hut, or they truly thought we wouldn't discover why his stuff was in the woods."

"In other words, this killer is a fucking dumbass." Simon stated.

"Then why haven't we identified them?" Irene asked.

No one spoke for a few moments.

"What happened to Mr. Warn though?" Sam asked. "The killer must of taken him since Donald didn't have him on him when we found his body."

"And Donald always wore that puppet, so him taking it off should be out of the question."

"No one truly knew Donald that well, so maybe he did take Mr. Warn off sometimes." Raj suggested. "And we just didn't know it."

"Donald could of went back to his hut after he left the party." Irene replied. "He left Mr. Warn there, and then headed to the beach where he was killed."

"That can't be it." Rory shot down. "Henry and Kirsty would of seen him coming and going."

"Would...he hide?" Miranda asked.

"What reason would Donald have for not being seen returning to his hut or going to the beach?" Dana asked.

"Why did Donald even go to the beach?" Sapphire asked.

"Too many questions!" Harvey yelled.

"There are too many questions here." I thought to myself. "But it really isn't that we can't answer most of them, it is why did the killer doe things a certain way? There plan...it honestly sucks...yet, we're still far from the answer..."

"What if...the killer threw Mr. Warn into the ocean!" Henry exclaimed.

"Why would the killer do that though?" Dana asked.

"Maybe they're just really dumb!" Sam replied.

"Their plan may not of been the best, but they still have us stumped." Irene stated.

"The killer..." I thought to myself. "I need to think everything over real hard and figure out who fits the profile best out of the remaining suspects! The killer...not the best plan...rushed several steps...didn't think things through...the motive...Why did they kill? Why did they kill Donald?Mr. Warn... No! It can't be! But I think this person is our best guess! No, I know they killed Donald!"

CHOOSE

Natalie Bowie

Sam Robinson

Gavin Trigg

Sapphire Baldwin

Donald Warn-Deceased

RK Manning

Ellen Rowe

Raj Griffin

Raj Griffin-CHOSEN

"YOU!"