The Witch's Game - By EvaRia

[eljoemo]

Yes but that still doesn't prove the point. He doesn't even know you exist until he opens the door so why does he ask what he thinks is just your cousins twice in the space of <2 minute? He clearly already knows its your cousins at the gate so why would he ask again at the closed front door?

PS: This argument isn't leading anywhere, its just this whole shenanigan annoyed me when I found it. But hey, free red truths Y(^_^)Y

[EvaRia]

He's just paranoid.

With a witch on the premise, you can never be too sure...

[eljoemo]

So using the exact same security caution twice makes the scene a whole lot safer? Because obviously witches can copy someone's voice then lose the ability after walking up the drive. Oh and they can't kill an old man who lives alone. And they can only walk through bedroom doors and not front doors. And if he's so scared of this witch he might want to consider not living alone in an old creepy run down mansion...

But fine, whatever. It's his life

[xyan]

So using the exact same security caution twice makes the scene a whole lot safer? Because obviously witches can copy someone's voice then lose the ability after walking up the drive. Oh and they can't kill an old man who lives alone. And they can only walk through bedroom doors and not front doors. And if he's so scared of this witch he might want to consider not living alone in an old creepy run down mansion...

But fine, whatever. It's his life

He's an eccentric old man. lol

[Kakerlake]

There is no culprit and there are no cousins.
Instead, the detective has three invisible friends.

not so sure if this is already countered by a red truth.

[Helston]

The owner of the mansion is named either Bill, Bob or Fred. During the night, the cousin who shares a name with the mansion owner snuck into the mansion and killed the owner, before returning to his room in the guesthouse for to prank the detective, and murder the other two cousins in the morning.

[eljoemo]

*Tumbleweed drifts past*

There's still un-countered blue truths here. Maybe time for a (small) hint before we all give up?

[EvaRia]

Actually, I was trying to post but then the internet kept shorting out just before I hit reply.

Looks like I do have some strange magic on my side... Perhaps I'm going to need it.

The owner of the mansion is named either Bill, Bob or Fred. During the night, the cousin who shares a name with the mansion owner snuck into the mansion and killed the owner, before returning to his room in the guesthouse for to prank the detective, and murder the other two cousins in the morning.

<Good>. Your blue truth is effective! I have no counter.

So now, it's come to my final stand!

I will grant you the red truth:

The one and only culprit is your cousin Bill!

The third victim after your two cousins is the man who gave you the key and owner of the mansion, also coincidentally named Bill!

But you haven't won yet!

- From the moment you parted ways, the owner of the mansion never actually left the mansion.

I will add to the red truth.

The owner of the mansion lies dead inside his master bedroom!

As with all victims, he was killed with a knife, with the culprit in the same room!

The door to the master bedroom is locked, and the chain is set!

You cousin Bill borrowed the power of the Witch's magic to enter and leave the closed master bedroom!

Now, show me what you can do, humans!

[dawn to dusk]

so close!
a couple questions: is the lock to the master bedroom the same as the ones in the guesthouse?
is there a window in the master bedroom?
was the back door locked?

[eljoemo]

So we now know for sure that Bill left his room, killed the owner somehow, returned to his room and used some kind of duplicate body to trick you into thinking he was dead and killed the respective cousins in the morning?

So how do win? By explaining the murder of the owner and the other 2 cousins?

Does the owner's bedroom also have a window? Which red truths from the guestrooms can we transfer over rather than using blue truths again?

[xyan]

"You unlock the front door, and run around do Bill's window.
Then you scream.
The curtains are open. And lying on the bed is a body that can only be Bill's, in a pool of red liquid that can only be blood.
You panic. You rattle the windows but they're locked from the inside.
With no other option you grab a rock and smash the window. Reaching the lock inside, you open the window, you climb in.
There's blood everywhere. In the middle of it all is a body, which you recognize can't be anyone but Bill. You yell in desperation and swear revenge at the attacker.
But there's nobody in the room.
You realize that Fred and Bob didn't answer either.
You rush around the outside again and smash each of their windows to get inside. The situation is the same for all of them."



it's a great twist, the hints were so subtle "three victims" mentioned in same red as "three cousins" (implied difference) and "window" rather than "room of guesthouse" is really specific and "run around to window" is really vague.

the only issue I have is: how would you know the owner's name? (you recognize can't be anyone but Bill...the situation is the same for all of them)

this is not to be mean, but I'm not one who would be at exclusion of semantics

[EvaRia]

Perhaps you misunderstand?

The three rooms you checked and entered are the three guesthouse rooms belonging to the cousins.

The master bedroom is located on the upper floor of the mansion.

You never entered the mansion itself.