Witch's Game Mini - by Submachine

[Submachine]

I thought until people are waiting for the next mafia to start, we can tackle a short Witch Game.

**Placeholder Witch Game**

Let's simplify the rules for this one. I, the Witch, present a murder mystery. The players have to use Blue Truths to find a possible solution to the mystery.

Blue Truths are always said in bold and with the dodgerblue color. Blue Truths must give a full solution to the mystery.

The Witch must answer Blue Truths with Red Truths. Red Truths must always be true. This is the key for the players to solve the Witch's mystery.

Those are the basics. Anyone can join to attempt solving the mystery. So let's get started with the story then.~

You and your colleague decided to stay in a fancy motel for the night. When it was getting dark, you decided to go out for some snacks while your colleague stayed in the motel. When you exited your room, you heard your colleague locking the door from inside. Then you got in your car and started driving to a nearby gas station.

This is where the witch presents his side of the story. He flied to the motel room on his broomstick, then used a magic spell to dispose of your colleague in a mysterious way. Then cackling to himself, he flied away.

When you got back to the motel, you were locked out of your room and your colleague didn't respond. You had to ask the motel staff to open the door with a spare key. That's when you found your colleague in a pool of blood. Around him, the room was a mess. However, the door was locked from inside, and the staff didn't see anyone take the spare key while you were away. How can you explain this situation?

And that's it. A basic mystery until the signups for Mafia 71 end.

Red Truth collection:

ENTRANCE

• The staff members didn't see anyone take the spare key.
• A culprit would not use the spare key to unlock the door from outside.
• Your colleague was alone in the room when he locked the door.
• Only your colleague's key and the spare key could unlock the door that night.
• Only the door and a window can exist as entrances and exits to the room.
• Legs didn't move through windows in this story.

DEATH

• Noone committed suicide.
• Your colleague did not accidentally kill himself.
• No projectile was used through the window.
• Your colleague was not attacked with a close-ranged method through the window.
• Your colleague died as a result of physical damage. He died immediately.
  
  Spoiler for Made Redundant:

  Your colleague didn't have a lethal medical condition when you left him.
  Toxic substances did not result in your colleague's death.
• A culprit could only use a weapon or a trap from inside the room.
• The victim was not killed by an animal. (Humans do not count as animals in this context.)
• No more than one person was involved in the victim's death. This includes changing the crime scene before the staff unlocked the door.
• The solution must be possible without the use of magic.
• The victim's body didn't leave the room after he locked the door.
• Only one person died during the story.
• Your colleague would not suffer an accident on his own.
• Your colleague died while someone else was in the room.
• No traps were set in the motel.
  
  Spoiler for Made Redundant:

  No traps were set in the motel when you left.
  Anyone who set a trap would still be in the room when the victim died.
  Your colleague didn't set traps.
• Your colleague was not tripped.

EXIT

• The room has no windows big enough for a human to pass through.
• Anyone who attacked your colleague would not lock the room's door from outside after he left the room.
• The victim's key was inside the room when you entered the room.
• When the staff member turned the spare key to unlock the door, no living person was inside the room.
  
  Spoiler for Made Redundant:

  Noone was hiding in the room when you found your colleague.
• When a person stands outside the room, he cannot lock the door from the inside.
• The walls and the door of the motel were not removed or taken apart.
• The door can only be locked with a key, and only while it is closed.
• It is impossible for a person to exit the room while the door is locked.

[iancudorinmarian]

At least one of the staff members is lying about not seeing anyone take the key.

[Linkcat]

Whoever solves the mystery will get 1 MoG point, assuming the answer is not trivial and everybody gets a fair chance.

The witch entered through the window, killed your colleague, then exited through the window.

The witch took the spare key without the staff noticing, unlocked the door, killed your colleague, locked the door and put the key back without the staff noticing.

The witch was already inside the room when your colleague locked the door, then killed him and exited through the window.

The witch had another key to the room, unlocked the door, killed your colleague, then locked the door again.

Your colleague intentionally killed himself inside the locked room.

Your colleague accidentally killed himself inside the locked room.

Your colleague had a medical condition that caused his death and resulted in a pool of blood, and made a mess of the room while struggling to live.

[Submachine]

At least one of the staff members is lying about not seeing anyone take the key.

The staff members didn't see anyone take the spare key.

Whoever solves the mystery will get 1 MoG point, assuming the answer is not trivial and everybody gets a fair chance.

I should not make this too easy then. It's not among my most challenging mysteries though, because I planned this to be over in a week.

The witch entered through the window, killed your colleague, then exited through the window.
The room has no windows big enough for a human to pass through.

The witch took the spare key without the staff noticing, unlocked the door, killed your colleague, locked the door and put the key back without the staff noticing.
A culprit would not use the spare key to unlock the door from outside.

The witch was already inside the room when your colleague locked the door, then killed him and exited through the window.
Your colleague was alone in the room when he locked the door.

The witch had another key to the room, unlocked the door, killed your colleague, then locked the door again.
Only your colleague's key and the spare key could unlock the door that night.

Your colleague intentionally killed himself inside the locked room.
Noone committed suicide.

Your colleague accidentally killed himself inside the locked room.
Your colleague did not accidentally kill himself.

Your colleague had a medical condition that caused his death and resulted in a pool of blood, and made a mess of the room while struggling to live.
Your colleague didn't have a lethal medical condition when you left him.

[iancudorinmarian]

My colleague unlocked the door with his key at some point after I left.

[Linkcat]

The witch entered the room through an entrance other than the door or window, killed your colleague, and left through the same entrance.

A staff member used the spare key to unlock the door, killed your colleague, then left and locked the door again.

A staff member used the spare key to unlock the door, the witch entered and killed your colleague, then the witch left and the staff member locked the door again.

[Submachine]

My colleague unlocked the door with his key at some point after I left.

Blue Truths must give a full solution to the mystery (how did he die?). Not a bad attempt though.

The witch entered the room through an entrance other than the door or window, killed your colleague, and left through the same entrance.

A staff member used the spare key to unlock the door, killed your colleague, then left and locked the door again.

A staff member used the spare key to unlock the door, the witch entered and killed your colleague, then the witch left and the staff member locked the door again.

Only the door and a window can exist as entrances to the room.

A culprit would not use the spare key to unlock the door from outside.

[Linkcat]

Your colleague unlocked the door from the inside, the witch entered the room and killed him, then took his key, left, and locked the door.

Your colleague unlocked the door from the inside, the witch entered the room and killed him, then took his key, left, locked the door, and threw the key back in through the window.

Your colleague unlocked the door from the inside, the witch took the spare key without the staff noticing, entered the room and killed him, left, locked the door, and returned the spare key without the staff noticing.

[dawn to dusk]

There is a secret passage that the witch took, to travel from any unlocked room to his.

[Submachine]

Your colleague unlocked the door from the inside, the witch entered the room and killed him, then took his key, left, and locked the door.

Your colleague unlocked the door from the inside, the witch entered the room and killed him, then took his key, left, locked the door, and threw the key back in through the window.

Your colleague unlocked the door from the inside, the witch took the spare key without the staff noticing, entered the room and killed him, left, locked the door, and returned the spare key without the staff noticing.

Anyone who attacked your colleague would not lock the room's door from outside after he left the room.

There is a secret passage that the witch took, to travel from your unlocked room to his.

Blue Truths must give a full solution to the mystery (how did he die?). Also, here's a previously used Red Truth:
Only the door and a window can exist as entrances to the room.

By the way, you and your colleague had the same room. I thought I should clarify this.

[dawn to dusk]

A projectile was sent through an open window, which subsequently killed your colleague.

Your colleague dropped his key to a position where it could be picked up by another person, who then used the key to enter the room, kill your colleague, and is still hiding in the room.

[Linkcat]

Your colleague unlocked the door from the inside, the witch entered the room and killed him, then took his key, locked the door from the inside, and stayed hidden in the room.

The witch killed your colleague with a ranged weapon through the window.

Your colleague opened the window and the witch reached in and killed him.

The witch forced the window open, and your colleague got close enough to the window for the witch to reach in and kill him.

The witch released a toxic substance into the room that killed your colleague, and the substance either dissipated or was removed by the witch from outside the room.