WEEK 1 MINGLE - KALMIA

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All of the guests awoke in their rooms, just like they had before.

Yesterday had been a day of surprises.
First, they'd finally met the person who had brought them here - the Witch of Dimensions, Yuuko.
Secondly, they'd learned they were going to be playing a horrible game.
And most important, they learned that wishes could be granted if they won this game.🗈

Still, for now, it seemed like there wasn't much to do. Was the Witch already in talks with the 'Murderer'? Was the 'victim' already decided upon?

There was no way to know until some day later this week, apparently.

Still, it wasn't all bad. The island was beautiful and the climate just perfect for beachgoing, or taking a cosy walk in the garden. There were also board and card games which would be produced upon request - and the tv in the Sitting Room - to help ease the boredom of it all.

Though, perhaps the guests would prefer to get to know each other instead? On maybe get into some trouble as they roamed the island.

Despite being told someone will die, it...felt remarkably peaceful. Could one of their own really be able to kill someone?

...Or, maybe...this is just the silence that comes just before a massive storm breaks, and sweeps away everything...

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Comments

[very_good_end]

...Then you have accepted the existence of the witch, and that they are an all-powerful being.

[shrugs]

This is not conducive to the role of being the detective, you understand.

[excavated]

So you're saying that the role of the detective is to break that "existence of the witch"? Like using the same example... instead of simply accepting what they did as the truth, someone can come up with a theory that "while I was gone, you stood up from your chair, lit the candle with a lighter and sat back down".

Something like that...? Or am I misunderstanding again?

[very_good_end]

It can certainly entail that, but... not necessarily. The role of the detective is to uncover and expose the truth. In so far as the witch strives to hide and obscure the truth, the detective must go against it.

As for the example you provided: yes. It sounds like you have the right idea. You could also suppose this witch carried a lighter in her pocket, or took the candle to another source of fire and returned it, or any of many other theories.

[excavated]

I see. It's like a fight in that sense... but a logical one. The witch tries to fool someone into thinking that they did something through the means of magic while the detective has to figure out how the self proclaimed witch did all of this outside of any 'magical' means. There's definitely a lot of options to go for if you want to explain it.

[very_good_end]

Yes, and you must keep trying until you find the correct answer.

--Ah, but you are still possessed on your biases. It is too simple to call it an act of 'deception', or at least it's not that simple. A 'witch' is more than a simple fraudster or charlatan.

For one thing, witches tend to truly believe in their power. You will never hear a witch say "You're right, I lied." If a witch did that, it would be the end of the witch.

cw suicide mentions

[excavated]

So basically any sort of admission to them not using magic would be akin to them killing themselves. So they wouldn't say that they lied because that would mean that they wouldn't have that 'power' anymore.

[very_good_end]

I didn't say it would result in the death of the individual. I said it would result in the end of the witch.

[excavated]

'Death' is an 'end' of something, you know. It might be a literal death, but it is a proverbial one. The "end of the witch" would be "the death of the witch", even if the person themselves might not be literally dead.