Well this is a fine mess! If I'm inclined to believe Mr. Bike, we're not looking for one murderer but a band of 'em. That business about chanting, and a ceremonial dagger in a man's back?
::Peyton's eyes flick around as though he expects further trouble... or, perhaps, remembers troubles gone by.::
Gentlemen, we ain't dead yet, and this world still looks something like sane. If you'll forgive my saying so, I'm inclined to believe that means that whatever happened out there, ain't done. Whoever did this, ain't finished. We may have more than justice calling us to action - may be our lives are at stake here, and maybe more lives than ours.
So lets get our cards on the table and our acts together, and find who - or what - did this thing. Before it does it to us.
Mr. Kolmogorov still hasn't put in his piece yet, and I'd like to hear from him before I start throwing around any accusations. Now I mention it, has anyone seen that Russkie? I didn't much care for picking him out early, but to not even respond to being called a murderer? Either the man's got Siberian ice in his veins or he'd rather not have it tested.
::Peyton frowns and looks around the room, seeing no sign of the Russian Kolmogorov.::
Still, no use crying over folks who ain't here, when them who are do themselves no favors at all. All I see is gentlemen shooting their gums without anything to go by, unless we're inclined to believe Mr. Bike or inclined to believe he's lying.
Let's all calm down and lay out the facts of the case, before we hie off any further in ways we can't know are right or wrong. I'm not inclined to see an innocent man hanged, especially when there's plenty of reason to suspect we'll be dying off soon enough without our doing a thing:
((Out of character: Running out of time here. I'm going to be gone the rest of the afternoon and possibly into the evening. Will hopefully post more tonight, more in character.
Ty Callahan: I'm leaving my vote here because, well, no other case looks *better* yet and I don't feel like I understand his arguments, such as they are. In particular, I'm weirded out by his referencing *me* in his post here:
"Hey, I ain't sayin' it's gotta be you, and I don't think it is, neither." Ty raised his hands apologetically. "I'm just trying to figure out what evidence we've got here, and it's damn near none says the Sheriff. And instead of facts'n ideas, all I'm hearin' is people whining they don't like each other. So how's about we get some thought outta people here, like Peyton asks?"
Attacks on Bike feel entirely flavor-driven so far, but on the flip side, pretty much all he's provided is flavor despite a lot of posts - including, oddly enough, his post explaining his previous posts. Since I wasn't suspicious of him to begin with, a post explaining why I shouldn't be suspicious actually makes me more than I was.
Overall, I feel like the heavy flavor makes it very hard to differentiate between what's "in character" and what's actual Mafia play.))
::Peyton is dimensonal shambler'd by the very man he's accusing.::
((Still OOC for speed's sake.
I can sort of see what you're saying here, EL/Ty, but polite or not your referencing me still feels off.
My background, real quick:
Peyton is an out of towner, a washed-up off-broadway actor who became involved with investigating the Mythos through a certain infamous play. He came to Marbury specifically to investigate rumors of occult activity.))
