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Post by Son Anheuser on Apr 13, 2012 5:41:12 GMT -8
Well that did not work.
Who we got left
Son, Paula, Annie, Farrell, Erik
It's getting near the end. I will confirm this. I am an alien, no shock I know. I saw Son's twin brother kill Son. I figured payback is a beeotch so I took over Son's brother's body and then used it to assume Son's identity. The old double switcheroo.
I am not however the killer. In fact we wanted Evan alive. Paula, Andy and myself were planning to use Evan as patient zero to spread the virus. Amer was our back up in case Evan died. Again though, the sole purpose of the game is to find the murder, not worry about aliens trying to infect the planet, that comes later, or never.
My suggestion is that each of the remaining people take a look at one of the others and present their best case for why that person is the killer in a coherent fashion rather than bits and pieces. I will start with Farrell.
Looking over the list of plots Annie provided I note that Farrell is involved in a few of couple of them. He owns the hospital which is in financial trouble - which Evan's will could have solved as long as Evan died otherwise Farrell would have to wait.
He broke into his own hotel room, maybe displaying some break in skills he used on the boat?
He blackmailed Dan after finding out about the nuke deal with Evan. If he suspected Evan found out he knew, might be a good motive to kill Evan
He sold Evan the tv station, got the money in advance but had not yet signed it over officially. But Evan did give him a horrible deal for it. Killing Evan let's him keep the station, pocket the money and exact some revenge for the low ball offer.
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 5:57:49 GMT -8
Except that a bunch of stuff could happen that would force Farrell to give the money back. Probate is a bitch, ya know.
I think Farrell has two good reasons for keeping Evan alive: (1) so that the nuke deal goes forward and Farrell can keep blackmailing Dan and (2) to complete the tv/newspaper deal so he can get some cash. Sure, its not a great deal, but the dude is a gambling addict who is desperate for cash.
Thank you to both Paula and Son for posting!
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Post by Son Anheuser on Apr 13, 2012 6:04:38 GMT -8
Seems most of Evan's deals were shady so not sure the probate issue would come into play but maybe. As for the nuke deal, if he thought Evan found out he knew and was going to kill him it wouldn't matter if the deal went through if he (Farrell ) was dead. If I am doing some secret nuke deal and found out some broke dude was blackmailing my partner to keep quiet, I would take some drastic steps to silence that person.
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 6:09:32 GMT -8
Ok. I'll propose Erik.
The 25 million was not a loan, it was a payoff. So Erik doesn't "owe" Evan anything. But, Evan was going straight and there was a very real threat that he would reveal all his past misdeeds - including paying Erik off. That would tank Erik's reputation and no one would buy his friers and no one would want to attend or bet on a boxing match orchestrated by him.
Plus, if he is the groom, he had an interest in making sure his brother was in line for that inheritance.
I can think of no reason that Erik needed to keep Evan alive. I can think of reasons that each of the other four survivors would want to keep Evan alive.
The only problem is Erik's hand. We don't know if both hands are impacted and we don't know what the murder weapon was. So its not necessarily an impediment to this theory, just a mystery.
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 6:11:46 GMT -8
Seems most of Evan's deals were shady so not sure the probate issue would come into play but maybe. As for the nuke deal, if he thought Evan found out he knew and was going to kill him it wouldn't matter if the deal went through if he (Farrell ) was dead. If I am doing some secret nuke deal and found out some broke dude was blackmailing my partner to keep quiet, I would take some drastic steps to silence that person. There's no evidence that Evan knew about the blackmail. Just like there's no evidence supporting Judy's theory about you. I think we have to rely on the clues that have been put forth. Are there any mystery clues that are unsupported or otherwise unreliable?
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 6:12:46 GMT -8
More on Erik: Every week that he voted, he jumped on a bandwagon. I think that's an attempt to hide himself.
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Post by Farrell on Apr 13, 2012 7:31:58 GMT -8
I don't really have a coherent theory against Son, Paula or Annie.
Annie is a big mystery. There are no real facts against her. She is a spy sent out here to investigate, thats about all we know.
Paula - if Son can assume an identity, why not Paula? Maybe she is no longer the gambler we knew. She wanted Mike to start a casino with Andy to entertain the aliens but Evan was in the way. Kill evan, mike inherits and casino started. However, evan told us the competing casinos was unrelated.
Son - killed twin or assume his identity. (see above if true), TV star, could be upset at Evan for his plans to shut down the station because it interferes with alien plot to take over world or something.
Feel free to expand on all of this.
In my defense. I wanted evan alive to keep the nuke deal going so I could blackmail Dan. Evan's new will saves my hospital. I do have the money he gave me for the media but I would presume I would have to give that back. I can't believe Evan wouldn't have some record of the deal for the heirs to go after. I posted my backstory and I had every intention of signing the papers on this cruise.
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Post by Son Anheuser on Apr 13, 2012 7:50:24 GMT -8
Well as an alien my mission was to spread the virus, my tv show doesn't really matter to me. Plus shows are not produced by one tv station but are purchased by them.
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Post by Farrell on Apr 13, 2012 8:08:26 GMT -8
Depends on the show.
What is the purpose of the virus?
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 8:12:19 GMT -8
I always thought we were to assume that the tv show depended upon the station staying open (regardless of how implausible that would be in reality). However, I also thought the alien/virus stuff pretty much exonerated both Paula and Son.
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 8:13:13 GMT -8
Why are the active users in the last 24 hours hidden? Why now?
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Post by Farrell on Apr 13, 2012 8:17:00 GMT -8
One of the aliens could have had a change of heart and killed evan to prevent the spread of the virus. No facts to support this though.
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Post by Evan on Apr 13, 2012 8:27:13 GMT -8
Why are the active users in the last 24 hours hidden? Why now? I think that's on your end. Try clicking the check mark on the right side.
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 8:28:36 GMT -8
One of the aliens could have had a change of heart and killed evan to prevent the spread of the virus. No facts to support this though. Certainly possible. Speculating isn't very reliable though.
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Post by Son Anheuser on Apr 13, 2012 8:52:04 GMT -8
Ok. I'll propose Erik. But, Evan was going straight and there was a very real threat that he would reveal all his past misdeeds - including paying Erik off. That would tank Erik's reputation and no one would buy his friers and no one would want to attend or bet on a boxing match orchestrated by him. Was this confirmed Evan was going to do this or is this more theory?
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 8:58:30 GMT -8
What? Evan going straight? I believe its in mutliple back stories. I'll check my worksheet.
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Post by Son Anheuser on Apr 13, 2012 9:00:14 GMT -8
I remember he was going straight but was he really going to reveal his past deeds?
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Post by Son Anheuser on Apr 13, 2012 9:01:52 GMT -8
I always thought we were to assume that the tv show depended upon the station staying open (regardless of how implausible that would be in reality). However, I also thought the alien/virus stuff pretty much exonerated both Paula and Son. My show was a network show. I was looking at a stable gig with the station instead of the network, but really all that stuff is smoke and mirrors as a cover for my mission
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 9:19:48 GMT -8
I remember he was going straight but was he really going to reveal his past deeds? I'm going through my notes and it was first floated as a theory and discussed in the Truth or Dare thread, page 2. Still looking for something concrete. Evan going straight was actually from Son's backstory ("Sharing is Caring," page 1).
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Post by Annie McClarabow on Apr 13, 2012 9:25:41 GMT -8
Also I noticed that Paula's backstory and Erik's don't match - Paula said that Evan loaned the money to Erik but Erik called it a payoff. They can't both be correct. I'm willing to assume that Paula was being lucy goosey with her words but it would be great if she could confirm whether she was specifically advised that it was a "loan."
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