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978305 No. 978305 ID: 2bd15b

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No. 1107677 ID: 94bfe1

>>1107675
Mr. Daro, please answer the question. Where were you when the attack began?
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No. 1107704 ID: 6c233e

(More note shuffling) Big eyes... round ears... like a, panda? This doesn't sound like anyone I've seen. And half the people here don't actually look like they appear!

Gentlemen, I think it's time we consider how we are going to get out of here before this whole investigatory body falls to pieces.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLXjqnhG9-A&ab_channel=Kanash%C4%ABJinsei
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No. 1107746 ID: 9ef8fb

>>1107744
*Corax smiles*
As of right now, you are a possible suspect.

How did you know that, at worst, I was bumbling in the dark?
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No. 1107783 ID: 6c233e

I mean, this whole operation is a mess! This is supposed to be the big bosses of the mulitverse, and they can't keep the place secure? Merdusa was high ranking right, and was compromised? I was attacked by a prisoner in her cell, why wasn't she restrained?

It's only a matter of time before Happy succeeds at this rate. Time for good rats to flee the sinking ship.
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No. 1107846 ID: 9bf007
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1107846

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQauWaKCuiI&ab_channel=dailyfluff
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No. 1107864 ID: 047965

>>1107846
There is only a few ways you could know that. I have suspicions that you are Happy.
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No. 1107884 ID: 6c233e

I was more thinking about the two of you. You seem cool and should make it out of this.

But alright, lets get back to it. Do we have any footage, or witnesses, for what happened in the room with the suspects while the power was out?
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No. 1107918 ID: 9bf007
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1107918

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHU-DMnyhFY&ab_channel=TaliaMair
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No. 1107920 ID: 8cc30d

Ah, Memento. Here we go again it seems.

So, you being here tells me a few things. I'm either getting too close and you want to keep me away, or you have found someway to hurt me. Or you've at least come to try to anyway. Or you may not be able to hurt me, but you have come here to hurt my superiors assuming they aren't protected either. I'm guessing only one of them is, and i'd guess it's Zirzam, perhaps if enough of them die and I'm in the same room it'd put me away for a long time. Long enough for Happy to finish his plans.

Either way, let's get on with it, I'm a busy man.
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No. 1107921 ID: ad32ad

>>1107920
Also before we begin, whatever taunts or whatever you have in mind, I will say it's interesting you're Memento, Daro.

*Corax smiles*

Now, to business?
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No. 1107933 ID: 6c233e

Now's not the time doc. And before you get too attached, I did forget your name. I'm sure its in one of these notes but eh, sorry.

Now why didn't we get knocked out when everyone else did? I can tell you I at least don't have any kind of magical protection or whatnot. Was Happy just playing around, or is there some commonality between those not knocked out that explains it?
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No. 1107937 ID: 89b0db

>>1107921
*Corax laughs to himself as he continues to think it over*
Inner thoughts: Of course, Daro was the one to kill DeRvan. As I recall the two didn't care for each other. And as for putting Triumphant into a Coma, who else could do it but the man that was literally attached to him at the hip?He wouldn't be doing this unless he was just here to brag, which he will of that I have no doubt, or he himself feels backed into a corner. He may be going against his orders from Maggot Face, or he is attempting to bait me like he did last time.
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1108000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC85eP9WIvY&ab_channel=TaliaMair
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No. 1108004 ID: 1e909a
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1108004

>>1108000
*Corax laughs, even wiping a tear from his eye*
Please, Mr. Princely, don't insult my intelligence. I could put the cuffs on you right now, but you have already shown you can change your state of matter to liquid. Putting in you in any kind of bondage would be as effective as a crochet condom.

And really, you were there for the creation of both the spirit parasites, happy, and have influenced them both. And here DeRvan was merely pretending to be the devil. Too bad you killed him, isn't imitation the highest form of flattery?

Speaking of DeRvan, are you aware that I took many of his files and notes after his death? Same with Peregrine whom your rogue agent is currently using. Peregrine in particular, his notes I found very interesting as he conducted an interview with the Madworld Painting, your loose end as you said. As for Murdusa, it seems you have a lot of loose ends to tie up. For example I imagine it was you who removed the covering the Mad World Painting in an attempt to get at Ana, again for Happy's sake.
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No. 1108005 ID: bb21f0
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1108005

>>1108004
What is even more fascinating is that Mad World, according to Peregrine's own notes, stated that the one who gave him his orders was one of Happy's Robots. The thin one that Mr. Hopkins stated he talked to during the attack. I have long suspected one was hiding out here.
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No. 1108006 ID: 1a780b

>>1108005
However, it wasn't the Happy robot that gave Mad World the order, it was Happy himself. According to Peregrine's own account:

> I'm sorry, but that doesn't correspond with what we already know. Based off the artist rendition and from other sources we received, the Happy robot legs are not as slender as the arms as you say they are and they are usually concealed by their wardrobe to even make that distinction...

I suspect he gained that robot AFTER this, to better corroborate Mad World's account. Meaning that someone had to have been giving him the documents. Again, I assume that was you.
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No. 1108007 ID: 94d5b5
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1108007

>>1108006
I also find it funny that you say you were there for the creation of the Spirit Parasites. You were probably the blueprint for their creation. You both are parasitic and can bind themselves to others, and have a penchant for black and red. But after looking at the files for Mad World, you were probably there for their first test run. We know that the Parasites are responsible for the death of a whole world. That world being the world of the Mad World Painting. Meaning you were also the one who gave the Spirit Parasites to Happy.
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No. 1108008 ID: 02d5c3
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1108008

>>1108007
And don't try to deny that it was the spirit parasites that destroyed Mad World's original world. Please.
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No. 1108009 ID: 38c14a
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1108009

>>1108008
Now, how does this tie back to DeRvan? I find it funny, you have tried to so hard to remain anonymous, at least to Happy. But your own pride has failed you at every turn. DeRvan noticed this too, in fact in his own documents of the arrest of The Mad Creator, he noted something very, very interesting as he was taking the Mad Creator into custody. Something he said to Ana as he was led away...

I thought you were supposed to be covert.
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No. 1108010 ID: 37c106

>>1108009
Also, one question. What was that about someone with HORNS? Showing up to The Mad World's previous world? Fascinating that we have someone with horns in the back who is a potential Happy, wouldn't you say?
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No. 1108027 ID: 7bcf1e
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1108027

>>1108010
Of course the person with horns could also refer to you. Perhaps. I've heard how you are described to other not from our world.

But, are you also aware that Ana herself was here not long ago? In fact it's also funny you mentioned Murdusa who was playing at being Happy. I wasn't the one who killed him. I'll let you do the math as to who did him in. The reason I bring this up is she asked before his death if he was the real happy.

As I recall from old notes, The original Ana disappeared shortly after making a deal with the Silent Whisperers. I wonder, did something happen after that deal to make Happy hostile to Ana? Something that she would want vengeance for? Of course that would mean that Happy knows about you.

So much for being covert ops.
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No. 1108057 ID: 6c233e

Strings eh? Think those are literal strings? Because if we can trace them in some way, they would lead us right to the puppeteer.
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No. 1108108 ID: 9bf007
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1108108

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjlANXf2xZg&ab_channel=CheeseBaron
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No. 1108128 ID: 047965

>>1108108
Both. Are aware of how Ana as an entity works? When she dies, she becomes a spirit voice that connects to the next incarnation of her as a guide. We know that Happy made the being known as Essence of Life and manipulated her plenty. However the purpose of Essence was to get rid of the other spirit voices. The problem was two fold, the spirits voices were very tenacious, and Essence was too wild to truly ever be 100% under Happy's control.

So what does this all mean? Happy did want to kill Ana however the purpose was in order to start her over. If the other voices were dealt with and out of the picture, then Happy would be free to control Ana himself. However, it would work best with a clean slate. a new Ana that had no personality, no background, the perfect canvas by which to mold her into what he needed.
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No. 1108190 ID: fd169b

Uh, no. I was hoping we could just follow a string because that would at least be straight forward.
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No. 1108246 ID: a4806c
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1108246

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUxEh6qWrf8
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No. 1108263 ID: 392692

>>1108246
Inner thoughts:Hmm... Think, what is the connection between Ana and Happy? Essence. Essence was already under his control, at least partially. So then my theory of him wanting to start fresh doesn't fully add up, Essence was already the original, harder to get any fresher start than that. So,he already had an Ana to play with. What was the end goal? Unless... Part of the reason why Essence was so volatile was because she had been experimented on so much and had been changed into a whole new mad being. He'd need multiple subjects. When doing science, you need a controlled sample, one to compare against the one your plan to experiment on without risk of contamination- Wait...

Was Happy trying to turn Ana into a Spirit Parasite? I could only imagine that would be volatile mix. But if he was he'd need a new sample to work with. It's funny now that I think about it, he must have had some successes. But, that would make for one... Contaminated Spirit.
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No. 1108271 ID: 73752e
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1108271

And you're still trying to help him with that aren't you? You even succeeded. Blending Ana with the Spirit Parasites. When we interviewed the voices of Ana, there was another voice, an unknown variable we hadn't prepared for. The Queen, the first parasite. That was also you, wasn't it. You're the one who blended the Spirit Parasite Queen and Ana. I believe the queen is named Pandora, a fitting name, can't put that one back in the box.
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No. 1108300 ID: fd169b

Well, my thought then would be, one of them was not the first Ana. The first voice, how do we know it was ever Ana at all?
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No. 1108374 ID: 9bf007
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1108374

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCTl6jKMbX4&ab_channel=johndoe74
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No. 1108384 ID: a4a178

>>1108374
*Smiles*
You're so confident because I haven't guessed it yet. However you have given much of the game, you're panicking. When I have insinuated that is was Melchior, you froze. I have at least narrowed it down to two suspects and reasons why it cannot be the Mad Creator and the others do not fit the psyche profile. That leaves only two options. One of which, you have tried to keep out of the spotlight and failed at every turn. I imagine there is some familial attachment with Triumphant, but alas, here we are. I can live with both of them dying to ensure Happy is finished. So here is what I am going to do, I am going to get up, and I am going to shoot Triumphant and Melchior in the head. That unless you stop me, and we both know you can't. But you can save Triumphant but in doing so, you may risk blowing it and I'm willing to bet the other Silent Whispers are watching us right now.

If Triumphant is happy, perhaps the whole arm wrestling competition we had was only a test to see who is more of a threat.

*Corax laughs to himself*
I am not religious man, Mr. Princely. With the things I have done, the world would have been a better place if some god came and smote me. While you cannot be arrested Mr. Princely, I do believe in divine retribution. Some day, we will both get ours.

So, who dies, Daro? Make your choice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoF3M6ymyHI
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No. 1108412 ID: fd169b

Ana's seem to have a habit of coming back from death. If there is an extra Ana, could we find her?
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No. 1108463 ID: 9bf007
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1108463

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-5_-svPiWU&ab_channel=mypunkx
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No. 1108533 ID: 2acdb1

>>1108463
Unfortunately no, you have been brought here because Happy has been narrowed down to two suspects. You are one of them.

I also apologise for shooting you in the leg.

Call Triumphant in as well if you will please gentlemen?
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1108795

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmvhgUOnQEQ&ab_channel=WooblyBoon
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No. 1108813 ID: 2acdb1

>>1108795
Thank you for answering the summons, Triumphant. No questions, only facts as I see them.

Some new evidence has come to light that cannot be ignored. We have all been duped by a third factor. I am willing to bet that third factor is watching us even now. So time to put it to the test. Let's see who breaks first.

*Corax draws his gun and rests it on his lap*

One of you will not leave this room alive. Apologies in advance to my superiors. But now, to business. Are you all aware of the organization known as the Silent Whisperers? They have been aiding Happy and interfering with our investigation from day one, and like Happy, they have infiltrated the Tribunal. One member in particular has been pulling the strings behind much of what Happy has tried to accomplish. This member went by the alias known as Memento, but was in fact none other than Daro Princely. Mr. Princely has already given testimony, and I suspect his own superiors are reprimanding him as we speak. The reason I bring this up is Mr. Princely has confessed that he was there for the creation of the Spirit Parasites, the tool that has been used by Happy at every turn, and he is in fact the one who gave them to him. But Happy was not the one who created them, merely molded them to suit his own needs. That's a damning point for you, Triumphant.

For example, the Spirit parasites were used to destroy the now deceased living painting, Mad World's, dimension. But according to his testimony, the one who brought the spirit parasites to his world was someone with horns. This certainly puts you in a bad light, Melkior.

Now, we know that during the blackout, that was Happy killing the Living Painting to shore up loose ends. What strikes me as odd about this was the timing. Mr. Triumphant, you were the first to fall asleep. Daro, was the one who made everyone else fall asleep, perhaps to cover the real Happy's tracks, you were also the first to awaken. Now you may ask why did I, Peregrine, the doctor, and Practical Hopkins not fall asleep during the attack. Daro and the Silent Whispers can only target certain individuals. I know from experience that should any of the Whisperers attempt to do so can cause a great amount of pain. I had previously suspected that it was Lord Zirzam who had put us under this protection, but I wonder now if there are in fact more Silent Whisperers who had gone rogue. If I am correct in that they are watching us right now, I should wonder if they are even able to trust each other.

That aside, I also came to a realization about what Happy is trying to do, and how it relates to Ana. When scientific experiments are ongoing, you must have a control group. One who is a model for what you are trying to accomplish vs the ones you are experimenting one. We know that the being known as Essence was in fact the first Ana, and that he had corrupted her into the being known as Essence. However, he slowly began working more and more with Spirit Parasites. Why? Simple, Essence proved to be too volatile, too uncontrollable. He needed another test subject, and he may have succeeded in one regard. Spirit Contaminator. A blend of what was assumed to be a spirit parasite and a corpse, we never bothered to ask what corpse was used. One of the things we had found on Spirit Contaminator's person was a picture of Ana. We had assumed that this was Essence, but it did't match what we knew about her. We know that there are multiple Ana's, meaning this was AN Ana, just not THE Ana. But why would Spirit Contaminator have it. Simple. She IS an Ana. The picture is Spirit Contaminator when Happy found her.

Happy has found a way to break Ana's off from the Ash Tree and keep them from becoming guiding spirit voices. This is very interesting based on what we know about Ana, given that she a lynch pin on the Ash Tree Cycle Universe. When she dies, the universe splits off and repeats itself. What might happen if she was removed from that cycle?

Now...

*Corax raises the gun and points it at Triumphant and Melkior*

I am willing to bet three things will happen. Either Happy, one of you, will reveal himself now and give up the ghost, They will try to put blame on the other, or in an attempt to salvage the situation the Silent Whisperers will interfere in an attempt to save Happy, of course that depends if I am right and that that their rogue agent stops them. They are aware of what is happening, Daro certainly knows. On the count of ten, I will shoot one of you in the head. So, what will it be gentlemen?

One.
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No. 1108816 ID: fd169b

Well I used to read detective stories, but now I think I'll be switching to historical fiction. Or maybe trashy romance. As long as there's no investigating involved.
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No. 1108909 ID: d8765a
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28nhcCG8lIQ&ab_channel=TheLivingTombstone
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No. 1108923 ID: fd169b

You seem cool. Haven't had the time to really get to know you much. And thanks again for saving me.

Hey, should we have followed him? I'm not sure what we ought to be doing now.
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No. 1108928 ID: 2acdb1

>>1108909
Inner thoughts:Daro, I assume you can hear me now. The more you do this the more you show your hand and just what you are capable of. So, assuming I fire, what is to stop you from stopping time again the moment I fire and moving and moving the bullets? To everyone else it would look like I just fired blanks or missed. If you want me to condemn myself that would be the way to do it. Now I also know you have a means of saving them, but not stopping them from revealing anything, I assume they will not notice any time stop, so my threat to them is still valid. The only way to fully stop this is for you to reveal yourself, something by you actions makes it clear you don't want to do. Here's something else you have given me. I know that you cannot touch me but it's at least clear I can still think for myself in this moment, meaning not all of your power can affect me, or at least not in certain ways. If Zirzam is also caught in the time stop, that means it probably wasn't him who gave me this protection. But it does mean my theory of there being another rogue whisperer, aside from the one possessing Peregrine, is looking more and more valid.

*Corax rolls his shoulder moving and ending the time stop*
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1109015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IhNJBelajU&ab_channel=Yaelokre
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No. 1109019 ID: 2acdb1

>>1109015
You already have all the evidence that I have presented, what other evidence has the other teams brought forth?
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No. 1109068 ID: fd169b

Uh, what he said. Happy's probably just going to escape as soon as he's uncovered anyway
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No. 1109138 ID: 83ecee
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1109138

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEJzaQlMYEI&ab_channel=GameJade
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No. 1109139 ID: 64f2a4

>>1109138
My own team has come to the conclusion it must either be Triumphant or Melkior.

First question I have for all teams, who was able to firmly establish a motive or motives for Happy? No crime is without one. So far at least one motive that my team has been able to conclude is that Happy wishes to break an Ana entity away from the Ash Tree. The spirit parasites may only be a tool by which Happy can do so.
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No. 1109193 ID: fd169b

> My own team has come to the conclusion it must either be Triumphant or Melkior.

We did? I mean yes, we did. Ready to question. So who's on first?
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No. 1109195 ID: 64f2a4

>>1109193
> So who’s on first?
Yes. And what’s on second and I don’t know is on third. badum tss
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1109321

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=q8uXK2GpPBY&ab_channel=SpriterMike
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No. 1109327 ID: 2acdb1

>>1109321
… *deep inhale*
Inner thoughts I am losing my patience.

Sirs, with all due respect that is foolish to disregard my question. Part of establishing motive is not just determining cause. It is also establishing a psychological profile of the person in question. You are correct in determining that Happy’s goal is to oppose the Tribunal. But why is he in opposition? What is the reasoning behind his actions? With that, we can then match that to the accused to look for discrepancies and correlations. As for Ana, have you not read our file on her? She is a lynchpin in the universe. If she dies, the universe of the Ash Tree is reset to a certain point. Can you imagine what kind of power Happy would have if he had that at his finger tips?

Have you considered what the others might have considered? If they have a suspect in mind, then they should look for evidence and build a behavioral profile.

Here’s what we do know about Happy, he is someone in the organization, has access to our faculties enough to cause a power outage and he convinced one of our colleagues to join his ranks. He is also able to call spirit parasites and the mad world painting was a loose end he needed to see dead to prevent being exposed. It means that Happy had to have had access to this facility early.

With that in mind, I know Triumphant was among the first to join the tribunal, but what about the arrests of the other suspects? Where they all arrested at the same time or were they all brought in at separate times?
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