3:17 AM
The alarm clock flashed the time in big red numbers, as if Echo didn't already know how late it was. Echo sat shrouded in darkness at his desk, the glaring computer monitor and the glowing clock his sole sources of light. He took the demise of his fellow dev mm201 hard - if only the community were more informed, perhaps the tragedy could have been avoided. He stared at the osu! source code for hours, scrolling through every detail hoping to find something that could shed some light on this otherwise dark situation.
Suddenly, he sat up.
"What the..." he looked at the information before him. He could barely believe his eyes. "I've gotta tell someone!" He rushed to the osu! Announcement forum to make a thread. The community must know!
I can't let you do that, Echo.
The voice came from his speakers. Suddenly, his cursor started moving on its own, as if controlled by someone else. "Who are you?? What are you doing!?" Echo yelled into his microphone. There was no reply - the cursor silently moved to the x at the top of the browser. Echo took hold of his mouse and fought for control of the cursor, while frantically typing up his message with his other hand. He almost finished the message when he heard the voice:
Time's up.
A message appeared on the screen: Hard Drive Reformat in 3...
..2..
Frantically, Echo typed the last three words and pressed Enter.
...1
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adam2046 (Echo) - Setup Sleuth - Nightkilled Night 1
Echo's message: There is an independent killer who wins when a certain group of people are eliminated.
It is now Day 2, with 16 alive, it's 9 votes to lynch. You have exactly 5 days from this post.
