lets count to 100,000,000

[quack98]

14795.

It wasn't blaze, as we've discovered. Chloe has a rock solid alibi. You and I can alibi for each other, we were both on the house. This leaves us with one important question, who exactly was the murderer.

[lugia95]

14796.

Indeed. Dick, can you remember who was online at that exact moment?

[quack98]

14797. Of course not. But unless you have proof the 'murderer' was online, you can't accuse of murder, ergo you have no case.

[lugia95]

14798.

OBJECTION!

You know, I almost let you get away with that one. Dick, why do you assume that the murderer was online? Is there any reason for believing that they had to be?

And there are plenty of people with motives. Draghost isn't exactly the most liked person on the forum. It could have been someone wishing to stop him from winning the caption contests. Or it could have simply been another member of our group, wishing to gain power.

And is Chloe's alibi really so "rock hard"? Do you have any proof that she was watching television at the time?

I stand by the fact that Draghost would never have made such a foolish error.

[quack98]

14799.

You said yourself, the murderer must be American, that immediately rules Chloe out regardless.

You still can't prove beyond doubt who it was, ergo no judgement can be made.

Besides. No-one knows exactly where Draghost lives

[lugia95]

14800. It would seem that I've made a foolish mistake.

You see, in my rush to accuse Blaze of the crime, I used his country to add suspicion. However, it is not necessary for the killer to live in America, or indeed know where Draghost lives. This is because we cannot actually prove the location of any forum member at the exact moment of the incident.

And Draghost wouldn't even need to give out his home address - all it would take is an arranged meeting in a quiet spot.

[quack98]

14801.

You have a certain thread of logic here, but also a majorly flawed thread.

You have disregarded the fact that Draghost was online at the time of the 'murder', ergo was definitely within range of wifi. Furthermore, to have been on the forum, he would have been on his computer, a phone simply wouldn't have the spinster net speed. The victim was in range of wifi, on his computer, ergo at home!

[lugia95]

14802.

Computer? Are you sure? What about a laptop? Or an iPad? There are plenty of mobile devices that have the speed necessary to access the forum!

[quack98]

14803. Firstly, master does not have an iPad.

Also, if he were meeting someone, as you propose, why would he take his laptop? And moreso, how can you explain the access to wifi? Furthermore, why was he on the forums at the time of the incident?

You can't prove it was a murder, you can't prove anyone was with him, you can prove a few very weak motives, and you can't prove intent.

Not a very solid case, I'm sure you'll agree?

[lugia95]

14804.

Or it wouldn't be, if it weren't for the fact that Draghost would never make the foolish mistake of setting himself on fire!  Or are you implying that your master did something moronic?

[quack98]

14805. I'm saying he's not infallible. He'll admit he's not the best cook in the world, so he could potentially have been cooking, and very easily have set fire to himself.

The point is, you can't prove anything, ergo there is no prosecution.

[lugia95]

14806.

We may have been looking at this all wrong...

Dick, you might want to check when Draghost was last online. Because whether or not someone tried to kill him, I may have been completely wrong about the "attempted" part...

[quack98]

14807.

Unfortunately, the fact he went offline straight away doesn't prove he was murdered. In fact, it proves exactly the opposite! If he was murdered then, he would have faded offline, ergo finally reaching offline status at 19:50. Instead, he went off almost immediately, ergo he logged off!

[lugia95]

14808.

Well then, my next question is: why? Why would Draghost post something like that and then log off without explaining himself? And why, once the crisis was over, would he not re-assure us that he was okay?

[quack98]

14809. You know as well as I do; Draghost is a fan of mind games. Has it not provoked speculation? That was precisely his aim! A sudden log off would appear rather suspicious, and as it fooled you, it was clearly a good idea.