[spoiler]Student Nazo=Nate Briggs Cell-3=Celle Briggs NIL=Ninette Mjolnirschprang=Mjol xX_miniatimat_Xx=Mini Snowy=Miss Snow MØØSE= Tom "Moose" Martin Hammerfist1245=Xavier TheGreatAdidas=Greg Adler HoTh=John Hothman[/spoiler] It was late. Moose was sitting in his room with Captain Reedy. It has been almost a day since the three men were murdered, and no one knew what to do next. Now it was a game of waiting. But Moose had other ideas. He hated being in battles back in the war, now he was in a new battle, just under different rules. And this time, he didn't want to see more of the people he knew, dead. The only way out was to play along. But what if he added in a few of his own rules? "Captain, I might have plan" "A plan? Of what?" "Well, we've already established that someone in our company could be a spy. Maybe, instead of keeping to ourselves, we let another in." "What exactly are you suggesting?" Said Reedy skeptically "To put it bluntly, we invite anyone onboard willing, to assist in this investigation. Think of it. Mr. Mortis finds out we're letting people into our headspace. What would you do if you found out that your opponent was willing to share their game plan?" Said Moose "Infiltrate I suppose" "Exactly. We let people in, and in doing so we'll have one of Mortis's men" "Well what of the others? We would be bound to have more than one taker. I'm sure there are plenty of passengers onboard willing to do anything to catch this maniac" said the Captain "We'll just have to wait and observe. In due time I'm certain we'll uncover one of his rats" "Very well," said Reedy. "But what about the spy with us now?" "We'll find them out too. But for now let's keep this idea between us. We can't tell a spy that we're setting a trap now can we?" "Alright Moose. We'll just tell the others that we think it'd be best if we had more thinkers" Moose nodded and took a quick glance at his bureau. That damned newspaper still sat there, untouched. It was time that Moose left his old troubles behind. He's got a whole new set of problems _________________________________________ Early the next day, Moose and Reedy explained their idea to the others. They all agreed that more people would be helpful, so they spent the entirety of the day getting the word out. Within a few hours they had three men willing to help. "Greg Adler" said one of the men, stepping forward to shake everyone's hands. "I'm here with my family on holiday. Guess this wasn't the relaxation I was expecting." "And you are?" Said Nate to the other two "Just call me Xavier. My employer sent me. I'm his security and right now he doesn't feel very secure with a lunatic running around these decks." "And who is your employer?" Said Mini "The richest man in South Dakota. You've probably never heard his name." "I'm John Hothman" said the other man, smiling. He was a very large muscular fellow with a deep grumble in his voice. He was wearing the crew uniform that all the shiphands wore. Mini looked terrified to see him. "I know you!" John said laughing. " You're the little fellow who threw up on Jimmy weren't you?" "Uh y-yeah" said Mini nervously "Jimmy tried to bribe me to wring your neck." Said John, still smiling. Apparently the thought of beating up Mini was amusing to him. "Hehe yeah I heard about that." Said Mini. " Anyways let's get back to business. Moose?" "Yes well then. You've already been given the details of the murders. Any thoughts?" Said Moose. "Well first off," said Greg. " I think we should warn the passengers not to move in groups less than five of they can. If he's killing in order like you said, then he'll be looking for people to snatch away without any witnesses. His whole ploy here is than no one can fathom who his next victim will be, but, we do know that he wants the deceased to show up unexpectedly. If we were tipped of that someone had been taken then that would ruin the element of surprise for this Mortis fellow. " "That is a good point" said Celle. "What about the loudspeakers?" Said Xavier " What about them? " Said Miss Snow "Well how does Mr. Mortis have access to them? Wouldn't he need a key to get into any of the control rooms?" "Thats true he would." said Mini. "There are eight different places he could have accessed them from but he would need one of the crew member's keys. He could have stole one, or, one of his men is a shiphand." "Great." Said Moose. "Thats two leads." To be continued