Rosewater

[Flipz]

Zeroes will represent blank spots.

8-0-0  0-7-0  0-0-0
0-0-0  3-0-0  7-0-0
0-0-1  0-0-8  4-2-0

0-6-0  0-0-0  3-0-0
4-0-0  0-9-0  0-0-6
0-0-5  0-0-0  0-8-0

0-5-9  7-0-0  6-0-0
0-0-2  0-0-1  0-0-0
0-0-0  0-6-0  0-0-3

-==IC: Hank and Ned==-
Ned rushed up to Hank.  "What's happening?"
"Someone's put some sort of...sudoku lock on the door."
"Sudoku...Na--Wendy brought some of that back home from her trip to Japan.  Let me see if I can help."
"Be my guest, I've already placed the 3's, 6's, and most of the 2's..."

A few minutes later, the puzzle was complete.

8-9-6  2-7-4  5-3-1
5-2-4  3-1-9  7-6-8
3-7-1  6-5-8  4-2-9

9-6-7  8-2-5  3-1-4
4-8-3  1-9-7  2-5-6
2-1-5  4-3-6  9-8-7

1-5-9  7-8-3  6-4-2
6-3-2  9-4-1  8-7-5
7-4-8  5-6-2  1-9-3

The lock snapped open just as Rod and the others arrived.  Ned and Hank glanced at each other, then opened the doors...

Wendy emerged from the cloud of gas, coughing and dragging Edward with her.  She tore the breath mask from her face and slumped against the wall, exhausted.

[The Truth]

(Kitten): "What happened?"

(Kaitlin): "What was the explosion?"

(Sally): "..."

[Magical Girl Mimi]

OOC: Very good, I believe that's exactly the answer I got when I finished the puzzle, but it disappeared, so I can't be sure. D=

-==IC: Tomas==-

Tomas raised his eyebrow at the lock, but instead looked around, and then raised another eyebrow at the fact that Sally was once again present, though didn't say anything this time.
She has a surprising record of showing up right when someone's nearly killed... Tomas thought, but decided to say something.
"The explosion was from a package in the computer room, which was intended for Wendy, which nearly killed me, Frenya, and Tina." Tomas explained, as he motioned to the two girls.

[Flipz]

-==IC: Rod==-
"And I just got a threatening email, saying Wendy, Hank, and I will be...well, see for yourself."  He turns the screen to face the others.

This is your final chance. You, Hank, and Wendy had better be out of the school by midnight, or all of you will die.

-V.R.

-==IC: Wendy and Ned==-
"Well...that wasn't very nice.  They could have sent the message first."
Ned looked at Wendy in disbelief.  "Are you serious?  You could have been killed!"
"Relax, relax, I'm just making light of a very dark situation."

-==IC: Tina and Frenya==-
Tina turned to Kaitlin and Kitten.  "I think they shipped Wendy's laptop with a Sony battery."
Frenya rounded on Tina.  "Are--you--serious?  They already know there's a killer here, apparently it's common practice.  There is no--point intrying to hide it, trying will just make things worse!"
"Hey, I'm not the one who's gonna blow everyone's cover.  At least I was smart enough to change a letter in my name before I anagrammed it."  Tina stopped and looked around at everyone.  "Oops."

-==IC: Hank and Rod==-
"It's OK," 'Hank' said.  "Whoever sent that message already knows who we are.  There's no point in hiding it anyway. Especially not after that..." he added under his breath.  Before he continues, he noticess Tomas, who is looking supremely satisfied about something.  "Care to share something with the rest of us, Grayson?"
"He's probably figured it all out by now, Frank," said Rod.  "I'll...explain later.  How about it, Tomas?  Care to take a stab at our real identities?"

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Tomas==-

Tomas nodded with a chuckle.
"Joe. Nancy. I don't know who you are... and Frank." Tomas said, as he pointed to each, the person he was referring to with the 'I don't know' part being Nic.
"And to be honest, I'm not too sure about Tina or Frenya's real identities either..." Tomas said with a shrug, but looked at Frank with a chuckle.
"As for me; given that I'm likely to be targeted soon anyway..." Tomas said, and sighed.
"I'm Tomas Greyson... Special Police Force... Special Detective 1." Tomas explained, as he leaned against the wall, and chuckled.
"Really, I'm surprised no-one recognized me... You guys helped me out at one point, before I actually was a detective." Tomas said, and then frowned.
"Well... Now that that's all cleared up, albeit in a way that didn't entirely help the situation... I suppose we should get to figuring this thing out." Tomas stated, as he looked at the others.
"Come to think of it, you do look familiar... And given that anagram comment..." Tomas said, as he blinked.
"... Is there anyone in the new students who isn't a detective?" Tomas asked with a chuckle.

OOC: =P

[The Truth]

(Joshua): *raises eyebrow*: "Two questions. One, why are there detectives here, and two, aren't you a little young?"

(Sally): "Yes, yes they are."

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Tomas==-

Tomas chuckled.
"Not all detectives are old and such, like you see on all the TV shows. Sometimes special favours are requested, or exceptions are made because of special abilities." Tomas said, as he leaned against the wall again.

[Flipz]

-==IC: Ned, Nancy, 'Tina', 'Frenya', and Edward==-
Ned, Tina, and Frenya raised their hands.  Ned started off first.  "I'm Ned.  Ned Nickerson.  Nancy's boyfriend."  Nancy smiled and embraced him.  "I'm so glad you're alright, Nancy."
"Shh...it's OK.  Hey, when have I ever come off worse from an investigation?"
"Is that a rhetorical question?"  Tina asked.  "Bess Marvin.  Nancy's best friend."
"ONE of her best friends.  George Fayne.  Also Bess' cousin."

Edward raised his head, took off the mask, and asked, "George?"
"It's short for Georgia.  And if any of you even think about calling me that I'll judo-throw you off the roof."

Nancy looked around.  "So, now that the Hardy boys and I have revealed ourselves...anyone else care to join in the fun?"
Joe stared hard at Kitten.  "Yeah, anyone at all?"

[The Truth]

(Kitten): "What is that supposed to mean?"

(Sally): "Seriously? I'm the only one that figured out their real identities?"

(Kaitlin): "Yes, because you're the only one that rummages through people's personal objects and run their names through anagram decoders."

(Sally): "Knowledge can be useful."

(Joshua): "You didn't answer my other question. Why are you all here?"

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Tomas==-

"Alright, I'll keep that in mind." Tomas said with a chuckle to George, and then looked around again.
"Well, I figured it might've been a better idea to wait until we didn't have everyone who's not a detective here, but... Do you think comparing notes would be a good idea?" Tomas asked the other detectives with a slight frown, as he wondered if it was a good idea when the suspects could be here.

[The Truth]

(Joshua): "I'm not going to ask again...Why are you all here? Tomas, why don't you answer first?"

[Magical Girl Mimi]

OOC: I had edited it in, but this works too. =P

-==IC: Tomas==-

Tomas then turned to Joshua.
"Because this school has a mysterious nature surrounding it. The Special Police Force sent me in undercover, to try and unravel some of the things behind it. And well, now that we're finding out about death threats and attempts on people's lives... it makes sense, doesn't it?"

[The Truth]

(Kaitlin): "Death does seem to be associated with this school...first Veronica Rosewater died, then Alan Rosewater dies under mysterious circumstances..."

(Joshua): "You're right about Alan, but not Veronica."

(Sally): "Joshua!"

(Joshua): "Sally, this is why someone's trying to kill me! I'll probably be safer after I tell them!"

(Sally): "It's your funeral."

(Joshua): "When I hacked into the system...I found one other thing besides the mention of the plant. I found evidence that Alan Rosewater faked his daughter's death."

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Tomas==-

Tomas looked up in surprise, and gasped.
"He faked her death? But... Why would Rosewater do that? Like; what would the motive be? However... Joe, could I see that laptop again?" Tomas asked, having a sudden suspicion and connection as he recalled the contents of the email, and wanted to double check the physical proof instead of revealing to everyone his ability for the moment.

[The Truth]

(Joshua): "That's what I'd like to know. And what happened to her afterwards?"

[Flipz]

-==IC: Joe==-
"Sure."  Joe hands the computer to Tomas.

-==IC: Nancy==-
"Frank, can I borrow your laptop for a second?"  Nancy opens it up, loads the picture from her camera onto the computer, then emails it to Rod's computer.

Tomas, it's Nancy,

I found this photograph in a secret passageway near the dorms.  That's Alan Rosewater...could that girl be Veronica?

[The Truth]

(Joshua): "Didn't they show a picture of Veronica in the welcome video?"

(Kaitlin): "Yeah...that's her alright. At least...I think it is..."

[Flipz]

OOC: Psssst!  sent by Email!

[The Truth]

OOC: I assumed the email was being shown to everyone. 

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-==IC: Tomas==-

Tomas looked at the initials from the email, and then looked at the picture that Nancy had sent very closely, wanting to find out what she looked like before saying yes or no.

OOC: Aka, you can describe the girl now. =P]