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dexter28 posted...

Some more questions.

Maria did not let the culprit into the cousin's room

To clarify, does this mean that she took no actions that would allow the culprit to enter the room, or that no actions she took had the direct purpose of letting the culprit into the room? For example, if she had unlocked the door for reasons totally unrelated to letting the culprit in, and then culprit used the unlocked door to enter the room, does that count as Maria letting the culprit in?

I'm unsatisfied with my current solution, so there's an unlikely possibility I want to eliminate. The culprit absolutely has no knowledge of the meta-game, correct? They won't take actions for the purpose making the meta-game harder for the human side?

like I said, you're really good at this.

Correct, Maria took no actions that led directly or indirectly to the culprit entering the room

The 2nd question thing is a little tougher to answer. By virtue of this being a mystery story, some events are going to seem unnatural to the reader. "I wouldn't have behaved like that!" and "Why doesn't he just ___" are pretty common, and you have to give some degree of trust to the author of the mystery (and in this case, the Witch overseeing the game).

I guarantee the mystery can be solved using what's presented here, and by employing your two methods of attack. I did it myself, to earn the right to present the game in the first place.
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