# MuSR / 

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{"choices":"['Bruce', 'Norris']","narrative":"In the heart of a rainforest, Peyton's life was brutally ended with a hatchet, pulling grizzled Detective Winston into a twisted web of deceit featuring suspects Bruce and Norris.\n\nWinston took a careful look at the grim scene. The deceased, Peyton, was found with a gruesome hatchet wound deep in the heart of the rainforest.\n\nWhile sorting through the information at hand, Winston recalled a bit of crucial info about the suspect - Bruce, Peyton's partner in their shared illicit business. Bruce had mentioned that the day Peyton was found, he had been alone in the rainforest. A rumored confession and potential surrender by Peyton, and the stolen goods Peyton found stashed away, kept echoing in Winston's mind.\n\nAs the detective stepped away from the lamenting scene, he called in to schedule an interview with the partner, Bruce. He was known to visit the rainforest often, sometimes for solitude, sometimes under the guise of his illicit activities.\n\nMeeting Bruce at the entrance to the rainforest the following day, Winston sized him up. Nothing about his demeanor suggested guilt. Despite fearing the legal consequences of his actions, there was a calm about Bruce. For someone raised in the rainforest, he seemed one with the environment, he was comfortable in it.\n\nWinston asked Bruce about his usual activities in his favorite retreat, prompting him to say, \"I usually just like to be alone here, sir. A few chops here and there with my hatchet helps maintain the paths and keeps me busy.\"\n\nBruce’s answer inclined Winston to inquire, “And where is this hatchet now?” \n\nWith a frown, Bruce replied, “I couldn’t find it today, sir. I usually keep it well maintained and in its usual spot.”\n\nTheir talk was interrupted by a passerby, jogging down a path. After briefly chatting about the area and visitor trends they noticed, the jogger mentioned that they hadn't seen anyone else in the rainforest that particular day, let alone someone leaving. The jogger left. Bruce turned back to Winston and shared, \"Nobody usually notices me here, even when leaving the rainforest. It’s quite secluded.”\n\nThe thought of Peyton's gruesome death by the hatchet wound came back to Winston's mind. He abruptly thanked Bruce for his time and walked away.\n\nThe rainforest echoed with the weighted silence of the untold, and, as Winston ventured back to the city, a haunting thought lingered. The quiet, confident Bruce, with his missing hatchet, was confirmed to have been alone the last day Peyton was seen alive, and as the jogger had informed, unseen when he left the rainforest; the same day Peyton died.\n\nWinston examined the manifest from Norris's ferry one final time. It matched up with what he already knew: Peyton had indeed been aboard Norris's ferry on the day he was killed. Winston took one last look at the document before folding it and tucking it away into his coat pocket.\n\nNorris, the ferry captain, had a reputation amongst the barflies at his favorite local watering hole. They'd often overheard him detailing possibly too realistic scenes from the books they discussed at his thriller murder novel themed book club. Norris would get into specifics that made the members uncomfortable, his eyes often taking on an excited shine while he spoke of these gruesome and too-detailed-to-be-fiction murder scenes.\n\nTapping his notepad with a worn-down pen, Winston glanced up as Norris approached. Clad in his usual captain's garb and appearing a bit rough around the edges from years of running the ferry. Norris acted as the key traveling back and forth to the local rainforest, the last known place Peyton was seen alive.\n\n\"Captain Norris?\" Winston asked, even though he already knew the answer. Norris nodded in confirmation, his steady gaze meeting Winston's. \"Been doing this job for years,\" Norris said, a hint of pride reflected in his voice.\n\n\"It's a sturdy vessel you have,\" Winston commented as he gestured towards the ferry, his eyes landing on a standalone toolbox propped up near the bow. One item in particular stood out from the rest— a hatchet, well-used and worn, clear evidence of its frequent use in the maintenance of the ship under Norris's experienced hands.\n\n\"Ah, yes. That's Gertrude,\" Norris responded, referencing the hatchet, drawing Winston's attention back to him. Considering he was the only ferry giving rides to that rainforest, it was crucial Norris kept the ferry in good shape.\n\nWinston then redirected the conversation, \"We have a record of a Peyton. Took your ferry to the rainforest on the day of the murder. Anything you recall?\"\n\nNorris took a moment to recall, his brow furrowing in concentration. \"Hmm... Peyton? Yeah, sure. He was one of my passengers that day.\"\n\nAfter a few more hours of questioning, Winston returned to his squad car. The rainforest still lay heavy in his mind, and Peyton was a name he would not forget. But for now, he had everything he could glean from Norris, the ferry captain. His path forward would have to reveal itself in time.","question":"Who is the most likely murderer?"}

Source: https://zayne-sprague.github.io/MuSR/

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