[quote=le awesome me]...and wait for the [i]real[/i] round to get started... Where we can start playing the [s]blaming game[/s] detective! ;)[/quote]
So, there you go. My expectation has come true... and it's even more than what I could've bargained for!

Me, the murderer, eh? Nice try - sure, all those clues do make me seem a tad more suspicious, but hold your horses first before you set them loose and trample me to a death that I will love to take vengeance on you for jumping to conclusions too quickly. ;)

Let's go point by point - or rather, all the things that tag me as the prime suspect:

[hider=Red Herring #1][quote=tsukune]Sorry guys - I was having class just now. OTL As Shoryu has said, blame the timezone difference. XD

Anyway, my vote goes to... *cues in drum roll*

[@NekoMizu]

Well, it'd be fun to keep everyone in the game for the first round at least since [s]I've no idea what's going on atm school killed my brain[/s] it feels like we're all testing out the waters for now, I'll "even out" the votes and wait for the [i]real[/i] round to get started... Where we can start playing the [s]blaming game[/s] detective! ;)[/quote][/hider]
[quote=@Luna_Maria]1. He said, "I've no idea what's going on atm." How can you not know what's going on at the moment? Can't you read? Didn't you read the part where [@Luna_Maria] said she's the murderer? So why aren't you voting for her? Why are you making it look like you didn't read what she wrote and instead voting for someone else who isn't trying to look like a big red target? Why are you being deceptive at all?

2. He said, "I'll 'even out' the votes and wait for the real round to get started." How do you ALREADY know that voting for [@NekoMizu] won't win the game already since it's possible that she's the murderer or, for that matter, [@Witch Cat]? Maybe because, you [i]ARE[/i] the murderer.

3. Tsukune (or the real murderer) has eliminated me off in round one, probably because he knew I would vote for him in round 2 and that I was working very hard to find the murderer. now, it's possible that [@Dinh AaronMk] knew I would start pointing fingers at Tsukune the moment I got eliminated, in which cause, bravo, Dinh is a genius, but do I really believe knew exactly what I would do? No. The obvious answer is that Tsukune IS the murderer.[/quote]
1. That post of mine you quoted was, sadly, as plain and literal as the words I've written, with no (evil) ulterior motive. I honestly had no idea what's going on because everyone simply cast their vote without a single explanation why they suspected that particular player to be a murderer, which I assumed that everyone was voting each other [i]randomly[/i] in the first round. Also, I did read your parts about you ranting around (even in caps!) to call for everyone to vote you as the murderer - and later the [i]real[/i] murderer took up that "gracious offer" and eliminated you - but the reason why I didn't respond to any of your callings was simple: I'm trying to find out who the real murderer is, just like you and all those who aren't the murderer. I'm not going to waste my precious vote on something [i]blatantly obvious[/i] as this. (I'm sorry that I have to put it bluntly, because it is [i]that[/i] obvious.)

2. Whoa, [i]whoa[/i] - aren't you jumping to conclusions too fast there? Before I cast my first vote, this was the stats posted by the host, Shoryu:

[quote=@Shoryu Magami]Here's the next status update;

[@NekoMizu] - 1 Vote
[@Witch Cat] - 2 Votes
[@Duthguy] - 1 Vote
[@Luna_Maria] - 1 Vote

[@tsukune], and [@Mae], still need to vote. A clear majority vote has not been determined, so this round continues. Just so you all know, [b]if we end up with multiple people that have the same number of votes, a bonus round takes place where the only people that can be voted for are the people who had the highest number.[/b][/quote]
Looking at the numbers, I have three obvious choices:
One, I can vote for Witch Cat, which will immediately eliminate them out of the game and we move on to Round Two; or
Two, I can vote for anyone in the list and "even out" the votes, so that we have two players tying with each other, which will trigger the bonus round, in turn allowing all players to play the game longer before one has to leave; or
Three, I can vote for the other players not on the list, either Dinh or Mae.

I went for the second option, which is what I mean by "evening out the votes" - this IS my true motive in the first round, to make things more fun. To cast that vote, here's another clue that you've surprisingly missed out:

[quote=tsukune]Well, at least [b]I have been casting my vote using the fairest method[/b] - ask the dice and leave it to my shitty luck whenever in doubt, yes.[/quote]
Reiterating point (1), I cast my first (and also the second) vote by rolling the dice. Okay, maybe you can argue that only the murderer will use such method since s/he IS the murderer, and therefore it doesn't matter who s/he kills as long as no one finds out the real murderer's identity. [i]Wrong.[/i] Just like the rest of the non-murderer players, the murderer can do the same and use deductive reasoning like what you did to eliminate the player who may pose potential danger to them. Also, if I am the murderer, would I be so careless to spell out that I'm using a gamble to vote for someone?

3. I shan't repeat whatever I've already said in points (1) and (2) again. And if you really did vote me off, I can only shake my head at how easily you jumped to conclusions without taking a step back and scrutinize at the clues carefully, just like Kogoro Mouri from [i]Detective Conan[/i].

Regarding the status thing:

[hider=Red Herring #2][quote=@Shoryu Magami]I want to set one thing straight though;

[quote=The context of the "secret" between me and tsukune (from the status bar)]Witch Cat - 1 day ago: Has anyone ever actually used the "Add Friend" feature? I swear it seems so weird to have it on a RP site. (But I mean, if anyone is looking for friends, I'm here) 

Shoryu Magami - 1 day ago: [@Witch Cat] I use it to add friends. Those on good terms with me get added, since I'm more interested in community than RPing; I've got my own writing, after all. I know others who also use it. 

tsukune - 1 day ago: [@Witch Cat] Or, if you want you can think of it this way: a handy list to stalk certain people without them knowing you're watching their every move... *insert Halloween-style evil laughter here* 

Shoryu Magami - 1 day ago: [@tsukune] Shhhhhh, quit giving away our secrets.[/quote][/quote][/hider]
I bet those who think I'm the murderer using this as the clue totally didn't take Witch Cat's status into account.

There's one other clue - the post our host said after I posted about the dice-throwing:

[quote=@Shoryu Magami]Lol, in all fairness, I picked the murderer that way. I'm obviously not telling you what number I rolled, but I basically just let the order that you joined the game in be the deciding factor for that one. Also, I definitely relate to you on the shitty luck.[/quote]
Coupled with what he did to me in the status... if you can't see the link between the two, I'll be very disappointed in your deduction skills.

[quote=@Luna_Maria]sorry, [@NekoMizu], i voted you out, but i probably shouldn't if my first priority was so you guys could win

witch cat is my friend. i would never vote out a friend even if it means losing the game[/quote]
Though, your loyalty towards your friends is remarkable.