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Originally Posted by Goilveig
There was still about the same variety as today. For a rifle, they'd probably have a .30-30 or a .30-06, both of those existed for about 80-90 years at the time. Both would have a large selection of rounds available. Both of those are extremely popular hunting cartridges as well, meaning it's not that hard for civilians to get a hold of.
That's one of the benefits of tea; they probably won't let it sit for an exceptionally long time without drinking, since it would get cold. If the initial effects of the poison were drowsiness, someone who drank later might pass off the first symptoms of those who drank earlier as normal sleepiness (it's not odd to be sleepy at that hour), and by the time the first people collapsed the later ones are probably already getting drowsy themselves.
It wouldn't be that hard, at short range. The noise isn't important as they're far enough away from the only other people in the house. Plus, if they see someone collapse, their first thought is probably to run to the person and check if they're OK, and that would give the killer an opportunity to shoot them point-blank and unmoving.
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Sigh, you ignore way too many uncertainties.
Whatever the variety, rifles and shotgun are loud enough to alert an entire building. Unless you read somewhere in the game that the building is built with special material that anybody in different room cannot hear anything loud from hallway, you're just making an assumption.
You're assuming way too many things regarding the tea.
How can you be sure that everybody at the heated discussion would remember to drink the tea while still warm?
How can you be sure that when the fatal effect happen to one, all the others will be drowsing.
You're also assuming that everyone drinks tea with the same amount in a period of time. They would all drink different amount in a period of time. Someone who drinks tea more than the others in a period of time, would experience the effect much quicker.
Again, you're assuming that all these people won't see nor hear anybody coming in a brightly-lit, spacious, open room.
The killer can hit them at vital parts with one shot while they're moving around? This means someone must've been some expert shooter. Again this is a form of assumption to expect a murderer is there with such skills.
Way too many assumptions in your post.