sevenvices | week 1 - trial; day 1

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week 1 - trial; day 1

seven vices case 1 trial, day 1

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saturday
At 9AM, every television will go off, loud enough to wake anyone sleeping. The calm, apathetic voice will advise everyone to gather in the chapel for the trial. Static will continue to blare in the head of anyone dillydallying.

Once all of the guests have gathered in the chapel, the doors will lock. Most of the pews have been moved aside to allow for more space, and a few tables have been set up on the altar. On the first, there is an additional copy of the rulebook, and the information cards of the victim and suspects laid out, with space for the suspects to provide their whereabouts, as well as an autopsy report. There is also a large wheeled chalkboard upon which you may write theories. On the second table is a pitcher of water and some glasses, as well as very simple sandwiches and pastries.

The door behind the altar has finally been unlocked. It's a rather plain room with an area set off by a folding screen. Inside, you will find a table on which the victim's body has been laid out. Next to the table, two black and white photographs have been hung on the screen. they are close ups of the victim's body, as it was found when the body discovery announcement chimed. A few sticks of incense burn in the corner to avoid any smells.

At 6PM, the trial will adjourn. Everyone will be escorted back to the hotel by Miata, after which everyone is allowed to head to either the kitchen to get dinner, or to their rooms. Attempting to wander off into the other areas of the hotel will trigger the static alarms in everyone's heads/televisions.

>Discuss?

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Maybe he had a really bad cold and wasn't thinking about the danger? Or just didn't think anyone would really murder anyone?

We were all pretty screwed up during the week because of that time shift. He might have gotten sick because of that and didn't think about the potential danger.

He couldn't wait until morning? Even if his time was messed up, it would have been dark around that time anyway so he should have known better... unless he couldn't wait anymore.

( It's hard to really understand what a human must have felt like this week but he's trying. )

He should have found someone to go with him.

...He might have. [The killer...]

You mean he chose someone that wanted to hurt him?

( THAT'S JUST BAD LUCK. )

It's possible. I don't think he would have done so intentionally, but most of us haven't known each other for that long. [Even if it feels like Lithuania's been here five hundred years.]

Well. Yoite? Might have been the last one to admit to seeing him at nine, but Youko's? The only one on his floor out of the suspect pool.

So if he died between eleven and three is he the kind of guy who'd wander around by himself to go to another floor to find someone he really liked to walk to the clinic with or would he just go with whoever he liked that was closest?

[Poland knows literally nothing about any of these people.]

That could be a good point. If he asked someone to go with him or someone asked him to accompany them, I would be more suspicious of someone who went to a different floor just to ask me to do so. [Unless it was Poland, of course, but that's an exception.]

You'd have to be some kind of moron to be wandering around different floors in the middle of night when you've been specifically told the goal is to murder every week.

Or maybe he was already impaired?

How long does it take for that medical cocktail to make you woozy anyways? Should we inject it into somebody human just to see?

Poland. [She'd pinch your ear but she's not sure if that would count for barrier activation or not and she doesn't feel like being electrocuted.] Morphine takes five to ten minutes to reach full effect. I don't know how quickly it works when combined with benadryl, and we're not going to try it on anyone.

Well that's important to figure out yeah? If it takes two hours then maybe it was-- [Um. Poland looks at her profiles again.] Yoite at nine?

Hey maybe we can inject it into me, I'm protected. [Also not a human.]

Absolutely not. [Denied. Super denied. Ultra denied.] You're not human anyway.

[Well she doesn't think Hinata or Clover will volunteer. Not that she blames them.]

How are we supposed to figure out how fast it works then? We need like some kind of timeline to work with?

I mean if he was that messed up, all they would have had to do was put him on the roof and wait for him to stumble off himself-- before proceeding to do a million unnecessary things.

We know how quickly morphine takes effect on its own, so it can't be more than that period of time. We also know Takao's footprints were around where his body was found, so that doesn't quite point to them just shoving him off the roof, unless they also took his shoes off, put some footprints around the area, and then put his shoes back on.

Well how long is that? [There's a lot of talking going on, forgive her.]

What do you think happened then?

Five to ten minutes. As for what happened, I'm not certain. It could be he was standing there and his killer attacked from above. In that case, the disturbance on the roof would be the killer waiting.

Do you think maybe they just got impatient when they started injecting him a ton and freaked out when it felt like it was taking so long so they bashed his head in?

I suppose under the circumstances of the week it's possible they got nervous at how long things seemed to be taking. I just feel like more of the pieces should fit together logically.

What if that's just what they want you to think.

But like. Something I really don't get is why they tried to burn things like scissors, but wanted people to find the drugs.

Although I guess even trying to burn scissors was dumb because scissors don't burn?

[Poland's trying really hard to connect the dots here.]

...I really have no idea what they were going for here.

Mmn... Let's take it from the top. [Lithuania ticks off points on her fingers as she speaks.] As of when I found it at nine in the morning, Takao was dead for at least six hours. Blood from the head wound was frozen. Neck clearly broken, head injury broke the skull. Takao's own footprints are in the area, some of which are only half made. The snow on the roof is disturbed near where the corpse ended up on the ground. He has puncture marks on his back that went through his clothes, though it's not immediately obvious at first. He's also broken many bones. The hair on the back of his head is slightly scorched. He has cough drops on his person.

Morphine was found in the laundry room, and benadryl in the refrigerator in the kitchen. Both have been used. In the bonfire, there were burned scissors, a piece of blue polyester fabric, and some plastic. Latex gloves and one syringe are unaccounted for.

[Poland somehow looks... more confused.]

Um...

Okay well. [Poland pulls out her fingers too! And then just really starts rambling. A lot.]

So they had to know something about how drugs react-- and how to administer those drugs.

And they had to be able to get on the roof without disturbing much snow. Somehow. Unless there's a really simple way to get on the roof that we're totally missing.

And. Is it completely apparent that gravity broke him into pieces or could he have been ambushed and really pummeled?

I still don't get the fire. Or the laundry room. Or the fridge.

We know that he died either from the head wound or the broken neck, but it's not as if anyone actually saw him fall from the roof. [Things would probably be easier if someone did.] Being able to fly would be the most convenient way to get onto the roof, but some people can climb up onto it. [Undyne, for example.]

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