week 1 - trial; day 1

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 1 trial, day 1 ♫ 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? victim suspects         cast setting rulebook

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[muties]

How?

[ sry to ruin your puzzle ]

[detanimetion]

I don't know what humans are allergic to! Bad food? Bad medicine? It can't be monsters because he didn't seem sick when we talked.

[muties]

Humans can be allergic to different things. Like I have a friend who's allergic to peanuts, specifically. I don't know what Takao was allergic to, if anything. Not everyone has an allergy. When did you talk to him?

[detanimetion]

Monday afternoon, I think? I was up on a rooftop though so maybe he wasn't close enough to get allergies from me.

But if someone figured out a way to make him sick, couldn't they have lured him out into the clinic for medicine?

[herbgrace]

[Undyne was on the rooftop...] Could you tell me how you got to the roof? I was wondering if it was possible without flight.

[detanimetion]

Training and muscles and determination! I get a really high jumping start by using one of my spears to vault upwards, then I latch on to one of the window ledges and work my way up from there. [She also lives on the third floor but...that would be cheating....]

[herbgrace]

That's impressive. [Good job, Undyne.] I imagine that isn't something most people could do, especially carrying a body. [So maybe flying is the only option for this murder...]

[detanimetion]

I COULD DEFINITELY DO IT!! [is that a challenge she hears it's probably a good thing she's not a suspect...]

Anyway, are we sure he was shoved off a roof? Maybe his bones got broken in a fight or something and they just want to make it look like the roof was involved.

[herbgrace]

Something definitely happened on the roof. I suppose it is possible this is misdirection to only make it appear as if he fell off the roof, but the snow up there was disturbed, so someone must have been up there doing something.

Since he bled from his head wound, he must have at least been alive when that was delivered, as well. Humans don't bleed once they're dead.

[detanimetion]

Really? Like, at all? [wow her anime HISTORY DOCUMENTARIES have all been lying to her] Even if his head was gashed open right after he died?

[herbgrace]

Once our hearts stop beating, blood stops flowing. There would likely be blood, but he wouldn't bleed.

[detanimetion]

Moving a guy to a roof just so you can shove him off and drugging him while you're at it just seems like way too much effort to me! Just pick one way to kill someone and stick to it instead of making everything confusing!! [GOD THIS KILLER HAS NO COMMON COURTESY]

[herbgrace]

Making things confusing was probably their goal. If they can't get away with it, they'll die.

[detanimetion]

Well, it's NOT GONNA WORK! [all evidence to the contrary...]

So can your human blood senses tell whether he was drugged before or after the head wound or dying?

[herbgrace]

I wouldn't be able to tell, unfortunately. It would require equipment and medical knowledge I don't have to perform those sorts of tests.

[muties]

And that was early in the week. He seemed more or less ok on Wednesday when I saw him.

Maybe, but it's not that easy to make someone sick, is it? Bad food would have given him a stomach illness, I don't think cough drops or benadryl would have helped with that. Those are more for cold-like symptoms, like coughing and sneezing or whatever.

[detanimetion]

And there isn't any way to make a human sick like that on purpose?

[lastgirl]

Humans aren't allergic to medicine, but too much of a drug can kill people. Or worse.

[Says...the little girl who takes drugs...]

[detanimetion]

How much is too much? [She glances at the list of drugs found or missing at the evidence pile.] Is it normal for humans to take this much when they're sick?

[lastgirl]

Like...I would think if someone took six or seven pills all at once that would be too much. But two or three wouldn't be bad.

Injections are even worse. It goes right into your blood and works faster than taking a pill that the body needs to break down. If all those pricks on his back are the times he got shot up with chemicals, he could have died from that.

[detanimetion]

If he could have died from just that, then what's the point of shoving him off a roof? Seems like overkill to me.

[muties]

Maybe they were impatient-- time was all fucked up. Could be he was taking ages to kick it.

[detanimetion]

So they shoved him off a roof instead? Then what was he doing up there in the first place?! Did the killer just want a good view when they drugged him? [actually that sounds pretty legit tbh]

[lastgirl]

[interjecting:]

Could have just been the fastest way to do it. Especially if they aren't a very strong person to begin with - most any of us would die we fell down from that height.

[detanimetion]

Dragging him all the way up to the roof sounds like a suuuuper complicated way to kill him to me, especially if they'd already drugged him. They could have just stabbed him with something, it'd be way faster!