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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[jackhole]

So, uh. Hi.

[ why does he have to bring this up, why hasn't anyone brought this up, he didn't want to do this. ]

No one's mentioned the sins. Three of the people on that list are Sloth. Vegeta is Pride. Youko is Greed.

[ . . . ]

Wasn't the motive -- feeling like time was slowed down -- connected to the killer? Doesn't that, er, point to sloth?

[americanbeauty]

[As someone assigned sloth-! No, but that is a new angle.]

How so? I think a lot of effort was put into all this instead. It definitely doesn't feel lazy.

[jackhole]

No, I don't mean it's lazy. That -- [ a glance over to the body and he covers his mouth. eurgh. ] -- was not lazy. I mean, sloth can be associated with moving slowly. Time felt slow this whole week.

[ he shrugs. ]

Symbolism.

[americanbeauty]

I see. I guess it depends on how closely these labels relate to their Biblical definition.

[Sloth is a lot more with not being faithful in that sense. But that seems completely unrelated to all... this.]

[muties]

No, but I feel like it feels impatient. Like someone really wanted it to get it over with, but because of the time thing it took for fuckin' ever.

[americanbeauty]

[A small cringe at the thought. That must have been painful.]

You're right, and they wouldn't assign titles that didn't mean anything. The simple fact that they make up the majority is important no matter the reason. But is it a point for or against them?

[createdamonster]

Well, the sins don't always exactly relate to everyone's personalities. For example, sloth doesn't always relate to laziness. It could just be apathy, or dejection...

I do still wonder what the significance is of the sins to begin with...but there's no saying that it isn't a possible lead.

[americanbeauty]

I would think so. I was given the same title and I don't agree with any of that. [a very dejected frown.] So it might be the same for them.

[sisumama]

Well, it's not terribly pertinent to the trial at hand, but...there's something here I don't think you all know about the seven sins yet.

[jackhole]

[ ??? ]

Uh, feel free to share with the class then.

[sisumama]

Not all of us represent sins, Rhys. Miata told me herself. I represent "charity". Someone with the trait of sloth might actually have a corresponding virtue instead. She said that for some of us, she had to go in the opposite direction because we aren't sinful.

[literal angel sisuca descends from heaven]

[disapproved]

A poetic murder it would be indeed. 'Twould be possible the motive was created to elicit a response from particular groups — to create some sort of cultish symmetry.

[ good job rhys you aren't completely useless ]

If we refer back to the profile cards, several of the suspected are much older than they appear to be; perhaps they murdered due to the shackles of time weighing on them too heavily, gone mad from the ebbs in time's flow.

[herbgrace]

It is a long time for someone who's old enough. The past week felt like approximately five hundred years for me. [Confirming that this could be a thing.]

[aumygoddess]

[ Slowly nodding ]

About four hundred, for me...o-of the suspects, that would be Youko-san, Houraisan-san, and I.

[jackhole]

[ :'D yay he did something right!! sorting through tons of information is literally his job -- this was data mining 101 and he can do that.

thank you, morrigan. he doesn't really need to say more than that. ]

[detanimetion]

[scowls and crosses her arms]

If they'd gone mad, maybe that's why this murder is so weird and none of these clues make any sense! [probably...not...but oh well she's trying okay]

[billarious]

Ain't a bad theory, though I'd hate to think what kinds of motives would come up for some of the other sins if that's the case.

[createdamonster]

Let's not give anyone ideas...especially not with things like Wrath.

[jackhole]

I don't... really want to know what would happen for Greed. Getting really hungry, I guess?

[dhaosu]

In this case, it seems to relate close to the sin 'Sloth' in some manner, considering the suspects.

[ Pause. ]

However, I'm not so sure if it would wind up being so closely related to the sin everytime when and if there are other trials.

[minogame]

( Okay so after listening to some of the others, he doesn't quite think the murder this week is symbolic but! Rhys did get him to think a bit, )

Maybe it isn't the sins we should be looking at... but we should look at the suspects and hte motives? If we could ask them how they were this week... maybe we could see who was more likely to be pushed into this?

[dereban]

Do you honestly think all of them would tell the truth, though? I'd like not being thrown under the bus by saying "I had the worst time" or something of that nature if I were them.

[ Because no... no... ]

[smileleftbehind]

I did say that Vegeta probably would be obvious if he did it. He's too prideful.

[sobowtor]

Why wouldn't they just shove all the sloths up there then as opposed to just singling out three? Or at least five if that's the magic suspect number?

It's not like there's only three of them or something and they had to fill it in with extras.

[Like... gluttony...]

[jackhole]

[ juuuust a shrug. ]

There's seven of them, actually. So, two would still be left out. I'm not really saying sloth automatically equals killer but just, that was shouldn't ignore the sins? I guess? I feel like that's kind of a hint.