week 9 - trial; day 1

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 9 trial, day 1 ♫ friday 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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[hopefragment]

[Frets anyway.

He's very careful with Faize's gauze, doing his best to hurt the other boy as little as possible as he examines the wound itself. It had made him sick to look at yesterday, but after having his hands covered in Faize's blood yesterday afternoon, this is fine. Ish.]

...Someone definitely hit you with this. It matches.

[Sets the rock down to redo his bandages now, can't have him reopening his wound and bleeding all over the chapel.]

You don't remember what made you head toward the schoolhouse, right? I figured you'd come right back to the hotel when you were done.

[symbologic]

[Thanks for not letting him bleed all over the nice, clean chapel, bro. He really appreciates that.]

No, not at all. [He's frowning, giving Hinata a very serious look.] I haven't been anywhere near the school house in nearly two weeks now.

[He's...actually been avoiding it? Actively? He used to go there all the time either for Marta-searching, piano lessons, or star-gazing. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation Sadie attacked.]

My reason for being there is one of the things I have been thinking about since last night. Aside from simply trying to remember, in general, of course. The only reasonable explanation I have is that someone must have asked me to accompany them.

[hopefragment]

...Yeah. That's what I thought.

[Since, you know. Stargazing. Heartbreak.

He's quiet after that, humming quietly to himself before remembering that wait, he has to put that rock back. One more second.]

Inaba was with Urashima when they found you, so... between when I left you, and when they found you, someone must have asked you to go to the schoolhouse with them. And... you don't know why, right? Assuming Inaba came right after they found you to get someone, that means... it had to be between 4PM and 4:30PM that someone attacked you, and then... between about 4:30PM and 4:45PM that someone did all that to Urashima.

[symbologic]

[Stargazing AND kissing, the latter being the bigger issue, really. That school yard is now the spot where he formed his best murder town memory and...uh. Failed...to form the worst one. Second worst, rather. Finding Alisha's body was probably worse than nearly dying himself. Hard to say for sure because he doesn't remember what happened.]

If I knew, I would have told you by now. [HE REALLY WISHES HE KNEW.] Though, I would hazard a guess that I was attacked closer to the 4:30 mark. After all, there was nobody else there while we were training, correct? And if you did not run into anyone coming in that same direction as you were leaving...that would suggest there was a noteworthy gap between your leaving and my assailant's arrival, right?

[That makes sense, right? This is all still sound and logical, he's not permanently brain damaged or anything now is he?]

Not to mention...I likely would not be sitting here at all, had it been closer to 4:00...

[He'd be deda.]

[hopefragment]

That makes sense, yeah.

[Don't worry bro, you're still as logical as ever. At least by Hinata's standards, which tbf aren't always the highest.]

So... in the time between when Inaba ran off, and we came back, they not only... murdered Urashima like that, and also dragged you and half his body to the playground. Or... picked you up? I didn't look at the trail that closely myself, but...

[Ugh. Ugh?? He was following it and then found you.]

[symbologic]

[Thank the stars. He'd rather die than live the rest of his life being incapable of logical thinking.]

That would seem to be the case, yes. Unfortunately, I cannot comment as to how Urashima and I were carried. I must assume I was unconscious at that point, after all.

[hopefragment]

Whoever picked you up... definitely would have gotten blood on them. There's no way they'd be able to get you all the way through the void without that happening, I mean, we were in there... probably at least a whole minute before we came out on the other side.

So... where are their clothes? That's something we should answer.