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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[smileleftbehind]

Cheshire is going to lift up the mattress as well, looking to see if anything is hidden beneath it.

[brawlhalla]

[ LORD???? What is Youko doing in her spare time besides cleaning????

Astrid will. Check any blue clothes over first, but then she will be going through everything else, checking pockets and unfolding things and shaking them out. SORRY, YOUKO. ]

[detanimetion]

Oh man, dirty mags would be a great find! Keep an eye out for that! ...and for all that other stuff too, yeah.

[GOD VEGETA WHY ARE YOU MAKING HER WORK SO HARD. Ugh fine, she'll move on to checking the actual beds, stripping the sheets off the mattresses and flipping them over to make sure nothing's hiding there. Look, anyone who keeps their room as freakishly clean as this has something to hide.]

[clearasmud]

We're great climbers.

[ PUFFS UP WITH PRIDE... before deflating slightly, because uh ]

Not the sort of climbing that it would take to go from a window to the roof, though.

[ that seems like an excellent way to break a neck- oops. ]

[sobowtor]

[Welp. That sure is a suspect list.]

Can we just blame Vegeta regardless of actual guilt?

I'm sure it's just a matter of time before he actually kills someone anyways.

[Whether Poland's serious or just trying to get under Vegeta's skin it is a mystery...]

[fourleafcleaver]

It's not impossible? But even if the stuff didn't knock him out right away, there was enough that it should've been really disorienting. If he did pull himself together enough to decide the first person he saw did something to him, and then decide to try fighting them, they wouldn't have been very good hits.

Looking at the footprints, I think it seems like he was just stumbling around instead of really...doing anything. And there's only one set...

[jackhole]

[ ???????????? ]

But you're... one of the suspects-- you know what, fine. I won't.

[dhaosu]

[ Looking over, hoping she finds something...??

And lifting that mattress or something. ]

1/2

[clearasmud]

The cutest! [ PUFFING UP SMUGLY ] I- wait. You just want me to transform!

[ that's like a double insult ]

[smileleftbehind]

But it will probably be obvious when it is him.

[hopefragment]

[Captain... he kind of likes the sound of that!!

Anything on the floor of the closet? Or in any of the clothes pockets?? Barring that, he's moving into the bathroom to look over the sink and bathtub. Was anything emptied in there like benadryl and morphine?? Maybe some porn mags by the toilet??]

[herbgrace]

No, Poland. [Poland please.]

[friendboned]

[what, no!!!]

VEGETA IS A PERFECTLY GOOD SPIDER!!!! HE MAY BE LACKING SIX LEGS, BUT HE MAKES UP FOR IT IN HEART!!

[keepshispride]

[No that wasn't dramatic enough.]

With all you idiots intent on irritating me, it's definitely a possibility.

[earie]

Seconded. [ Sadie is serious. Please end this. ]

[lastgirl]

No.

I mean, you're right, Vegeta will probably kill later, but I don't think he killed this time.

[sisumama]

Absolutely not.

[Sisuca crosses her arms and gives a (motherly) glare from where she's standing.]

Everyone gets the benefit of the doubt. It'd be cruel otherwise. [A pause, and.] Besides, Vegeta isn't as unkind as you're thinking. There's no need to judge him so harshly.

[detanimetion]

No one is allowed to kill Vegeta EXCEPT ME!!

Uh, and also we can't let the killer get away with their injustice and all that. [but no lbr it's entirely the first part]

[sobowtor]

[Poland gestures, looking bored.]

There. Case in point.

[hopefragment]

Maybe, but... we can't let someone just get away with murder, either. We have to prove it.

I don't want to risk voting for the wrong person.

[Even if he's been told there's no penalty beyond guilt he's still??? Concerned???]

[fourleafcleaver]

I think you're just intent on being irritated.

[stupidly]

What does that have to do with any of this?!

[Though he at least agrees that they shouldn't just off the guy...]

[disapproved]

A foolish display if I've ever heard one.

[ here's morrigan, the devil in this trial. ]

This man is a proud creature. Do you truly think he would express shyness about his conquest? No, I suspect it is a fool's errand to assume it is him. He may be a reprehensibly thick and vile man, but he is not our culprit. I warn against shaping our suspicions around his narrative.

[symbologic]

[Faize is completely unsurprised by how clean it is. It's a skill listed on her profile? Of course it would be something impressive like this. If it were just your everyday cleaning, they probably wouldn't make a note of it.]

[Makes things easier to search in the end, though. He's still going through the bathroom. Maybe she decided to hide the syringe or gloves in here? Since they still haven't actually found those...]

[stupidly]

Don't kill anyone?! [UNDYNE???]