week 3 - trial; day 1

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 3 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? victims   suspects      cast setting rulebook

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[herbgrace]

[Lithuania is here, and so is Laima. Lithuania seems calm, but of course she usually does.] If you have any questions for me, feel free to ask them.

[hopefragment]

[Crouching down by Laima's feet! A big dog, ugh he wants to pet, but also-]

Um... do you think it's possible that a dog's nails could... rip someone open?

[Please don't lie to him Lithuania, he's a pure soul.]

I know the teeth could, but...

[herbgrace]

Not as they are right now. Laima, shake. [Lithuania gestures to Hinata, and Laima offers Hinata one of her paws! Laima's nails are clipped, as one should regularly do with any dog.]

[hopefragment]

[What a well trained dog. Hinata takes the offered paw to examine the nails, going so far as to run his thumb over them if Laima will let him to see if they're sharp.]

Your dog's really well trained, huh?

[herbgrace]

[Laima's nails are mostly smooth. It's not 100% perfect, but a good job has been done. Lithuania seems pretty pleased with Hinata's words.] I trained her myself. We've been together for a very long time. Our pets--the pets of nations--gain a level of immortality from us.

[hopefragment]

Really?

[He's impressed! Going to gently let go of her paw and reach up to pet her head. Big floof.]

That's... pretty fortunate for them. I'd imagine she'd do pretty much anything you say, that's she's capable of, huh?

[herbgrace]

[Laima puts her paw back down and happily accepts this petting.] Yes, she would do as I said as long as it was something she knew how to do.

[americanbeauty]

[Who's a good dog? Lucy makes a careful but friendly gesture towards Laima as she approaches.]

She seemed like a very friendly dog... I don't think she would get angry over much.

[She feels a bit bad! But she has to ask although she's still relying too much on implying rather than outright asking if this dog has every mauled someone before.] Is she a guard dog?

[herbgrace]

[Laima wags her tail lazily as Lucy approaches, though she remains at Lithuania's side.] She would defend me if I was attacked, and she has gone into battle with me before--when I was much younger, of course, I would never send her out in front of a gun. [Lithuania, how old is your dog...]

[americanbeauty]

I guess she'd do a pretty good job at that. [she's Huge.] I'm used to farm dogs personally.

[She nods at the second part. A dog against a gun wouldn't be pretty.]

I'm glad that we haven't found any around here. Although it still ends up like this every week anyway...

[herbgrace]

[Lithuania nods.] The last things we need here are guns.

[americanbeauty]

...So, you would never send her to find people around here either, right? Even with no guns around?

[She's Trying.]

[herbgrace]

I would never. Especially not on Thursday night. If I got her injured or killed doing something reckless like that I would never forgive myself.

[americanbeauty]

That's good. [And she gives Laima a little pet.] Last question, does she sleeps in your hotel room with you as well?

[Just in case someone felt stupid and tried to kick a dog and this was all in self defense?? Who knows with murders.]

[herbgrace]

Yes, she sleeps in the room with me. [Who knows what some of the people here might do to Laima otherwise.]

[detanimetion]

[Squatting down by Laima and reaching out her hand for her to sniff!]

Hey there, big girl! Who's a fierce badass warrior, huh? Who's the bravest guard dog in town? You are! Yes you are! I bet you'd look great in a suit of armor! Hang on, I got a spear here you can fetch...

[Does she actually have any questions or is she just here to play with the dog...]

[herbgrace]

[Laima, after checking with Lithuania to make sure it's alright, licks Undyne's hand and wags her tail rapidly. Please play with her!]

She does look good in armor. [Somewhere in Lithuania's house, there is dog armor.]

[detanimetion]

[The chapel is too small and crowded to play fetch alas, but she'll summon a spear and toss it straight up into the air for Laima to catch.]

So you've trained her to fight? Good for you! What kind of weapon does she use? And did you manage to find a way to work around the eyesight problem, because I'm still having some trouble with that with the Canine Unit back home.

[herbgrace]

[Laima catches it! She's actually very careful to avoid the business-end of the spear. She's obviously been around weapons before. She brings it right back to Undyne to drop it at her feet.]

She uses her teeth. Or used, rather--the weapons that exist now in my world make it too dangerous for her to be on a battlefield. When we did fight together, she fought with me, so I covered her and she covered me. [A team! No wonder Poland says Lithuania was raised by wolves as a little girl.]

[sobowtor]

Any questions?