week 4 - trial; day 1

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 4 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]

[ oh, right! up on the chalkboard, even if this doesn't pan out anything -- rhys will make a few notes for everyone to reference:

MOTIVE: Regrets

Victim: Selena
Sin: Greed
Virtue: Charity

Suspect #1: Faize Sheifa Beleth
Sin: Lust
Virtue: Chastity

Suspect #2: Urashima Kotetsu
Sin: Lust
Virtue: Chastity

Suspect #3: Undyne
Sin: Pride
Virtue: Humility

Suspect #4: Vegeta
Sin: Pride
Virtue: Humility

Suspect #5: Xerxes Break
Sin: Pride
Virtue: Humility

... leave him alone. his job is literally data mining for a living. he likes lists. ]

[brawlhalla]

I don't see how Lust or Chastity really relate to regrets, I guess.

[jackhole]

[ he's gonna make the joke. ]

Maybe someone had a night they really want to forget, hey-o!

[ holds up hand for a high five?! ]

[brawlhalla]

[ ...................ok, she will high five him

but then she punches him in the arm ]

[jackhole]

Hah. Nice -- ow.

[ gently rubs his sad, pathetic meatflesh arm with his robo one. why this, astrid. ]

[dhaosu]

[ Humans are gross sometimes. Also Selena is dead. Ugh, Rhys. ]

[jackhole]

[ yeah but selena was hot too. like, who wouldn't, right? ]

[minogame]

...?

( He doesn't get it. )

[jackhole]

[ ... ]

I'm making a joke about sex, Urashima.

[herbgrace]

Faize's isn't lust in the traditional sense, according to Miata. If it was a lust for something, and they made a mistake that brought them further from that, they could want to correct that. I agree about it not matching chastity, though. As for pride, I imagine either it wouldn't effect them at all or they would be very keenly aware of past mistakes and would take a motive to fix them.

[brawlhalla]

I doubt Urashima is lust in the traditional sense, either.

[herbgrace]

He's chastity--Miata mentioned it before. [So, yes, Urashima is Pure.]

[symbologic]

General speaking, that would make sense. However...if my designation is truly due to a lust for knowledge [Said a bit flippantly, like he doesn't believe that is even a thing. Or at least not something that can be considered sinful.] as Miata said, then it makes little sense with this week's motive. My regret has nothing to do with gaining or losing knowledge, but rather sparing a friend.

And I know better than to be tempted by something with such an uncertain outcome. I care for Edge too much to potentially make his mistake even worse by preventing him from making it in the first place.

[He...apparently does not have any regrets of his own. Incredible.]

[mothercat]

Hey, good idea! [ See that, Rhys! Someone is praising you. Even though he's confident that everyone but Urashima and possibly Faize are indeed categorized right. ] Do you think there's enough room to fit their skills on here?

[jackhole]

[ PRAISE... sweet, sweet praise. rhys just looks at ranulf and then the chalkboard before nodding. ]

Yeah, give me a moment.

[ his eye lights up so he can bring the profiles up easily but then the chalkboard will now read:

MOTIVE: Regrets

Victim: Selena
Sin: Greed
Virtue: Charity
Skills: Magic, healing, commanding armies, riding around on horses, dramatic speeches

Suspect #1: Faize Sheifa Beleth
Sin: Lust
Virtue: Chastity
Skills: Highly resistant to harsh environmental conditions, genius level intellect, above average agility and endurance, swordsmanship, symbology (earth, ice, and darkness elements), engineering, alchemy, tech-savvy

Suspect #2: Urashima Kotetsu
Sin: Lust
Virtue: Chastity
Skills: Swordsmanship, scouting, rescuing turtles

Suspect #3: Undyne
Sin: Pride
Virtue: Humility
Skills: Ability to summon energy spears, skilled physical fighter, extraordinary strength, unusually high DETERMINATION, dramatic posing, 'human history' expert, piano, cooking?

Suspect #4: Vegeta
Sin: Pride
Virtue: Humility
Skills: Super strength, super speed, super endurance, martial arts, energy manipulation, flight, strong sense of smell, marrying rich and minor psychic resistance

Suspect #5: Xerxes Break
Sin: Pride
Virtue: Humility
Skills: Swordsmanship, daredeviling, magic tricks, ventriloquism, tormenting Gilbert, being elderly ]

How's that?

[mothercat]

[ Huh, so that's what a "cybernetic eye" does. It glows. He... guesses? Well, whatever. ]

Great! Keep up the good work, Rhys!

[jackhole]

[ one day he will explain robots to you, catboy.

also stop... praising him, omg. he's definitely blushing a little now. ]

T-Thanks?!

[keepshispride]

If we're going to start arguing about our assignments being relevant, mine dismisses me immediately. A saiyan's pride would never allow them to kill on someone else's terms.

[jackhole]

But... wouldn't regret be your terms? Like, you're regretting something in your life, so you are doing something to fix it? Aka murdering someone.

[keepshispride]

I don't have a problem with killing to achieve my goals, but that's not what this is. If I had any regrets, I wouldn't want help fixing them. I'll use my own strength and nothing else!

[jackhole]

Yeah, but your strength isn't gonna get you out of the game to fix your regrets if you had them? The only thing that's going to get you out of this game is to kill someone, win a trial, and then go home and fix your shit.

... Actually, wait! Then you would be using your own strength to fix your regrets! By using your strength to murder someone! Then, hey! Killing to achieve your goals! If your goals were to leave the game to fix your regrets! See, man. It all comes around.

[ you really want to go on this logic dance with rhys, vegeta? do ya? ]

[detanimetion]

As far as I'm concerned, accepting this shitty town's help after everything it's done to the people here and all the deaths we've seen just to fix your own damn mistake means giving up every last drop of pride you have in your sorry little body!

[jackhole]

[ ... ]

Well, yeah.

[detanimetion]

Which means that if anyone on team Pride committed the murder, then they're disqualified from our team for betraying their sin and I'll kick their ass myself! Someone with any actual pride would never go for a shitty motive like this!

[jackhole]

I don't think you can get disqualified from a team. I mean, there's only two left on mine! That should be an automatic vote out!

[ wait that's a terrible thing to say. ]

It's totally shitty, please fine the killer, Undyne.