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

Comments

[detanimetion]

It's fine! I gave back as good as I got! [who do you fucking think pushed her off the roof Gilbert]

But it's kind of weird that they'd agree to have a buddy at all in that case, yeah? Urashima said he asked Vegeta, so it's not like someone asked to buddy with him and he couldn't find a good reason to refuse.

If the footsteps from the trail outside are hers, then it looks like she agreed to walk to the police station with the killer for some reason. So either it's someone she really trusted, or...maybe she could have been planning to kill them herself.

[stupidly]

[Ah... MUST BE VEGETA. He just sighs.]

It's not weird if it would provide them with an alibi. We all saw how well it worked for Poland. Anyway, those two seem the most likely if she really did walk there herself. ...And was there a second set of footsteps anywhere? The killer had to get to the police station somehow, too.

[detanimetion]

I think so? According to the evidence anyway, it looks like there was a second trail of footsteps that someone walked over to hide. Probably so we couldn't compare shoe sizes.

[stupidly]

[Nodding!]

Mm... If there was ever any note, the killer probably disposed of it. Did anyone here know Selena well enough to be able to tell what might have motivated her to go out there?

[detanimetion]

I didn't know her that well, but I always thought she seemed like a pretty smart and reasonable person. So the killer's likely someone she really trusted, or we're missing something.

[stupidly]

If she was originally the attacker, I guess "how did she get there" or "who did she trust" wouldn't matter, but I'm still not certain I buy that theory.

[detanimetion]

Yeah, I'm not sure that's the case either. Like you said, the only one she would have targeted out of the five of us if she wanted a chance of surviving the fight is Break.

If you really do think he's innocent though, then I bet the killer used her keys to go into her room and open her profile book to frame him. He couldn't have done it himself since...blind and all.

...or maybe she just had a really big crush on him, who knows!

[stupidly]

I don't think that's the case... [The crush thing, anyway.] But I think it's likely that he was framed. If the killer had all of that time between actually killing Selena and setting the fire, they had time to set everything else up, too. Er - though... There was that smudge of ash outside of Faize's door, right? Regardless of whether or not the killer was Faize, that means they probably returned to the hotel just after setting the fire too, right?

[detanimetion]

Unless Faize somehow didn't notice ash on his hands, it sounds like they framed everyone except Vegeta!

I think so? I don't think we found any other sources of ash they could have used. Unless it was cigarette ash! [SUSPICIOUS STARE]

[stupidly]

I'm not even a suspect this time! ...And I don't just wander around rubbing cigarette ash on doors!

[GOD, UNDYNE who do you think he is.]

[detanimetion]

Maybe someone stole your cigarette ash! You had a ton of it lying around your room! Did you check to see if it was emptier than usual?! [TAKE OFF YOUR GILBERT MASK TOUKO!!]

[stupidly]

[STOP TRYING TO GET HIM TO TAKE HIS GILBERT MASK OFF!!!!]

It's in my ashtray, not just "lying around my room"! Anyway, I didn't check, but no one could have gotten into my room without my key and I was talking to Break the entire time he was in mine. I would have noticed if he tried to stuff a handful of ash into his pocket or something.

[aumygoddess]

Her footprints were not odd, so I believe it is unlikely that she was dragged, or even in a hurry on her way there. Like a leisurely walk.

[ selena did you do a dumb ]

[stupidly]

[SELENA: 7VICES BEAT. Too bad there were no globes for her to spin.]

Then she didn't feel threatened, clearly. ...Or in a rush? [????] That makes no sense. Wouldn't anyone be at least a little paranoid at the hours listed for her time of death?

[aumygoddess]

I would think so, yes. So the killer would have to have a good reason to lure her out there, if she indeed did walk there voluntarily.

[stupidly]

A good reason, but one that clearly didn't leave her too alarmed, or I'd imagine she would have rushed... That also makes it more likely that it came from someone she trusted, right? Unless we're going with Undyne's theory that she had been the one to initiate the attack, but I don't think that's the case...

just tagging you everywhere i guess

[detanimetion]

What if...she lost her keys? I figured that the killer took them off of her after she died, but maybe that's not the case. If they somehow got hold of her keys beforehand, she would have had to go looking for them no matter how late it was at night.

It could also explain why they were found by the clinic when it seems pretty out of place with everything else going on in the murder.

haunted by a rogue cappy

[stupidly]

But then her tracks would probably have been all over the place, right? And I think she would have been rushing if she was looking for her keys of all things, especially on a Thursday.

[detanimetion]

She could have checked around indoors first before the killer found her and offered to look with her. Did anyone see her around the school or police station on Thursday?

It does sound super unbelievable, but at this point, any reason to go outside at one in the morning seems pretty freaking dumb to me!

[stupidly]

...I can't really argue with that. [WHY, SELENA?!]

I didn't see her there on Thursday, but it makes sense that the killer may have walked with her to the station if the tracks were side by side.

[detanimetion]

Or maybe the killer pretended they lost their keys! Why were the keys even outside the clinic?! It makes no sense! If it's another stupid red herring, I'm gonna kill the culprit myself.

[stupidly]

[WELL... KILLING ISN'T THE ANSWER UNDYNE GOSH but he does look a little irritated at the possibility.]

It might be that... They would have had plenty of time to do anything they wanted with the keys after they were done using them. They could have worked on another frame, but a red herring is good for distracting us during trials, too.

[detanimetion]

Ugh, this is totally unfair! I get framing people, even if it's super cowardly, but how are we supposed to know what's important and what's not if the killer just drops random stuff everywhere?!

Okay, new tactic! Which one of these suspects seem like they'd enjoy watching everyone get distracted by their dumb fake clues?! [it's totally Break isn't it]

[stupidly]

[WELL... Not untrue honestly, but still--]

I don't think anyone on the list would. ...Actually, most of them do seem like they would go for something that could ensure their victory a little better, so a bunch of red herrings and really obvious attempts at framing people are pretty strange.