week 4 - trial; day 2

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 4 trial, day 2 ♫ sunday 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, after which everyone is expected to have cast their votes. >Discuss? victim   suspects      VOTING cast setting VOTING TENTATIVELY CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT CST.

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[symbologic]

Is there...truly any point to doing this for either Urashima or myself?

[They're both immune...does he have to...........]

[brawlhalla]

Glitter.

[ SORRY, FAIZE. ]

[symbologic]

[UGH GODDAMMIT.]

Ah...right. Glitter is apparently quite hard to rid oneself of is it not?

[He is one of the few who has still, somehow, not been glitterbombed...]

[brawlhalla]

Yes. Yes, it is. [ SLIDES HER EYES TOWARDS CLOVER AND UNDYNE...sighs. ]

So, yes, you do have to strip.

[symbologic]

[Long suffering sigh.]

I suppose I will, if I must. Behind the partition, I assume?

[brawlhalla]

Yeah, that's fine with me. I'd offer to be the one to check you, but you're one of the people who minds that, right.

[ ASTRID...doesn't seem to particularly care. But. It's not like she finds strip searches to be particularly sexy since most of the time is spent going WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE. ]

[symbologic]

A bit, yes. But so long as I do not have to strip down...completely [He's not taking his underwear off, even if it's another guy. Hinata, why are you making poor Break suffer like that?] I cannot say I would be offended either way. I would much rather get this over with as quickly as possible.

[He's a guy so it's whatever. It's fine if it's a girl, so long as she's okay with it.]

[brawlhalla]

You can leave on your underthings, yeah.

[ She'll usher him behind a partition then UNLESS SOMEONE STOPS THEM I GUESS BUT OTHERWISE, ASTRID DOES WHAT HINATA AND ALISHA ONLY DREAM OF while looking mostly neutral. ]

[symbologic]

[IF ANYBODY WANTS TO STOP THEM, SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE because otherwise this is happening. Faize continues to be blasphemous in church. First slashing up the pews, now stripping in front of a girl.]

[But alright, once they're behind the partition, Faize will make quick work of stripping down to his underwear and ear cuffs. Unless she asks him specifically to take those off, he's just going to leave them on, apparently. Predictably, there are are no cuts or bruises anywhere on his body, not even scars or old wounds. As his profile indicated, and as Astrid got a preview of last night when he pulled back his sleeve, there are more blue markings on various parts of his body. There's one on the side of his left thigh and around both ankles as well.]

[There is absolutely no glitter anywhere on his person, and if she shakes out his clothes, she won't find any there either. There's nothing in his pockets, or any weird rips or tears in his clothes but, then again, these are not the clothes he was wearing the day of the murder so that's probably not surprising. But at least he hasn't been carrying crucial evidence around in his pocket this whole time or anything. If she wants to check inside his sheath, she'll find nothing other than sword.]

[brawlhalla]

[ She will do all of these things! And consider the ear cuffs because ??? what even are those. Apparently they are Sinning but Astrid is being pretty professional about the whole thing...and unlike Hinata the Pervert, she doesn't ask him to strip down further than he does. ]

Are those for decoration, or what? [ The ear cuffs, she means. :|a She figures the tatoos have to do with Symbology. ]

[symbologic]

[The tattoos both have to do with symbology and also make him look cool. A two for one deal. But thank you for not being a pervert like Hinata, Astrid. This is just like a doctor's visit as far as Faize is concerned, nothing to be embarrassed about.]

Hm? Oh, yes, it's a type of jewelry common on Eldar. There's translation technology in them as well, but apparently that's completely irrelevant here.

[Much...to his surprise the first time he realized it. He unfastens them and hands them over.]

You're more than welcome to inspect them, of course, but if I were going to hide something in there, it would have to be incredibly small and thin...

[Because......now that the cuffs are off, it's clear that his ears are very much the same shape as as the cuffs themselves. There's not really a whole lot of excess room in there.]

[brawlhalla]

No, I was more just curious about them.

[ She's never seen ear cuffs???? Why is this a thing. But she does look them over mostly to see wtf is up with them rather than to check for like, a murder note or weapon. WEIRD. ]

We don't wear things like this back home? Well, some people have ear jewelry, but it's different.

[hopefragment]

Uh, hey.

[WHAT'S UP he's not allowed to strip Faize but no one said he can't come in, he's a dude? And Faize is apparently a human dude on top of being Eldarian, who knew.

Just takes a second to glance over Faize for any obvious EVIDENCE before adding,]

I just... wanted to confirm something. Faize, did you injure Urashima during the week?

[symbologic]

Different in what wa--

[Faize cuts off mid-sentence and jumps a little bit because DAMMIT HINATA. KNOCK??? He's mostly naked.]

[At least now Hinata has solid proof that Faize is, indeed, male. Sorry, man. No titties here. Just stringy swordsman muscle.]

Yes, actually. It was rather odd. We sparred on Wednesday because we are both immune and incapable of hurting one another but...one of my strikes manage to hit him on the hand. We made several attempts to try and determine what happened, but...neither of us were capable of injuring one another.

[brawlhalla]

On Wednesday? When the alarm shit happened?

[ Astrid pipes up, frowning. ]

[hopefragment]

Only one strike...? Can you remember exactly what kind of strike it was...?

[And then a thoughtful glance toward Astrid. A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE ALARMS.]

It wasn't at the same time as that air raid siren, was it?

[symbologic]

[He shakes his head.]

No, not that early in the morning. It was closer to four pm, I believe.

As for the kind of strike, it was a thrust that resulted in a small cut on the back of his hand. Not terribly deep, but enough to draw blood.