week 5 - day 2 trial

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 5 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 ( voting closes at 10PM CST ) cast setting rulebook

Comments

[aumygoddess]

I think it is fair enough to assume that the matches were used to trigger the explosion. When a pilot light on a stove is broken, the only way to light it is with matches.

[detanimetion]

That's what's super confusing though! If Lucy lit the match on the stove, then she'd be super freaking dead and we'd have already executed Cheshire by now! But why the hell would Cheshire light it when he knew the stove was rigged to explode?! Even if he was confused about why it hadn't gone off yet, he still wouldn't be stupid enough to light it himself...right?

[aumygoddess]

What if...it was not Cheshire-san who lit the matches? You would have to be in the room to do this, so...

[ She doesn't like where her line of thought is going. ]

[dereban]

So basically, you're saying that the only other person who was in the room could have lit the matches, just like we thought earlier?

[detanimetion]

I think if Lucy lit the stove herself, she'd be super dead. Cheshire was the one found right next to it, not her! Unless she managed to delay it somehow until Cheshire got there, but I have no idea how that'd be even possible!

[aumygoddess]

There is nothing saying that the person who lit the matches was right next to the stove. Throwing it is possible.

[fourleafcleaver]

So someone had to be outside of the kitchen! Or—or from the vents—didn't the danmakwhatever make fire, too?! [DESPERATELY THROWS SPAGHETTI (more like entire boxes of uncooked noodles at a time) AT WALL???? clover continues to be a few different kinds of hysterical]

[symbologic]

Hajime already confirmed that there was no sign of anyone in the kitchen vents. And even if there had been, it's unlikely the match could have reached the stove by throwing it.

[aumygoddess]

Even you and I cannot move inside the vents, and we are the smallest here, Field-san.

[ She looks very hesitant ]

If there was a third person in the kitchen at the time, and the gas sinking bought them a few seconds to run, they'd at least have been seen in the chaos before Lithuania-san and the rest reached the kitchen.

[fourleafcleaver]

No! No! There—there was so much going on, they—they could have gone somewhere else while everything was happening and—and snuck out in the chaos!

[aumygoddess]

Then why...was Cheshire-san looking at Steel-san when he died, and not someone tossing in a lit match from the doorway?

[unpleasantries]

My danmaku does not make fire, it creates scorch marks on impact. If you're going to try to blame me, at least have something logical to follow it up with.

[dhaosu]

[ He has to say something. This is such a ridiculous spectacle. ]

... This is so idiotic. How long is it going to take for them to realize who is truly behind this, I wonder?

[unpleasantries]

About as long as it takes for reality to set in and the desperation to wear off, I'd wager.

[She really wants to brag about how it looks like she was right but maybe she'll just do it later?? They haven't voted yet, she can still be wrong.]

[detanimetion]

[Undyne looks like she is about to set off another murder this trial and the only thing holding her back is the fact that hitting someone while she has immunity would be cheating!!]

That's her friend, asshole! Of course she's gonna defend her until the end! Only a heartless bastard would let their friends die without a fight!

[detanimetion]

I guess, but... [BUT NO???] That's still a huge risk to take! And what about the scarf?! Her closet's full of pink shit, are you telling me she actually used her own clothes?

[dereban]

[...]

It could have been grabbed from the clothes store, used to implicate someone as the killer.

[aumygoddess]

The clothing store showed up this week, did it not? It would make taking something from there very easy.

[detanimetion]

Look...even if that were true, all she did was get rid of a murderer! Gilbert or Lithuania or even Papyrus could have been killed if she'd let Cheshire go through with his plan! What she did is no different than from what all of us do every time we execute someone!

[okuri]

A murder is a murder. There's no point in dragging morals into it.

[aumygoddess]

I know! I know...b-but Jansone-san said 'the suspects are there for a reason'.

[hopefragment]

...Killing someone to prevent a murder... doesn't work. Trust me.

[Hinata sounds absolutely serious about that, and the way his expression is set, it's like he's not really seeing Undyne at all.]

That's the kind of thing that only makes things worse. Seizing an opportunity instead of stopping it... that's not solving anything. That's taking advantage of someone else's plan for your own gain.

[dereban]

Don't fuck with me.

[ Guess who sounds absolutely livid here? This girl. ]

Even if they killed a murderer, they still utilized the evidence that was planted to implicate me to get away with it. It's even possible that the scarf was supposed to be a red herring pointed to myself as well.

[unpleasantries]

She got rid of a murderer, and so will we. I'm not sure where your problem is, here.

[symbologic]

Why does that matter? Cheshire's guilt does not undo Lucy's, she still made the decision to stop him by murdering him.