week 7 - trial; day 1

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 7 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

Comments

[herbgrace]

[After having checked over the body...] It seems like Gilbert's head was ripped off, actually. [Impressive, or something?] It's possible the coat could be concealing signs of a struggle.

[dhaosu]

[ Impressively gross to him. ]

Hm... they didn't even try to disguise how powerful they were.

[ ... ]

Indeed, the coat could have been used for that purpose. Then shall I suggest each of the suspects to try fitting into the coat?

[ Or a coat of similar size... because. It's very bloody?? ]

[herbgrace]

[Lithuania nods.] It's worth a try, at least.

[hopefragment]

H-how could that be possible?

[WHAT THE FUCK. THIS CLEARS HIM RIGHT GUYS.]

[brawlhalla]

Maybe Buddy wasn't wrong about some sort of "contraption" being used, but...we didn't find evidence of that, did we?

[hopefragment]

There wasn't anything listed that could be used for that purpose, I don't think, no...

[Jesus, give him a second, he's still. Trying to fathom someone literally ripping a head off with their bare hands.]

[brawlhalla]

Definitely nothing I remember?

[ THE HELL, THOUGH? ]

[herbgrace]

There are a few options. There's brute force, though it would have to be a lot of force--which points to Astrid with Stormfly, Undyne, and perhaps Rhys depending on the specifics of his robotic arm. There's also the idea of creating something that tore it off for the murderer, which opens it up again to everyone.

[hopefragment]

I know you can only take my word for it, but... there's no way I could create something like that. I don't know very much about building machines at all.

[If someone weren't so noble and were bringing his file back, we'd know that. OBSCURING EVIDENCE INABA (fuu)]

Like... would you have to use a rope? Maybe tied... around his neck...?

[He's starting to look vaguely ill just trying to picture it.]

[herbgrace]

The chains could have been involved. The blood would have washed off in the pool, so it would be hard to tell.

[hopefragment]

But then... that still leaves the question of what the chains could have been attached to to achieve that effect. There's no cars or...

A door slamming closed wouldn't be enough for that, right? There's no way, the... the neck would definitely break from that, not take the whole head off, right?

[herbgrace]

Half of it was messily cut, so I suppose they had a head start there. [Pun completely unintended. She doesn't seem to notice it at all.]

[hopefragment]

[Ah... he heard that pun and winces. Lithuania...]

I... guess. We didn't find anything that could have been used to cut, though, did we? Why not just... make a clean cut instead of... ripping it...?

[ugh Gilbert why did this happen to you... why is Hinata going to have to suffer these deathshocks...]

[detanimetion]

According to Dhaos, half of the cut was clean, right? So if they cut partly through his neck and...hung him up and chained Alisha's body to his lower half or something like that, the weight of it could have...pulled him apart....

[Ugh. There are very few things that make Undyne squeamish, but she's definitely looking horrified at the idea.] Oh, I'm gonna rip the murderer's head off and feed it to them. Let's see how much they like it!

[dereban]

[ Not going to agree or disagree with any of that, however: ]

Please don't actually rip the murderer's head off.

[detanimetion]

Fine, but only because they deserve a way more painful death than that. [UGH STOP RUINING HER FUN]

[herbgrace]

Something like that. I think the chains are most likely what was used to rip the rest of his head off, unless we find evidence of something else.

[brawlhalla]

No, you can check to make sure it wasn't Stormfly - because it wasn't.

[ Firmly. ]

Look, a Nadder doesn't have claws that are really good for delicate work - not that ripping off a head is delicate - but basically...the clawmarks would be super obvious. And the only other way she'd be able to get a head off without the claws? Biting. And again, you'd notice the teethmarks.

And since this is not a thing I would ever ask her to do, it's impossible that you found evidence of either thing.

[herbgrace]

[Lithuania nods.] I believe I would have seen evidence of teeth or claws if there was some, but it's important to note the possibility. I suppose with the chains she could have pulled on them, but I still believe you're unlikely as the culprit.

[brawlhalla]

Yeah, it's...really not the style of either of us from Pride.

[ ALSO, SHE'S PRETTY SURE UNDYNE'S MOTIVE IS AS DUMB AS HERS, but so far all the motives she's heard are dumb. ]

There'd be wear on the chains from her claws, if that were the case, too.

[herbgrace]

A lot of the motives I've seen from the suspects don't seem worth killing over. [Body pillows and stuff...] I know that you can never be sure what might motivate someone to kill, but, honestly...

[muties]

The fuck...?

[ WHO RIPS OFF A HEAD.... ]

[herbgrace]

I was expecting signs of it being cut off, and yet... [Sometimes heads get ripped off, apparently.]

[earie]

Ugh. That has to be even harder than cutting it off, right?

[herbgrace]

[Lithuania nods.] Half of it was messily cut, but still, it's not easy without assistance.