week 7 - trial; day 2

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 7 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? victims suspects VOTING cast setting rulebook

Comments

[muties]

That'd make a lot more sense. We already know this person is seriously screwed in the head, and Gilbert wasn't that stupid, right? To run around the town like that, I mean.

[minogame]

I don't think he would. He had a lot of friends close by he could have run to for help so it doesn't make sense that he would run away from us.

[muties]

Yeah, exacts. I know if I was being chased by a psycho I'd be banging on doors screaming "help me I'm being chased by a psycho!" 'cause that'd be the sensible thing to do.

[minogame]

That's... why I don't think there was a chase, really.

[hopefragment]

But... what's the point of wasting time like that? I mean... we're realistically looking at just half an hour for all of this to take place, and there's no telling when someone might have woken up and come downstairs to try to figure out why the power was out. Why bother cutting his head off and taking it all the way to the record store...?

[herbgrace]

Maybe it was just to make us waste time wondering why it's there. That or to give us a blood trail to follow so they have a bit more time at the pool, though that's hardly a guarantee of having enough time to finish up.

[muties]

In other words, to be an asshole and fuck us over?

[herbgrace]

[A nod.] They weren't exactly hiding the head, after all.

[minogame]

I don't think we're looking for someone who really cares.

( Just being blunt there. )

If they really wanted to be fast and careful, they could have just left the bodies and thrown everything into the pool. This person... was just awful.

( Especially if we're rolling with the theory that they carried Gilbert's head around because ??? Why??? )

[hopefragment]

...Yeah, I think you're right.

[It hurts his heart to hear that from pure turtle sword, though... why the world gotta be so cruel.]

I... wouldn't have thought anyone on that list is capable of that kind of cruelty, though.

[minogame]

But someone is.

( And those are just the facts, unfortunately. )

If they'd killed one of them and had to kill the other because they walked in... they could have just done everything quickly and left but this person made sure they suffered. Alisha.... she drowned. ( And that's a horrifying death. ) And Gilbert was... they took off his head and... ( They just carried his head around? ) And this all could have started because they thought they were saving someone like Mr. Break said yesterday. ( The mannequin in the pool. ) Everything about this is cruel.

... I don't think you could do something like this to Alisha though. Or Faize.

( Because there are living victims too. )

[hopefragment]

[This is so painful. This sword is supposed to be Pure, why did this have to happen.

But Hinata just nods, taking a breath. If Urashima can be this strong, Hinata has to be, too.]

You're right, there's no way... I couldn't kill anyone, anyway, but I wouldn't... do something like this. If it were me, and... even assuming I'd be willing to hurt Alisha like that, there's no way I'd have... taken Gilbert's head all the way to the record store. I'd have two people who'd be looking for me, right? I'd... definitely have panicked and left both bodies in the pool.

[minogame]

( Nodding, )

Mhm, they better have had a good reason.

( Just... saying... because even Urashima is judging really hard right now. )

[brawlhalla]

Even beyond wasting time, how did they find the time for all this shit? It's not like chaining people together or setting up a pool trap - which they had to do within the half hour because of the dumb restriction times - or any of this sounds really quick and easy. The two-murderers theory kinda makes more sense just because there's so much.

[herbgrace]

If we assume it's someone who isn't accounted for most of the night, they would have had time to collect the chains and such overnight. It's the murdering itself that had to take place afterward--and even then, only Alisha's, I suppose, though we still don't know how she was lured to the pool.

[dhaosu]

Then... perhaps we should look a little closer at everyone's alibis? If this was planned beforehand and they collected items in preparation, we may also want to look at the times between 10 PM - 12 AM?

When no one else would presumably be out and about.

[hopefragment]

Do you think they'd have had to have stored them in the pool room before ten, though? Or... in their own rooms could be possible, too.

[dhaosu]

...I was thinking more or less their own rooms as a possibility.

[ People can be crazy enough. ]

[hopefragment]

Well... it couldn't have been my room. I'd invited Roxy, Faize, and Alisha to stay over, so there's no way I'd be dumb enough to keep suspicious stuff like that in there.

[Not that he thinks he's a serious contender for a suspect, but even still.]

The same would go for Rhys and Undyne, I'd imagine.

[muties]

Yes, I think one of would have noticed that. Just maybe.

[detanimetion]

[incredibly dryly] There are four people currently living in my room - there's barely room for us, let alone anywhere to hide something suspicious.

[dhaosu]

Hmm... then they probably didn't place such items in their own rooms, then.

[ He doesn't think Hinata is either. ]

Hn, it is unfortunate that this could not be a bit simpler, despite the nature of the supposed culprit.

[hopefragment]

...Maybe. You think someone could have taken Gilbert's head to the record store while someone else chained up the bodies?

[Looking... at the suspect list. Who on there is close enough to work with anyone??]

[brawlhalla]

I...guess? But again, why the fuck even.

[ IS THERE A POINT. ]

[hopefragment]

The only thing I can think of is that it might... be to distract away from the killer. You know, like... "there's no way that person could do something like this."

[Ah, wait, when he puts it like that, it sounds like he's implicating himself. Winces.]

It wasn't me, though. I have Faize and Roxy to prove that.