week 8 - trial; day 1

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 8 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

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Satori's room

[billarious]

Alright Lil Creep. We aren't gonna let any evidence get by us!

[He's extra determined today. Might still feel a little dumb for not checking the spear in Alisha's room oops. Though upon entering he gives the room a quick look over first to see if anything's out of place. No like dead bodies hanging out or anything right?]

[minogame]

Coming!

( He says, just following along after Bill like nbd. It looks like someone's accepted his nickname by now... If everything checks out on first glance, Urashima will check the beds! The covers, under the pillows, under the bed, between the mattress, etc. )

Do you know Miss Satori?

[unpleasantries]

[Not much has changed since the last time Satori's room was investigated. It's still covered with paper, which itself is covered with words. The only thing immediately out of place is a large stack of empty tuna cans in a corner, painstakingly arranged into a pyramid. Satori acquired her pet cheetah during the Easter week, so it seems like this is what she's been feeding her with.

There's a stack of blank papers under the bed, and one of the sheets has been bundled up into a nest. The large volume of cheetah fur on this sheet seems to indicate that this is where Koke, the cheetah, sleeps. A pen is underneath one of the pillows, and between the mattress is another discarded letter. This one is addressed to "Mizuhashi," though she seems to have immediately and violently scratched the name out.]

[billarious]

Mmmm can't say I know her all that well. Compared to some of the other people here, y'know? I like her sense of humor and general view of the world though. She's on my list of "people to get to know."

[Alright he'll start with the dresser then, working from the top of it and then down through the drawers!]

What about you?

[minogame]

( Shaking his head, no, )

Nu-uh, we haven't really talked a lot.

( He'll go through that stack of paper? Anything written in them like a signed confession in glitter pink gel pen? And he'll take note of the fur, the pen, and the letter. He won't... read the letter, though. )

I found a letter to someone but their name is all scratched out...

( AND WHERE IS THE CHEETAH )

[unpleasantries]

[Surprise! The drawers are filled with more letters. Also some clothes, but mostly letters. All of the clothes have small holes cut in them to allow for Satori's third eye to poke out, but other than that, they're just the same as everyone else's. If Bill decides to take a look at some of the letters, he'll see that several of them are almost exactly the same, but with slight wording variations, as though Satori were trying to make sure they were perfect. All of them, with exception to the one Urashima found, are addressed to "Orin."

About halfway down Urashima's stack of paper, all of which has been blank so far, he'll find a sheet with a sentence written on it: "Find more paper." The stack isn't small by any means, but it looks like she's sure she's going to use all of it. The rest of the stack is blank, as well.

AS FOR THE CHEETAH, she's with Satori at the trial or at least i'm assuming she can be, since lithuania brings her dog sometimes, but if not she'll be sleeping by the foot of the bed]

[billarious]

[Surprise is right. He only reads through a couple of them before figuring they're probably not that important and leaves the rest alone.]

Yeah? Can you tell if it's supposed to be addressed to anyone we know at all or is it just not legible?

[Okay he'll move on to check the bathroom out. He hasn't checked any bathrooms out yet he's pretty sure, this is gonna be exciting and new!]

Oooh, wait, is there anything interesting in it?

[minogame]

( Ugh look I was just making sure the Cheetah wasn't in the bathroom or the closet ready to pounce so we're good. )

Mizu... hashi? ( He thinks? ) Hm? Y-you want me to read it?

[unpleasantries]

[Read it, Urashima. It's some disgusting cross between a love letter and a death threat, expressing fondness for this Mizuhashi person because no one here is even remotely close to being so pathetic, that no one else's eyes are so disgustingly green, how fortunate Satori is to be here, without the trash someone threw under the bridge tumbling along to ruin her mood...

It's a good thing some of the passages are crossed out because if they weren't Urashima might risk losing some Pure points.

The bathroom, on the other hand, is where Satori keeps the unopened cans of tuna. There's a metric fuckton of them piled onto the back of the toilet, in the sink, on the floor - the only place they aren't is in the bathtub itself. Aside from that, there's nothing notable.]

[billarious]

Well, maybe! I mean, who knows what people are writing to who. If a dude killed someone and felt super guilty about it, but obviously couldn't tell anyone here about it, they might write a letter to someone back home about it. Like a close friend or a stupid brother or something.

[You never know! Humans are weird like that. But holy shit this is a lot of tuna. He picks a couple of the cans up, looking them over...jeez where do you even get this much tuna Satori, seriously. Did you like strike a deal with Miata or something? Is she supplying you with illegal tuna? What kind of messed up drug deal is this?

He leaves the tuna though and with nothing else interesting he leaves the bathroom.]

There's just fish in there.

[And with that he moves onto the closet. Thank goodness there's no cheetah in here waiting to pounce on him.]

[minogame]

( Urashima frowns. He's? A good spirit? He doesn't want to invade someone's privacy but Bill has a good point. Ugh, so he'll just skim through the letter very quickly and-- what's going on? He's so confused and he can't tell if this is a love letter or a hate letter. )

It's... to a friend, I think. ( Maybe not. ) I can't tell... but there's nothing important in it.

( And he'll just return that exactly where he found it and go check out the safe! )

[unpleasantries]

[The closet has several coats in it, many of them stacked on top of each other on the hangers because Satori gets cold easily. It's not easy coming to a frozen wasteland when you used to have the literal fires of hell in your basement. As with the clothing, these have also had holes cut in them to allow for the third eye.

Inside the safe is...guess what. It's more fucking paper. This, however, is where she keeps her personal writing, and most of it is fiction. Most of the stories involve psychological exploration of her main characters, none of whom are exactly well-adjusted individuals. A few poems are scattered among them, and there are some drafts of the beginnings of a novel, but the vast majority of her writing consists of short stories.

There is a note taped to the back of the safe that reads, "If I've been murdered, remind Miata that she said she would do her best to drop my body by the entrance to Former Hell. This is more important to me than I can possibly express."]

[billarious]

[Hey you could've told him to do it Urashima. Bill would have read the hatemantic letter.]

Yeah, I didn't think there would be.

[Coats, coats, coats...anything in the pockets by chance? Yes he's checking every pocket...if not that means it's just the bedside table, right?

...how mad would Satori be if he just knocked over that pyramid of empty cans because it is right there in the room and so so tempting.]

[minogame]

( More paper... she has even more paper than he does which is impressive. Urashima will flip through some of those writings to make sure there isn't anything hidden in those like a confession and then return those. He'l also read the letter out loud for Bill to hear, )

"If I've been murdered, remind Miata that she said she would do her best to drop my body by the entrance to Former Hell. This is more important to me than I can possibly express."

( . . . )

That's it.

( If Bill knocks the cans over, Urashima is going to fix them again... )

[unpleasantries]

[Bill finds a stray can of tuna in one of the coat pockets. As for the bedside table, there's a hairbrush on it...with both cheetah fur and purple-pink hair in it. Satori confirmed for crazy cat lady.

It's not like she has any hobbies, so knocking over the cans would piss her off but also give her something to do...though if Urashima fixes them, she might not have even noticed they got knocked down. All clear, guys!]

[billarious]

[He's going to just pick up the hairbrush, look it over, put it down and then make his way past that pile of cans.

At which point he decides to tactfully use his bad arm to lean on his cane and whoops-- there it goes, giving out on him like the reliable arm it is, and sending him into that pile of cans. What a satisfying crash.

He's both laughing but "ow-ing" as he lays in the cans.]

Help Lil Creep! I've fallen and I'm not sure I can get up on my own!

[minogame]

Ah! ( He'll turn over to see what all that ruckus was and?! ) Mr. Bill!

( He's already running over and holding out his hand to help him up!!! )

Are you okay?

( And look at this mess... )

[billarious]

[Taking his hand and help up! What a good partner you are.]

Yeah, thanks. Jeez, sure am clumsy aren't I?

[BUT THAT WAS SO SATISFYING look at this satisfying mess.]

Looks like I picked a bouquet of oopsie daisies here, huh? Though you know...think she'd let me take some of these back to my room? Seems like they're just taking up space in here.

[They'd look rad in his room though. And...at least if Urashima does plan on cleaning up, Bill will help?]

[minogame]

What happened? Did you trip on something...?

( On what, though? And ah, once he's sure Bill is okay, he'll start to stack those cans up as well as he can? It's not perfect but it's close enough. )

Maybe you can ask her later. You really shouldn't take things without asking.

[billarious]

Nah, I just keep forgettin' I can't use this arm of mine.

[He sprained it after all. Plus his hand is all wrapped up too, so who knows what stupid thing he did recently on top of it to do that. But he'll show it off and then help stack things up too. Using his left hand, naturally.]

I just leaned against my cane a little and down I went! I of course planned on asking though, yeesh! What do you take me for, huh? Some kinda criminal?

[Bill you've definitely taken things from room searches before without asking.]