( TRIAL - WEEK 2 )

[abhoth]

At exactly 11:30 am, all residents who are still asleep will be jolted awake by a sharp, burning pain that spreads across their whole body. A simple look will reveal no visible injuries, oddly enough, and the pain will fade away as soon as they're properly awake. Those early birds who are already up and about will feel nothing — except maybe a strange, mysterious sense of relief as they go on about their business. Lucky them. Moments later, an announcement will come through the static-filled PA system: "This is Craftly speaking. My apologies for the rude awakening [not really], but your presence is required in the Dining Hall. Our second trial is about to begin. Please do try to be there before noon. My staff members have simply too many duties to tend to, to be escorting each and every one of you out of your quarters. Good day." And true to his words, anyone who doesn't make their way to the Dining Hall before noon will be dragged kicking and screaming regardless of where they've sequestered themselves. Sucks to be you, huh? Upon arriving there, however, residents will be given the menu, one copy of the rulebook, one pencil, one notepad, and a cheque folder. Lunch and dinner will be served at the appropriate times, and appetizers, desserts and beverages (of the non-alcoholic variety) will be available throughout the trial. All you have to do is ask one of the faceless men, and your food will be delivered to you in ten minutes or less depending on what it is. The Dining Room itself looks about the same as it does any other day — save for the fact that the lights have been dimmed. Why this, you ask? Because the projector is now in use. Transparencies containing each resident's profile will be displayed on the pull-down screen, with one of the staff members rotating through the images every minute. The profiles of the deceased are included, and if current discussion deems it necessary to focus on one particular resident, anyone is free to ask the faceless man to pause on the appropriate profile for a while. A small area has been sectioned off with a transparent, plastic curtain right next to the pull-down screen. Its use will become rapidly apparent once the victim's corpse has been wheeled in. Anyone who wishes to step into this area will be asked to wash their hands, and will be given a pair of latex-free gloves and a hairnet by a staff members who is stationed nearby. Residents are required to dispose of both items before returning to the dinner table; a trash bin is available outside of the curtains for this purpose. Evidence found during the investigation, on the other hand, will be displayed in the back of the room. Two, long tables have been taken out of storage for this occasion, and any items found by the residents on Friday will be displayed here for further examination. Finally — a clock above the pull-down screen displays the current hour. Please do remember you have until 9:00 PM to figure out whodunit and cast your vote. ( victims ) Characters will be given nine (9) hours to discuss everything related to the investigation to hopefully solve the mystery behind this week's murder. No one will be allowed to leave the Dining Hall, and all characters must cast their vote before 9PM EST. You may do so on this week's voting page. If you have any questions or doubts, shoot us a PM or a PP over at yuggoth. ( quick navigation ) voting | profiles | menu | locations | ic rulebook

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BODIES

[abhoth]

[As the trial officially begins at 12:00 PM, the double doors leading to the kitchen will be opened wide to allow all three corpses to be wheeled in on an gurney. Craftly will stand next to the toy dispenser machine, clearing his throat before solemnly uttering:]

A moment of silence, children.

[And then he begins to play the fucking kazoo.

This horrible musical experience will last as long as it takes for the staff members to wheel the corpse to the sectioned off area. Once that's done, however, Craftly will retreat to his own table and residents will be free to inspect the bodies as much as they want.

Please use this toplevel for reexamining the bodies.]

[ninjay]

[ jay will compare the stand of hair that was left at the grocery story to the bodies and see if it might belong to one of them? what's up ]

[abhoth]

[With both Omega and Hibiki having dark hair, it... could plausibly be a match for both of them. Particularly for their bangs.]

[crushcard]

[ Kaiba will be checking if the stab marks on Omega's body match the scalpel.

or actually, if any of the bodies have other scalpel-inflicted injuries that are visible. ]

[restlessgods]

[ Rachel is the doctor here so she'll examine all three of the bodies to see if there is more than one lethal injury. And possibly stripping them to their chest, if there's blood on their chest etc. ]

[vitamin_a]

I can't believe I'm going to do this...

[Well better pick up the slack and start examining a body. Damn, Vincent, you got killed real bad, didn't you? Stabbed through the eye and through the glasses...Apollo frowns with disgust.

It also seems like Vincent got quite beaten up. Vincent's pants are quite dirty. Could it be the culprit stomped on him over and over? Apollo tries to see if there's any usable bootprints there, enough to distinguish to which shoe they belong to]

[rextenebrae]

[ For Vincent's broken arm and leg, does it look more like someone had swung a heavy object into his broken limbs or like someone just grabbed his arm/and leg and snapped it without a weapon? ]

[godly]

[Removing Omega's gloves to get a proper look at her hands. Any signs of struggle, wounds, etc., there?

Also, anything strange about the one bloodied glove that should be noticeable? Rips or tears, for example.]

[ungodly]

Eugh.. the things I do to live.

[ heather's approaching omega's body and opening her mouth to sniff inside. does it smell like alcohol? ]

[g101]

[ there's no bones about it, hajime's here to look at cute shit!!!

which is to say, she's going to be inspecting omega's choker - is there anything off about it? any marks, bloodstains, damage or anything else of note? ]

Re: BODIES

[splinten]

[Checking ye old stab wounds on Omega with the idea of car keys in mind! So, looking to see the depth of the injuries, if one end of the injury is smooth compared to the roughness of the other.

He'd also wants to see about the distance, if the punctures are spaced about a finger's width apart each.]

[bownthisway]

[Checking out Hibiki's body here! Looking at the bruises, does it look like he was beaten with a solid object or with someone's fists? Are there any notable patterns?]

[parodeity]

[ look he just agreed to glance at vincent's stab wounds to confirm if he thought the likely weapon was a pocket knife.

using...

experience with weapons ig. thanks bro. ]

[restlessgods]

[ Back to Vincent's stab wounds. Do the stab wounds look like they could have been made with nails, or knitting needles? ]

[godly]

[okay, comparing shoe sizes to the shoeprints on Vincent's body. Who would be the closest match(es) in this group?]

[fauxtetsu]

[ Back to Vincent stab wound... Bingo? How about a pen, or a pencil like the ones provided? ]

[disinterested]

[So presumably they fetched some lemons from the food and are now??? squeezing the juice over Vincent's wounds???

i'm sorry]

[bownthisway]

[Aloy will be examining Hibiki's body again. This time, she pays more attention to his clothes. Does it look like he's been dragged around at all?]

[potentite]

[Hajime is just going to help Jake and Andersen with pressing all the shoes that could match directly against the print and seeing which ones actually fit better.]

[ungodly]

[ guess who's back, back again

it's heather and she's smelling the inside of hibiki's mouth ]

[fauxtetsu]

[ Time to check Hibiki's mouth including the inside, then his wrists more closely because it was a clean, defenseless murder. Anything strange, like could he have been restrained or drugged? ]

[nowyouseeit]

[WELL, SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT UP]

[he's checking Hibiki's bruises now to see if they were postmortem or antemortem. HE'S FROM A MURDER MYSTERY SERIES AND A GOSHO BOY AND A DETECTIVE TYPE IN DENIAL he can. probably tell the difference!!]