( 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

Comments

[crushcard]

It's entirely possible that Omega's death was done by a weapon one of us is hiding. The stab marks don't match the scalpel, and that was the only weapon in the evidence table.

[parodeity]

Apparently one of the victims had an invisible pocket knife, but as with last time we...do not have any invisible weapons to invisibly check.

There's also the kitchen knives though which I guess we'd have to pat people down for? Although most people presumably would not bring a murder weapon to this shit.

[crushcard]

If I were the murderer, I would not bring my own weapon to a trial, that's just stupid.

I think we can rule out the kitchen knives in this case. Three stab marks in a line that look like puncture wounds does not sound like kitchen knives.

[ninjay]

That kind of sounds like a fork, actually.

[crushcard]

Apparently not, based on what I hear.

[ninjay]

We really should have made a list of all of the non-role items that could potentially be used to stab someone. Going by what's on the menu, possibilities might be... scissors?

[crushcard]

... Three pronged scissors?

[ninjay]

Where all the puncture wounds made at the same exact time? You could just stab someone with two of the blades, and then stab them again using only one of them.

[crushcard]

[ SO I HECKED UP AND CHECKED THE TOP LEVEL AGAIN. ]

... Actually, you may be right. [ GRUDGING, THOUGH. ] Only two of the wounds were in a straight line.

[ninjay]

I'm going to guess that no one just happens to have a pair of non-role scissors on them for us to test this out?

[rextenebrae]

... Then, what about a needle?

[crushcard]

If a scalpel is too thin to make the wounds, a needle should be about the same thickness, so I think we can rule needles out as well.

[vitamin_a]

Hmmmm...

[...maybe...]

If we can't narrow this down by discussing whose weapon may have done it, then let's do it by discussing which of the weapons couldn't have done it. That way we'll at least have an idea of what roles may be involved.

[They have to do everything in their power to narrow down something, at least]

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE THIS

[crushcard]

We've already established that Omega's cause of death was likely to be the car keys.

I know Kaito and Dave have considered the possibility of the Ghost striking once more.