( 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

[vitamin_a]

I'm more inclined towards thinking the culprit that killed Vincent stomped on his knee and ankle to break them. There were bootprints on them, visible enough to determine the size.

There's no pattern we can use to immediately know from what shoe they came from, though.

[godly]

Were you able to determine an approximate shoe size?

[vitamin_a]

I did! Those were of average size, but close to being a large size. Those of us with small sizes are less likely to be the culprit that kiled Vincent.

[They could be the culprit who killed Omega or Hibiki, though]

[parodeity]

To rule it out, neither other victim would have matchin' shoe sizes, right?

[vitamin_a]

Hibiki's size could match, but Omega's are less likely.

[Given that she's, what, a fourteen year old girl? So yeah, there's a chance Hibiki murdered Vincent -- one suspect among what's sure to be several]

[parodeity]

It'd be cool if at least one victim was a murderer.

[ LIKE. RATHER THAN...POTENTIALLY THREE? MURDERERS? ON THE LOOSE? ]

[bownthisway]

That might be likely, since it looks like Vincent was stabbed by something small and Hibiki had a pocket knife.

Of course, then we'd need to figure out who killed Hibiki and why her body was found in a different area.

[parodeity]

His. [ IF THAT WAS AN IC MISTAKE, OTHERWISE IGNORE THE COMMENT ABOUT HIBIKI BEING A MAN. ]

But honestly I kinda hope so, though we don't have the pocket knife to like, confirm. I can glance at the wound though.

[bownthisway]

[IT WAS A TYPO SHUT UP I'M TIRED...anyway aloy would not make that mistake ic unlike most of my characters alas so shh just ignore it]

Sure, go ahead. I took a quick look at Hibiki's body myself and it does look like he was beaten with bare hands, which could explain the bruises on Vincent's knuckles.

[parodeity]

So those two probably got into a fight.

[bownthisway]

Unless someone here shows up with serious bruising from a fistfight, that sounds like the simplest answer. [She scowls.] 'Course, I might just be saying that because I seriously don't want to buy that some sicko here could kill this many people in a single night.

[godly]

You said "bootprints" specifically. Do you know for certain they were boots?

[Like, no high heels with or anything, right]

[vitamin_a]

I say it's likely they are boots. I haven't seen that many shoeprints during my work, but they do look different from other types of shoes like high heels or slippers, enough for me to say it's likely these were made by boots.

[Most likely. The mods say those were bootprints so yeah, chances are that they indeed came from boots! That may be of help!]