yuggoth | ( TRIAL

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.

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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

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No apologies necessary. I never spoke with the man, either. I only recognize him from his photo. He seems a rather weak-willed sort of person, if you ask me, but looks can be deceiving.

[Shrug.]

His body was broken around enough I could believe that he at least tried to get away--especially if his injuries were sustained over a prolonged period of time.

... There was blood at the grocery, and shelves were knocked over.

Likely he died at the grocery and was moved over to the diner.

That makes sense. His killer was a tad overzealous. Perhaps they thought moving the body would be the easiest way to hide evidence.

[Too bad for them that so many searches were exploring the town so thoroughly.]

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The issue there is that there was dark hair found on the shelves. The hair would be a match for Omega or Hibiki, but not Vincent. So if Vincent was the one originally in the grocery store, then the hair would belong to whoever killed him.

Ah!

[How interesting!]

It appears Vincent defended himself. Perhaps he had his own weapon he used in an attempt to defend himself. I'm assuming that the bodies have been checked for missing hair, but have we tried checking for fresh hair cuts on any possible suspects that could match?

Is the hair sample large enough to check?

[ looking at u jay ]

No, but the length makes me think that it belonged to someone who has bangs.

[ he gestures at kaiba's own bangs, and then his own, as an example. ]

Vincent fought with all his strength.

[Apollo says that a tad forcefully]

His knuckles and hands were rather bruised and bloody, he must have done everything he could to ward off the culprit.

Was there any way to tell in your examination which wounds may have been inflicted first? I'm wondering if some of the broken bones in his limbs weren't sustained until after he was stabbed and killed.

[Maybe to cause confusion? But then...]

He was stabbed so many times, I wouldn't be surprised if he was rendered immobile just to make him a more cooperative target.

I'm a lawyer, I'm not a qualified coroner. Knowing which wounds came after death would be difficult for anyone who doesn't know how to identify that.

[He has no idea how to know which wounds are postmortem, unfortunately]

[Long suffering sigh.]

Oh well, it was worth a shot.

( TRIAL - WEEK 2 )

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