( 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

SHOE PRINTS

[godly]

It appears we have a few matches regarding the shoe prints on Vincent's clothing. Aloy, Dirk, Percival, Kaito, Bakura, Dave, Akira and Apollo.

Perhaps it's time to go into their alibis with a bit more scrutiny.

[parodeity]

And Kamui and Hibiki.

[digestion]

I was about to feel left out.

[godly]

Yes, thank you.

[what is typing a top level in a hurry fml]

[ungodly]

Geez, Aloy must have a big foot.

[ all the better to climb robodinos with ]

[bownthisway]

Or maybe everyone else's feet in that group are tiny. [listen don't??? judge her???]

[lohengrins]

Kamui has a fresh bruise on his fist.

That aside, I escorted Rachel back to her room Thursday evening. I returned to my own room shortly afterwards.

[thawedheart]

...Kamui-san also went to the diner along with Suzaku-san, where they found his body...

[She furrows her brow.]

Is it possible... he might have gone there to try and tamper with the evidence? Only... he couldn't, because Suzaku-san was also there.

[they both ended up kicking the body though so. uh. not sure how much of a deterrent he'd actually be]

[splinten]

My alibi is stuck being as crappy as it was in the first place. Neither of my roommates came back by curfew and I got to wait for sleep that never came on my own.

[bownthisway]

[looking a little surprised - if only because wow she didn't realize so many guys in this group had tiny feet (no she just has giant ones don't judge her)]

Hibiki's was a match too, right? Everyone in the group should strip completely, just to make sure we don't have any bruising on the rest of our body. If we're all clean, then he might have been the one Vincent was struggling against since it looks like he got beaten with bare fists.

[Just. Says that with zero shame. sorry l'arachel]

[nowyouseeit]

[ALOY. . .]

At this rate, everyone just needs to start showing up to trials naked.

[lohengrins]

[ ugh. whatever. off comes the shirt, his trousers following them shortly afterwards. there's not much to see aside from boxer briefs and musculature. ]

Make this quick. I'd prefer to leave with some dignity in tact.

[curedham]

[FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!!!]

If we truly think this is necessary for the sake of thoroughness, all of you should at least take advantage of the semi-closed quarters offered by Rachel earlier.

[i got distracted writing this tag and now percy's in his underwear she's just going to go yell at him for that hold on]

[splinten]

I'll do it, but it'd be cool if someone would let me do it privately.

[breaksouls]

[Velvet takes off her coat again, and undoes the wrapping on her arm. Any little random thing she has on is taken off, leaving her in an under boob shirt and short shorts. Not much is covered, with that in mind. There isn't anything of note on her body either.]

Does this work? I'm not exactly wearing... you know...

[Despite her bold fashion choices, she looks a little embarrassed.]

[nowyouseeit]

[jerks a thumb towards Dave]

Like I said earlier, my roommate can confirm I was back before curfew.

[parodeity]

Same. I'd prefer not to strip entirely, though.

[ mostly because he's enough of a wreck already and that will tip the scales further, but like. oh well??? ]

[frizziest]

No fresh bruises for me, fortunately. Hoping to keep it that way. [ not eyeing Dirk suspiciously in the slightest. nope. he doesn't want to order another pair of glasses. ] I don't mind being inspected more thoroughly if needed.

I spent my Thursday afternoon playing cards with Kaiba-san, and my evening with Nanami-san.

[splinten]

[Hey, uncool. Is this because he didn't want to dom you??]

[nowyouseeit]

. . . did you break into anyone else's room this week?

[HE'S]

[TEASING]

[thawedheart]

...I can inspect you, if you like. I saw your injury before, so... I could say with certainty that there was nothing that hasn't already been accounted for.

[Though, it is a little forward of her to offer. She blushes faintly and looks down.]

That is, if that's all right with you?

[forlease]

I was sleeping!

[ And, since he heard Aloy's suggestion: ] I'm not bruised anywhere.

[potentite]

Dirk couldn't have because he was trying not to engage in the ancient form of hara-kiri.

[vitamin_a]

I was in my room, Chiaki and Suzaku are my roommates. I spent most of Thursday in there except for meals, and only left it Friday morning -- to go to the botanical garden. Clementine saw me there.

[Not much of an alibi, but that's all he has to say]