( 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

[rextenebrae]

[ He takes a deep breath. It's been a long and hard day, but boy, he finally has...an idea of sorts. ]

...It could be possible. He meets up with Vincent, but then he and Vincent part ways. I can't really see Hibiki as the type of person to kill Vincent, and even if he did fight that man, he wasn't the one who delivered the final blow. His role was the Drifter, his item was a pocketknife, and he didn't have a pen or anything like that on him, if I recall this correctly.

So, it's possible someone else met up with Hibiki in the grocery store after Vincent left, and that a fight occurred there, while Vincent met up with someone else who was his killer. Maybe someone who was an expert in martial arts; Vincent was clearly not a match for his opponent no matter how hard he tried. The killer even likely took the time to break his arm and leg before killing him.

I'm not sure where Hibiki died exactly--it could be where his body was found. Or in the grocery store itself following the fight and then his body taken.

... I apologize if that was a lot.

[wristbands]

N-no, it's fine—we're all throwing out theories, anyway.

I guess the question now is... who could be those actual culprits? If that's the case, they'd have to be able to move Hibiki to the dining hall, whether he was already... dead or not at the time. Plus, we still don't know how many people we're looking for, exactly.

[rextenebrae]

Two culprits... and loathe as I wish not to think it, but one of those culprits may indeed have an accomplice. So, that should give us a number of how many we should be looking for.

One of the main culprits I do suspect to be Kamui, though, of course I'd like there to be as much evidence to prove it was him before making a final decision. But, he's wounded and he has a good amount of strength and the proper skilled training. The other...I...

I'm not sure enough to utter a name. Though, I do suspect that since Hibiki did possess a knife on him that he could have feasibly injured who attacked him.