( TRIAL - WEEK 4 )

[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, but due to a certain someone who I shall not name [he's still pissed] — today's trial will take place by the pool. 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 Outdoor Dining Area 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. Due the Kitchen and Dining Hall getting wrecked, lunch and dinner will mostly consist of grilled and barbecued menu items. Hamburgers, hotdogs, salads, and items that require little preparation — all the residents have to do is ask in order to receive. Similarly, all beverages will be retrieved from a hundred quart cooler that has been placed by the side of the pool. Not as fancy as usual, but at least the pool is clean now. Some inflatable pool toys lazily swim in the water, along with pool noodles. Every now and then, the waters will vibrate to the sound of buzz saws and assorted power tools. Looks like the Disposal Room, Dining Hall and Kitchen are under reparations. A tent has been placed over the area to shield the residents from the sun, and to make up from the lack of transparencies everyone will receive a small booklet containing each resident's profile. They look a little bit like shitty PowerPoint presentation handouts, but maybe it's part of the charm. The profiles of the deceased are included, as always. A second tent has been set up in the parking lot, complete with an air conditioning on the inside. Its use will become rapidly apparent once the victims corpses have 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 their table; a trash bin is available outside of the tent for this purpose. Evidence found during the investigation, on the other hand, will be displayed in a table by the pool shed. Any items found by the residents on Friday will be displayed here for further examination. Finally — one of the grandfather clocks has been kidnapped from its respective floor to show the current hour. Please do remember you have until 9:00 PM to figure out whodunit and cast your vote. And if anyone tries to leave the area before the trial is over? They'll discover an invisible wall blocking their path. ( 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 Pool/Outdoor Dining Area (the pool shed will also be locked), 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

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BODIES

[abhoth]

[As the trial officially begins at 12:00 PM, the motel staff will wheel in all five corpses on separate gurneys — or, in a Aloy's care, a wheelbarrow with the remains of her corpse lumped together in one big pile. Craftly, wearing a Kiss the Cook apron while standing near the grill, cleans his throat and solemnly utters:]

A moment of silence, children.

[And then he begins to play the fucking kazoo.

This horrible musical experience will last as long as it takes for the staff members to wheel the corpses to the air conditioned tent. Once that's done, however, Craftly will retreat to his own table and residents will be free to inspect the bodies as much as they want.

Please use this toplevel for reexamining the bodies.]

[rextenebrae]

[ Knoll will decide to look over L'arachel's body first. He will begin to check her hands and her arms for any other wounds/defense wounds. ]

[abhoth]

[No wounds on her hands or arms.]

[potentite]

[Ugh. Aloy's in a barrel jesus christ okay fine he's starting with Kaiba and checking if the bullets are still in the body or if there are exit wounds.]

[abhoth]

[No exit wounds. The bullets are probably still somewhere in there.]

[lohengrins]

[ let's take a look at ryou. anything on his face, arms or in his pockets? ]

[abhoth]

[ Luckily, his face is clear of the extreme burns that bubble his flesh and leave hardened scabs across its surface. His arms? Not so much.

If Perc digs deep inside of his pockets, he'll find Ryou was a bit of a hoarder. He'll find the following items:

- a ring of unmarked keys
- two folded up pieces of paper, one of them looking to be part of a newspaper
- a ripped and scribbled piece of paper with the numbers "108.2" written on it in a haste
- a Clue Token

Whatcha gonna do? ]

[godly]

[Light starts with Kaiba. More specifically, the head wounds. Any signs/markings as to what might have caused the blunt force trauma? Any residual material in the wounds, etc?]

[nowyouseeit]

[with Jake and Light checking Kaiba, Kaito goes to Apollo instead. time to examine those stab sounds! what do they look like?]

[blacktailed]

[when she can, Quer's going to take a look at L'Arachel to see if her fingertips are bloody. there's still the chance she wasn't the one to write that in City Hall.]

[frizziest]

... They listed the kitchen as a victim, too...

[ :(

Akira's just gonna. sigh and cling to his skeleton arm tighter, almost as if it's some creepy security blanket of sorts. this trial is going to be a goddamned mess. ]

[potentite]

[AND IMMEDIATELY BACK.

Time to check Aloy and. See what he can tell from the bullet wound. So gross. Does the wound match the same handgun as Kaiba's and is there an exit wound if he can. Even tell these things.]

[ungodly]

[ heather is here to look at aloy's.. head. specifically, those holes on the front and back of her head. she's trying to tell which is the entry hole and which is the exit, so she's looking for stuff like if the skin is puckered and raised around the hole on one side and if the skin is caving in or protruding outward on the holes. ]

[splinten]

[He can't believe he has to get out of the pool for this.

1) He's going to just cut open Kaiba to follow the bullet wounds to see where/how they got stuck. On bone, in other ways, whatever. He wants the bullets.

2) Also, as a dude who loves sharp things, he may as well check L'arachel to see about that slash. Is it more akin to a knife, something longer and more like a sword, etc.]

Re: BODIES

[nowyouseeit]

[HEY WE'RE BACK TO LOOK AT APOLLO]

[does the impression on his neck loop all the way around? like. . . it was caused by a whip handle, with the other parts of the whip looping around his neck, perhaps?]

[rextenebrae]

[ Separate thread here because now he wants to look over at Apollo's neck as well. Does it look like the vertical line could be feasible caused by something...metal? A metal pole of some sort being brought down upon it? ]

[nowyouseeit]

[WAIT]

[SHIT]

[HE HAS ANOTHER IDEA]

[what if he compares the BLUNT END of the cleaver to the impression in Apollo's neck!!]

[crimsonsparrow]

[Sorry if this offends anyone but Suzaku's just gonna head over here and use the cleaver to open up a new wound on L'arachel's stomach to see how it compares to the original one.]

[nowyouseeit]

[wait]

[now that we know the mark on Apollo's neck is horizontal]

[and pole-like]

[if Kaito inspects it again]

[could it be]

[FROM A MICROPHONE STAND?]

[potentite]

[He just wants to be sure: does the strand of orange hair from the evidence table match the hair left on Aloy's head?]

[crimsonsparrow]

[Just for fun, Suzaku's going to test a theory that's been bugging him. He's going to check Kaiba's dented wristguard. Does the indentation match, or at least feasibly match, the bullet that was lodged in the wall of the lobby?]

[pinesfortruth]

[what if i check every dead person's shoes for a leaf imprint because i've run out of ideas]

[blacktailed]

[now that voting's done, that everything's quiet for the night, Quer slips into the corpse tent one last time.

she's taking Kaiba's undented armguard with her, putting it on her own arm. fight her, Craftly.]