( 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

Comments

[pinesfortruth]

So he left a lit match on the ground in a room that didn't have gas yet and it blew up instead of just ... burning out?

[g101]

[ HOLD ON, HAJIME HAS A THOUGHT... ]

There's an oven, isn't there?

[pinesfortruth]

Y..yeah?

[he didn't expect her to pop up rip]

[g101]

What if you left charcoal and lighter fluid in there and turned on the oven? Wasn't the explosion kind of, um... timed? 8am is really specific, Dippa Dots.

[pinesfortruth]

But that's what I mean-- if the only evidence we have is that Jay had matches, that doesn't make sense for him to have exploded the kitchen. With matches.

[shoelickingshit]

[ Hey, hey hey hey hey hey OKAY QUESTION ]

Then how does someone... Blow up a kitchen? I'm a bit confused!

[pinesfortruth]

Hajime's oven theory is a good one, but matches would either burn out too fast or are too direct for it to work without getting themselves injured in the process. The explosion took out the ceiling and half the disposal room. It had to have been done from a distance. I guess it's possible with the lighter fluid making a trail to the oven, but...

[shoelickingshit]

... But?

[ Dipper don't trail off!!! ]

[pinesfortruth]

But Aloy was dead before the explosion and was dragged there and Jay couldn't have done that part.

[because he is. tiny.]

[pinesfortruth]

The part where you expect me to believe Jay trusted anyone in here enough to kill with them.

[pinesfortruth]

I didn't say he wouldn't kill, I said he wouldn't trust anyone to kill with. The guy has murder on his profile card, I can read! But if you're gonna accuse him of working with someone, name names, Andersen. It had to be someone who could have dragged Aloy's bed out of the room. That doesn't leave us a lot of options.

[blacktailed]

It's not all about trust. Part of it is knowing you could kill them if the deal goes sour.

[js]

[lohengrins]

We've already concluded that there's more than one killer, and we have hard evidence that Jay was present. That needs to be taken into consideration, regardless of how anyone feels.

[pinesfortruth]

This isn't about my feelings!!

[he is. sulking]

[pinesfortruth]

The part where Jay admitted to taking the matches makes him your only suspect, even though you just showed how easy it is to get matches.

[also, i, the player, cant fucking read let me die]

[pinesfortruth]

Great, so now we're left with every one else who could have stolen matches in klepto city. Jay already said why his hair was in there, why would he speak up if it was going to be this incriminating?

[pinesfortruth]

You said it was planned in advance and he was working with someone else, but then you say it was just advantageous to use Chie's amputation-- which none of you were there for-- to steal the stuff on Thursday. That's just a stupid move. If we know anything about this kill is that it wasn't Thursday.

[g101]

[ HAJIME IS TALKING TO DIPPER RIGHT NOW FUCK OFF ]