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, 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.

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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 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

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...that rules out some people, doesn't it? At least... a lot of us don't seem to be very... modern.

[Maybe?? God, she doesn't know. This is giving her a headache.]

But all the evidence concerning who might have sabotaged the kitchen went up in flames. Literally.

...then... of the people that we thought could have moved Aloy-san to the kitchen, how many of them have knowledge of modern appliances?

That depends on their own experiences in their own worlds, doesn't it? Not to mention anyone who bothered to figure out how the kitchen works in the weeks prior could have easily learned.

[Negative nancy over here... not meaning to be. But this is starting to get a bit frustrating.]

...I guess that's true, but... just because they learned to use the appliances to cook doesn't necessarily mean they knew that they could use them to start a fire, right?

[SHE's FRUSTRATED TOO..]

I suppose.

[Is it really that difficult to put two and two together, however? He wonders.]

An electrical fire was mentioned... I wonder if it would be just as easy to set up a gas leak? [Mostly thinking to himself.]

...maybe...? I'll admit I'm not completely sure how that works... but it's possible. If gas has to go somewhere, then there must be a way for it to leak out, too... nothing is perfect.

Gas stoves were always a hazard because of the issue of gas leaks. It's easy enough to just forget to turn it off, allowing the gas to permeate the room. A single spark later and it can create a giant explosion.

Would there be any other way to obtain ammunition for a stolen gun?

[He ha no real idea, he's just throwing it out there to help discussion.]

The things that Marty-san smuggled in have been accounted for, though. Haven't they? So then, it had to actually be a handgun...

But it couldn't have been Kaito-san...

[Her brows furrow.]

...

Andersen-san?

What are bullets made from?

Couldn't they have been made, if someone was able to request or find the supplies they needed...?

Metal by itself isn't a weapon, just like the matches you asked for weren't.

...you demonstrated pretty clearly that we could get fire.

[SHE'S STILL FREAKED OUT BY THAT. someday she'll tell you why, grandpa.]

I don't know if it's even possible to make them in a place like this... but I do think it's worth asking. Otherwise, why would someone have stolen an empty gun from the hunting lodge?

Oh.

[Girge holds his hand up.]

I should mention that I took that.

In my room, and I don't know. That was why I took it—firearms here look different than they do in my world, and I wanted to get an idea of how it worked.

[He even dismantled it in public so??? it wasn't a huge secret???]

[rrrrgh]

Then if that's the case, where is the handgun that those bullets came from...? Because if it wasn't that one, and it wasn't Kaito-san's, and the Bootlegger is already dead...

[sorry guys!!]

It's possible that someone is hiding evidence in their rooms. We didn't search, did we?

The question still remains, though, as to how they got that gun.

...we didn't, but... that runs the risk of a roommate finding it, unless they're alone.

[Or in on it together.]

There must be some way of figuring this out...

Maybe...

[Well, that turned out to be a bust. :( ]

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