week 1 - trial

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week one trial



[At 9 AM precisely, the old grandfather clock chimes once again, and the doors to the drawing room are opened. They will remain open until everyone has come inside, after which they will shut behind them. It is not possible to leave on your own, although perhaps if you have a specific purpose the hostess will allow you to go. The room is set up comfortably, with several tables by the fireplace set out to assist with the trial. The Hostess will also remain in a seat near the fireplace, next to the scales on the mantle. At lunch, the doors will open to bring in a large meal on an automatically rolling buffet, and at 3 PM, tea and finger sandwiches will be served. You'll be able to enjoy the trial in comfort, of course, but the information cards set out on tables will not allow you to forget your true purpose here.]

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Comments

not sorry

[speakveryclearly]

[Hearing her reply to Yuzu and--]

You really did this to recover the memory of your kismesis?

[What...]

I didn't think that was taken so seriously very often in your culture...

[miraculous]

Don't mistake the culture of humans for the culture of witches.

1/2

[speakveryclearly]

[Wow she does not even deny it...]

I guess that would be a foolish thing to do.

[speakveryclearly]

[Seriously, though.]

I'll let other contestants take you to task for your immorality and selfishness; they can do so much more eloquently than I, and you knew exactly what you were doing. What this game is. I'm a little more indignant about your sadism. You realize how high you've set the bar for future cases?

[miraculous]

Shall I hand out tips into creating locked rooms? I would love to be able to inquire into this world later and see wonderfully infuriating mysteries.

[speakveryclearly]

I just wish deception weren't such a large part of this game, but you probably don't, do you?

[miraculous]

It's not a mystery game if there's no deception involved. It's much less interesting if the culprit makes no attempt to hide or if, when the culprit has evidence provided against them, they don't fight to the last.

If you do those things, you'll win the love of any audience that's composed of mystery-lovers.

[Advice?]

[speakveryclearly]

[...advice.]

I guess that is why they call them "murder mysteries" and not just "murders."

[miraculous]

S.S. Van Dine and Ronald Knox. These are the ones who wrote the rules any lover of mysteries should know.

[speakveryclearly]

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Are those in the library?

[miraculous]

Van Dine's Twenty Rules were published in 1928, and Father Knox's Decalogue in 1929. Of course you wouldn't realize, but the 1920s, which this manor seems to be built around, comprises part of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.

[She giggles.] I'd say their inclusion is probable. If they're not included, it was surely to deliberately deprive you of the lists.

[speakveryclearly]

Is that what's going on with the whole anachronistic aesthetic?

[miraculous]

I can't be certain, of course, but it's quite the coincidence if so. Of course, houses such as this are very common in mysteries. There are many rooms and options to be used in a murder. There is also no escape--that's important, you understand? The murderer should always be someone among the options we've seen, or it's not fair to the audience trying to solve the mystery.