murdermanor | week 2

week two 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, as long as you are accompanied by a partner.

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.

At 7 PM, the trial will adjourn for the day. Players will be escorted by the Hostess to the ballroom, where dinner and wine will be served until 10 PM, at which point players will be required to return to their wings in groups with their wingmates and will be locked in their bedrooms until 8:30 AM the following morning.]

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[Rin has been waiting the whole time for something to jump out at her so she could stand up and make some flashy statement and impress ALL THE FANS. ...But she's just as lost as everyone, so she's starting to get impatient.]

Umm, we still haven't found that murder weapon, right? Is there still time to look for that, because I'm really lost right now with the debate. I feel like I'd be better off doing that! ♪

D-Do we know if there was one?

All those cuts... that's gotta be some kind of accident, right?

[...that being, at least in part, why Yuzu hadn't gotten too involved in this investigation.

Too hard to stomach.]

What kind of accident would cause that? ♪

I don't know but...

What kind of weapon would cause that?

I don't know, but we're going to look really stupid if we open a door later and like a hundred knives dump out. ♪

[because that's really what it looks like to Rin... weird chokey eye pupilly things aside. She knows even less about that.]

It's too hard to hide though. And too messy. And too... crazy....

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Or what caused the bruise around her neck if it wasn't a rope.

Yeah, like that! It's really confusing, so even another look around could give a better idea... ♪

( Nods, )

I feel like we're missing something so another search of the manor might help us find another clue.

Do you wanna come with me? ♪

I'd be glad to help! ( Anything to get out of this room, please. ) Are there any others who wanted to come?

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[ And here, Clyde pipes up: ]

What about just someone's hands? My apologies if that's been brought up, but it's straightforward.

Right. If it was done with hands, then you gotta explain how they got rid of the blood, I think. ♪

Hands can't cause... that though, right?

The pond, maybe? That's be the easiest solution, since it's a body of water right there, and you wouldn't be able to figure out that there was blood in it unless there was basically a body dumped in there, right?

[ He shrugs ]

It's just a thought, but why not compare the bruises to our suspects' hands? We can't prove anything about the blood, but that's quick and easy. It's not much time wasted to see if the bruises match up to anyone's fingers.

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I thought the ring from Annie's room might have been able to do some damage, but it apparently only inflicts the wearer.

That's a weird ring to have... ♪

Yeah, I agree, but considering what little time we have left, we couldn't ask her the reason about it until we're positive it has something to do with the case.

... Though, that made me think of something. I mean, jewelry that's designed to hurt yourself? Minatsuki needed blood for her powers, right? That seems like something she'd want to have. Are we sure that thing is Annie's? ♪

[brb checking her notebook]

Oh. I guess it is. Well, damn. ♪

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[Right now he's flicking through one of the books that was provided as evidence, trying to read as much as he can as quickly as possible]

I'm not sure there is a weapon though...

It says here that head trauma in someone with haemophilia could result in an intracranial haemorrhage. Which includes symptoms such as vomiting and paralysis of the facial muscles. Don't you think it was strange that her face had a specific expression despite the fact that the rest of her body remained limp for over 24 hours?

I believe... or at least it seems likely that she was struck on the head at some point. And considering the evidence that someone climbed of scaled the wall someone could have kicked her in the back of the head or something, which wouldn't have left an actual weapon.

Yeah, but we didn't find any wounds on her head, right? You'd think a blow that could cause trauma that bad would leave at least some kinda lump or something.

... Yeah, I guess.

Sorry, I didn't really think about that. But it does fit some of the description of how the body was found. Maybe... I don't know, maybe she needed less than we think she did.

I don't know, sorry.

I think you might be on to something with the theory that her wounds were self-inflicted though. Maybe they didn't hit her head, but messed with her mind some other way? It'd explain why they weren't worried about being injured or why they didn't get any blood on them.

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Kicked in the head? .... Hey, what if someone dropped on her head? That could explain how they ambushed a person with powers and why she was so surprised!

Yeah! That's what I was thinking.

And then all the slashes... What if somehow her earring got ripped out during the attack and activated her powers. A blow to the head would cause confusion and loss of co-ordination, so maybe all the wounds were self inflicted out of loss of self-control?