week 5 - trial

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week five trial



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[teenspirit]

[ Upon hearing Susan's theory, Sonia lapses into thoughtful silence. ]

...

May I ask... whoever spent much time with Belarus...

What was her preferred choice of alcohol?

[balzams]

Sh-she..

[His voice was quiet, and the fact that he had his mouth covered from the smell didn't particularly help matters]

She seemed quite partial to vodka, if I can recall correctly...

[teenspirit]

Thank you. That clarifies one thing: Michael only drank rum. Only rum. I know this because I have served it to him.

Therefore, the idea that he may have accidentally consumed poison meant for Belarus... is incorrect. I propose that Michael's poisoning was deliberate.

[throe]

Of course it's deliberate. Think about it: there's two murders to focus on. Maybe the culprit hoped we would either split up into halves to each focus on a single victim or they hoped to serve more distractions to win the trial.

Not only do they get away with prizes, but if they're aiming to avoid having their incentive be executed, they're also hoping we mess this one up.

[teenspirit]

I think their over-complicated deception will wind up being their downfall...

[souredsweet]

Unless it is not over-complicated deception, but the work of two...

[teenspirit]

Do you really think so? Were this two separate murders, we'd have ten suspects, not six, yeah?

[souredsweet]

I am uncertain... It could be an accomplice situation, as well - an actual one, this time. With two dead, there would be two prizes, after all. Perhaps that is why there are six instead of five?

[throe]

[ DECEPTION— that is the wrong band. ]

It does seem overcomplicated, doesn't it? Maybe they are hoping for a grand performance, rather than a clean mystery.

Speaking of performances, we're still on for ours. [ She smirks. ] Aren't we?

[teenspirit]

Indeedy! [ What is acknowledging the atmosphere. If Rapture's okay with it despite being a suspect, then Sonia is too. ] Y'must declare a time.

[humanic]

Hang on, so how did Belarus get poisoned then? Did she drink rum?

[teenspirit]

Two preferred drinks: two poisonings. Is there a way for us to test the bottles?

[humanic]

There's the poison detection kit, but it's one use only. We wouldn't be able to test all the bottles. We don't even know whether they were poisoned in the bar or in their rooms - if the killer had a skeleton key, they could have snuck into their rooms while they were gone and dumped the poison in the liquor in their cabinets.

[teenspirit]

Ah... yes. But maybe there's an alternate method... Hm.

[notyetlost]

What the hell is the point of a poison detection kit if you can only use it once?

You'd basically have to already know what was poisoned before you use it. [Why is everything in this house rigged.]

[notyetlost]

There were glasses and bottles left out in the bar when I got vodka for breakfast yesterday. [Apparently Poland's never drinking anything from there ever again.]

I didn't pay much attention to them, but if Belarus or Altman were drinking out of them maybe?

[It's probably a long shot though.]

[teenspirit]

They ought to be checked anyway; both of them did frequent the bar.

[throe]

Maybe someone she was sticking along with knew when and where she would let her guard down and poisoned her then.

[humanic]

[Raises his eyebrow.]

There's only one person on the suspect list who'd fit that possibility. Not really a guy you'd think would like dismembering people, huh?

[throe]

You know what they say...

[ She raises her hands and curls her fingers as if they are claws. She leans in very quickly toward Stiles. ]

Expect the unexpected!

[inthebones]

If you asked me whether or not any of these people would chop up someone into bits, I would have responded in the negative. As a matter of fact, Belarus herself would be the only person I could see doing it in a fit of rage.

We already know that elaborate deceptions were - and likely are - being maintained. Character bears into it, but we can't rely on character alone.

[aozaki]

I agree with Rapture. Michael Altman was the deadweight, while Belarus was the dispensable. If the culprit required items before executing their plans, they would have to have targeted Altman, first and foremost without doubt.

[teenspirit]

Which means that it was surely intentional!

[aozaki]

Exactly, which leaves Belarus' circumstances up to debate. She was a lot more cautious and carried a flask, she came to refill it that night for a brief few minutes at the bar. She always kept herself armed as well, she seemed well capable of defending herself. What do you think of the prospects that she might've been an accidental victim, miss Sonia?

[teenspirit]

There is nothing accidental about dismemberment...