week 9 - trial

[productions]

week nine trial



victim



suspects





Character Statuses
Setting
Manor Rules
Voting

Comments

[productions]

[It works. The door creaks open...]

[inthebones]

[Susan won't even say anything as the lock clicks. She simply waits with bated breath as Felicia unveils the mystery...]

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[Inside, the box is full of papers. Most of what is in there seem to be old photographs, black and white pictures of architecture, cities, cities in rubble, and soldiers. Some of the pictures are of vibrant and cheerful people, but some are clearly scenes of battle. The dates and places on the back give clues what is depicted - March 1915, Paris, December 1915, Chantilly, August 1915, Gorlice, March 1916, Lutsk, 1912, Vilnius, 1915, Vilnius, to name a few.

To the side is an extremely tarnished old medal. On top of it is a folded piece of paper.]

[obsideo]

[Marlow reaches inside to pick up the folded piece of paper.]

[inthebones]

[Susan will follow suit, examining some of the photographs.]

Are we looking for someone who's been in these places, then...?

[productions]

[The folded piece of paper is a letter.]

[obsideo]

[She reads the letter, growing more nervous with every word. This is the key to the real Mastermind, but they can't make any mistakes now. The story is sad, but that can't make up for the pain he caused.

She hands the letter to Susan.]

Here. I think...I think it tells us how to stop him.

[And she picks up the medal to look at it.]

[inthebones]

[Susan reads through it quickly as well, and though her expression remains controlled, her fingers tighten around the piece of paper.]

This person... is someone who isn't human. Someone who has lived since the time this manor depicts and who have people who belong to him. Someone who lost his people, long ago...

[She is silent for a long few moments.]

What is the medal for?

[productions]

[It's a simple medal with some sort of design on it, perhaps what was once the bust of a man but has now worn beyond recognition. The ribbon on it has also worn and frayed. However, on the back, some words have been engraved into the medal. They have worn down, but are still legible:

в память о торисе лауринатисе]

[obsideo]

I don't know. I can't read it, but it looks sort of like Russian.

All this stuff, these pictures, this letter, though. It's about World War I. That country he's describing...geography isn't my strong suit, so I couldn't tell you for sure it wasn't Latvia or anything, but with him gone...it basically has to be one person.

[inthebones]

[Susan shakes her head at the message - she cannot read it, either.]

So the message in blood really was as transparent as it appeared from the start... I can scarcely believe it, but...

We've come to the end at last.

[obsideo]

[She takes the medal and the letter in her hands, and holds them carefully.]

We have to go back, and give them to him. We're sure about this, right?

I'm pretty sure. It fits, after all. He didn't wipe away the blood, he was never a suspect...maybe, deep down, he wanted us to find the truth.

[inthebones]

...I have an even poorer grasp of Earth geography than you do. But the only other alternative is Spain, and we already know he's been under the Mastermind's thumb for quite some time - he was two votes away from being executed once.

It's time to finish this.

[Susan steps away from the safe with a nod.]

((Would you care to do the honors?))

[obsideo]

Spain isn't in the east, anyway...

All right, let's go.

((ooc: Sure!))