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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[throe]

You can call me Rapture. [ She smiles, then moves on without issue. ]

If the whole tape theory is right, then it would make sense why her head was dry and there was hardly a struggle — they didn't hold her head underneath the water to drown her, but suspended it so she wouldn't be able to move.

Maybe there was a way that they could get the water to come up to her face without dissolving the rest of the tape, thus leaving her with a way to drown! It would have dissolved on impact, especially if she had awoken and began to struggle, but if they managed to keep her head sustained in one place then the rest of the tape wouldn't have dissolved until after she already died from drowning.

Thus, leaving her floating in the bathtub as the rest of the tape began dissolving from her skin.

[inthebones]

Very well, then. 'Rapture.'

[You can almost hear the apostrophes.]

The tape is the crux of the matter. It would need to be secure enough to keep her head up and to keep her in place even if she were to struggle. As the water rose, if she were taped face down, her gag would melt away, but her nose and mouth would soon flood with water. Of course, if she were unconscious the entire time, it would be much easier.

[throe]

Hmm... [ She crosses her arms. Something about all of this just reminds her of something, but she can't be sure what. ] But if the rest of her head was bound the right way, then she would have no way to move her head away the more the water rose.

She could have been unconscious, but is it even possible that water flowing into her lungs wouldn't have jolted her away in the first place? The lack of a struggle from trying to escape her bonds makes it seem like it is, but... could chloroform really make a person be so unconscious that not even drowning could wake them up?

[inthebones]

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[During the brief stint she worked in the stead of her grandfather, Susan had dealt with a few drownings. But never any like this.]

The human body will do incredible things to survive. But if chloroform also has a paralytic effect, it wouldn't be of any consequence. It's a good point, but I don't think I'm the right person to ask.

I do know, though, that the throat tends to close in response to the intake of water into the lungs. It wouldn't take much water at all.