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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[obsideo]

You said you could confirm she was in the library for a whole hour and a half. Did you see her that entire time? Are you sure it was 1 exactly when she came in, or were you estimating?

[terriblesister]

It... sounded right? I wasn't really paying attention to the times... [she just went into the library when she finished lunch don't ask when that happened...]

[obsideo]

That's what I thought. So her saying she didn't have time doesn't really hold water.

[terriblesister]

...She was relying on us collaborating wasn't she.

[obsideo]

Look at her schedule in the afternoon. She goes and talks to you and makes sure she's seen for an hour and a half. She's inside, so she's in a good position to hear a commotion if something goes wrong and Lydia is found too soon. Once it's probably too late for that, she goes outside, and makes sure she's seen going out there. She hangs around outside somewhere someone is already. Taking a walk, apparently, but in a small area that's already occupied. But she's back inside just in time for it to be past the time Lydia would have been killed, so she can wait for the body to be found.

It's way too deliberate.

[terriblesister]

I... don't think she saw the ten year old coming though.