week 2 - trial

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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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[obsideo]

Yeah, I think that must be it. Or...if they didn't know Minatsuki had hemophilia, to make it look like whoever killed her had to be on the first floor or the gardens, since it would be hard to get upstairs to the first or second floor without being noticed. The only way up goes right through the foyer.

But they didn't expect she wouldn't be found for so long, and for her to still look like she'd just been killed.

[speakveryclearly]

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I wonder if the culprit had to hide bloody clothes...

[obsideo]

Yeah. We didn't find anything like that...

[speakveryclearly]

Did the culprit burn them?? Hemophilia or not, Minatsuki got cut so many times - was there some kind of spear involved???

[pandacea]

Maybe they sucked all the blood out of the clothes! [SUSPICIOUS SQUINT...]

[speakveryclearly]

Have you ever tried to suck blood out of clothes, May? I have but it's next to impossible to do without leaving a mark. Why else would my dress from yesterday remain stained in my wardrobe?

[obsideo]

If someone had access to a spear, we'd know. But...maybe they cut her so many times so it would be harder to tell exactly what weapon was used. This is just speculation, but...one attack with a pitchfork would be obvious. But if they kept cutting up her body...

And Ukraine could have stood further away and got less blood on her. But on the other hand, she's the heaviest of the suspects, so climbing the wall might be harder for her.

[speakveryclearly]

Some kind of distance weapon... a pitchfork definitely falls into that category.

Maybe we should ask to see her pitchfork. Though that's somewhat pointless since she would have washed it off...

[obsideo]

I think it was in her room. But we could compare it to the wounds.