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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Comments

[pandacea]

Umm, excuse me...I may be wrong about this, but I believe it could be possible to climb up the mansion without a rope with enough physical ability. I do not know whether I would be able to do it, as I am...still growing, but someone taller than me may be able to.

At any rate, if the killer used a rope or something else to pull themselves up, then the smudges would be more in a straight line, correct? You would not plant your feet as far apart as the picture shows.

[vytis]

Ah? [Lithuania pauses to think about this, clearly trying to put the picture together with someone climbing it in his mind.] Well, the manor is brick, so if you were good at climbing--did someone really manage that climb without a rope? Who--which of the suspects would be that good at climbing, is there any way to tell?

[pandacea]

They all seem to have either enhanced strength or some kind of physical training or experience in combat, so I cannot speculate on anything, I'm afraid. It doesn't look like this angle is going to be of much help to us, does it....

[vytis]

Well, experience in combat is a little different from feeling like you can reliably climb up the side of a mansion without any rope, but it's not as if the suspects would be lining up to give us truthful knowledge of how good they'd be at climbing.

Maybe it will make more sense if we can figure out the cause of death, or something...

[pandacea]

I do not think it would be as difficult as it may seem. The mansion wall is composed of bricks and stone, yes? The surface is uneven enough that it would simply be a matter of finding a foothold and being strong enough to pull yourself up to the window ledge. In which case, anyone with sufficient strength and reach should be able to do it. Perhaps we can test it out with someone strong enough who is not a suspect?

Yes...I am not sure if there is a poison or chemical that would only cause one eye to dilute but not the other when ingested.

[vytis]

The only thing I can think of--outside of hanging, which I doubt at this point--is some sort of head injury.

[pandacea]

Hmm...was there any wound around her head? Anything swollen or cracked? I do not believe a simple cut to the head would cause damage to the eye if it did not harm the brain in some way.

[vytis]

I couldn't find anything. There's only the bruising on her neck. I suppose a neck injury could cause it, as well, if hanging will do it, but I don't know how much bruising that would leave, especially on a hemophiliac.

[pandacea]

The neck injury would not explain the vomiting though, am I right? If she was strangled until she died, then she should not have had the chance to throw up.

[vytis]

If it was something quick, like kicking or punching, she might have had time to throw up, but I don't know if the bruises are dark enough for that. And it has to have been at least fairly quick, or Miss Takami would have fought back and they would have gotten covered in blood.

[pandacea]

If it was something quick like a kick, then her neck or throat should be broken. [said matter-of-factly like she has experience with this...] That the bruises are light and her neck still seems to be intact suggest that if she did asphyxiate, it was slowly.