week 2 - trial

[productions]

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

[humanic]

Poland's alibi claims he was in the stable at 10 AM, so assuming she was killed before then and he didn't do it, he should have seen something. Of course, we can't be certain he isn't lying, but it doesn't seem likely seeing as how he doesn't have access to either the Sapphire or Opal bathrooms.

[inthebones]

I'm thinking more 'thin tablecloth' than jacket. Roll it up into a ball and hide it underneath your clothes when you enter - then stuff it into the bottom of a trash can.

[humanic]

They'd have to get the tablecloth somewhere though. Did anyone notice one missing?

[throe]

Huh, strange. It seems like a lot of trouble to climb up onto the window, stamp the dirt off boots, and then run to be rid of everything at the stable anyway. Unless she was killed right after he left, but it doesn't seem likely... probability isn't a factor in this equation.

For all we know, any dirty clothes could just be hiding in that manmade hole by the fence, but if we still haven't found anything in the mansion yet other than Kanaya's dress upon the discovery of the victim's body. Where else could it possibly be?

[humanic]

Maybe there's a way they could have killed without getting any blood on them at all?

Like, if they dropped something on her from the window...but I guess that wouldn't explain all the stab wounds.

[throe]

I guess we'd need to find out the sequence of events and how it happened.

They caught her off guard, knowing they could willingly handle her powers, but when and where was it? The bathroom and her room shows no signs of struggle, which means the stabbing must have come later. She didn't choke, but... if someone had held her and forced her to have whatever made her vomit, they would have required immense strength to do so. Which is where the bruise might come from.

They lowered her down, stabbed her with... something, and climbed back up to the bathroom. Maybe. With or without a bedsheet or carpet.

The stabbing must have come much later, possibly as a means to throw us off track. They threw the earring aside, as well, so it might look like her wounds are self-inflicted to us. Whatever they gave her that caused her to vomit would explain the lack of rigor mortis, at least.