WEEK 3 - TRIAL

[productions]

week three 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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[souredsweet]

It is possible that it was taped below the table right before an attempted attack in order to avoid walking around with it. If Mr. Strider happened to be the attacker, it would explain why he was in the kitchen, correct? If someone else was targeting him, perhaps they intended to lure him to the kitchen but wound up being discovered early and they were forced to knock him unconscious before they ever made it out of his room.

[pasodoble]

They could have invited someone to their room! ( But then why not hide it under the bed. As soon as he realizes this, his expression drops. ) The dining room is right next to the elevator, that can't be a coincidence.

Maybe there was a prop! A bar or something that was used to keep the elevator door open.

( But then they would have found something like that lying around, right? And does any of this really point to who the killer is... )

[notyetlost]

[Everyone keeps saying that. Maybe they're right...]

Okay... then maybe it was you.

[souredsweet]

[piping up!]

I apologize Lord Polska, Mr. Spain, but Mr. Beat is correct in saying that a sword of that nature would not allow for fast battle within cramped confines.

[pasodoble]

It wasn't me!

[notyetlost]

Then who was it?!

[Augh why is he so bad at this!]

1/2

[pasodoble]

Lord Polska?

( Raising an eyebrow at Poland because some how this is obviously his fault. )

[respecting]

Heh heh, I guess! I'm just sayin', if I threw this at a normal person, he'd prolly get cut in half.

[this is a total guess on his part though, he's never used it on a living person. But it is cool enough to do that, he thinks]

[pasodoble]

... Ah, that is pretty obvious, isn't it...

[inthebones]

...That could be. You wouldn't go with someone into their rooms where they have a weapon hidden, but you might be enticed to go somewhere you think is quite safe and public. And away from the rooms, any struggling would have been much more difficult to hear.

The time doesn't seem quite right, though - no one would be inclined to go anywhere at 1 or 2 in the morning, public or not.

[humanic]

Maybe they couldn't keep a hold of it while knocking Dave out in his room at the same time. Or maybe they just put it there for easy access. We don't know when it was taped there, after all - if they'd taped it there right before attacking Dave when everyone was asleep, they wouldn't have to worry about someone stumbling across it.

[inthebones]

There are any number of places a weapon could be hidden in our rooms, really. Between the desk and the wall, under the bed, inside the closet obscured by clothing...

The dining room is closest to the elevator, which is where the drop occurred. Why did the murderer need the sword close to the site of the murder? They needed it enough that they would risk letting it be found in the hours prior to the crime.

[humanic]

Yeah, but...why would he admit that if he was the killer?

[souredsweet]

[guess what it is poland's fault, but kaoru's just like ??? because hey, he asked to be addressed that way!]

I would think that he and Mr. Altman are currently among the least suspicious.

[pasodoble]

I don't know! If I knew I would say so!

[respecting]

What?! No!

[reunified]

It wouldn't be a bad idea. Better to give up some privacy than end up dead.

[souredsweet]

The last week, someone argued the same thing against Miss Takami's early morning routine until it was proven otherwise. ...Of course, it is possible that they believed he would be motivated to accompany them and, when he failed to comply, they attacked.

[humanic]

...could the katana keep the elevator open?

[inthebones]

They might as well just have left it sitting on the table, then.

Alright, let's assume that theory is correct. Does it tell us more about who the murderer might have been? Someone who didn't know how to wield a sword well and was afraid bringing it with them would be too unwieldy?

[pasodoble]

What a waste of a good sword.

( Translation: Maybe??? )

[vytis]

And then he was stabbed so we wouldn't wonder what the katana was for?

[notyetlost]

That's like super smart bringing the evidence with you so we couldn't find it in your room.

[humanic]

Well, it's not like it's theirs to begin with.

[notyetlost]

Oh my god wait wait I'm not ready!