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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[inthebones]

...Alternatively, the killer had enough forethought to attempt to frame him in such a manner.

[a slight pause]

He said to me once he had very important things to do at home. 'Fate-of-the-world-stuff-only-he-could-do' sort of things.

[terriblesister]

Right. I'll... try. Maybe Kaoru can help.

With Rapture? Will you be alright?

[pandacea]

Eh? He was? Then perhaps he really did seek to kill someone!

But it would have to be a deadweight for him to obtain the sword and key, yes? Then his chosen victim must have been either Miss Aya or Mr. Altman....

SWEET SUSAN AND HELLA RAPTURE in MERDUR.... INVITAGATION

[throe]

[ our HEROS(INE) start out..........,.... in tH E RUBY WANG ]

Now I guess we have to wonder if someone planted the skeleton key on him or if he was trying to murder someone himself.

[vytis]

That could be enough to push someone to kill, though it's no guarantee he wasn't framed, I agree. [Lithuania doesn't like where this trial could go, though.]

[vytis]

That's true, but that wouldn't necessarily mean they were the ones who killed him. One of the others could have seen him walking around with a sword, for example, and tried to stop him...

ROOM INVESTIGATIONS

[terriblesister]

Ah... we're going to search the suspect rooms... could we have people's keys, please?

[vytis]

It looks like it's made of bone. [Lithuania frowns at it, as if it will tell him what it is on its own.] It might be a skeleton key.

[souredsweet]

[Kaoru's close enough to hear that and nods in Yuzu's direction.]

I would be glad to help.

[pasodoble]

Let's say he was stabbed after being knocked into the elevator shaft... There aren't many ways to end up down there, you know?

He would have had to been knocked down from one of the other floors and then the killer would have to run all the way down to the basement to finish the job. Or they would have had to fight in the basement and push him in from there.

crying softly

[inthebones]

((By the way the wording on the skeleton key is a bit misleading; it actually opens any bedroom door but! We can discover that IC.))

[Susan will naturally head for Dave's room first. They need to ensure it's a skeleton key, anyway.]

Kaoru raised a good point before we left. That he would choose to take his signature weapon would be a rather stupid thing to do if he had no means of hiding it. It isn't if you can disguise a katana very well.

[souredsweet]

[all aboard!!]

Precisely so. Even if he was attacked at an hour where most had retired for the night, we surely would have heard something...

[inthebones]

If she pushes me off the roof, the trial will be short and quick, at least.

Go on, then. And remember - nothing can be too minor to be overlooked.

[speakveryclearly]

Yes, Miss Sto Helit.

[Gosh she's been on a sublimation program for four days now!]

[pandacea]

I hadn't thought of that - but maybe he did not know how to use any other weapon? And there are also other people in this mansion whose cards say they are skilled with swords, so perhaps he thought they would be suspects as well.

Ah--perhaps he even thought to frame you, Miss Kaoru! How horrible!

[herpreciousrival]

T-then he intended to--!! [No, she doesn't want to think about it!]

That's terrible!

[inthebones]

Did you find his actual room key? If not, I'll take a look around his room to see if it's still there.

[speakveryclearly]

Maybe that's the case... on the other hand, would the culprit have any other means of concealing the key?Consider how easily the sword was found, and the searches we conduct in suspects' rooms. They may well have believed this was the easiest way to keep the key from being connected to them.

[pandacea]

Thank you! Good luck to you as well, Mr. Spain!

...unless you really are the murderer, in which case I hope you have no luck at all!

[vytis]

[Are Dave's actual keys on his person?]

[productions]

But of course.

[throe]

[ She stands there, watching Susan very well knowing that they certainly don't trust Rapture herself with the skeleton key. Really, how would she steal it? Everyone would obviously notice it's gone... ]

The culprit could have thought that choosing the katana would make us think twice about the murder since it's stated he's skilled with it, but it really doesn't seem like a smart idea if the victim used it. Maybe they slipped the keys into his pocket before throwing him down the shaft.

[terriblesister]

...

I'm sorry, I can't make sense of it.

[souredsweet]

[and off Kaoru goes to ask the Hostess!]

Let us go, if you are ready. I will stop by the kitchen first to fetch a towel so that we may carry it.

[productions]

[The key opens Dave's room.]