WEEK 3 - TRIAL

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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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Comments

[humanic]

Yeah, I can go grab some.

I wouldn't get our hopes up though. Fingerprinting's only useful if the killer managed to leave behind a clear print. I've never actually picked up a sword before, but if it's anything like carrying a bat or a lacrosse stick, your palm would probably smear any possible prints you'd leave on there.

[inthebones]

I also have doubts if any murderer in the history of murders has even been stupid enough to leave their prints on the murder weapon. ...At least, detective fiction doesn't seem to think so.

[humanic]

Yeah, but some of these people are from pretty weird worlds or time periods. Maybe they've never heard of fingerprinting there. Besides, if the killer did pick the tools for targeting a deadweight, they would have known none of us had a fingerprinting kit on us anyway.

[inthebones]

I never said it wasn't worth trying.

[Susan has decided that Stiles might be worth listening to after last week.]

I'm no expert on the technique, certainly - is it at all feasible for flour to be used as the powder?

[humanic]

Don't get your hopes up. I'm like ninety-nine percent sure we won't get a clear print, especially with a shitty homemade kit, but might as well try for that last one percent.

I think flour might be too heavy. The stuff they normally use - it's really fine. Soot could probably work though - there might be some in the fireplace.

[inthebones]

...Very fine, you say?

[It was too bad they didn't know anyone who could alter the properties of a material so long as certain rules about equivalent whatever were followed oh wait]

I'll retrieve some soot from the fireplace, then - and see if we can't grind it finer.

[balzams]

Mm... That might be a problem. The culprit might have been wearing gloves too...

It's worth a shot at least. Even if we don't find any prints there might be other clues on the weapon.

[humanic]

That's true - it's not like we'll lose anything if we try, yeah? I'll go grab the ink from the study then.

[balzams]

Right! Thank-you very much.

I'll go with Miss Nagumo to retrieve the weapon.