week 4 - trial

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week four 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]

Of course! The food they serve here is fine, but it has been a while since I have been able to experience what I usually eat back home. So I would be delighted to help you!

Okay! Then that should clear her too, right?

[souredsweet]

Thank you very much in advance then, Miss May. I will look forward to it.

[that gets a nod!] I would say so, certainly, unless there was a way to delay the sword strike and launch it without a person present to actually man it. It is possible that some item was in the box that would make such a thing possible, but I do not think it likely.

[pandacea]

It sounds similar to what Bernkastel did to Lydia, but I also don't know how such an act could be set up with what we found in the music room. The killer wouldn't have had any time to come back in and clean it up either.

[souredsweet]

That much is true, but I do not think cleaning anything up would have been a huge concern, given the physical state of our victim... Though perhaps that is why the box was left in such a haste? It would not be as though the person who used it would have much time to hide it, given the short time frame that was being worked with.

[pandacea]

But then why bring the box itself at all? Surely it would have been more convenient to simply take what you needed and throw the rest away or hide it so no one knew you had it.

And as Miss Touko said, picking the mystery box when you had no idea what would be inside...well. It's stupid.

[souredsweet]

Unless the item within needed to be used on the scene.

Still, you are correct... It is a large risk to take for something that might not even be useful. I cannot see what else may have been selected though, as nearly everything else on the list is an item which would not work on her or a secondary weapon. If it is not the box, I cannot see how it could be anything other than the key, the map or the storage compartment. [a thoughtful pause.] Perhaps a skeleton key was selected in order to hide the sword in a nearby room? It would not do to walk around in broad daylight with a weapon, after all. Sapphire Wing does have two empty ones now and Emerald Wing has one, as well...

[pandacea]

That could be it! If Miss Yuzu is right about the killer entering from Sapphire, then a key could explain how they got there. Has anyone thought to check the empty rooms in there yet?

[souredsweet]

Can the empty rooms be checked without a skeleton key? If so, I will go if someone is willing to accompany me.