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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[hollowheart]

I can't see how that's possible. I prepare all my food. [she's serious, too]

[inthebones]

[Susan honestly doesn't find it unreasonable in the slightest.]

I find being first to the ballroom allows for a similar sense of comfort.

If they waited for you to be out of the room, they must have necessarily been nearby. But no one was - not according to the alibis. I saw Gundam and Sonia coming in at 3:00, I was with Yuzu in the courtyard, and Kanaya was with Kaoru in the kitchen. Touko was outdoors. If someone's alibi placed them in say, the drawing room for an hour, perhaps it could potentially be feasible.

No one could have been waiting and watching you.

[hollowheart]

Are you saying it was a case of severe deliberation, or just sheer dumb luck?

[inthebones]

Luck is potentially a possibility, though not a very satisfactory one.

Did anyone know the two of you would be in the music room in the first place? Or were you habitually there in the afternoons?

[hollowheart]

We were often outside in the courtyard or by the pond, in the kitchen, or in the music room. We haven't been spending time elsewhere.

I suppose being indoors in the music room was a fair guess to anyone who's seen us together for the past two weeks.

[inthebones]

[A slight frown.]

The sound of the piano - Rin was probably the only one who played it on a regular basis. Perhaps she was singing as well. If someone heard it, it's a fair bet that they would have known she was there.

But they couldn't have assumed that her playing meant you were absent. You could simply have been her audience.