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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[souredsweet]

...To be honest, Miss Sto Helit, that is why I had suspected you initially.

But your alibi has been corroborated, and no one else has a tracking ability, I believe. Still, it is... a massive risk to take, without being entirely certain that she would not be present.

[inthebones]

Of everyone in the house, my abilities are best suited to plot a murder - or at least they certainly seem that way to all of you.

[Susan looks more content than offended, really. At least someone takes her warnings about not trusting people seriously.]

Then putting random chance aside, how could anyone have kept track of Rin and Annie's movements? A listening device?

[souredsweet]

[it's her hair that's so suspicious

no Kaoru actually feels pretty guilty for even admitting that Susan had been a suspect and it reflects briefly in both tone and expression, but it leaves after another nod.]

Still, I do not believe you to be the culprit here. As for that... Something used for listening surely would have been found in the room search, correct? Unless there was something on Miss Kagamine or Miss Leonhardt that allowed the culprit to follow their movements or listen to them.

[inthebones]

I admit I'm out of my expertise on this. I don't understand a whit of all of this talk about... 'robots'.

[The word doesn't even feel right coming out of her mouth.]

If it were Gundam, his hamsters certainly could have informed him. But it doesn't seem very likely.

[souredsweet]

...He cannot actually communicate with them, can he?

[WOW... Kaoru had thought the entire thing was an elaborate fake-out or something, even though the hamsters did know how to pose.] That said, I am also largely useless when it comes to such things. We do not even have the electricity that runs through the fence where I come from, and I have been told it is quite common for most others.

[inthebones]

...I believe he can. They carry out his commands and report back to him and all of that, don't they?

[On the Disc, animals could be quite intelligent. Susan had never actually considered that Gundam was lying about that particular aspect of his 'powers'.]

We don't, either, but it's a sort of applied magic, I hear. Lightning is generated through a machine and run along the metal.

[souredsweet]

I would not know, I have never seen such a thing before.

[GUNDAM... Kaoru isn't sure whether that's very cool or very bizarre.] Mm, that is the explanation that the books I have read gave. ...More or less.