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murdermanor2013-11-07 09:26 am
productions) wrote in murdermanor2013-11-07 09:26 am
[Kaoru gently rests a hand on May's shoulder, reaching down to wipe at her face with a sleeve.] Miss May, please do not cry... The blame is also mine for being negligent; that much I will accept. [Kaoru's attention then turns to Susan.]
However... It was one hour, roughly, not hours. I can do no more than apologize, but I will not let myself be unjustly condemned for an oversight, either.
Allow me to propose this; in order for the poisoner to orchestrate a meeting, they would need to know when both Miss May and Mr. Beat would be at the chapel. For one, not even I knew when Miss May would be at the chapel. I can also attest to not being anywhere near Mr. Beat at all that day, or the day prior. The chapel would not have been settled on had I not believed it to be a safe, secluded location - and perhaps that is what the attacker also believed in targeting Mr. Beat.
...I believe that the attacker had not intended for Miss May to be involved. I do not believe a single suspect this trial would intentionally target a child.
However... It was one hour, roughly, not hours. I can do no more than apologize, but I will not let myself be unjustly condemned for an oversight, either.
Allow me to propose this; in order for the poisoner to orchestrate a meeting, they would need to know when both Miss May and Mr. Beat would be at the chapel. For one, not even I knew when Miss May would be at the chapel. I can also attest to not being anywhere near Mr. Beat at all that day, or the day prior. The chapel would not have been settled on had I not believed it to be a safe, secluded location - and perhaps that is what the attacker also believed in targeting Mr. Beat.
...I believe that the attacker had not intended for Miss May to be involved. I do not believe a single suspect this trial would intentionally target a child.
[ Sonia smiles gently- very gently- and for a moment seems to be about to say one thing... before deciding on another. ]
I just... had a feeling. [ The words are light and simple. ] It doesn't do to accept defeat until every possible path has been explored... No matter what, you must persevere. That's how a small, unimportant country like mine managed to prosper for so long... and I think it's how we can leave this place alive.
[ ... ] I did not want to deny him the right to die. But... [ Her voice drops, softly. ] If there was a chance to spare both their lives and render that unnecessary... I wished to accept my own selfishness and take it. I might not be good at anything useful or practical... But I am very good at having absolute faith in others. So, then, let us see where it takes us today.
[ She grasps Susan's hands for a second longer before letting them go carefully. ]
There won't be any mistakes made today. I am sure of it.
I just... had a feeling. [ The words are light and simple. ] It doesn't do to accept defeat until every possible path has been explored... No matter what, you must persevere. That's how a small, unimportant country like mine managed to prosper for so long... and I think it's how we can leave this place alive.
[ ... ] I did not want to deny him the right to die. But... [ Her voice drops, softly. ] If there was a chance to spare both their lives and render that unnecessary... I wished to accept my own selfishness and take it. I might not be good at anything useful or practical... But I am very good at having absolute faith in others. So, then, let us see where it takes us today.
[ She grasps Susan's hands for a second longer before letting them go carefully. ]
There won't be any mistakes made today. I am sure of it.
[beneath the bed is neat and tidy if a bit dusty! it's not like Kaoru dusts anything that's out of sight, that'd just be neurotic.
there are nothing under the sheets, either.]
there are nothing under the sheets, either.]
[Susan listens to this with what can pass as an expression of relief. She nods at times, and when he is concluded...]
Thank you, Gundam. That is... more than sufficient.
Thank you, Gundam. That is... more than sufficient.
Edited 2013-11-09 05:01 (UTC)
[He's eyeing Kaoru with an ugly expression, obviously having made his own mind up on guilt.]
Hm, hm, hm. An interesting argument.
Why not poison Beat with something less unpredictable?
Hm, hm, hm. An interesting argument.
Why not poison Beat with something less unpredictable?
I am the killer! Even if something had happened to Beat beforehand, I am still the one who struck the final blow!
[His last remark gets her to freeze for a moment. She's forgotten in the midst of all this that it isn't just her life on the line, but her people's as well.]
I...I know...I must do all I can to survive if there really is another hand at play here. But even still...Miss Kaoru has been one of my dearest friends in this place, and she kept defending me yesterday as well when I believed all hope for myself was lost. It is only right I do the same for her. Until I see actual proof, I cannot believe she would betray me so easily.
[His last remark gets her to freeze for a moment. She's forgotten in the midst of all this that it isn't just her life on the line, but her people's as well.]
I...I know...I must do all I can to survive if there really is another hand at play here. But even still...Miss Kaoru has been one of my dearest friends in this place, and she kept defending me yesterday as well when I believed all hope for myself was lost. It is only right I do the same for her. Until I see actual proof, I cannot believe she would betray me so easily.
I propose the rooms be searched a second time. There was no reason to be alert for signs of a poison.
[Stiles why do you even know what marijuana looks like.]
I guess even if it did, it wouldn't help narrow anything down either...
[Poland takes out his notebook and starts flipping through suspect pages.] But if it wasn't your pills maybe there's something else that someone brought that they could drug Beat with.
I guess even if it did, it wouldn't help narrow anything down either...
[Poland takes out his notebook and starts flipping through suspect pages.] But if it wasn't your pills maybe there's something else that someone brought that they could drug Beat with.
...Yes. The drug in the chalice. Perhaps it wasn't even meant specifically for Beat - simply anyone who drank from it, although certainly a suggestion or other inducement was placed his way.
[He doesn't move to take the hand or anything, but doesn't draw away. He's still a little ragged, though. It may not have anything to do with her.]
[ She reaches forward towards his hip... no, his pocket?
She puts something in it. Weird. ]
She puts something in it. Weird. ]
[Susan looks confused for a moment before drawing in a long breath, as if having realized something.]
...None that are obvious, no. I suppose May could rearrange atoms to create a new type of poison - but does anyone really think it could possibly be her work at this point?
...None that are obvious, no. I suppose May could rearrange atoms to create a new type of poison - but does anyone really think it could possibly be her work at this point?
[Ahh, Sun-D. He picks her up and smiles at her.
He doesn't have any of his other hamsters will him today, but he seems relieved to see her.]
He doesn't have any of his other hamsters will him today, but he seems relieved to see her.]
Your 'selfishness', as you put it, has achieved exactly what we discussed yesterday - saved two innocent lives.
[A pause.]
Gundam is terribly lucky to have found you in this place. Perhaps it will be the second good thing that comes out of all of this.
[Susan almost sounds warm. It is perhaps possible to believe, at this moment, that she is only four years older than the teenagers remaining.]
[A pause.]
Gundam is terribly lucky to have found you in this place. Perhaps it will be the second good thing that comes out of all of this.
[Susan almost sounds warm. It is perhaps possible to believe, at this moment, that she is only four years older than the teenagers remaining.]
I agree. ...Stiles has drawn something to my attention as well that ought to be searched for.
[A slight pause before -- ]
You kept your end of the bargain. I'll do everything I can to continue to fulfill mine until we reach the bottom of it all.
[A slight pause before -- ]
You kept your end of the bargain. I'll do everything I can to continue to fulfill mine until we reach the bottom of it all.
[ She is totally just happy watching this, and is satisfied enough just to see him smile. ]
[Susan nods and accepts her statements. Obviously, Kaoru wouldn't be willing to be labeled as having done such a thing.]
I understand, of course, and I... like you, shall accept the blame if I mislead the others into a wrongful death. The only thing is... that I know you to be a most meticulous and reliable person. Perhaps it's ironic that this is why I suspect you now.
What you say is possible. It is also perfectly possible that the poisoner did not target anyone in particular - neither Beat nor May. Simply the first person to drink from the cup and the first person to approach them.
I understand, of course, and I... like you, shall accept the blame if I mislead the others into a wrongful death. The only thing is... that I know you to be a most meticulous and reliable person. Perhaps it's ironic that this is why I suspect you now.
What you say is possible. It is also perfectly possible that the poisoner did not target anyone in particular - neither Beat nor May. Simply the first person to drink from the cup and the first person to approach them.
[ She puts her hands to her cheeks, blushing. ] A...ahahahaha... D- don't say that! How embarrassing...
...But... thank you.
...But... thank you.
Hey Kaoru. [Poland looks up from her card in his notebook.]
Um. What's a vial of "ochimizu"... and where is it?
[Susan must have missed it while she was sniffing everything.]
Um. What's a vial of "ochimizu"... and where is it?
[Susan must have missed it while she was sniffing everything.]
I don't remember requiring anything from you beyond what's been provided. Do you not think I have my own reasons for wanting to determine such a thing?
...
No. No, no, no, I can't take much more of this psychological guessing nonsense; I don't think I've been so harried since I was in grade school. No veiled messages, no subliminal intent, no dancing around what we actually mean - for one sentence.
Thank you, I appreciate your honesty, I think you're a good person, and I am sorry I said what I did last night.
There. The sarcasm switch is back on now; proceed as normal.
No. No, no, no, I can't take much more of this psychological guessing nonsense; I don't think I've been so harried since I was in grade school. No veiled messages, no subliminal intent, no dancing around what we actually mean - for one sentence.
Thank you, I appreciate your honesty, I think you're a good person, and I am sorry I said what I did last night.
There. The sarcasm switch is back on now; proceed as normal.
Haah...
[Pulling his scarf over his face.]
That...that was not my intention!
[Pulling his scarf over his face.]
That...that was not my intention!
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