Week 7 - Trial

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week seven trial



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[inthebones]

...If May had heard a gonne-shot, there isn't any reason she wouldn't tell us. But if it happened afterwards...

[She frowns.]

Then Beat wasn't stunned by the kunai to the shoulder. He continued fighting with the third person and they had no recourse but to shoot him, lacking the ability to overcome him.

[throe]

They probably remembered how the murder with Belarus turned out, so they got a weapon they knew would be able to take out someone with a lot of power. It would make Beat's murder definitely a planned one, because they would take into consideration that he's not easy to kill like a regular human is.

[inthebones]

Since the bullet entered the east wall, they moved his body afterwards to the front of the altar, widened the entry and exit wounds with the kunai, and hid the bullet hole with the pew.

They attempted to clean up but realized May could awaken at any time, and so they left quickly.

Since this person planned Beat's death, they must have acquired two items. If we can locate or deduce the existence of either one, it will be clear that this crime wasn't committed in self-defense.

[throe]

Let's hope it's not a mystery box this time. [ Ha ha ha. She allows herself a smirk for that one. ]

Do you think poison would account for his disorientation? The culprit thinks it might be easier to lure him into confusion so that he's easier to kill, just like Touko did with Belarus. They just didn't account for May showing up, so they wait to see what will happen and seize the opportunity of her being knocked unconscious.

[inthebones]

...Yes, I think it's possible. And... the whole scenario reminds me of... a disease. There's a disease that leads to madness and rage. It happens often in dogs.

If there's a poison that can mimic those effects...

[throe]

You mean rabies? May did say he kept trying to attack her even when she told him it was her... it's the same with dogs and rabies, right?

Guess we can't check until we're really sure he was poisoned.

[inthebones]

[A slight frown.]

We have the poison-detection kit, but I'm not sure how it might have been introduced. He was in the chapel, after all, not at breakfast.

...I suppose any poison would end up in his bloodstream eventually, but...

[Were they going to drain him of blood to test it for poison]

[throe]

Yeah, I think we should focus on finding the gun first. It might be our biggest factor in all of this, especially if it really is the one they gave us a clue for. There might still be some ammunition in it... or discarded in a place we haven't looked yet.

[inthebones]

I have the strangest feeling it won't be found before the end of the trial. Call it a premonition.

[throe]

Maybe you should start playing the lottery because something tells me that you're probably right.

[ It's amazing how Rapture can suddenly turn off and on her seriousness and trickster ways. ]

[inthebones]

[sigh gundam why do you make everything so difficult]

...In any case. I believe that's a fair working theory at this point - if we assume the poison or the drug used was one of the prizes, we should think about the other. The skeleton key wouldn't have been useful in this case, and the gonne ostensibly was already present in the house.

[throe]

Ammunition and poison? Poison and a secret passage leading to the chapel to avoid suspicion of being caught on the grounds early in the morning? Those are the only items I would really think matter in this case.

[inthebones]

A secret passage to the chapel...

[She hadn't considered that.]

...It would have to go underground, then, if it exists. It would certainly be helpful in placing yourself far from the scene of the crime.

[throe]

If the culprit needed an easy escape, but didn't want to draw any attention to themselves walking away from the chapel and toward the mansion, then it would make sense! It would give them a chance to sneak out and sneak back in through a completely different route.

[inthebones]

That would be very convenient. The murderer would then, of course, have plotted a murder revolving around the chapel, and having heard that May and Kaoru would be there, incorporated them into their plans somehow.

[A frown.]

Two people to frame, though... it's too much. They couldn't have known Kaoru wasn't going to show up.

[throe]

It's way too convenient, even... unless someone who was meant to show up only showed up with the intention to murder Beat.

[inthebones]

...And purposefully sent May ahead on her own.

[A nod.]

Still. That isn't evidence more than it is conjecture.