murdermanor | week 8

Don't say that! I am sure he was quite fond of you as well. [or at least fond of her horse...]

We must be missing something. Is there any area we have not searched yet? A secret passageway that leads to the kitchen or dining room perhaps?

I would not know it, May. [ ... ] Though... Poland did. He had the map, didn't he...

Ah, that's true! We have not completely ruled out the possibility that he was the original attacker yet!

[ ... ]

No... actually... At this point, it would be foolish to insist on that, still. It seems obvious now that he was not.

...Poland was the only one who could read his map. He showed it to a few of us - Lithuania and I, at least. [flaunted it in her face actually] But he never made mention of a passageway in the dining room.

I do wonder why he wanted it in the first place...

I... would venture to say that he wanted to have a major discovery in a trial. He was quite upset that we'd concealed the secret room in the library from him.

He was that sort of good-hearted, happy-go-lucky, helpful guy, huh?

[ She seems wistful. ]

Er.

I would say that it was pride that motivated him, but we oughtn't speak ill of the dead and all that.

Er... that too...

Th-then...maybe someone else targeted a deadweight or dispensable and Poland simply got in the way. Perhaps his death was an accident and he was never the intended target at all.

No, I... It can only be assumed that it was planned, yes?

But if that's the case...

[Her gaze darts from side to side.]

Ah! Th-that's right! I...I had a crossbow from last week's trial all along, I simply forgot about it! Someone must have noticed and stolen it from my room!

M...May?!

It's - it's the truth! The crossbow is...is a very revered weapon in my country. And I was worried someone would target me so I chose it to defend myself. But the sickness must have taken more of a toll on me than I thought, I had completely forgotten about it until just now. So - so you see, anyone could have gotten hold of it!

[ Just giving her a strange look... a very long and lingering look, somewhat pained. ]

Then could you... [ Carefully: ] Please explain its operation...?

Y-yes... [Then with more confidence:] Even though it has been outclassed with the invention of gunpowder, it is a fairly simple weapon to use. You simply notch the arrow to the string, pull it back to your ear, and then let it fly.

[ She does not seem surprised by this answer. ]

Dear me.

[ 'You tried' sticker. ]

[doesn't realize what she said wrong...]

And seeing as how the skill to use a crossbow is not listed on your card, you cannot possibly be the killer! The mechanics may be simple enough, but it takes years of training to be able to aim it so well as to hit a target as small as a lock.

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[She tightens her mouth and grits her teeth, willing herself not to talk back to May. She wants to say that isn't true but...but May and Sonia are friends. It's hard but she exercises silence.]

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Distracting people with fabrications will only take time away from theories that can lead to the truth, May.

Are you willing to create a lie that will lead to the wrongful death of someone else?

I -- but...! Executing Miss Sonia would be wrong as well!

I want to think so, too. But after last week, I suppose I'm able to believe that anyone can murder now...

This isn't...this isn't like what happened with Kaoru at all though. Even if she - that is, whoever the culprit is - did kill someone, she saved everyone's lives! How can we execute her when we owe our lives to her?

...I know. I would have preferred, after Miss Romanov's death, that we had chosen two people to make a sacrifice, whether by agreement or through randomized choice. But there's no point saying so now.

There's no good decision here. No choice is morally correct. We execute someone who saved all of our lives, save one, or we execute someone who had nothing to do with it.