WEEK 3 TRIAL

[probe]

POPULATION: 25

Rise and shine, little sinners. Did you rest well? Hope you weren't too perturbed by the events of the day before. Things seem to be perfectly normal throughout your morning, but at 12pm, everyone will receive a mass text message to their phone.

goood morning! come join us in the conference room when you're ready!

Whether you agree or disagree, soon you will find yourself physically moving toward the conference room on the bottom floor, filing into the room and taking a seat in one of the vacant chairs. Two metal boxes sit at the end of each table along with a collection of pens and colored notecards. At the head of the room, Lust, Pride, Envy and Gluttony patiently wait as the TV above them displays a message.

Victims: Omi Fushimi, Ashiya Douman

Once the last participant enters the room, the door will swing closed behind them and lock them inside.

Lust is at the table and seems to be finishing a topcoat on their nails. Pride is looking down at their claws, sprawled in their chair. Envy is slumped forward on the table... but don't worry, he's not dead this time, he just has his head pillowed on his folded arms. Gluttony is sitting up straight, hands laced together and waiting.

The rest of the Avatars all look at Pride after a moment of silence, and then, vaguely annoyed, Pride says:

What? They know they have nine hours by this point. Don't look at me.

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Hello, and welcome to fourth third trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about the events of the day before! While mini-investigations were held yesterday, today is the day characters will have time to examine the body of the victim and explore relevant locations.

There will be a mod-tag break between 4pm EST/1pm PST to 5pm EST/2pm PST. While the trial may continue and players can tag each other, mod-led threads such as questions and investigations will be on hold.

Finally, while voting is not mandatory, we do have a voting page should characters wish to vote! Please be sure that your vote is in by the time trial finishes (9pm EST/6pm PST) if you wish to vote.

Good luck, and have fun!

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Comments

[alteracion]

They didn't die in there, but I wouldn't say there was a fight, either. The telescope and some of the blood on the ground is all that we could find, so...

[ wtf does that even mean ]

[fatalattraction]

Gracie was able to carry it no problem!

[headmt]

That would make sense to me! When you get whacked in the head, you definitely see twinkly lights. Suppose it's a good little "joke" this place is playing.

[alteracion]

[ because she's buff. but: ]

Most telescopes are made to be carried in the first place. They're not a stay still hobby unless you get one of those like, massive NASA ones?

[sengokus]

Pretty shitty sense of humor, but effective enough I guess.

[the fucking head trauma]

We're assuming that maybe it was Omi-san that got knocked around then? I mean, I guess it could've been his killer.... We'll need to look at the body to check once we get his injuries to appear.

[probe]

[Looking closer, Harrow can tell there is both blood and organic matter on the telescope. Definitely looks a little like brains.]

[dotcom]

Mm. But depending on what it's made of, it could still hurt.

[ again, like

a baseball bat. they're not that heavy. ]

[sengokus]

[he tilts his head]

But.... Well, okay - kinda weird 'cause Omi-san started in the kitchen. So I dunno if we can pin this on either one yet until we get more info.

General idea is that however died related to the observation room got whacked in the head pretty hard. Maybe they just wanted to run for it until their head stopped ringing?

[bonetiddies]

[The dent in the telescope - are we thinking roughly head shaped?]

[shiftingwinds]

[noted... if she tries to measure the equal distance that the stabs are, about how long is it? she'll grab the piano wire and start the edge of it at one, then take note of where the other is in comparison. like a ruler but like, not.

once she's done checking on that, though, she'll turn them back over, re-dress them, and pull the sheet over them because i can't think of anything else to look for someone else do it.]

...rest in peace.

[sengokus]

So enough to hurt, but not enough to knock somebody out? Are we thinking the glass broke from the impact?

[bonetiddies]

There's brain matter on the telescope, for the record. So I wouldn't be so hasty.

[fatalattraction]

[ she appweciates ur buffness ]

DW MY NOTIFS...

[toesies]

[Hmm... Quickly checks under the tablecloth and chair cushions. And then looks at Lust.]

What do you think? On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate our thoroughness?

[alteracion]

Maybe... the killer grabbed the telescope and the whole thing happened outside of the observing room altogether? It wouldn't be the first time people brought things back after using them. If they hit them in there, we'd have found the glass.

[alteracion]

Oh, definitely. Hit anyone hard enough with anything metal and you can do some serious damage.

[bonetiddies]

There's brain matter on the telescope. If no one died in there, they were at least mortally wounded by the telescope.

[enfangs]

... Yikes. Yeah, uh, you don't usually leave brain matter with... nonfatal stuff.

[headmt]

Ah.

[HM.]

So someone took it from the observing room with them. Maybe they got one hit off and chased the other down? Might explain why the glass from it isn't in that room.

[sengokus]

Ah, that's true. With the clown shoes and all...

[why do they return the murderous items back to their original spots? what the fuck?]

Huh... But there was blood by the chair, right? So something had to have happened there.

[alteracion]

Yeah, I told Misa it was probably a murder weapon when we found it. But that doesn't mean it was used in there. It was just left leaning upright next to the doorway.

[bonetiddies]

Well, the fact is, we didn't get a body update from that room. So the mystery persists.

[fergalicious]

But didn't you guys say you found a lot of blood splattered around?

[fatalattraction]

Ewww, this is the second week in a row I've helped find brain bits...

[bonetiddies]

Mm. The motif of broken glass might be a place to start.