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onceuponacomm2021-06-05 09:53 am
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TRIAL I
Trial V
The sounds of Hamelin's flute reach you, wherever you are. No matter the melody (light and whimsical today) it always seem to signal the start of something unwelcome. Whether you resist or not, eventually you'll find yourself drawn to the origin of the song.
The lush greenery of the palace courtyard greets you at the end of your journey, atmosphere heavy like the party from last night was simply an illusion. And at the center of it all, Hamelin smiles, his mouth curved, as he gathers everyone to one side of the palace grounds. With a short note from his flute, the quiet is broken with a small tremor that only grows and grows until the ground itself seems to erupt with chaos.
There's practically no time to react as roots and branches pierce through from the dirt in a wide circle around the group, limbs entwining around each other densely to create a thick wall of branches that obscure any sight of the outside world. And in that pitch black cage, the rumbling continues underfoot, bringing with it the strange sensation of moving up. When the shaking finally seems to die down, what awaits when the branches loosen and unwind is--
The hollowed inside of a grand tree, its size large enough to be comparable to the palace's ballroom. As you look around, you'll see several oversized toadstools (thirty-one for those inclined to count) growing about the place, and a small wooden table where ballots and quills are laid out, in addition to a hard-covered book with the profiles of each and every one of you. Directly behind the table is a particularly large knot, wide enough to stick your hand into.
A glance to the 'windows' in the tree trunk only show thick branches with their foliage and the wide blue sky; those who approach these windows and look down will also see that anyone who tries to escape this way is going to be leading themselves to a very, very long drop. No other exits are visible anywhere in the tree, either.
As absurd as this entire place was, as absurd as this entire situation was, the only way to get out was to play the game.
It was time. The trial for Samidare Asahina's death had begun.
Intro & Questions
Welcome to your pasture, my sheep! Well it's more of a tree but details, details!
Make yourself comfortable, cause you're gonna here be a while. How long? Til' you've found who you think is at fault for killing Sami. But on the other hand an open game with lax rules isn't a proper one at all so... you have seven hours.
And if you don't wanna play? I'm not going to force you but a life demands a life. Unless you'd rather me pick, which I'd be thrilled to!
Questions? Questions?
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Hey! Did you put everyone else to sleep while the murder happened?
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prints + culprit height
He sticks close to C-ta's side, and after writing his note, hands it to C-ta to read for him. There's no way he can write big enough for everyone to see.]
Outside the mansion Edelgard and I found prints
Two partial footprints and a handprint
It looks like the culprit caught themselves on their hands and feet when they dropped down
Judging by the distance from hands to feet
They're shorter than me and taller than Edelgard
[Also sitting on his toadstool is a list of who that applies to and their heights, which Suga won't mind if anyone takes a peek at.]
Also
This should go without saying
But birds don't have hands
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Good work, you two.
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prints paart 2
The footprints and handprint that we found were positioned in such a way that indicated whoever left them jumped off either the roof or the wall. I'm no expert, but while it didn't look physically impossible, it would still likely prove difficult for an amateur to do so without injuring themselves. This leads me to believe that our culprit is at the very least somewhat athletic.
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Already thrown' potential names on the table, huh? I feel like that could've waited 'til later.
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Re: prints + culprit height
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Mansion Kitchen
Hopefully we wound up securing more evidence than destroying it, amateurs that most of us are.
I personally went inside the mansion that Samidare was found on top of. Within the kitchen some things were amiss. The oven was on, albeit at a low temperature. Its inside smelled earthy. Further, the sink had been used.
I tried taking fingerprints from the oven handle, but unfortunately my results aren't usable.
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It smelled earthy? Like... dirt?
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HI MASSIVE ROOFTOP EVIDENCE THREAD
first off, a large sketched diagram of the crime scene (thank u fishy) to properly illustrate his points, and he's going to point at it while he presents his findings, as follows: ]
I won't go into details very much over what Professor Pericles found out about the body since he is more suited to give his findings on the matter, but the curious thing about Samidare Asahina's body was how it was placed onto the rooftop in the first place.
As the professor would have mentioned, the body was found on the rooftop of one of the mansions. I have confirmed that the rooftop can only be accessed by climbing a trellis along the side of the mansion, and the trellis, as far as I can tell, can hold the weight of one person at any one time - it was already slightly damaged - the clear conclusion is that someone had already used it before I got there, and it was further warped after I used it to get up to the rooftop, but it held the weight of Koto and Yor just fine without adding too much additional damage. It seems obvious to me that the killer was probably someone smaller or lighter than myself.
The second curious thing is that the body was wrapped by a rope-- [ here he'll place the pilfered rope on top of the table, take a look at it if you want to ] --which does not match the ligature marks around Samidare Asahina's neck - it is thinner, and was wrapped around the body after she died rather than used to restrain Samidare Asahina prior to her death. I've confirmed independently that such ropes could be found in the furniture store, are long enough that the full length of said ropes are able to reach the ground from the rooftop of the mansion, and are strong enough to hold Samidare Asahina's weight if appropriately secured.
In addition, based on the strange placement of the body - there was an adze-- [ the adze also is placed on the table for everyone to look at - definitely looks like one from the workshop if people want to recognise it ] which was lodged in the rooftop gutter and attached to the ropes. Based on preliminary examinations it's unlikely this was the murder weapon - the wounds don't match the adze. I've also confirmed that it was used to knock at the chimney of the house for some reason, and I have my theories about why and how that was done, but I digress.
The last thing of interest is the fact that there were two sets of tiles knocked off the roof. Once closer to Samidare Asahina's body, and one closer to the east side of the rooftop. Koto and Raven, I believe, can confirm that the hole on the east side, which leads to the attic, is much too small for someone to fit into.
[ a pause, and his scarlet eyes are grim. ]
My theory is that Samidare Asahina was not killed on the rooftop. Rather, she was murdered in another location, and the killer took painstaking measures to isolate her body in a place which would have normally been inaccessible to most people. The most likely theory, based on the balance of probabilities, was that the rope was secured to Samidare Asahina's body, and our killer climbed the trellis to the top of the roof, where they disposed of the body by raising it up to the rooftop, likely using the chimney as a counterweight, and then disposing of the adze which was used as a tool to aid the killer in climbing to the rooftop.
[ that's a lot, but william is hopefully presenting it in a way that... makes it easy to digest. ]
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It's easier to get away with a crime if no one finds the corpse
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ATTIC EVIDENCE
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Extra roof commentary plus tiles
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I vas the one to find the body, for zose who woult vant to know, as vell as one of the people to look over her body. Frau Asahina vas on the roof of a mansion, wrapped in a raser old red curtain, and zough most of her vas covered, her feet vere still visible. Not only zat, but the curtain vas wrapped arount her somevhat messily, mainly trying to cover her completely, despite her shoes still being open to the vorld. Additionally, the rope there vas wount arount her raser zan being in any sort of knot, wis a goot deal of it being underneas her.
As for the corpse itself, zere vere ligature marks on her neck-on the front and sides-zat vere about an inch vide. Not only vere zere scratches on her neck, but skin under her fingernails indicates she attempted to save herself, but ultimately failet. Zere vas bruising on her stomach as vell-most easily comparable to a baseball in size-and, unsurprising given the time of death, livor mortis had long since set in, wis the back half of her being qvite red-zough the parts of her vhere she vas lying on the rope vere pale, for obvious reasons.
Herr Moriarty and Frau Koto can confirm sings, if you have any doubts, as zey joinet me on the roof during our allotted investigation time.
Now, can ve begin speculating? Because I alreaty have a theory in mind.
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..."Livor mortis"?
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workshop evidence
The tools all appeared to be present and in place, but it's worth noting that the shops here restock quickly whenever we take something, so I'm not certain whether that really tells us anything or not -- if the killer used something from the workshop, it may have just been restocked already.
The furniture store itself seemed undisturbed.
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The fairies restock anything that's been taken.
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I don't think there's much that's heavy in there
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INJURY CHECK
Do we have any clothes or curtains we could use for privacy?
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[ He's not stripping unless he has to. Can being a giant help him? ]
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Injury Check
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INJURY CHECK
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CAT HERD
So, I'm not good with this sort of stuff, but maybe having some sort of timeline might help?
Right now, the working theory is that Sami barricaded herself in the kitchen, and something is earthy about the oven. And that she left the kitchen at some point, either because she was lured out or, I dunno, maybe she needed a bathroom break. But the point is, she left the kitchen.
And then-- the rest of the evening is kind of confusing to me? Does anyone know what happened there?
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Not the palace kitchen
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Re: CAT HERD
Re: CAT HERD
TIMELINE
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Sniffing for clues!
Ahem. I think the earthy smell may be vital. May I ask everyone to bear with me and submit themselves to a - [ Blush. ] - a scent check?
[ If nothing comes of this, she's so, so sorry. ]
Clothes and shoes, I think.
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[ Time to tackle hug everyone on sight. ]
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Re: Sniffing for clues!
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Re: Sniffing for clues!
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Re: Sniffing for clues!
SCREAMS GINSHI
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late oops i thought i hit send on this :D
suspect list round two
So. ]
Sorry to interrupt the discussion, but we should look at our list of suspects again. We have the two lists from Suga, and the narrowed down one consists of: Phillip-san, Yor-san, Riku, SQ, myself, Nie Huiasang, and Zola. We shouldn't take this as gospel, but it's the best thing we have right now.
Of course, if you have any questions for me, I'll answer them to the best of my ability. But I think we have a lot of new information that might help eliminate people or add to this list, though I hope it's the former more than the latter.
Have at it.
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[ he shrugs. ]
From our conversations, I could also kinda imply that she comes from a world where apparently people die for really petty reasons. So I guess making a motive for her wouldn't be that difficult.
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Re: suspect list round two
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Re: suspect list round two
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FIST CHECK.
Can all the suspects make a fist?
[ please note if your fist is significantly wider than a baseball pls.
she holds up her own fist as an example ]
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Re: FIST CHECK.
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Not that she'll ever admit it. Mistakes are carried to the grave]
Well I think we're about done here, aren't we? Indeed, I killed her. No surprise there. At this point let's just get done with the whole voting thing we're supposed to do. Is there really anything else to say?
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Nice having met you, everyone. My name is Zola Malfeazium. And adieu.
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RESULTS
Zola, zola...was that really the best you could do? But I guess for someone who's wish was to kill one single person that's the most I could've expected of you. Too bad Agatha will go on to live her life and you'll die here but! Ah well.
By vast majority you've selected Zola Malfeazium to be executed. Which is right, as pathetic as that is.
[ He smiles, and presses his lips to his flute once more. Vines suddenly spurt forward from the ground and enclose Zola where she's standing in a veritable thorny prison. ]
Now there's only one thing left to do...but this has been a long day, hasn't it? I think you've earned a little reprieve for your troubles. So! I'll see you Sunday for her execution [ A small burst of laughter here, because evidently he finds something about this funny. ] if you'd like to bear witness. If not, no hard feelings!
Ah, except the lucky executioner that is. And since I'm being so kind to you, that's house choice. But I'm willin' to listen to any volunteers!
[ A small rumbling sound can be heard from within the tree, and those who investigate will find that a sort of slide has opened up to grant safe passage from the tree. You're free to go, for now. ]
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Voulenteer...? As as executioner?
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