TRIAL I

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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.

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[hellochildren]

[The parrot moves a little bit, before he lets out a bit of a chuckle.]

I believe you may have answeret your own question, my friend.

Tell me, do you have any ideas vhy someone woult want to make a hole in the roof, for zis instance?

[gemuinemanagement]

It's not big enough to fit through
So maybe they wanted to drop something down

[adorabilities]

Didn't someone say they climbed thought a hole in the roof though?

[gemuinemanagement]

I think Jack widened it to get through

[heroicact]

Yes, it was... rather small for me. I couldn’t tell you if Samidare could have fit through beforehand... but we managed to get her body off the roof that way, at least.

[adorabilities]

Well, that's one way to do it.

[kowashi]

She wouldn't. I couldn't, at least. so I just said hi to Raven from the hole. Also I don't know how tiles worked aside from being the only thing from the attic so I was afraid messing with that hole would make the roof break. We were already doing a lot more with the roof than the killer, even?

[heroicact]

Ah, thank you for that information, Koto. I was very careful with the roof tiles, as the structural integrity of the rooftop did seem a bit questionable. It was still a safer alternative to the trellis, though, I imagine.

[kowashi]

Maybe the killer found it questionable too?

[heroicact]

I believe you said at some point that they were testing the structural integrity of the roof by making those holes. It would not be out of the question...

[kowashi]

There's one hole that was made on purpose! I thought it was for testing, because imagine getting on the roof and falling through with a body in tow or something... But Pericles thinks it has d a purpose in the end too. For the gallows pulley murder.

[ KOTO. ]

I can dislodge the tiles myself , I checked! There was also a chisel in the attic and all that clay dust, right?

[hellochildren]

Correct!

Now, which item from the roof coult easily be dropped srough a hole of zat size?

[And why is the parrot being so vague and not just saying it? Because reasons.]

[gemuinemanagement]

There's the chisel
And the ads
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other tool

[hellochildren]

Close, but zere is one more sing zat coult fit. Somesing else on zat roof.

[I am so not sorry he is like this]

[incompletely]

We really don't have time for your guessing games right now. Just tell us what you're thinking, even if it seems obvious to you.

[hellochildren]

[God, you people are no fun.]

Ze rope. The hole was meant for the rope pulley.

[*mumbles something bitter in German*]

[kowashi]

Did they pull the body up from the attic then?

[hellochildren]

Most definitely, zough in zis case, I believe it may have been more zan just zat. If Frau Asahina vas hanged, zat woult be the most likely mesod of doing so.

[Because he is still pretty sure this wasn't normal strangling. Pretty sure.]

[adorabilities]

If they pulled from the attic, they wouldn't have to see her, either.

And if they took her chisel, which maybe could have cut the rope... they could have forgotten it there, too.

[kowashi]

Oh, that would go a lot differently from a strangulation... But more setup? Like getting rope around her neck, making sure the pulley stuff is set right, then... The pull? Or they had the pulley stuff set, fought her, got the rope around her neck then pulled?

[ It's a lot! ]

[heroicact]

I thought the chimney was the part that was used in the pulley? This pulley system is a lot more complicated than I suspected.

[mathodical]

The chimney was probably used as a pivot point.

[ musing out loud, really. ]

[heroicact]

Though, wasn't the hole a little small either way...? If they accessed the roof via the trellis to set up this system, and did not make a hole big enough to enter the attic, would they not have had to then leave the roof and return to the house to complete their tasks...

Somehow, this feat of engineering is much more impressive than I can imagine.

[gemuinemanagement]

[...yeah he actually has to go check the diagram for this, sorry.]

Tiles???

[hellochildren]

[He tried, at least.]