FINAL TRIAL

[foundationmods]

...Finally, it was time to begin.

The unlit pyre rose before them, tall and massive.
The smell of smoke wafted around them, as the Witch stood before them - flanked by all her demons and her servants.
The Pieces she had taken.🗈

There was no audience, no trial.

It was just them...and the Witch.

The Witch who stood before the pyre, as if accepting her fate.


In this, this final hour... Music could be heard by both the pieces and those that looked on from another plane.

Their forms were changed again, for the final time - to those of the trial.

A trial that could easily turn into an execution...or a redemption.

But it still had to happen.
If something heals improperly, you must cause pain and reopen the wounds to make it heal correctly.
But.
There was always the risk of infection...

....Would this end....in a happy ending...?

...Nothing was certain.

Nothing, except the knowledge in their own hearts and minds.

Comments

[aleph_armed]

Then, recalling the case... I believe the conclusion we came to was that the killer was already in the room when the tape was placed on, presumably hiding in the bathroom. The killer first used pesticide to disable Erika, then taped her mouth shut and stabbed her with the knife, before leaving via the window, moving the tape so that it wouldn't break when the window was opened.

Of course, new details have come to light since then...

[oceanicbutterfly]

I think most of that story still holds up, but now we know Erika was cooperating with her killer. Kino-san even changed murder weapons at her request.