Week 3, Saturday

[foundationmods]

This time, when everyone files into the studio, they aren't escorted to their seats. Instead, they are sent to podiums up on the stage arrange in a semi-circle. Everyone can see each other, and everyone is also visible to the cameras. Off to stage right is a jury box with 12 prinnies in it, all in various states of 'fancy dress'. One is wearing a suit top, another a blouse, one a huge Colonial-era wig. To stage left at box 0 is Dazai's seat, where he will be spending most of the trial, but he will get up to move around at times. And in the very center is a picture of Aqua. Once everyone is in their spots, one of the prinnies will hit a gavel against the podium in front of it, signaling the start of the trial.

It's time to find Aqua's killer.


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Further Kitchen Stuff

[darkremnants]

[ He hates that he has to keep sharing this. ]

There were two cups of tea, but the second cup was still full. There was also a vial of the anti-freeze in the trash and a cloth that looked like it cleaned the blood off from a blade. There was a cast-off blood pattern in the kitchen. Likely from the sword.

[overconfidant]

...any sign of a struggle in there?

[Sorry Van. He hates asking but it's important.]

[darkremnants]

[ Shaking his head. ]

A couple of chairs were knocked over. [ And then... ] She probably died in the kitchen.

[scarsnstripes]

Yeah, the puddle of blood there seemed to indicate she lost a lot of blood before being moved, so...

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Was there anything else about the scene that stood out?

[scarsnstripes]

The tea was room temperature, for one. It was also oversteeped, probably to hide the color or flavor of the antifreeze.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[At hearing that, Moriarty just....makes a face like he just saw or smelled something repugnant.]

Oversteeped?

[Which is said in the same way as something loathed.]

[darkova]

Or they didn't know how to make a decent cup of tea.

[dereban]

So, what? Do we look at our coffee people, then?

[darkova]

That's a bit of a stretch...

[dereban]

But it's possible.

[ it would be

kind of funny if the killer could have been caught by tea ]

[darkova]

Well then, let's talk this through: there would be easier ways to hide the antifreeze taste. Such as cream or honey. Tea is also usually poured at a lower temperature than coffee, though it depends on the type of leaves.

[scarsnstripes]

I think it might be more likely that they were trying to hide the antifreeze if aqua didn’t cooperate, but if she did... possibly someone who didn’t know much about tea, yes.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

...You might be onto something there - Coffee does require higher temperatures than tea to properly brew.

...That being said, it's also possible That our killer was merely just not a tea drinker in general.

[dereban]

If that's the case, the two I'd think about here in particular would be Akira and Sandalphon.

[iblistriggered]

... Wasn't Sandalphon really upset about one of his pictures, too?

[overconfidant]

...I've been thinking about learning to brew tea, but I haven't actually tried yet. So no, I'm not very good.

I wouldn't count on any ingested poison as a fast or reliable way to handle someone, though. I know too much about the human body for that.

[merirut]

[He just stares at this whole discussion like he thinks it's stupidest thing he's heard.]

...Are you seriously meaning to use that as a basis for an accusation?

[visionem]

Either option is likely. If they were not versed in making tea, then it requires some fortune for them to choose a poison that perfectly covers up their mistake.

[houndumb]

Ha!! I knew coffee was evil.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Either way, it's a waste of perfectly good tea!

[scarsnstripes]

Ah... it is, I guess.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

You guess?

[He sounds like he's taking this pretty seriously.]

[prayerwheel]

[ pat pat, dad

you'll have your tea justice soon ]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[Thank u dear daughter]