RECORDING 3: THE FIRST TRIAL

[foundationmods]

The worst has happened... and now you're all here, in the living room where you first met Todd. As all of you enter, the Vessel is there - glowering at all of you, still missing the arm Dazai shorn from him with his touch.

On one of the tables away from the center is a small enclosed box entitled 'VOTES', with slips of paper nearby and a pen. It's sufficiently away from what will be the 'main' action, but not enough to really give anyone complete privacy as they vote.

Once everyone is inside, the doors automatically shut and lock themselves, leaving you trapped in here with the Vessel...and each other.

One of you is a murderer...however, in this game, the guilty do not need to be voted out. As long as there are enough people voted out that matches the victims...then it will be accepted.

...But, can you really let someone get away with murder...?

The choice...is up to you.

VICTIM: OLYMPIA
PEOPLE TO VOTE OUT: 1

WEEK 1 VOTING

Comments

[cw_suicide]

That's fine. You can touch up the stab wounds while we're at it.

[the real reason behind this?!?! no, it's primarily to eliminate himself as a suspect]

[reanimania]

Ah, no, this was the sort that plays music, not one for communication.

[dreamdispersal]

Yeah. I'm not these guys' babysitter, but they were in when I went to bed. Didn't pay attention after that.

[notbymyside]

...

Do you need me to check you over, Dazai-kun?

[Since he. Already knows what's under the bandages.]

[ghostricked]

I can check everyone if you want, since I'm an animal I won't care if I see anything.

[golden_dream]

...Hm, looks like there wasn't much to that mystery, then.

Was it close to the sigil? I heard something about a sigil.

Glove and Cloth Evidence

[accessorytomurder]

The gloves and cloth that were washed down the toilet... um, the gloves were oil-stained, and large enough for a man to wear comfortably, so... that... doesn't help us narrow things down m-much. The cloth seemed like it was, um, a leftover scrap from Sho's... art piece... but, there, there didn't seem to be anything on it, even though the culprit went to lengths to dispose of it. Aside from some rust stains, it was still white.

[foxetious]

I was in my room last night, meditating before sleeping.

[oxidegreen]

...There isn't any way I can prove it, but I haven't used healing magic since Mr. Date was injured.

[reanimania]

It seemed roughly the size and shape of a can, if that helps?

[finalring]

Ah...

[ well, that is definitely a theory but... ]

That wouldn't really explain the...art work, though. Why go through all that effort to cover up a possible accidental death?

[golden_dream]

Convenient.

[...]

What if there was a way to... I don't know. Did she have 'eyes'? Could we see what image was burned into them last?

I'm sorry, I don't really know how it works.

[cw_suicide]

If you want to attest for most everything being from before...

[bleh. can't believe people suspect a man wrapped in bandages of potentially hiding an injury, smh]

[ghostricked]

[Of course if he had wounds they'd be obvious but if anyone checked he's perfect healthy]

[reanimania]

I suppose they could have been trying to send out a signal, but it's not the sort of radio that's intended for two-way communication.

[kaliedoscopes]

I'm not sure how you accidentally injure yourself with a screwdriver. [ He's sure it's possible but plz people. Anyway he'll comply with no fuss though it does take him a while to remove his several layers. He's free of any abrasions though he does have bruises on his torso. ]

[ghostricked]

Ah, no good there then.

[eyeforai]

[He doesn't really have an issue with stripping probs but he also has like 3 layers of clothing because why. Anyways, he's clean of any fresh injuries, although he probably has at least a few older scars because of his profession.]

[golden_dream]

I see. So you're... sort of a researcher, then. Or are you merging machinery with humans?

[finalring]

I suppose we're overdue for that, huh?

[ well, good thing that he brought a first aid kit. ]

Let's take a look at them...

[tsunderine]

[dryly:]

Thank you.

[also following it up with-]

I will say that I do know some minor healing magic, so I don't know if this will throw off any suspicion, but...

[pulls her sleeves, she's wearing her usual outfit but there's no injuries on her arms for the whole group to see.

of course, she will go behind the divider for any girls to check as she takes off her thigh high socks and go down to her lingerie, in which she does not, in fact, have any scarring. if anybody comes close she does smell extremely like the scent of heavy herbs and she even has markings on her right hand (one of them looks faded, though) but otherwise, nothing else to note.]

[tangentlion]

Let me see those gloves.

[golden_dream]

Ah, so that's it. [nods]

Anyway... I certainly don't want to think my nephew is the sort of person who could do something like this.

[lightreaching]

[ Looks directly at the Office camera......

Saint Thirsty has some old battle scars but is free of recent injuries. ]

[hitscans]

Right.

[ stripping himself and no injuries ]