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

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EVIDENCE GATHERING

[foundationmods]

[Put links to evidence threads in reply to this comment.]

[cw_suicide]

The lack of prints was noticeable... but so was the use of Sho's "art".

[tangentlion]

Hey! I heard those airquotes! That art was zetta fabulous considering my limited material. Plebs...

Servant Room Evidence!

[zweivoltage]

Miss Yuri and I investigated the Servant room. I'll note Mr. Minamimoto had taken out several pieces of furniture on Wednesday night for his... "Art".

The rug was gone was the first thing we noticed when we came in. Secondly, There is a sizeable dent on the floor from something heavy landing on it and Clear signs of something being dragged out using the rug as the means and the drag marks lead to the tool room.

Am I missing anything Miss Yuri?

[deadanimemom]

No, I think that's it. It looked like... something heavy... [like a robot] hit the floor and was dragged out to the tool room using the rug.

[white_camellia]

Drag marks indicate that something was dragged from the Staff Room to the Toolshed. In addition, there were black smudged footprints going from the toolshed to the ballroom. I believe the black color comes from oil. The smudging made getting a clear impression of impossible, but the prints themselves were rather large.

[tsunderine]

...Large, huh?

Should we start checking everyone's shoes or shoe sizes, then? We'd at least eliminate people with smaller feet that way.

Body Discovery Account

[accessorytomurder]

[Yachi flips to a description of the body as she initially found it and leaves it there for perusal.]

robo autopsy

[reanimania]

[ link!! ]

I'll agree that it looked the culprit may have been attempting to imitate his... projects. [ a nod toward Sho... ] The body had been altered and positioned into some sort of scorpion-like shape, but it was done so very haphazardly, with things just glued on.

Her chest had been opened up, and while they left what appears to be her core -- the power source and processing unit -- there did appear to be an empty space inside where something else was missing, though it wasn't exactly clear what.

[ REALLY REGRETTING THAT HE DIDN'T ASK TO EXAMINE HER SOONER NOW!!! ]

There were also broken pieces from an old radio in the chest cavity -- a radio that had been brought into the tool room, I mean, not something that had actually been a part of her.

Interestingly, though everything was a mangled mess on the outside, what was done to the inside seemed more deliberate, like someone who may have been more familiar with what they were looking for was pretending not to be.

And yes, I know that sounds like it's pointing to me.

[cw_suicide]

Maybe put the evidence on the table, Saphir-san.

[ghostricked]

... radio. Those pick up messages like the black hello- erm, the telephone, right?

Could they have been trying to reach outside?

[noneforall]

Nothing found that’d point to what was missing?

At this point, I’m starting to think this whole art gig was done to disguise the exact method by which they took her out.

[finalring]

So aside from all the stuff that was inside her, was there any signs of a struggle from her? Like she any parts that were forcefully removed?

[dreamshielder]

I am very unfamiliar with robots.

If you had to guess what do you think was removed from her body?

[oxidegreen]

There was some kind of sigil in the middle of the ballroom floor. I could see it, but Mr. Hikage could only barely make it out. Because of that, I think it was probably made with spiritual powers.


[She puts down a piece of paper with a... attempt... at copying it. She's not really much of an artist, so the main thing noticeable is that there's a skull in the middle and some lines that someone more modern might recognize as graffiti-like. Maybe. Hopefully.

It seems she's copied it down in quarters, so there's some blank space between each wedge.]

I didn't want to make a perfect copy, so I broke it up on the paper. Going near it... It makes you feel negative emotions.

[tangentlion]

Oh yeah. That's mine. Beautiful, isn't it?

Ballroom pt 2 + Olympia's Head

[kaliedoscopes]

I investigated the ballroom with Marona, which had two points of interest. I'll let her handle the strange happenings on the floor.

[ A breath. ]

In the corner of the room was a pile of assorted debris, it wasn't overly large and held two objects of note. The first was a screwdriver which had grease on the handle and blood on the tip.

The second was what appeared to be an ordinary lamp with a lampshade and purple braided cord. However, when I picked up the lamp to inspect it further...I discovered Olympia's head. Her eyes were open, and there was oil on the lower half of her face.

I've brought both discoveries with me [ Pointing out to the makeshift rucksack he made out of his bedsheets. ] if anyone wants to look at them further. I'm not familiar with androids, so I was only able to glean surface details from Olympia. Most notably it seems her head was detached rather than removed in some other fashion.

[soupervillain]

Yeegh.

[ Shrinking back from the sheet-sack. He really doesn't want to think about what's in there. ]

Wait, but if she's a robot, why was there blood?

[eyeforai]

[There is a whole lot of stuff happening with Olympia's body right now, although the lamp thing is pretty messed up? But there's another thing that catches his attention.]

Blood, huh. Think that means the perp was wounded somehow?

i probably should have mentioned the fucking light bulb tbh but i guess yachi covered that

[reanimania]

Correct; it didn't appear that the head had been forcefully severed, but that it was simply removable by design.

[dreamshielder]

[Just... giving hikage A Look.]

DId you make us sleep with a severed robot head in the room?

[golden_dream]

...This might be irrelevant, but does the light bulb on Olympia's head fit the lamp?

[noneforall]

[He's just here to double check that her head isn't dented, which presumably it isn't due to investigation things. That being said, detachable heads...]

If her head was meant to be removed, I wonder...

Was it possible to cut off her motor control by taking it off?

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.

[tangentlion]

Let me see those gloves.