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

Evidence examination

[accessorytomurder]

Can...

[She hesitates, but her pen and notebook are ready!]

Can you help me examine those gloves? And the other piece too?

[How big are they, on women versus men? What material? And what's that cloth look like, exactly?]

[foundationmods]

I'm not helping you examine shit. Go ahead and look all you want, I'm not stopping you.

[The Gloves seem to be work gloves made of leather, and are now a dull wet brown. They seem to be sized to comfortably fit a man, though that's a little nebulous given they're work gloves.

The cloth seems to be a piece of fabric from the tool room. It's covered in oil stains.]

[accessorytomurder]

Hmm...

[How big is the cloth, and are there any notable shapes stained into it? What color is it?]

[foundationmods]

[It genuinely seems like a scrap of cloth left over from Sho's adventures in 'art. It's about medium sized, but it's still just a scrap. There's no shapes on it, and since it's most likely taken from what used to be a sheet of linen in the closet, It's white. A little bit rusty red from being in those old pipes for so long, but white.]

[accessorytomurder]

[So there's no blood?]

[foundationmods]

[ There's no blood on the cloth. ]

[ghostricked]

I can try smelling them but I doubt any scent will be anywhere other than deep inside.

[accessorytomurder]

....I'm sorry to ask, but we... might want to cover our bases.

[Poor Ango might have to touch this...]

[ghostricked]

If someone can turn it inside out I can try. Make sure all the fingers too, that's where humans smell strongest on their hands.

[accessorytomurder]

...gh.

[She pulls a face, but... carefully presses her fingertips to the glove fingertips and pushes it inside out without touching the insides. Sissel shouldn't be the only one to sacrifice, here.]

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[ghostricked]

Sorry, sorry. At least everything washes off?

[Time to sniff sniff, though he doesn't expect much more than oils and water and rust]

[foundationmods]

[Yeah, there's really not much to glean except oil and water. Sorry!]

[ghostricked]

Sorry, all the scent is washed away.

[accessorytomurder]

Well, we tried.

[Is there anything interesting about the inside layer of the gloves?]

[foundationmods]

[ Nope, that's all folks. ]

[zweivoltage]

...I think the killer is someone unfamiliar with houses with very old plumbing, or else they never would've tried to get rid of the gloves by flushing it down.

They're very delicate and are very easy to clog.

[Look, he's been in houses older than A-Country the United States]

[accessorytomurder]

I wonder why this cloth was so important they had to dispose of it like that, with the gloves?

[zweivoltage]

Didn't Mr. Hikage mention finding blood on a screwdriver? Maybe it had their blood on it?

[accessorytomurder]

No, it's white. Just a bit rusty from the pipes, I think...

[baitless]

Do you really think someone who decided to go through with the murder was actually considering the state of the plumbing and how it would affect the rest of us, though...

[zweivoltage]

I mean... fair enough? The thought had just occured to me.