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

Timeline Speculation

[accessorytomurder]

Um, like Dazai-kun mentioned, we don't know for sure if the screwdriver was bloodied by accident or self defense. But, um... we do know there was blood near the sigil. And there was oil on the gloves and the screwdriver.

So, um... this might be a dumb question, but what about the culprit's clothes? There was... a-a lot of oil, in the Tool Shed, and that's where Sho says he left the gloves after he used them on Wednesday. But the culprit only got rid of the gloves, and this cloth for some reason.

Did they... not have to get rid of their clothes? Were they able to stay clean, aside from their hands, somehow?

[zweivoltage]

That is a good question... there is a laundry room here. They might've laundered their clothes afterward?

Still doesn't explain the cloth.

[accessorytomurder]

Oil takes a lot of work to get out of clothing. I think we would have noticed if somebody needed to use heavy chemicals...

[deadanimemom]

It would be hard to get oil out in the laundry, but most people here have an extra change of clothes. It wouldn't be suspicious if someone wore a different outfit than they were the day before.

[zweivoltage]

Ah, true - there is the dressing room.

[onemolife]

Maybe they cleaned their clothes? It's been a couple of days.

[accessorytomurder]

But, oil takes heavy-duty cleaning to get out of clothes. They could have cleaned the gloves, for instance, but they didn't.

[notbymyside]

That, or they are wearing different clothes today. Or they washed them.

[reanimania]

It's difficult to get oil stains out of clothes, though.

[notbymyside]

In that case, a change of clothes is more likely.

[accessorytomurder]

You have to put in a lot of work to get oil completely out of clothes, and we air-dry everything, here.

[finalring]

Oil doesn't wash off easily with just water either, so even if someone were to wash themselves, they would probably still have the scent on them.

[accessorytomurder]

Exactly—and we hang up clothes to dry, here.

[accrowed]

I dunno if someone would have the time or supplies to wash it off either. [ Hm, hm. ]

What if they just wore something dark and the stains blended in?

[accessorytomurder]

There's bleach and soap, but dark clothing... hm. Sissel would smell it, I think.

[reanimania]

Like if they used some sort of barrier arte-- ability, or something, you mean?

[accessorytomurder]

Yes, though... well, that raises the question of their hands.

[reanimania]

The barrier artes I'm familiar with require an incantation and generally take some time, but that doesn't necessarily seem to be the case with the ones used here. It seems like they could have activated it instantaneously just in time to avoid the oil splatter or something, but not had it up the entire time.

[accessorytomurder]

Everybody's powers are so different it's hard to say for sure...

[golden_dream]

...Don't look at me. I made clothes for the party, but that was it.