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foundationmods ([personal profile] foundationmods) wrote in [community profile] thefoundation2020-05-16 12:37 am
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RECORDING 15: THE FIFTH TRIAL.




The worst has happened... and now you're all here, in the living room where all the trials so far have taken place. As all of you enter, the Vessel is there - Ango, standing as firm and unyielding as ever, waiting for the time when the trial is scheduled to begin.

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.



VICTIMS: Battler Ushiromiya and Giovanni Potage
PEOPLE TO VOTE OUT: 2


WEEK 5 VOTING


finalring: (pic#13907907)

[personal profile] finalring 2020-05-16 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it takes everything for romani to stay absolutely objective during this description. he feels his heart racing again uncomfortably, and that feeling of wanting to scream and curse the entire world for what it has done.

but he doesn’t.

instead he takes a deep breath, and nods. ]


We can probably make a timeline of things, then. Battler entered the Conservatory and was shot in the left lung. He continued trying to advance forward despite it and made it close to the fern, because a shot to the lung isn’t fatal. Then, he was shot again in the other lung and, finally, a point blank shot to the heart that finally killed him. [ .... ] The chess pieces are a message, too. Something like a declaration of victory.
cw_suicide: (434)

[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Not quite.

It looked more like Battler was closer to the chess board before he fell and tried to move away from it. The board and table were likely knocked over in his initial fall. But because his lung was collapsing and filling with blood, he didn't get very far.

Then came the additional two shots.

I do agree the chess pieces are a message, but it's not a victory: it's likely a warning. Check is not checkmate. "I've removed your bishop, what now?" is the message that can be read. "Your move," is another.
Edited 2020-05-16 16:33 (UTC)
oxidegreen: (9)

[personal profile] oxidegreen 2020-05-16 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
But why? If one of us is supposed to be the culprit, who here would issue a warning like that?

[There's an edge to her normally soft and quiet voice - her eyes flash purple briefly.]
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[personal profile] finalring 2020-05-16 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone that sees this as a game, or who wishes to boast that they have us on 'check'. Obviously, winning this trial would be 'checkmate'.
cw_suicide: (101)

[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It reads like a mockery to me, but admittedly, I have some bias.
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[personal profile] finalring 2020-05-16 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Bias won't get us anywhere, Dazai.

[ says the man that had a nervous breakdown less than 24 hours ago. ]

But if you think that it is a mockery, the question is 'what is it mocking' or 'who is it mocking'? It's not Battler they were mocking, if you ask me--if that were the case, he would have been the 'king' and not the 'bishop'. It's someone that they were close to...perhaps.
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[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think that's wrong. Consider the pieces used, also.
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[personal profile] onemolife 2020-05-16 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
What do the pieces mean anyways? What are their roles in chess?

[ His game experience is ancient fantasy stuff or board games such as sorry, cluedo, etc... ]
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[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Kings are the pieces that determine the fate of the game--you capture the king, you win. That's what "checkmate" is. A "check" is a stage before "checkmate". There may still be an opening for a king under "check" to escape and turn things around.

The trouble is, a king can only move one space on the board. Any direction, but only one space.

A bishop, on the other hand, is a powerful piece that is potentially second only to the queen. The queen can move in any direction for as far as she'd like. A bishop, however, moves only on the diagonal as far as he'd like.

Removing a bishop from play is removing a large safety net from the king.
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[personal profile] onemolife 2020-05-16 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
He would be seen as powerful with his ability, right?
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[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
... mm. Moreso than someone like me, anyway.

[haha, he's trying hard not to take it all personally but uh. hard not to.]
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[personal profile] onemolife 2020-05-16 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Just going to put a hand on his back and lean into him a little ]

What are we going to do with you, hmm?
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[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[thank you for comforts but trying to get back into Objective Logic mindset.]

... that's my bias, however.

The other option for the white king... would be Tages.

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[personal profile] finalring 2020-05-16 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
So the killer was following Battler until he shot him in the heart. They had to stay in the room to rearrange the pieces, and then go to the bathroom to wash off.

[ ... ]

This is bordering on sadism.
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[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It's cold is what it is.
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[personal profile] finalring 2020-05-16 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he'll be taking the piece of paper, trying to turn it on the other side to see if there's anything else that was on there that could be useful information.

author? title? anything? ]
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[personal profile] finalring 2020-05-16 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thanks for reminding me mods bc i sure didnt remember that. ]

This book is one of Agatha Christie's...Battler had brought one of her books here, actually. And Then There Were None.
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[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[... uh. is now the time to mention that there's an Agatha Christie in his world but she's definitely not an author?

no. instead--]

Why would he use a page from a book he enjoyed instead of borrowing from Hitoka's notebook?
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[personal profile] finalring 2020-05-16 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
He may have been in a hurry and couldn't ask Yachi for a page. He's not the type to take something without asking for it first.
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[personal profile] reanimania 2020-05-16 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure that's what he was reading in the evening when I last saw him.
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[personal profile] accessorytomurder 2020-05-16 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I remember that too.
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[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
So the degree of rush was more urgent if he's willing to rip a page from a book he enjoyed.

Do you think he might have heard Giovanni's struggle in the halls?
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[personal profile] finalring 2020-05-16 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
He was woken up by someone, wasn't he? If he was able to almost see Nanaka's...form, then it's likely that the Miasma was beginning to affect him as well. In other words, it's likely that he couldn't have heard Giovanni's struggle.

[ ...hm ]

Maybe someone used that as a lure?
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[personal profile] cw_suicide 2020-05-16 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
The previous Vessels have said they would allow people to hear and see things if they thought it would get them another body, though. Back during Zabuza's case.

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