RECORDING 15: THE FIFTH TRIAL.

[foundationmods]

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

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catherd part 2

[finalring]

[ well once hikage has been found, romani decides that it's time to get everyone else's attention. unless your name is hikage. hikage has n o r i g h t s.

he's slamming his hand on the wall, letting it echo for everyone to finish beating hikage up or whatever and getting back to him. ]

Alright, we've found the killer for Battler Ushiromiya. Now we have to focus all of our attention on finding Giovanni's killer! I wonder how much help Hikage can be, but I highly doubt it.

[golden_dream]

[She writes:

"Saphir just tried to take credit. And he annoys me now. Let's say it was him.

He said he could construct a bomb. Prove me wrong."]

[finalring]

Wasn't that his friend? Or is he so willing to die because his crush is about to join the miasma as well?

[golden_dream]

[She shrugs, then writes:

"Soup Man was everyone's friend.

Seriously though. He admitted he could build a bomb. Show me one other person who could build a bomb. One other."]

[finalring]

So you think that he would go against his own friend like that? And kill him that horribly?

[ that is...actually terrifying. ]

I don't understand. Why would anyone?

[kaliedoscopes]

Oh, so Saphir doesn't count as voting off an innocent?

[reanimania]

[ blinks




honestly this just sucks more because he can delude himself into thinking you're supporting him again ]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Saphir you still deserve better. ]

[golden_dream]

[She writes:

"You want to lose another kneecap?"]

[kaliedoscopes]

[ Glare. ]

Just mentioning your hypocrisy, you seem to forget it so often.

[sageking]

[ Before shit got dumb, he'll respond here ]

We've already an idea for the skillset of this killer. Familiar enough with a firearm, but also well-skilled in technology enough to mess with a light and created what appeared to be an improvised explosion.

[zweivoltage]

So far, unless someone is lying - [As this is a thing people do as Hikage showned]

- that matches Dr. Neis and Vasterstrom.

[sageking]

[ Apparently so. ]

That it would. I've currently seen no other viable candidates at this time. Though, that can change.

Of course, possessing the know-how would mean they'd know how to clean up after themselves. But it's not impossible to probably find something incriminating on their person, considering the mess that it was to begin with.

It'd be more of a matter of knowing where to look.

[golden_dream]

...

[She writes quickly:

"Who?"]

[kaliedoscopes]

You're missing someone.

[oxidegreen]

...

What do you mean, Mr. Hikage?

[finalring]

Are we? [ he tilts his head at hikage? ] And you'll tell us?

[sageking]

...Who?

[white_camellia]

Then, I will try and go through what we know once more.

The situation seems to have begun in front of the kitchen. Someone standing in front of the armory fired two shots in the direction of the dining room, as evidenced by the bullet casings next to the armory. However, this gun was filled with blanks. Two blanks were found by the front of the dining room. I assume those two are the shots fired.

Giovanni-san fought back. tomato soup covered the halls, but was particularly found at the kitchen door and the floor in front of it. From then on, a battle seems to have ensues, as damage shows various decorative items and some smaller items strewn between the dining room and armory, and then from there to the wine room. This was likely Giovanni chasing the person who shot them, leading them to the wine room, which they had previously prepared, including tampering with the light switch.

From there, we have a less clear idea of what happened. We do know that osmething happened to melt and burn down the wiring of the lights. We also know that what appears to have been a localized explosion happened there. Afterwards, Giovanni's body was transferred across to the Dressing Room, where his body was burnt.

The first step, I feel, should be figuring out what exactly happened in the wine room. There is still a great deal of evidence we need to examine.

[finalring]

If Giovanni was the one chasing them, then it's likely that the person he was chasing was trying to lead him into a trap. Perhaps playing the fool for a while before trapping him in his own blazing hell.

[ he puts a hand on his hips, thinking. ]

If the soup he was throwing was hot enough, could it have caused a short circuit? And, with the alcohol, it could be the source of the explosion.

[accessorytomurder]

...going by how he's treated the Vessels so far, it wasn't somebody he considered a friend, most likely.

[sageking]

The wine room is an absolute mess. I believe it's not impossible to presume that the body had been under that screen at some point considering the mess underneath it.

The killer seemed to have also brought that in, I assume, for whatever reason, as it was not present in the wine room before.

[white_camellia]

On that topic, the hole in the curtain is what bothers me the most. I suspect that it was caused by whatever created the explosion.

[zweivoltage]

I agree... given how the Dressing room was meant to cover up how he died, leaving signs of it in the Wine Room seems extremely careless - which makes me wonder if they took his body to burn while they clean up and something interrupted them before they could finish.

[finalring]

Perhaps they heard the gunshots from Battler's murder.