WEEK 1 || act: indict

[foundationmods]

[Saturday dawns, bright and early again - and Undyne comes to the inn, flanked by the Royal Guard...all of the Dogs in the area, in their armor or uniforms.

You all only have enough time to get ready - wash yourselves, put on your masks and clothing - before you're ushered out, guarded so heavily that it's clear they expect trouble. Monsters on the way watch you warily, whispering and either looking angry or shocked.

It's clear they no longer have such kind thoughts of you, after what happened.

You're all lead out past Snowdin and Waterfall, into an area that's hot, and the glow of subterranian lava lights the area. Then, past a large hotel...into an area that looks metallic, where some kind of whitish, rainbow-gleaming liquid can be seen below.

In this area, you are led to a wider platform that is still open to the liquid before, with the handrails in place - where there are some seats around, and a familiar face waiting to speak with you.

This...for all of you, it is a familiar sight.

It is a trial location.

You are here to find the killer...and convict one of your own, in a murder that makes no sense.

But you have no choice.

You can only forge ahead....and try to find out the truth.]

VICTIM: HIMEKO INABA
ACT: VOTE

Comments

[improbablenotimpossible]

Yes... why her of all people? Who would kill one of the younger ones?

The motive here...

[hatesdeerstalkers]

...I'm hardly a detective, so I cannot speak to the potential motive.

...Still....

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He pauses, looking at his rival for a long moment]

Perhaps... the motive may not be helpful in this case...

[hatesdeerstalkers]

...Already tossing out the whydunnit, Holmes? How unlike you.

[white_camellia]

Rather than the motive, I believe we should focus on the "rifle". That is hardly a standard issue weapon, after all.

[sageking]

Additionally, not everyone would have proficiency with such a weapon.

[white_camellia]

Indeed. While we all may have had training for firearms in general, most of the training was for handguns, after all.

[cw_suicide]

I agree. Let's focus on the physical evidence, first.

[improbablenotimpossible]

There is one person I know who could both The stab wounds and the gunshot wounds...

[His ears presses back, the tail now swaying towards the left]

[le_mat]

[He doesn't like where this is going]

[justonezero]

[.............]

[cw_suicide]

Please be clear, Holmes-meitantei.

[romancekiller]

Who are thinking of?

[finalring]

You think so too?

[oceanicbutterfly]

Who?

[sageking]

Well, Detective. It's time to spit it out, don't you think?

[accessorytomurder]

...really?

[Just one? It's... that straightforward?]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

..........

J'Accuse

[improbablenotimpossible]

First off.

Someone stronger than average - that would include Myself - eliminated by handsize, Nakajima and one other person.

The Drag marks - a dress is one possibility, but What about a cape?

Thirdly, I don't believe any of us carried a rapier or a rifle in - but There is someone who has a weapon that is both a firearm and a stabbing weapon

Only one person matches all these points.

James Moriarty

[ugly_split_ends]

[she lets out a large GASP when he gets to the description of the weapon and realizes where he's going with that.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

What?!

[le_mat]

...

[It makes perfect sense, but a bud of panic rises in his chest, and he quickly looks up at the Monsters watching to get a feeling of their reactions to it possibily being their only human]

[white_camellia]

However, he is too tall for the footprints, is he not?

[accessorytomurder]

...

[There is something inherently concerning, about hearing that from Sherlock Holmes. She's not saying he's wrong, or biased, but it clicks together with a simple ease that puts her teeth on edge. Things were always more twisted, in the House.]

Would Inaba-chan have nullified any of those traits?

[soupervillain]

Okay, who here brought a rifle? Hands up.