thefoundation | [CONTINUE] week 1 || act: indict

[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 looking 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.

You know where this is.

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: REN AMAMIYA
ACT: VOTE

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I guess we should not be too surprised. Perhaps the killer ate some of the food and recovered. Even if our killer did not remember killing Ren, they could have felt the pain from the fight and ate the pie.

[ which...makes things a lot more difficult. ]

So we must look for alternative solutions to this. Perhaps tears in clothing?

We do have a lot of conveniently removed clothing already.

Be careful, our golden king may believe that this was his true plan all along.

Honestly, he can believe what he wants.

[ WOW ]

It helped, didn't it? So in a way you could say that it was within my expectations of the original plan for stripping.

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finalring - 2020-08-22 17:14 (UTC) - Expand

[ That's...a fair point. ]

A clothing check would be our next best bet, then.

We should be looking for dried mud on their shoes or pants cuffs. The place was rather muddy, so it's easy to track mud there.

[ ... ]

Though in that case, I would include myself as a potential suspect since I was the one that discovered the body.

...Considering your circumstances, including you as a suspect seems rather thoughtless.

[ Because clearly it didn't work like that. ]

But I do agree about searching for dried mud or wherever else.

[ Mostly dried mud. Who's going to have time to get THAT out? ]

Sensei.

[is now really the time for that?]

That would be the next place to look. We should get any extra clothes we have at the Inn just in case.

That would be a good idea, if it's allowed. That way there's no chance for any clothing to go unchecked.

That we should. Leave no stone unturned, correct?

Correct.

--was the arm a compound fracture? If it went through the skin, there'd also be blood, wouldn't there?

... I may not be a dog, but I do have a good sense of smell, provided it didn't learn from last time.

[Even newish laundry has a distinct smell]

Edited 2020-08-22 17:10 (UTC)

If someone could smell gunpowder, we could check for that as well. Likely that the attacker broke his wrist right when he fired the shot that went wild.

Edited 2020-08-22 17:11 (UTC)