WEEK 3 - TRIAL

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TRIAL

The morning seemed so far away yesterday - yet, it also seems too soon when morning comes and you are all yet again ushered to the third floor by The Lady. The Captain is there, in all of his....wait, no, he's asleep.

The doors close, and...nothing happens. There's still the box labeled 'VOTES' in his lap on the couch, but...

On the table is a letter, that reads 'Only one person may be voted for execution this week. Please figure out who that will be during the time limit.'

As you finish reading that, music begins to play in the room...


VICTIM: SHIROU EMIYA, HIMEKO INABA, AND MUNEHISA IWAI

23 GUESTS REMAIN.

Comments

[latebluemer]

[Okay fine, then she'll be twice as angry to compensate. Grrr.]

So it was gloating to Iwai-san the whole time? That... sounds like the Barghest, yeah. Maybe we need to take a closer look at the murder, though. A monster that boastful can be pretty sloppy.

[purrtagonist]

. . .

[does he have to look at the pictures again]

Yeah. That's a good idea.

[latebluemer]

[SHE DID NOT MEAN A LITERAL CLOSER LOOK, AKIRA NO.]

We might want to ask Arisato-kun and Hibiki-kun about any other details they noticed, since they were there.

[She's sorry to have to drag them into this again. But. Well.]

[purrtagonist]

[THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INVESTIGATE A MURDER SCENE. . .]

Mmm.

[theycallhimmrpchan]

[He takes in a deep breath]

Okay. Arisato-kun had found a pair of bloody gloves - they looked pretty large.

[He directs them to a picture of it]

Besides the knife, there were several items - I think his personal effects floating around. A slip of paper that said YOLO, a potion bottle, some earphones, another bottle, and this

[He points to the deactivated beam sword in the image]

[rosebridled]

What does "yolo" mean?

[enter_the_darkness]

[ One of those "yeah, me, too" kinds of nods, since he wants to know, as well. ]

[theycallhimmrpchan]

[He shrugs]

[latebluemer]

It means, um, You Only Live Once. It's kind of... a slogan that people use when they're about to do something impulsive or stupid.

[Resisting the urge to glance at Akira if only because of the crime scene here.]

[enter_the_darkness]

Oh... so something Akira would know.

[purrtagonist]

[HEY]

[latebluemer]

[Tries to make shushing motions but it's too late........]

I really don't know why that was there. Iwai-san doesn't seem like the type of person to use a slogan like that...

[enter_the_darkness]

Maybe it has something to do with the potion...? Or...

[ He's looking down. ]

Has anyone asked if it was a slip of regular paper, or something that... comes out of those cookies?

[rosebridled]

A fortune? A lot of us did get those cookies, didn't we?

[enter_the_darkness]

[ He nods. ]

... And some of them came with weird effects.

[rosebridled]

Oh?

[duskhound]

...They really did. And were a bit insulting.

[latebluemer]

... I didn't open mine, since I didn't know where it came from.

[It's still in her room, a ticking time bomb!]

[theycallhimmrpchan]

Weird effects? Good thing I didn't open mine...

[theycallhimmrpchan]

Oh! That could be it!

[resortghosts]

[Somewhere in the trial room, there's an intense feeling of amusement floating around.

Sounds like someone agrees wholeheartedly]

[rosebridled]

Ah, I see.

[ also side-eyes akira.......... but smiles if he notices ]

[latebluemer]

The gloves... Do we have them? Or some other way to compare them?

[Hands check??]

And I guess Iwai-san would be the type to be prepared. [given his trap last week and all] But that sure is a lot of stuff.

pretend he used the right honorifics

[theycallhimmrpchan]

[He'll get the gloves from Minato!]

Yeah, he took that while I took the knife.

[latebluemer]

I don't know how much it will help, but if we can check hand sizes...