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]

... So instead of erasing its scent completely, it changed its scent to disguise itself. That would also explain the sword, the footprints, and all the other evidence. But that's...

[That's a pretty fuckin' crazy monster, y'all.]

[purrtagonist]

[TERRIFYING]

Reeeeaelly not good, right?

[justfists]

[she snaps her finger]

That would make sense for why there was so much evidence pointing at Owain.

[purrtagonist]

The monster turned into Owain, borrowed his sword, and then killed Shirou.

[. . . . . .]

[and after a moment, his eyes widen, something a bit stricken appearing in his gaze]

[justfists]

... Shirou must have been tricked.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . .]

[lifts a hand, pressing it over his heart as his gaze sweeps the crowds]

Y--yeah.

But that's only part of it, Makoto.

[justfists]

[she looks at him, a concerned look crossing her face]

... You have an idea.

[just said with a bit of surprise in her voice]

[purrtagonist]

[his eyes eventually land. . . on Cinque]

[. . .]

[and he looks kind of pained when they do]

I don't know.

But yeah. Kind of.

[justfists]

[another hand on his arm, a firm look on her face.]

Akira. You have to try.

[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

[looks at Makoto again, expression steely]

I know.

[latebluemer]

It might be the hardest monster to catch.

[Because even if they can figure out who it was impersonating, how are they going to figure out who it impersonates on a daily basis?? That's like two layers of crazy supernatural security.]

[purrtagonist]

And what's worse, the evidence it leaves behind could lead us to voting for someone who isn't possessed again.

[latebluemer]

No wonder they went so far to try and mislead us, and use the Jorogumo and Owain-kun's things, and everything. If it really is a doppelganger or -- or something, then I don't want to think about what would have happened if we'd voted on this not knowing anything.

[purrtagonist]

The same thing that happened to Medic-san would've happened to Owain.

[jumpedtheshark]

It’s plain terrible. A monster like that.. if there’s no time limit, it could one day kill one of us and take our place. They’d just need to make the body unrecognizable, and we’d assume it was them.

[God, she hates cases where they don’t know who the victim is.]

[purrtagonist]

Don't give them ideas, Tsumugi-san.