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

[moonlightbeast]

First off, I didn't kill any of those three, so you can stop with the accusations there.

Secondly, the group who knew about the Barghest's identity because of Emiya-san's Seeker role does seem likely for having at least one mafia member in it. We didn't all know each other's identities or roles, but being a mafia member in that small circle certainly helps narrow down who the Seeker might have been. I would say trying to figure out from that group would be our best bet today.

[purrtagonist]

[JUST. . . . . . . A LONG PAUSE, HERE]

This means you're accusing Minato and Makoto, right?

[dolleyed]

And Makoto seems cleared by the footprints, as Hunter brought up.

[purrtagonist]

[sharply, immediately, hackles raising]

It wasn't Minato.

[dolleyed]

[ Waving his hand dismissively. ]

Got any actual argument to back that up?

[messianic]

Mm... no, I don't really think there's anything, right...?

[They're at this point because they don't have evidence, after all.]

It's true that Akira told me who the Barghest was before the last trial. And it's true that Inaba-san told me she had a role, though not what that role was... and I didn't press her.

[...]

All I can say is I didn't do it, but it's not like I have any proof or anything. Sorry.

[purrtagonist]

He volunteered to be voted for back during the first trial. That'd be an awfully stupid thing for a monster to do, in case we actually took him up on it.

[messianic]

[Akira... a small, rueful smile at that, and he touches his shoulder gently.]

[purrtagonist]

[tense underneath his hand! but he eventually relaxes, turning to give Minato a tired look]

[justfists]

[protect Minato. he doesn't deserve this.]

[purrtagonist]

[I WILL FIGHT THE WORLD TO KEEP MINATO ALIVE]

[moonlightbeast]

She's cleared of that murder. There were three murders last night.

[Though it could be Minato too, who knows.]

[justfists]

Why would I give up a fellow monster last week, if that's what you're saying?

Why would Minato?

[moonlightbeast]

Then one of you must be the Barghest, if I'm correct here.

[justfists]

Then who do you think it is, Atsushi?

[she'll fight him if he says akira.]

[moonlightbeast]

I don't think it's Kurusu-san. The Barghest seems intent on causing him pain, and wouldn't be doing so if he wasn't of sound mind still.

I don't know, but out of you and Arisato-san, if one of you was a mafia it's pretty much a 33% guess for the identity of the Seeker. Far better odds, and that's assuming Emiya-san didn't outright tell someone.

[justfists]

... I think what Minato says is true.

I've spent all week with both of them, including fighting together when we found out about the Outsider. I feel like we're all perceptive enough to have noticed anything off then.

[moonlightbeast]

But the staff here want the game to be fair, right? Would it be 'fair' if one of you were revealed in such a manner?

[justfists]

No, what I'm saying is I would have noticed anything off with their fighting. It's hard to not work together intimately close during those times.

[messianic]

[He doesn't look bothered being singled out, but he does look contemplative.]

... I can kind of see what you mean, but... I think with how dramatically it was revealed at trial, someone perceptive could have picked up on how differently everyone acted.

[It wasn't hush-hush enough to make this a sure thing.]

[purrtagonist]

Yeah, I agree. After I came out with the news that I knew who the Bargest was, it was easy to tell who I hold told the night before.

It was no secret.

[moonlightbeast]

No, but a mafia within your group in your room would have a better chance at correctly guessing the Seeker, since one possible target is eliminated.

And what's more, if one of the group who stayed with you Thursday night is a mafia, that explains how they were able to get to Iwai-san and Emiya-san.

[purrtagonist]

Shirou didn't show up on Thursday night. He was headed off before he even made it to my room.

Minato volunteered to die during our first trial, and Makoto tirelessly pressed Flat last week to get the Barghest to reveal himself. IF either of them were possessed, I believe I'd know.

I know know how the monsters found Shirou, but it wasn't a leak without my group. Like I said, all I did was tell them about the Barghest. I didn't say anything about Shirou's role to anyone.

[latebluemer]

Akira-kun... We don't know who the Barghest is anymore.

[She's not going to go too much further on this train of thought. But there is that one small detail.]

[13thpromise]

...I don't think you did it either.

[ He takes a breath. ]

I don't think it was a lucky guess, or it was just "these people happened to get targeted because of their reactions". Maybe the second of that played into it a little, but ... it had to be someone who had role information somehow. It's just too much of a coincidence we lost both of those roles at the same time and I'm not about to just ignore it.

I don't know who did it...but it really had to be someone who got wind of that information.