INABA'S NOT A GIRL WHO'S MISSING MUCH

[strangerpeople]

HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN

[...or knife? Whatever.

Soon after the final piece of evidence is found, there is a rumble beneath the house. The rumble emanates, coming closer to the living room, until finally--

There is the sound of brick shifting.

The back of the fireplace slides open as the lights flicker green.]

It is time.

Enter. And I suggest you bring whatever clothing you have with you.

[Huh?




Anyways. It's clear the fireplace has been deliberately altered to have a secret staircase leading downwards. It's not too far, and ultimately, it leads to...well, there's no way to sugar coat it, but it turns out the house has a basement. Old, a bit dusty, and with a washer and dryer. There's also bits and pieces of black and green nanotech covering it with dimly-glowing lights. Vyce just can't help himself, it seems.

What's better is that you don't get food, and you don't get chairs or podiums. Nope. You get to sit on concrete and metal floors. It's clear Vyce doesn't seem to think those things are particularly important. It might be a good idea to run back up and grab what you want or need before everyone is settled.


Once all 14 remaining strangers are in the basement, a hologram appears.

Because of course Vyce isn't going to come here directly. He's no fool.]

Computer. Begin recording and remote transmitting to my ship.

Activate the list.

[beep boop]

THE BRITTLE	THE CHANCE	THE HUNGRY	THE IMMUNE
				THE NOODLES

Champion. As you can see, one of these individuals has murdered another. Now, as in the game you were in, justice must be served for this crime, and you will watch as your failures to protect even one person from your actions continue to compound.

[A slow point to the strangers.]

As for all of you, you must decide who is responsible. A majority shall suffice for your chosen culprit to be punished. As for what happens if you should choose wrong and an innocent is punished, then I suggest that, should there be a next time for you to end up in such a situation as this, that you be more careful with how you discern your evidence.

Now. I suggest you get on with it.

The clock is ticking.

[A clock appears above the suspects' holograms. Well.

What are you all waiting for?]

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Comments

[carryabigstick]

Oh no you're not trying to pin this on me!!

[Estelle, don't get too excited, you're carrying a knife--]

Urghhhh... fine!! We're doing this thing.

Lithia and I found the trail in the kitchen that led us to the living room where Inaba was, so we were the first on the scene. But I let her investigate in there and decided to check out the kitchen. Where I found this knife behind the gun locker. All the other knives were missing. So there may be others in play yet, we have to act carefully.

(cw: emeto)

[stopfen]

[Why is it in the fireplace? She has to duck to get through. So they're the judges huh? And she nearly punches the hologram before realising that she can see through it, because of course that's it.]

...I found her- little computer... Her phone in the bedroom. It was covered in blood and vomit.

[starswink]

[Yoosung is the sort of person onto whom grief sticks and never lets go, so he is looking pretty downcast as he enters. Seeing his name on the suspect list brings a spark of anger back into his eyes though, so he just turns toward the nearest Vyce-seeming object to exclaim] Oh my god... You bastard!

[Before taking his spot. He's still a bit whiny in position, it's his first time in the hot seat.]

Ugh, my testimony as a lookout is useless now... but, I swear I didn't move from my post! Anyone could have seen me last night if they happened to wake up, right? [here's hoping some of you are light sleepers, but it would also be pretty risky to lie about something like that with this many possible witnesses, so. That's his two cents.]

[stopfen]

Does it look like the knife was used?

[nightmareofdivinity]

Why was it there? We hath found the trail from the stairs outward, unless the killer took it later.

[nolongerasleep]

[Lithia frowns upon seeing herself as a suspect, but she'll try and stay calm and let the evidence show she had nothing to do with this.]

As Estelle already stated, I did investigate the body. What I found was actually quite strange. I admit that I'm not familiar with human physiology, but none of the knife wounds I saw appeared deep or bled enough to leave the trail we saw.

Of course if there are any other questions people have, I'll be glad to answer them to the best of my ability.

[starswink]

How did anyone get it in there without alerting me, you and Jack...? That's the most confusing thing about this case to me.

[stopfen]

[Sorry for locking herself away and taking a nap yo...]

Did you manage to work out the phone?

[Carefully neutral. ]

[starswink]

The cause of death was poisoning... I bet the stabbing is just a diversion!

[carryabigstick]

No, when I found it, there was no signs of blood or anything.

[nightmareofdivinity]

[He just sighs and sits down, spreading the bulk of his cloak under him. He still has the fire poker.]

While we will not deny we hath killed in the past, this is one execution we hath not committed. Ask your questions.

[He's more used to a single judge and little in the way of a trial, but apparently this is what they're doing.]

[touchsensors]

[Lala's brought drinks! A pretty sizable pile of sodas, which she's carrying with both arms and holding steady with her antennae (...which probably just looks like her hair accessories have gotten stuck to the pile somehow).

Fortunately, she's already set them down before the suspect list pops up, so none of them get suddenly dropped.]

--no-lun! I wouldn't kill anyone-lun!

[...there's a lemon peel, and the bitten-into lemon innards, on top of the cans. That's evidence, but she's a little distracted right now.]

[stopfen]

I'm not sure. I've been told that I'm a light sleeper and have good instincts but... My roommate for the last seven years snored. Loudly, and I could sleep near her.

[Which meant the person wasn't a threat enough to wake her.]

I was also in the other closet. So...

[nolongerasleep]

It was, which begs the question of why? If she was already dying there is no reason to add to her suffering.

[galesanctuary]

Is it possible the culprit could be injured?

[ inaba was a tiny but still ]

[starswink]

[Yoosung nods.]

It mostly had her last wishes... Amami wrote them all down.

[stopfen]

If it was covered then it was put there after she'd died. But I don't think it was snuck in after the blood was found.

[carryabigstick]

It was in the bedroom? That was... There's no way she'd just leave that thing behind. It's her item from home after all...

[nightmareofdivinity]

How did it get into the room without one of thy number noticing?

[starswink]

What's with the sodas...?

[he kind of wants one. But also, this is a poisoning case.]

[nolongerasleep]

I was also sleeping under the bed, but admit that I'm not a light sleeper.

[stopfen]

[Shrug.]

I wasn't in the main room.

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Hey, guys, Rantaro brought the other knife with him to the trial, being careful not to mess up the blood on it too much. Thank god he also got Sierra to take pics of said knife and wrote this note on them in advance:]

Found this a few feet from the body.

[stopfen]

I can confirm this. Myself and Jack made a lot of noise when we first found Jaevis. She didn't wake up until after that.

[nightmareofdivinity]

Ah. Well we wert not either, but we wouldst not know what to do with such an item.

And the guard thy group set would hath noticed us.