THE SECOND TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND TRIAL

[The chimes don't announce the opening of the doors this time. Instead, the loud creaking of the doors to the Debate Hall echoing through the Depths are the only signal that the Titled are given. There is still the sense that they do not dare refuse to go.

There is, after all, two death to deal with, as the Intercessor's voice beckons.]

COME.

[This time, upon entering and taking their seats, two of the desks have been draped in black. No picture to commemorate the dead, no memorial of any kind - in fact, nothing at all save the black draping. It's like those in charge simply had no care to remember those two. It's likely the same befalls those who die this week, as well.

The chanting in the darkness on the stage is still present, and as before, the logs are folded neatly on the desk. Of course, this time, there is also an extra paper which seems to give a brief description of the evidence found.

Kindness? Or perhaps cruelty to dangle those things in front of the Titled? As the remaining Titled take their seats and the chanting stops, there is only one way to figure things out.

So, get ready, Titled.

The trial of Harley Quinn, the Deceiver, and Ai Haibara, The Dawn and Dusk, has begun.]

Comments

[kiddefender]

[Raphtalia is just awkwardly listening at first, after seeing the broken neck she couldn't go any further. So oops?]

Um... I found Harley's body in the conservatex, her neck looked funny and she had a mark on her face... After I found her I went to look for someone else and say the others in the forge to let them know. Then I went back to make sure nothing happened afterwards again.

It looks like there was another body next to Harley's, a smaller one that got moved. It looks like they had been foraging in there.

I don't think anything else was changed while I was looking for everyone.

[poorlovefool]

We figured out the hammer matched the wound on Harley's face. What do you mean another body though? What did you see?

[He wasn't able to notice that on his own because MOTHS!!]

[kiddefender]

Next to Harley's. There was a mark on the ground of someone small lying down... How tall was Ai?

[poorlovefool]

Not sure... um, maybe the Intercessor would know?

[Since she only talked to them... once.]

[kiddefender]

Could you tell if she was small from the bones?

[poorlovefool]

Um... sort of. They looked like a child's.

[c-casually looking over at Rubedo? Would he have made note of something like that?

Because Eric really didn't want to look at that stuff that closely, there's no way he has exact measurements in his head or anything.]

[kiddefender]

...That matches the size I found...

[carries_war]

[He was looking at that bones to try to size the clothing bits...did they look smaller than his 4'7"?]

[kiddefender]

The mark I found was around my sword plus half...

[She just holds it up, it's around 80cm.]

[carries_war]

So 120cm...how deep was it?

[kiddefender]

I wouldn't say it was deep. The ground was soft enough for it to be clear, um...there was another potato in there.

[carries_war]

And you said it was right next to Harley's body? Was it face up or face down?

[kiddefender]

It's dirt, it doesn't hold it's shape that well...They were lying spread out,

[carries_war]

No, I mean Harley. I didn't see her until after you did, so I don't know what the scene looked like when you found it.

[kiddefender]

Oh... She was lying on her front. I tried to wake her up and rolled her over...

[carries_war]

Then she was probably moved. If her neck was broken by a hit to the face, she should have landed on her back. The imprint could have been from her landing on Ai, or at least her body. But that makes it even more suspicious that only Ai's body was disposed of.

[kiddefender]

Harley is heavier. They might have had trouble moving her or didn't have time.

[strangerpeople]

[Yes, significantly so.]