THE FIRST TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

THE FIRST TRIAL
(~SK. 3-4)


[When the investigation wraps up, there is a low, rumbling <D O N G, which vibrates throughout the ship. This is followed by the sound of creaking doors opening on the D Deck-the locked doors at the end of the hall.

Zero's voice speaks through the ship once this happens.]

The Investigation has ended. It is time for the Trial. Please proceed into the theater.

I suggest you be quick about it.

[And when you do...you will find a completely empty theater. There is a higher level, but this is currently blocked off by ropes, as is the stage itself. Anyone who attempts to jump the ropes will find themselves knocked on their butts; it seems there's no choice but to go to the podiums, located in the orchestra area of the theater. Notably, the podiums for bunks 6 and 7 are empty, draped with black crinoline and adorned with a photo of the deceased. And in the center of the podiums is...a birthday cake with some confetti surrounding it, along with some drinks. No indication whose birthday it is, but that's pretty much all you'll see in this otherwise very bare, quiet place.



CW: animal death

Unless, of course, you're the Eye. If you're the Eye, you will see every seat filled, if not by a root or vine, then by a...thing with glowing red eyes. One of these...things tries to move towards Anya-and immediately, after suddenly glowing red, thunks over sideways, it's head popping off with an almost comical P O P. The majority of the other...things stare at it before resuming their...whatever they're doing, while one of the things sitting next to it looks over, then towards the stage, then slowly hops off the seat and out the door.

Oh, and he doesn't even get his own podium. Aoi and Makima, good luck to you-Roland's been squeezed in between you, forced to take podium 3. You get to also see what he sees.

Once everyone's in place, A large wide screen....screen schlllorps from the stage, and Zero's face pops in once it turns on.]


Welcome to the Trial. Please, enjoy the refreshments. You will be here until you have either convicted the correct culprit-or, the culprit successfully gets away with it. If you have not familiarized yourself with the guidelines, I suggest you do so now.

All evidence is also available for review on your watches, if need be. Take your time, but...do not delay. Justice must be served.

[Well? No reason to delay. Power is dead. Very dead. And now it is time to figure out who would kill her with explogurt for a cheeseburger-if that's even what happened.


The trial of Power, The Drop, has begun.]

Comments

[threwabone]

Well, we have a sword, some ash, a bloody bathroom, some spilled yogurt...

I'm not sure if we have anything that points to anyone in particular.

[lovedthemost]

Not as of yet. If the vomit doesn't indicate something then we'll have to consider trying to narrow down, step by step, what happened.

[threwabone]

So, what, was she poisoned? Or did someone else vomit?

[lovedthemost]

Hard to say about the poison, though that would be something that would cause a person to vomit. Or if she could not actually eat such a thing as yogurt.

[threwabone]

Would that make her vomit, eating something like yogurt?

[Like, she can believe it, but it does sound a little weird.]

[lovedthemost]

If someone was severely lactose intolerant, but it looks like that wasn't the case.

cw emeto/etc

[yesorwoof]

She could eat human food as well as flesh and blood. She was seen doing either here. However, I don't see it claimed that there were trace of poison such as in the yogurt...? Perhaps she could have eaten to excess the way that a human would...

[lovedthemost]

In that case, I believe the poison choice is the more likely option.

[voidseeing]

That was my thought given the spilled yogurt. We should check it for any unusual smells.

[threwabone]

On her? But we don't...

[Have Power's head?

Oh, she wishes.]

[lovedthemost]

Did anyone happen to bring the yogurt cup with them?

[not_a_lego_maniac]

But there's more on the watch, right?

[threwabone]

What about the watch?

[How is that relevant again?]

MODS?

[lovedthemost]

He means the evidence that was uploaded to our watches.

[he pulls up the bloody smudges picture that Kira submited]

For example, these could possibly offer more insight.

[what exactly do these smudges look like? are they on the knob? how high are they on the door frame?]

[strangerpeople]

[They look like prints. They're also around waist height.]

[lovedthemost]

[prints as in handprints?]

[strangerpeople]

[Yes, but...also no.

They seem to be from gloves.]

[lovedthemost]

[approximately how big do they seem? Adult-sized? Teenager-sized?]

[strangerpeople]

[Hard to tell. It looks like it could go either way, honestly.]

[lovedthemost]

[Brain frowns at the hand print, then looks over at Kira]

Kira, do you have an approximation of how big this hand was? Since you were the one that saw it.

[onychomance]

I doubt it was an adult male's hand, but other than that... well, the glove prints were only the size of a fingerprint, after all.

[lovedthemost]

[hmm???]

A single finger print? [he's looking at the picture again because that doesn't make sense] How did you recognize it as a glove print?