THE THIRD TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD TRIAL
(~SK. 17-18)


[When the investigation ends, the D O N G rings throughout the ship, followed by Zero's voice.]

It is time. Everyone, come to the theater. Time is...wasting.

[And so it is. The seating has once more changed to reflect the fallen-Moriarty and now Brain's podiums are draped in black. And, of course, there is no food-

The screens come up, and the mask of Zero appears, ever inscrutable. Their instructions are brief.]

Your Brain is gone, I'm afraid. Cut into pieces and cast aside...and someone here knows why. Now, it's time for you to discover the truth as well...if you can.


[The trial for the murder of Brain, the Blue, has begun.]

Comments

[superstylishsquid]

I didn't smell anything like burnt marker in the oven, so either someone put it in the incinerator, or there was some other source of heat involved.

[pegasinister]

We certainly have enough burns going around this case that it could be anything.

[superstylishsquid]

Yeah. You didn't say you found a note on it, but that doesn't mean there wasn't one that was already discharged into someone else.

[pegasinister]

Exactly. It was still hot to the touch so whatever hit it was certainly dangerous, if it was the incinerator outright.

[superstylishsquid]

That's the same for the leg I found, but wasn't the time of death like...one in the morning?

[pegasinister]

So those two must have still been under heat until very shortly before we arrived.

[superstylishsquid]

Yeah. The oven was still hot, too, like it'd been turned off within the past hour. Even the kitchen was warmer than it usually is.

[pegasinister]

Our culprit was cutting it close. Perhaps they spent that much time setting up the scene...?

[superstylishsquid]

Could be. I can't imagine it's easy to cut limbs off of a body swinging freely like that...