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

catherd the 1st

[pegasinister]

[Hubert, putting his shirt back on, coughs]

Please do not make me bring out the list.

[does that mean he has it on him??? Nevermind]

We seem to have gone over all the available evidence. Would anyone like to propose a timeline?

[yesorwoof]

It seems that Brain-kun was attacked in the hallway with a heated weapon that was scratched against the walls, which caused him to use the saxophone in anger. He was then chased into the lounge, where he used the saxophone in fear. He was assaulted with the heated weapon, subduing him enough that he could be hung. This killed him. The culprit then retrieved a sword that was used to remove his limbs, shedding only a minimal amount of blood. Three limbs were taken to the nearby bathroom, weapons room, and kitchen, while the right arm was taken to the weapons room.

There are two things I don't understand at all. Hermes falling asleep, and the actions taken with the several pieces of paper.

[pegasinister]

The cipher note I agree is likely written by Brian before being interrupted- but unless the culprit allowed him time to do such a thing after taking him to the lounge he must have written it ahead of time. Perhaps the culprit put him on the couch and he shoved it there when they weren't looking?

I too am still confused by the book at the cutpaper note. The book being from the lounge could mean it was made after Brain was killed and they simply used what was available?

[voidseeing]

But then why stash the scissors under the sofa in the lounge rather than just take them back to the workshop? That makes me think it was done in a hurry.

[pegasinister]

Hm. Good point. Though with everything else spread around it very well could be the culprit didn't care.

[somuchshipping]

I mean. There's only so much you can do on this ship before it starts to get boring. Playing the same video games over and over kiiiinda gets old, same with reading the same books over and over. It's really all I can do while everyone else is asleep.

[pegasinister]

I can understand this. I feel a bit like I'm going mad from idleness some days.

[yesorwoof]

I truly hope that I don't have to keep toying with your emotions trying to determine how you were hacked. That's an ace I'd rather keep up my sleeve. What happened to learning to solve the puzzles like I asked? We talked about that the very night before you would have regained your memory.

[somuchshipping]

I really don't think why smoothies and weird white plush doll things falling from the sky are possible puzzles to be able to be solved.

[Hermes scratches at one of his front legs.]

But I am trying this trial...

[yesorwoof]

It's true. If I had to give this movie a genre I'd probably call it absurdist.

What's wrong with your leg? Does it hurt?

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes FREEZES upon hearing that question asked.]

[...]

[He forces himself to stop scratching at it. Poker face!]

My legs are all fine!

[superstylishsquid]

Can't entirely blame you. I've started sleeping partly for the same reason.

[And also partly because he wanted to stay with Roland during Prime Murder Hours, just in case.]

[exequte]

I don't entirely understand why he was using his Power, in those circumstances. He could have made his attacker feel what he wanted, so I guess that could explain the fear, but.... It seems like anger would just have made everything worse, right?

[voidseeing]

Based on the emotions found in the musical notes, I think it's safe to say that the confrontation began in the hallway and ended in the lounge. It's likely that Brain may have fled there to buy himself time to attempt to write that note we found hidden between the cushions of the sofa, but was interrupted before he was able to finish.

MODS (bolded)

[yesorwoof]

How was the noose constructed? Hammer and nails pinned the rope onto the ceiling? Were the scissors used to cut off a smaller length of rope, or was a whole rope taken? Perhaps the scissors were only used to write the ransom style note, in which case probably the culprit made it?

[strangerpeople]

[It looks like a whole rope was taken.]

[yesorwoof]

Perhaps the scissors were used on the book in the lounge and the culprit had to stop suddenly? That doesn't sound quite right. I do find it strange that if Brain-kun was writing the note in the lounge and he was interrupted by the culprit, he was nevertheless struck from the front. Why didn't he just start by writing the culprit's name, if he had already seen the culprit in the hallway? "Watch out for Tsutsugami", for example, wouldn't "Tsutsugami" have been much faster?

[valkavian]

Didn't Hubert and Gai mention there was a bunch of other shit on the walls, too?

[jinglebros]

Yeah. It sounded like a bunch of lines? Does that mean something?

[voidseeing]

Lines and holes. I'm wondering if the holes weren't from the hammer.

[exequte]

[Hm.]

Speaking of the list, should we do a shoe check? It doesn't seem like there's very much that could have been tracked around for this case.

[yesorwoof]

Yes, I've been wondering about that. It truly seems inconceivable, though stepping on the scissors would be pretty damning. Still, conducting the check might at least put us in the right frame of mind.

[pegasinister]

...I do think checking legs could be wise if nothing else.

[he arches a brow at the two women]

[exequte]

Why not both? I can't see how it would hurt, anyway.

[pegasinister]

Easy enough to do both, yes.