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The Fifteen Strangers Mods ([personal profile] strangerpeople) wrote in [community profile] 15strangers2023-07-07 07:31 pm
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THE THIRD TRIAL

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.]
not_a_lego_maniac: (D8)

[personal profile] not_a_lego_maniac 2023-07-08 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Zack had been in the shower, so he at least is clean and smells nice.


But he looks horrified as he looks at the evidence, because holy crap, he was in the shower during this!?]

My god...
yesorwoof: (Dark)

CW dismemberment both old and new

[personal profile] yesorwoof 2023-07-08 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Makima arrives with the right arm.]

I believe we should gather the parts for analysis. I am afraid I have something very important to say.

[She says this as flatly and unironically as possible.]

Brain-kun's heart went pitter patter when he thought of his friend Heart-kun.

I mean that I observed for myself his heart pulsed in his body and circulated blood elsewhere, though he did not sweat. He's not here anymore to speak for himself on anything else he might have done. So I'd like to request cooperation in refraining from remarks about such affairs. I only need to know why he circulated blood through his body but did not bleed when dismembered. Perhaps because his brain did not direct the parts. So let's examine the parts and make sure that his neck was snapped before he was killed.

He was also quite modified from the body he desired and has now been modified further. Thus, I am also overseeing the parts for protective purposes. If anyone among us has urges that require satiation after recent events, I will assist them in cutting off the culprit's limb for them to feed from prior to the exception.
Edited 2023-07-08 16:25 (UTC)
superstylishsquid: (It's pathetic.)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-07-08 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alastor tosses photos of a leg in a pan and a roll of paper towels that look like they were hastily replaced onto his podium.]

The limbs were cut with some sort of very sharp implement, and then someone tried to cook the leg. They must have been up pretty recently, since the oven was turned off but still warm when we got there.

And I'm gonna go ahead and say this right now: I have an alibi. Roland was with me all night, and would've noticed if I'd left.
autonomousthought: (Anything resembling a soul will vanish)

[personal profile] autonomousthought 2023-07-08 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ritsu is an island at her podium. The people who'd be to either side of her are dead.

She is vibrating in place like a poofed-up angry kitten.]

I investigated the D Deck hallway, you all have access to my report, I believe. Please...give me a moment to pull myself together before I expand on them.
Edited 2023-07-08 16:28 (UTC)
jinglebros: (Default)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2023-07-08 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aoi refuses to go to his own podium, sticking right by Hubert's side at that podium. He's concerned, okay? This death is hitting someone he cares about real hard. ]
pegasinister: (47)

[personal profile] pegasinister 2023-07-08 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I found a few things as well.

[Out on his podium come his clues.]

This... pen [or well, marker, but Hubert doesn't know what that is] of some sort was still hot when I arrived, and melted beyond use. I also found a book from the Lounge that had been cut apart. Said cut pieces have been used at least in these tattered papers and in construction of a note of some sort... spelling my name in particular.
godspiousjasper: (pic#16554735)

CW: Implications of Suicide

[personal profile] godspiousjasper 2023-07-08 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's been thinking things through ever since he looked at all the evidence, exhaling a hum as he tapped a finger against his podium. ]

Given there was nothing nearby Brain's body, I doubt he did that to himself. [ Since, y'know. There would have been maybe a tipped chair or something. ] Barring any interference from another, that is.

[ Though he's giving certain people some level of leniency for now. ]

That said, to be able to lift another person's body up, ensure they aren't going to fall and let them hang from the ceiling? Wouldn't that require a lot of strength to pull off such a feat?
Edited 2023-07-08 18:21 (UTC)
superstylishsquid: (It's pathetic.)

WOUND CHECK

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-07-08 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Makima brought up the possibility of the culprit getting injured trying to hang Brain, and while it's possible he was already unconscious by then, Kira also found bloody paper towels in the toilet. If someone was going to the effort of wiping up blood and destroying the evidence, it's possible they were trying to hide the fact that it didn't come from Brain, considering last week's trial made it clear we have ways to check.

Since that's the case, I'm gonna have to ask people to submit to a wound check...Aoi can confirm injuries that came from the badger, I'd think, as long as that thing was eventually captured or killed.

And, uh...sorry, Roland.
pegasinister: (67)

catherd the 1st

[personal profile] pegasinister 2023-07-08 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[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?
exequte: (but I had to to get my revenge)

SHOE/FOOT/LEG CHECK

[personal profile] exequte 2023-07-08 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
One of the things on The List is a mandatory shoe check, and Hubert thinks it's probably best to just recheck our legs too, just in case.

We may not gain more information from it, but I don't think it would hurt, either, so....

Please, everybody, let someone else check the state of your shoes, especially their soles, as well as your feet and legs.
valkavian: (I closed my brother's eyes tonight)

[personal profile] valkavian 2023-07-08 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Alright Val, things are getting tense. The emotional fallout of losing your friend Brain, how much everyone is upset, the possibility of losing Hermes, too-

Normally, in a game of Vampire: The Masquerade, you'd roll some kind of self-control check at this point. But Val's willpower is running short, and her crumbs of humanity that she's got left are laughable, given that she's been in the Sabbat for most of her unlife.

So fresh tears of blood are seeping out over the ones that have crusted over and dried on her cheeks, as her whole body is shaking. ]


Hey.

Hey, Hubert?

[ The question of whether or not she frenzies is gonna be when, not if. ]
15unknowns: (Default)

1/2

[personal profile] 15unknowns 2023-07-08 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, he was going to be all "voting time" but. Zero's just gonna. Wait until this is all settled first.]