THE SECOND TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND TRIAL


[Soon enough, once the final clues have been uncovered, the telltale DING echoes through the Mall. The elevator in the food court has opened once more, and it will not close until all of the remaining Titled have gotten in it. And, as before, a thought comes to them, the realization that they needed to get on the roof, and get to the bottom of this.

Soon enough, everyone is back on the roof, and they will find that their platform arrangement has changed to reflect those who had died since last week. The podiums of Dio, Torri, and Yuuri are each all lowered and covered with white cloths. Otherwise, everyone else's platforms also have food and drinks, just like last week.

It's probably still not much comfort, especially with what everyone knows must happen. They must look at the evidence they have gathered, and once more, they will have to figure out the truth, putting their lives on the line to do so. Hopefully, their luck will hold.

So, get ready.

The trial for the murders of Torri Feiji, The Bliss, and Yuuri Katsuki, The Future, has begun.]

Comments

[totalbullshit]

[ Helena looks.... upset. Her hair is more of a mess than usual and before she speaks, you can see her biting her lip harshly. ]

I think there is one thing we should clear up first of all. Are we looking for one culprit or two who acted independently?

[incrediblystressedout]

Just based on the fact that they were killed in almost the same way and how the store looked like the end of a chase scene, I'm pretty sure one person killed Yuuri, then killed Torri because she witnessed it.

[foolishjustice]

Her phone also had a deleted photo on it, so it's possible she got evidence the culprit was determined to destroy, as well.

[thegreenhornet]

Oh...that'd explain why someone would kill two people.

[That had never crossed his mind, but yeah, it makes sense]

The killer killed Yuuri and then followed her to the bridal section, right?

[incrediblystressedout]

That's what it looked like to me. In fact, it looked like the culprit chased Torri, since there were a lot of knocked-over racks and some dresses around her that were wet.

There was also a hair dryer missing from the next section, so either the culprit or...someone else...tried to clean up the water from the scene, I guess?

[theirmagic]

... Is there no way to recover that photograph? It sounds like it would be very helpful.

[ She frowns. So much death... so many empty podiums. It hurts. ]

[scienceofmagic]

...Does someone have her phone on them? I might be able to recover the image, if someone wasn't thorough.

[foolishjustice]

Would you be able to do that with just the phone? That would be very impressive.

I LEGIT LOOKED THIS UP

[scienceofmagic]

It's not actually that hard. There should actually be something that allows you in the album area that allows you to recover recently deleted photos, just in case you accidentally deleted something you didn't want to. I'm hoping our killer didn't know about this feature and simply didn't erase it permanently.

[foolishjustice]

Ah. That is a good point, the culprit seemed to be in a bit of a rush. I did bring her phone with me, if you want to try that.

[scienceofmagic]

Hand it over and I'll see.

[ She'll go over to get it. ]

[foolishjustice]

[He reaches into his pocket and holds it out, briefly stepping around his podium to do so.]

MODPING

[scienceofmagic]

[ Okay, so going to check. Can she recover the deleted photo or was our killer that thorough? ]

[strangerpeople]

[She can.]

[scienceofmagic]

[ Well! What're we looking at? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Lots of blurs and blobs, as if whoever too the photo was running and had no time to focus the shot.

That said, the colors of the area do indicate that it was taken in the food court.]

[scienceofmagic]

[ ...What about the colors of the blurs an blobs? Anything that she might be able to get as a clue out of this besides it being in the food court? ]

I recovered the picture... It's blurry, and whoever took the photo was probably running... But whoever took it was in the food court.

[strangerpeople]

[No way to get colors, as the flash obscures the foreground colors. However one could say that one of the big blobs is kneeling over another.]

[scienceofmagic]

...Damn. It looks like she got someone kneeling over someone else, but... I can't tell who from this. If I had any tools like a computer, I might be able to clear it up some, but...

[incrediblystressedout]

If it's the killer kneeling over Yuuri's body, it at least shows we're right about the order things happened in...

That also means Torri ran all the way upstairs before she got caught.

[scienceofmagic]

[ ACTUALLY, WHAT'S THE TIMESTAMP ]