trusthell | Take Responsibility.

The allotted time for investigating comes to an end, and those elevator doors slide open at the end of the first-floor corridor; it's a bit of a walk down from the fifth floor, but at least the ride down is swift and smooth.

To say nothing of spacious. Your numbers are running low.

The podium circle, as always, stands out against the black-walled courtroom where it's encircling that pit in the center; Mettaton and Shirazu have joined the ranks of the deceased, photographs in greyscale watching the proceedings from their podiums draped in black.

The Kingmaker, too, is watching all of you; as always, it isn't until everyone has settled at their podium that he speaks, his voice sounding out through the room for all to hear.

"Sacrificial has been taken from you. Maybe this time the guilty party is going to actually succeed at Rule Seven - but of course, whether they manage it is still up to the rest of you."

Eleven Survivors remain. How many are still standing by the end of the day is up to you.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

If the victim died in the Arcade then it is doubtful Shirazu-kun was killed with the bomb. Speedwagon-san and I found pieces of a machine of sorts - I think it is a machine - which seems to be the cause of the haze and the explosion, and that can only have happened in the sauna.

Any ideas what the real cause of death could be, anyone?

Edited 2016-04-16 16:09 (UTC)

I have an idea. I found this in the chapel, taped up under one of the pews.

[It's a bloody knife. The blood on the blade is dried, but it sure looks like it could be the murder weapon.]

At least we're getting slightly more creative about disposing of evidence.

The body had a stab wound on the right shoulder. That's probably where the knife comes into play.

[WITH THAT SAID...]

The wound itself, however, was not fatal. It didn't hit any major areas of the body, or any important vessels and nerves.

So more like to disable, then? Or stun.

[... Though she doesn't see why, if there's a goddamn bomb in play.]

Most likely. It doesn't seem like the damage could really do much else beyond that.

It's bloody something! Whatever it was, it was crackling and popping like mad. Released some more purple smoke, too.

[If Bruce is that kind of guy he would be flipping the bird at the Kingmaker for his words, but there are more important things at hand compared to indulging in petty revenge. Bruce takes his podium again, tries to ignore how--empty they are now compared to where they were at the start. Eleven of them now...

And only ten were going to walk out of here.

He's about to start with his report on the body, but before he can begin Mouri's words beside him catch his attention, and Bruce goes to respond to that first.]

No--the cause of death is most likely the bomb. The other wounds he had on him had nothing to indicate that it was fatal.

[Unless, of course, the bomb itself was to hide any wound that had been in the area that was, ah, exploded.]

Hang on... you're saying that the bits and pieces lying around there were part of a bomb?

[....And. And he almost touched it.

Hoo body there's that cold sweat. Thanks for this trial, Kingmaker.]

You almost touched it, didn't you.

[No judgement here, buddy. None.

(Maybe a little.)]

I only thought it would be important evidence.

[So he tried to pick it up.

Please don't judge him, podium neighbor.]

[Juuuuuuust a little.]

And it is, obviously! I'm glad you're okay though, buddy.

[at least it wasn't another bottle of bleach.]

... Thank you, Captain. In any case, it looks like whatever that bomb was did him in... or at least put a dent in him something fierce.

There were marks all over the walls in the sauna.

[Yikes.]

That could've been you all over the walls. What kind of marks? Like, scorch marks?

[whhhhhyyyy would you tell him that]

Y-yeah. [ahem] A bit like that, singes and a bit of smoke, just enough to tell you that something went off in there.

[...]

Oh, there's one other thing.

[The suspense is killing her.

And everyone else.]

It was... a ladle.

[TADA]

One of those big spoons you use in the sauna, I found it by the wall all charred and broken apart.

[She has never been more disappointed in her entire life.

That was so anti-climatic, Mettaton is rolling in his grave, he's going to come back and haunt you.]

It was probably just blown up with the rest of him.

Why would you have a ladle in the sauna or the arcade? It's not exactly the kind of weapon you'd use in self-defense either.

(no subject)

isafraid - 2016-04-16 16:41 (UTC) - Expand

cherryblooded - 2016-04-16 16:42 (UTC) - Expand

isafraid - 2016-04-16 17:44 (UTC) - Expand

[Ouch.]

Then it was quite the blast!

[that thing looked like it took a lot of shit, okay]

...in all likelihood, yes.

[...thank you for not touching it, Speedwagon.]

[we're all very proud of Speedwagon today.]

... If one was really used, it'd cut down on suspects pretty quick, wouldn't it?

Yes, I don't think many of us would know to make a bomb with iodine and all that.

[Can you really picture Sigrun or Yosuke making chemical bombs? Mouri can't. The list of suspects is short!]

Only those who have a good grasp of chemistry.

[excuse you you

you.... put things into thing

and then it becomes

a

bomb thing

Okay you're right, this is a subject that is beyond your beloved leader outside of "bombs go boom". She's more familiar with ones you have to light, anyway.]