Trial 2

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WHO KILLED CHRISTMAS?

Four hours pass yet again. Thug Dangerzone and Brasco move all the tables together (with no help from Starshine), and once again the dining room becomes a makeshift trial center. Poor Diana's body is carefully laid out on one of the tables. She's covered by a sheet, because frankly her corpse looks a little nauseating, but she's there if anyone needs to look at her.

On each spot at the table is a some cookies and apple cider, and that basket sits remains cheery and present at the center of the tavle. Next to the food is a pen and a small notebook, like the kind they use on police procedural.

After everyone is seated, or at least standing awkwardly around, Brasco stands up on a chair. "I gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in you all," he says, and you get the sense he honestly means it. "This is way, way more murders than we wanted here! By a significant margin! But at least justice can be served a little. Me and Princess and Thug were looking around some after you guys finished, and we narrowed it down to five different suspects. So figure it out! You've got all day. Go vote when you're sure, and remember: this isn't a joke. Make sure you get it right. When we've got a majority vote, or when it gets too late, we'll decide.

Ready? Start!"

 

19 GUESTS REMAIN

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Comments

[happydreamed]

'Tis merely a suggestion for your personal growth.

[you're not that much older than him kantera]

[ahkas]

Aww, c'mon, not you too ...!

[ pulls the brim of his hat down in embarassment. pwease no bully ]

[doublesmall]

He can sleep in there with all the nutcrackers, alone. You think I want to put up with that, huh?! Why do you think I wasn't there last night!

[theothermrgray]

I asked the hosts for permission, but part of the reason I moved was due to the... Incidents. I was afraid someone might follow me in if I made a big fuss over it.

[LOOKING AT YOU SMILES MCCREEPY.]

[happydreamed]

You can hardly expect me to refrain when you announce such things in public.

[happydreamed]

I had thought that the nutcrackers were enough to drive you away. But I can sympathize with your plight even more now.

[transparentanswer]

No one came into your room that night? It was just you in there, the entire time?

[originallutece]

I haven't the faintest idea. But it's the logical conclusion: it being half-burned doesn't automatically render you innocent, because it might not have burned at all, taking the decision out of your hands.

[letstrythatagain]

[She nods at that, both to acknowledge that she believes his words and to show that she gets what he's telling her with the rest of that.]

I believe you.

[doublesmall]

I'm not concerned with personal growth, I'm concerned with not fucking dying.

[transparentanswer]

I'm not a––

Fine. Fine. But the evidence is all here. I just want...I just want to find out who killed my friend.

[thatdarkmage]

[ You know, Henry gives zero shits that he did. But he could stir some crap to see what happens -- that'd be fun! ]

Sounds like it's time for a late night friendly visit sometime soon -- since you didn't tell me and all!

[viperess]

Hm. [ she lowers the arm and turns a bit of her hair back behind her shoulder. ] I don't doubt your claim. But the scratches on your arm seem more recent than the others.

[thedifferencebetween]

Hey, I'm not saying you did it, I'm just pointing out that your own defenses aren't really good ones.

And I already know which one of our options didn't do it, thanks to something a little more substantial than just claiming they didn't.

[happydreamed]

You sound so much like my neighbor when you speak that way. I believe she recently turned fourteen.

[Just saying.]

[transparentanswer]

What, I'm guilty because I happened to find the evidence? That makes me really unlucky. Do you want to throw it in the fire and see what happens? Because I have no god damn idea if this thing burns or not. It was like this when I found it.

[originallutece]

[She'll take it off again if she has to, but for now, Rosalind is putting her sweater back on. Baby, it's cold outside.]

He was a little careless last night. And--

[This really makes her look not-so-classy, but on the other hand, whatever! Better than being accused of a crime!]

-- we were a bit, ah, drunk.

[doublesmall]

Some kids are very mature for their age, aren't they.

[transparentanswer]

And how do you know that?

[happydreamed]

Certainly. I shall have to congratulate her on being as mature as a grown man, or more so.

[thedifferencebetween]

'Cause I probably would have noticed her doing it, since we were holed up together that night.

[ident17y]

[ Speaking up oh so helpfully: ]

I can confirm Jack is hardly in the room at night.

[originallutece]

Hush. I'm not saying you did it, I'm merely pointing out the obvious.

Though it might not be a bad idea to try and burn another of those things.

[theothermrgray]

Don't you even dare.

[THAT'S IT. HE'S GONNA REALLY BARRICADE HIS NEW ROOM TONIGHT]

[starblessed]

[Shintaro's distress is evident--Lunafreya comes over to him, resting her hand on his shoulder. It's not an attempt to get him to calm down; more she hopes to bolster his courage and give him strength.]

I believe you, Shintaro.

The kitchen was only missing one knife when I went in to fetch water for Dorian. It appears this was the paring knife.

Let us not accuse each other rashly of such deeds. There must be an explanation for everything if we work to put the pieces together.