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!"

 

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[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.

[transparentanswer]

[Thank you. He squeezes her hand.]

I'm...thinking about the motive. We haven't talked about it. It would've made someone act desperate. Desperate enough to hurt her as gruesomely as they did. We had been talking about it being someone stealing someone's face, or how being replaced was a bad thing for you.

I think that...being replaced is a bad thing for someone else. I talked to Hans, the night before he died. He mentioned to me that getting "replaced" would mean putting one of your loved ones in here instead of you. Well, Hans didn't have anyone like that, and neither do I.

Someone was trying to protect someone by killing Diana.

[letstrythatagain]

So you think someone here- one of the five suspects- had someone not in this place who they wanted to keep from being brought here?

[transparentanswer]

Exactly. "He" is worth killing over.

...I don't know if that's going to be something easy to figure out but...It's a start? Someone who values "his" life more than their own.

[letstrythatagain]

It's a good thing to have on hand for a final push, but right now I don't think anyone will admit to having a person like that. We'll have to get them based on other evidence.