Week 2 - Trial

[cartesio]

Week 2: Trial

The day still is April 13th. It's now the afternoon

Just like he said he would, the Sergeant went to everyone and told them to go to the courthouse. It wasn't difficult to find -- three of the tourists already knew where it was. What nobody, not even these three thought, was that the courtroom would be so much populated this time.

All of the visitors went into the only trial room in the courthouse. In the center there were several podiums, formed into a circle. Each podium had a small notepad and a pen, and a slot on the top part of its surface, presumably to insert your vote in it. Each podium has a small placard showing who it belongs to -- except for Moloch von Zinzer's podium. That one is draped with black velvet.

The tribunes at the sides of the courtroom are higher than where your podiums are. During the trial Sakura, Wayne and Millium attended those tribunes had been empty, but this time they're not. Quite a lot of the townspeople are sitting there, talking with each other and observing all of the tourists with different expressions. Confusion, disdain, shock, all kinds of emotions, all united by the feeling of morbid curiosity. What did the tourists do? What will happen? That's what they're wondering.

And above all of them, on the judge's seat...the Sergeant. None of the townspeople's paying attention to him, he's sitting on his chair and twirling the gavel in his hand. He still is very pleased a murder happened, and once it's time to start, he says:

"We have gathered today for the trial to find the culprit for the death of Moloch von Zinzer. It's your task to discuss, find the truth of this murder and bring it to light. For the sake of not letting you bunch run in circles, I have decided to lend you a hand and give you the five most likely suspects -- the culprit being one of them"

And indeed, five small photos appear on your podium.

            

"When it's time, you shall cast your vote. Write it on paper or put the photo inside the slot, I don't really care about how you do it. What matters is that you actually do it. With no further ado, I wish you good luck!"

The trial room went completely silent, all the visitors can feel the attentive stares of the townspeople gathered to watch. It's up to you now to find the culprit.

Let the trial begin.

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[Welcome to the trial! Please remember to cash your votes here!. Your deadline is 8:00 PM EST. Good luck!]

Comments

[pursuitofdeath]

...well then. I suppose we should get straight to business.

[If you haven’t seen Dazai get serious before this might be a pleasant surprise for you.]

I examined our victim, the late Mister Moloch. His clothes were smeared with a dark liquid, primarily around his right arm. By it’s scent I believe the liquid in question was motor oil.

As for wounds, he had only one. A deep stab wound in his abdomen, consistent with a knife wound.

[clearities]

[ While Sakura doesn't have much to say in the way of discussing the murder itself, there is one thing that she can't help but bring up, aloud. ]

This is... different?

[ There's definitely quite a bit of differences this time. ]

Matching icon buddies

[silvertongueheir]

Do you think the culprit intended to burn the body? Though I'm curious as to why they'd burn the car along with it.

[linearcrash]

[ Whoa okay! What?! ]

What the hell kind of suspect list is this?

[ He has some issues ]

[quickpersuader]

Different how?

[Kino's side eyeing the crowd they have, but not much that can be done about it now.]

[saladandeggs]

...if one of you would like to step forward and - perhaps confess to your actions.

[a beat.]

Well, while I don’t think any of us would find your actions any less...deplorable, I and I’m sure a few of the others would still maintain some respect for your ability to take responsibility.

[linearcrash]

Huh? Different how? [ S'up small fry ]

[pursuitofdeath]

While it’s likely they did hope to destroy evidence, they didn’t go about it in an entirely competent way. It takes precision to make a car explode. It would have taken time for the flames to get to the appropriate compartments. But if it had, then we would have had a much more difficult time, for certain.

[integratedsoul]

[ Cian looks pale and sickly today, the murder has not been sitting well with her. But this comment gets some strong nodding. ]

[kingbomber]

[ I mean Bakugou was handling this seriously no doubt about it but now he just looks absolutely pissy now, even more than usual.

If Dazai is starting them off, he'll add to it. Also he has a mop now. ]

It looks like someone just fucking left a sticky mop hanging around in the diner for some stupid reason. Whatever the crappy clear liquid was happens to be concentrated on most of the handle and nowhere else. There's also some rust stuck to it and the mophead too.

[clearities]

We didn't have a suspect list last time... and there wasn't a crowd around, either.

[integratedsoul]

.... they'd die if they did that. I'm sure respect is enough for many people and they wouldn't need life on top of it, but... it's still a difficult choice.

[clearities]

[ Well, you see... ]

[saladandeggs]

...I like to believe there is a basic good in people. That part of me would like to see whoever did this maintain some...shred of dignity.

[quickpersuader]

Then why the change now...?

[Hn.]

Continuing to raise suspicion...?

[tuffguy]

Yeah, has anyone ever really pleaded guilty for this sort of thing?

[pursuitofdeath]

[The true hero this court needs, ladies and gentlemen.]

Knowing the punishment the last culprit received thanks to Sakura-chan’s meeting, I suspect it may be a little more difficult than that.

[carbide]

So we can only vote for people on this list?

[dammit there goes her plan to vote for clarisse]

[amburere]

[ Looks at this suspect list, blinks. Can't say he's surprised at seeing himself up here but some of the others...huh. ]

Nice, got an audience. [ That's all he has to say really, and he doesn't seem bothered at all. ]

[pecker]

[Unlike before when she was mostly wearing her suit dress, Niwatori wore her warrior outfit (shown in the icon) this time. Niwa why.]

Um, well, may I say something? Y-You see, if we're looking at a knife wound, we definitely found the weapon... As well as a bunch of similar ones. I'm not sure why the killer would need to throw away so many other knives, but there sure were a lot in those trash cans in the park.

[saladandeggs]

...even so, it’s worth appealing to their human nature.

[carbide]

No one is going to confess.

[saladandeggs]

If they haven’t, perhaps this could be the beginning of a new trend.

[linearcrash]

Maybe he found he gets off on their reactions or something.

[ Pointing over to town people ]

[kingbomber]

A shitty one, that's what.

[ i mean minus the villain but bakugou's extremely biased about that lbr ]