Week 4 - Trial

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Week 4: Trial

It's dawn when the Sergeant calls everyone to the courtroom. Despite the early hour, the tribunes of the room are as full as the last two times, sleepy townspeople glaring and looking at the visitors with distrust. The Sergeant told everyone to get to their spots. Anyone who looks behind them, will see the bailiffs carrying Sting Eucliffe away, who is trying to resist them but doesn't seem to have enough strength to do that well.

"Don't worry about him. That guy ate a lot of ice and frost for reasons I don't understand, and now he has a very bad cold. I don't want him making everyone in this room sick, so he's excused. No, that's not a hint all of you should get sick to avoid these trials."

There are more podiums draped in black now. Clarisse, Eric Lecarde, and Jughead Jones have joined the dead, and their podiums look lonely without their occupants.

With a twirl of the gavel, the Sergeant recites:

"Today the trial will focus on solving the murder of..."

He takes a PDA out of his pocket, and holds it in the air. The PDA's text-to-voice software says: 'Forsythe'

"...Pendleton Jones the Third. The circumstances need no introduction, we all are aware of them. Here are your suspects"

            
Once everyone had a moment to see the faces in the photos, the Sergeant adds:

"By the way, there are two separate culprits today. Yes, two of these five people directly caused Jughead's death. When it's time to vote, remember to vote for two different people."

Let the trial begin.

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EVIDENCE

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[quickpersuader]

A bottle of Strychnine tablets found in the bushes outside the diner.

[silvertongueheir]

There were handprints leading away from Jughead's body. The weight suggested someone putting their whole weight on their hands as well.

Re: EVIDENCE

[carbide]

[Olympia sets a handgun and a can of spray paint on her podium.]

I believe both of these were used.

emetophobia tw

[odasaku]

[ well... seeing himself on the suspect list is definitely. Something. he doesn’t look to shaken up, actually. ]

So I found Jughead’s body... it was in a strange position, unnatural for a recently dead person. He had three gunshot wounds to the chest, but none of them had hit a vital point. Besides that, there was bile in his mouth, and he had a scent of bitter almonds near his mouth, too.

Besides that, I found a half-eaten burger by his body. It had two types of cheese, although one of them had an odorless, white powder on it. And lastly, I found the sign-up sheet for the Variety Show, the schedule, and a note that said “I’m sorry.”

[marmoron]

At the pharmacy, a display was knocked over as well as a missing bottle of cyanide. Whoever took it was in a rush. Cosmo wasn't able to get a clear sense of who was there by scent.

There were also some footprints outside. Whoever it was, they had feet that were roughly the same size as mine. Maybe a little bigger.

[pecker]

I'm afraid it's not much, but my birds did see a figure fleeing the scene of the shooting... this figure was wearing clothes so heavy that I couldn't determine any of the features of their body, which if nothing else seems that it would likely take a significant amount of time for the culprit to put on and take off. I hope this isn't completely useless.

That figure also wasn't the one who left the hand-prints on the ground. Whatever that was about, it seems to have taken place before the shooting.

[prayerwheel]

From the diner:
- Open cookbook, recipe for hamburgers
- Bottle of cyanide in the trash (a great deal used) with napkin placed on top
- Ripped up receipt in the women's bathroom toilet, for a bottle of Strychnine tablets
- Wet toilet paper with dirt on it by the trashcan in the men's bathroom

HAND CHECK

[silvertongueheir]

We might as well get this done first. Suspects, let me see your hands. [Franciscus will check them both to see if they match the size of the handprints he found and if there's any hint of frostbite or other signs of touching ice on them.]

[odasaku]

[ oda will show his hands! he’s got no frostbite, that’s for sure. ]

[quickpersuader]

[Kino obligingly shows Fanciscus their hands: they're clean, and there are no signs of frostbite or ice.]

[pursuitofdeath]

[Fine, fine. Hands! The bottom of his palm is where his bandages start, but the majority is free and clear of obstruction. There doesn't appear to be any signs of frostbite at least.]

[cartesio]

[Kino, Rose, and possibly Dazai's hands look like they could fit]

[quickpersuader]

[Kino's eyes fix on her photograph for a moment, her mouth opening in a small "o" shape.

Ah. Right, then.]

Ask me whatever you want.

[robitussin]

...I have a question, actually.

[A beat, while she decides how to phrase this.]

I'm guessing Odasaku and Dazai are suspects because it seems likely that they would act as accomplices, and Frasier and Rose are suspects because they're unfamiliar enough with guns that it would explain why none of the bullets hit a vital point.

If you had to guess, why do you think you're listed there?

[relieable]

[he’s here, but he doesn’t look too happy about this. first his pal Sting is taken away, and then he finds out there are two murderers? and a kid and an old lady are on the suspects list... this is grim. he’ll just stay quiet for now]

[pursuitofdeath]

[Dazai will not come right out and say you can ask him anything. He's just leaning back and listening to the proceedings with his eyes closed very casually.

That can't stop you from asking though so-- if you have questions. This guy is here.]

[quickpersuader]

[Well, might as well ask around to be sure.]

What types of persuaders have you been using since you got here?

[odasaku]

[ well, again, oda doesn’t seem too shaken up by this. ]

Ask me anything, I guess.

[quickpersuader]

[Gonna ask you as well:]

What types of persuaders have you been using since you got here?

mods please

[clearities]

[ raises her hand in the air like a good child ] Um, Sergeant-san, can I ask something...? Um, you said that there are two people behind this, but what would happen if one or both of them got away with it? I mean-- I don't want them to, but-- would both of them be able to get the... immortality? [ This is a Very Bad Question to ask but someone's gotta. ]

[cartesio]

If both get away with it, both get the reward, and each one get their medal to be able to leave the town at the end of May. It's only fair -- after all, both had a direct hand in Jughead's death.

FOOT CHECK

[marmoron]

Suspects, get over here. We're comparing foot sizes right now.

[Sounding about as enthusiastic about this as you'd expect.]

[odasaku]

[ gotta put his foot down.... to get checked ]

[saladandeggs]

...you will, in due time, see my obvious innocence prove itself.

[doublelammy]

Yeah, okay, wow, that's helping exactly nobody.

motive talk -- suicide cw for Dazai because you know

[pursuitofdeath]

Well. If we're going to solve this we'll need to consider the motive as well I think.

It's a rather tempting offer, should one have a desire to live.

My own thoughts on that should be fairly clear to most of you, though you're welcome to ask, but I wonder exactly how others involved might feel about it.

[marmoron]

Assuming anyone here is actually stupid enough to believe the Sergeant can do that in the first place.

handwriting check!

[odasaku]

[ well, considering the sign-up sheet and note comparison was a bust, oda will turn the sign up sheet around for people to write on. ]

We’ll compare our handwriting, now.

[ oda will write his own “i’m sorry” ]

[quickpersuader]

[Kino will also write "I'm sorry" in much the same way she wrote out Millium's instructions.]

late grandma ama

[duckrotation]

[out of the secret grandma void (pockets) she pulls some werthers originals and gives them to the crowd]

Well.. if you have any questions.

[quickpersuader]

Have you ever fired a persu- a gun before?

shoe check v2

[odasaku]

So Azura said she found dirt on a toilet paper, like they were probably cleaning their shoes. I think we should check them to see which ones look... cleaner?

[ oda will show his shoes. they... honestly look like they’ve seen better days. they’re old and dirty, okay? ]

[duckrotation]

[WELL rose is taking off her shoes and putting them out there for all to see]

[marmoron]

[Okay look, Keith's getting real tired of this bullshit. Jughead's dead thanks to not one but two assholes and his space wolf is probably unhappy with being locked out of the courthouse.]

Here's how it looks as far as I'm concerned. Culprit 1 cooked a poisoned burger knowing Jughead would eat it. Culprit 2 shot Jughead three times in chest, didn't hit anything important and was probably inexperienced with guns. Don't know if they were working together or not, but I'm guessing they were because Jughead wasn't the easiest person to go after this week. I'll say this outright.

Of the people on that suspect list: Rose and Frasier are the only two who look like they don't have any experience with guns. Both of you were in the variety show Jughead put on. Both of you have either handprints or footprints that could be a match for the ones found at the park and pharmacy.

Frasier, you're a doctor. You'd know what those drugs from the pharmacy would do. Rose, you're old as hell and you're probably banking a little on nobody getting in your face about this. Talk.

[quickpersuader]

Rose has also admitted she purchased a gun for self defense, even though she doesn't know how to use one.

[Just. Gonna add that there.]