The final bell rang, calling all of the students back into Oval Castle for the final trial. As you enter do you notice that like always, the background is off. The atmosphere is far more heavier than any other trial. This time it looks like you’re in a factory of sorts. Of course you don’t pay attention to this at all and just focus on getting this trial done.
It’s the last one, and after a week you’ve gathered enough evidence and have an idea in mind about just who the mastermind could be. It’s been a long eleven weeks. And who would have thought that just eleven weeks ago you thought you’d be entering one of the greatest schools in all of Japan!
Now you’ve just been a pawn in the despair game.
The monotouned bear sits upon the usual throne of his. This was the same bear that had started it all–but was also the one that Candy had called out on for ‘actin weird’. Just what was going on?!
[UPUPUPU. SO THIS IS EVERYONE LEFT HUH? AHHH WHAT A SHAME THAT SO MANY OF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE!]
[THOUGH YOU ALL KNOW IF YOU STILL GUESS THIS ONE WRONG THAT YOU’RE ALL DEAD! SAME RULES STILL APPLY]
OH AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIAL CIRCLE IS A PLATE OF POTATO KNISHES
WITH A LITTLE CARD SAYING “FOR HOTARU”
Haruko: So… I understand someone left puns near the bodies.
Eirik nodded. “Yup. And I’ve got them all right here.”
Emi/Mitsuo is carrying a bloody axe. “The mastermind abducted them from their rooms and killed them, then punned about it…”
Sour Candy: “Puns? What were they?”
Ray: “Mm?”
Eirik passes them around the room.
Phoebe: “Bad”
Satine: “What a amusing person. Except I don’t really feel like laughing. They’ll pay for taking her away.”
Candy laughs at each of the puns because she is a nerd.
Ray: “Well this ain’t appropriate.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: This is why they’re standing next to Satine. They appreciate her.
Eirik nodded. “You ready to nail this asshole to the wall?”
Satine: “Hell yeah I am!”
Mitsuo Kodaira: “… Can we do worse…?”
Imasaru: The dog is just eating his peaches thank u ray
Eirik has his spear. “After we nail them to the wall. They’ll still be breathing.”
Ray: Good dog.
Haruko: When I overheard that, I immediately returned to my room to try and find anything that might have the clown’s handwriting on it.
Akifumi: Loud sniffling of robot child can be heard. Wow.
Haruko: Unfortunately, that didn’t pan out.
Ray: “Wowie, ya guys sure are… prepared for this.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: “Oh. I like that plan, then.”
Eirik nodded. “Hey, speaking of handwriting. Can I have those puns back a minute?”
Haruko: As you might infer from that, I was hoping to determine if this was a case of murder-suicide on behalf of the clown.
Imasaru: “Everyone got to investigate aside from us…Candy thought…I’d just mess everything up.” He mumbles to Ray
Phoebe Casella: “The clown didn’t do it.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: “The mastermind obviously killed them.” They swing their axe around to make their point.
Haruko: Can you prove it wasn’t the clown?
Phoebe Casella: “Right, we found the murder weapon that presumably killed AZ in their secret room under the teacups ride.”
Ray: “Cameron died around the same time, didn’t they?”
“Yeah. Within the minute,” Eirik reported.
Ray: “So it’d kinda be hard to kill while being killed at the same time.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: “They all died in the same minute.”
“Plus, I found some things that would suggest it wasn’t just another student who did it,” Eirik remarked.
Mitsuo Kodaira: “… Or so the report says.”
Haruko: How do you know it was the killer who hid the weapon?
Eirik: “We don’t have access to chloroform or cyanide, do we?”
Haruko: Perhaps the mastermind came by and cleaned up the scene afterwards.
Emi: “There was a trail of… of blood, leading from the cafe to the teacups…”
Phoebe Casella: “Okay, but then how did they all die within the same minute”
Akifumi: “M…Maybe t-they planned this f-for awhile?”
Sour Candy: “Prob'ly”
Ray: “Something very unfortunate?”
Emi: “Alternatively… the mastermind controls our IDs. What’s to stop them from lying?”
Phoebe Casella: “Right.”
Imasaru: “So you’re saying….the times could all just be wrong?”
Eirik nodded. “That is true. Especially if they were just grabbing for an advantage.”
Emi: “Yes. Either way, we know the same person abducted them from their rooms and killed them.”
Ray: “Then why’d they leave all the other stuff? I didn’t investigate much but I saw a lotta things happening.”
“Someone with access to chloroform and cyanide,” Eirik added.
Haruko: Chloroform?
Haruko: Who had chloroform used on them?
“Yup.” Eirik pulled out the bottle. “In AZ’s room.”
Haruko: Judging by the… facial expression… they were conscious upon decapitation.
Phoebe Casella: “Eir body could have just been set up that way.”
Emi: “Aye… nothing to stop the mastermind from tampering.”
Haruko just kind of shudders and tries not to gag at that idea.
Haruko: Okay, well… the last victim was poisoned, yes?
Imasaru: “Uhm…” Chewing on the peach nervously was the canine still quite hesitant to speak. Due to not investigating too much, he had noted a few things. “If I may uhm, interject.”
“Found that in her room.” Eirik pulls out the bottle.
Eirik: “Go for it.”
Imasaru: “Since we’re on the topic of AZ’s head, did anyone take note of the plate it was on?”
Phoebe Casella: “No.”
“Wasn’t it missing from the cabinet in the maid cafe?“ Eirik wondered aloud.
"I think I saw someone looking in there, so maybe.” Eirik sighed.
Haruko: Why is the plate important?
Imasaru: “It uhm…"Eats some more of the peach before finishing it. "It just seemed like worthy evidence?”
Imasaru: “It’s alright if it’s not.”
Phoebe Casella: “It’s just a plate from the cafe, right?”
Eirik: “Perhaps it was a message?”
“Catch.” Ray throws a part of peach over to Imasaru. Good boy.
Imasaru: “Perha– A-Ah…Thank you.” Small nod to Ray.
Sour Candy: “A message? What kinda message?”
Eirik: “…that, I don’t know. I was just throwing out ideas.”
Haruko: Speaking of plates, has no one noticed the one in the middle of the room right now?
Sour Candy: “It seems..uh..wha’s the word…plauible?” Close enough.
Haruko: What does that card say?
Emi: “No, we have. Another monument to this Hotaru person.”
Haruko: Does anyone know who that is?
Ray: “There was something like this before, right?”
Eirik: “Do you remember the portraits in the maid cafe?”
Emi: “Yes, in the secret room that originally stored the bodies.”
Eirik: “She was the one with hearts all over the glass. At least that’s what we’ve come up with.”
Emi: “The teacup ride has a shrine to her– but it’s knocked over and the candles are unlit. Also, Crystal-san said the voice in her head mentioned Hotaru to her before she was executed.”
Haruko: Voice in her head?
Eirik: “That was the week with the voices.”
Haruko: Yes, but… I thought they only told us things we knew already.
Eirik: “It was after she killed Greg, if I remember.”
Eirik: “She said it started egging her on. Mentioned Hotaru.”
Emi: “After praising her over and over, the voice told her stories of her past life. She didn’t know… but apparently she’d killed in that life, too. It was also saying some stuff about a girl named Hotaru, which she found strange, since she knew no one by that name.”
Haruko: Past life?
Emi: “… I believe… our memories may have been taken from us.”
Haruko: What?!
Eirik: “…that’s what I was thinking too.”
Haruko: Memories of what? Of this Hotaru person?
Emi: “None of us remember waking up in the classroom, or those photographs of us being taken. That talk about a 'past life'…”
Eirik: “So that 'past life’ is just our missing memories.”
Candy let out a snort. “What proof do ya have o’ that besides some small things. I still believe we’re on drugs 'r somethin’.”
Emi: “Alternatively, we’re all high and in a shared hallucination or fever dream.” They sound as deadpan as ever saying this.
Imasaru: “If they were taken away…that’d explain alot of the voices that we heard in the past few weeks”
Phoebe Casella: “I’m not sure which sounds worse.”
Ray: “Oh.”
Eirik: “And having a hallucination is one thing, but who has ever heard of a shared one?”
Eirik: “Anyone have any evidence to the contrary of memory loss?”
Candy raised her arm. “Some kids I used ta hang around said they had one o’ those once. I never experienced it and they could be lyin’ but still.”
Phoebe Casella: “Memory loss, sounds more realistic I would think.”
Eirik: “Anecdotal evidence doesn’t fly in court, sorry.” You are really getting into this, Eirik. The drummer gripped his spear.
Haruko: …We won’t get anywhere talking about this. We have to figure out these murders.
Eirik: “…right. The murders.”
Haruko: Did anyone find the poison?
Eirik raises his hand.
Haruko: Where was it?
Eirik: “In Miu’s room.” He hands the bottle to Haruko after walking over.
Haruko: In plain view?
Emi: “The mastermind didn’t even bother cleaning up the blood trail.” They would know these things.
Haruko: Would it have been planted there after the fact? Because if not, that would mean she died of poisoning despite clearly being able to see a bottle of cyanide left in her room.
Ray: “It’s almost like they want us to figure it out, ya know?”
Eirik: “Like I said earlier, I think they’re making it obvious they did it and banking on us not knowing their identity.”
Emi: “We have to figure out who they are now. Or… well, we die. It’s the best-case scenario for them.”
Eirik: “So we’re all in agreement that the mastermind is the guilty party here?”
Haruko: Here’s the issue. With this new evidence, the only one of the three victims who we can be certain was killed by a third party is AZ.
Phoebe Casella: “Alright, then can you show me where the cyanide is stored in this theme park?”
Eirik: “There is a ton of evidence to indicate a struggle in eir room, so there’s no doubt someone targeted em specifically,” Eirik stated. “Plus, ey have had eir own room since the first trial.”
Emi: “There was a slight trail of blood outside Miu’s room. As well as slight signs of a struggle, as evidenced by the red hair strands.”
Haruko: If Miu had the poison clearly in her room, she could have taken it intentionally. And I measured, Cameron was definitely standing on one of the chairs before it was removed.
Phoebe Casella: “Or, it was set up like that. The mastermind poisoned Miu in her room, and left the bottle there. Then moved her body.”
Eirik: “In the end, Cameron is the only one remotely debatable.”
Ray: “Couldn’t ya account for the height of stuff with a chair too?”
Haruko: That’s exactly what I said.
Haruko: I checked. The heights match up. Cameron was standing on a chair.
Emi: “I don’t think that with two others abducted and dying at 6:35 A.M. in the nightmare cafe, that Cameron’s death was a mistake, or suicide.”
Emi: “Also, creepy notes. And the axe found in the mastermind’s little corpse party.”
Eirik: “Yup. There was a pun for each of them.”
Haruko: Someone left stupid puns next to dead bodies! Who else besides an evil clown would do that?!
Imasaru: “Maybe the mastermind…?”
Eirik: “The mastermind?”
Phoebe Casella: “I don’t think there’s any point in arguing about the murders, they were clearly made to not be figured out. What matters most is figuring out the Mastermind.”
Emi: “If you don’t stop speaking nonsense and interfering with our investigation, I will decapitate you.” Absolutely serious tone.
Sour Candy: “Maybe people who like puns?” She shrugged.
Ray: “Cameron wasn’t evil, I think!”
Ray: “Ahh… I think we should also avoid killing anyone else.”
Satine: “Watch it Emi, they may suspect you.”
Phoebe Casella: “I agree with Mitsuo. Please be quiet.”
Eirik: “They didn’t strike me as malicious either,” Eirik remarked. “But let’s get on task.”
Haruko: How are we supposed to figure out who the mastermind is if we can’t solve the murders?
Haruko: I’m only bringing up possibilities.
Phoebe Casella: “We have other evidence besides the bodies.”
Phoebe Casella: “Like well…Different bodies.”
Emi is literally holding a bloody axe now they will decapitate a motherfucker. “… Originally thirty-four, now thirty-three bodies.”
Haruko: One vanished?
Eirik: “Exactly. We’ve been investigating for at least a week.”
Ray is definitely not in favor of Emi decapitating a motherfucker
Emi: “Yes. Either Uta Akamatsu or Yuuka Himura’s body disappeared. The first was never there to begin with.”
Eirik: “And we were shooed out of that room before we could identify all the corpses.”
Imasaru: “That must mean one of them is the mastermind…”
Eirik: “Then when it opened up, the corpses were in a pile with other corpses.”
Emi: “Which I now realise was an illegal move on Monobear’s part.”
Emi: “Monobear-san must be getting desperate.”
Haruko: Why didn’t anyone bring that up before?
[EXCUSE]
Haruko: It would have been helpful to know that the culprit was narrowed down to two people, neither of whom we were suspecting!
Emi: “The supervising teacher may not interfere with the activities of the students unless a rule is broken.”
Emi: “No rule was broken, or we would already have been dead the moment we set foot in that place.”
Phoebe Casella: “We would have known who it was a while ago if the bear hadn’t broken it’s own rules. That’s pretty sad.”
Emi: “If you’re not the supervising teacher, you had no right to kill Uta or Yuuka, and our ID cards have not been updated.”
[A-AH…THAT’S–]
Emi: “You can’t even play by the rules of your own game and you expect us to…”
Phoebe Casella: “Anyway, Mitsuo tell everyone what you found while investigating Uta.”
Eirik: “Yeah. You and Candy looked around for that trapdoor, right?”
Sour Candy: “Yeah.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: Right. Yes. Investigation. They /got this/. “Uta Akamatsu was crushed to death by three pianos outside of the castle for 'snooping’– going into a forbidden place, as evidenced by a locked door. We never saw the body. I checked the scene of the execution for any trapdoors or ought that could have been used to preserve their life instead of crushing them, but nothing was found.”
Haruko: I can’t believe we went for most of an hour without anyone bringing this up. This is the most inefficient discussion I’ve ever been a part of!
Emi: “Decapitation or silence.”
Sour Candy: “When we looked 'round this room the other day, I found that the trap door pink lady fell through was covered up. Wasn’ able to pry it open.”
Emi: “Different flooring has been used to replace it.”
Eirik Storstrand: “Which is suspicious in itself.”
Emi: “In her case, however, there was /decidedly/ a trap door, and we never saw her body.”
Emi: “Nor do we have conclusive proof of what happened to her.”
Haruko: So you began the trial knowing exactly who the mastermind was. Open with that next time!
Satine: “Chill. They had to explain themselves.”
Phoebe Casella: “You know, if we three come in here and say 'this is the mastermind and why’, doesn’t that sound pretty suspicious?”
Emi’s grip tightens on the axe. What did they just say.
Emi: “The last time I did that, no one believed me that Orochi-san was the killer.”
Emi: “Incidentally, he was the killer.”
Phoebe Casella: “Exactly, the best way is to explain it as it goes.”
Haruko: Quit with your empty threats. We all know you’re not going to kill me in the middle of a trial.
Ray: “It was a reasonable lead up, really!”
Phoebe Casella: “They might.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: Phoebe would know. They had a fucking knife to her throat.
Phoebe Casella: “Anyway, if we couldplease continue to what Eirik and I found.”
Ray: “Whether ya think that they would or not, I’d rather not provoke them, ya know?”
Haruko: Yes, go on.
Mitsuo Kodaira: Listening intensifies.
Eirik Storstrand: “Yeah. It’s pretty compelling stuff. We found it in Yuuka and Shima’s room.”
Phoebe Casella: “Shima wasn’t there, so we were able to rip the room apart without much of a hassle.”
Eirik Storstrand: “I stripped Yuuka’s bed and found this journal.” He holds it up so everyone could see. “The writer seems to be Yuuka’s mother.”
Haruko: What does it say?
Phoebe Casella: “It’s pretty messed up, her mother talks about Yuuka’s mental illness, her playing with roadkill and all those lovely things. I think it also implies she killed another child.”
Eirik Storstrand: “The entries were centered around the writer more or less conveying fear of her own daughter. The name was scribbled out, but considering Yuuka had it…”
Eirik Storstrand: “And does anyone remember what she was like during the third trial?”
Haruko: That’s… rather damning evidence…
Ray: “I just remember her being… really unhappy.”
Satine: “I knew that bitch was wack.”
Emi: “Yuuka-san told me during the insecurities motive that she was bipolar– two girls in the same body, she put it. She was crying and pulling her hair and begging for the 'other girl’ not to come out.”
Eirik Storstrand: “So we think the 'other girl’ was seen during the third investigation.”
Imasaru: “I…had mentioned to Yuuka that we were two in the same for that slight reason?”
Emi: “The next time I saw her, she tried to get me to help her saw Daniel’s arm off.”
Imasaru: “But it’s not important..”
Mitsuo Kodaira: Well you were both horrible to Daniel’s body.
Haruko: So, with all this evidence pointing towards Yuuka Himura being the mastermind… is there anything to the contrary?
Satine: “As much as I can believe it, we need to be careful. If we aren’t right, we’re all screwed.”
Eirik Storstrand: “Anyway, we figure Yuuka hid Uta’s body to give herself some wiggle room and lend some doubt to her identity as the mastermind.”
Emi: “Because we did talk quite openly about the three potential candidates.”
Sour Candy: “Weren’ the plates in the maid cafe painted real nice too? Didn’ she like. Paint ceramics 'r somethin’?”
Eirik Storstrand: “Yeah… Yeah she did.”
Emi: “Ceramics Artist.”
Haruko: So, what now? Are we all convinced it’s her?
Eirik Storstrand: “I wanna look at something before we proceed…”
Phoebe Casella: “I’m not sure actually…Do we vote?”
Emi: “Yes, Eirik-san?”
[UPUPUPU. DOES THIS MEAN YOU’RE ALL READY TO VOTE ON WHO YOU THINK IT IS?]
Eirik then proceeds to take the 'sacrifice’ note from Hotaru’s portrait out of his pocket to compare to the pun notes. Does the handwriting match?
[Yes they do.]
Sour Candy: “Should we…vote now…?
Ray: "I think.”
Eirik Storstrand: “This was just a confirmation that the mastermind is behind the murders. I’m just being sure.”
Satine: “if you guys are certain, I sure am. Let’s pop this bitch!”
Akifumi: “S..So v-v-vulgar…”
Mitsuo Kodaira: They head back over to their podium with the buttons to press, then hit one before immediately returning to Satine’s side.
Eirik presses his button solemnly, gripping his spear.
Satine: As she waited for the conclusion, Satine slipped a protective arm around Emi. As if she was protecting family.
Mitsuo Kodaira: E-eh…? They’re startled, but… lean into her. Still clutching the axe.
Satine began to laugh. it was more hallow, but still held that wildness to it, like how she would laugh when this entire thing started.
Mitsuo Kodaira: Satine, you’re still holding them, right? Because they’re fighting against her grip, knife out in their hand. They are ready to /murder her/. Yuuka, that is.
Imasaru: Oops. Fresh out of peaches.
Satine: She slinked her arms around them. “Now, I know it’s tempting but don’t…We must stand strong.”
Eirik gripped the spear tightly, helmet still on and glaring forward. “Where the hell’s my cape?”
Mitsuo Kodaira: “I’m going– kill–” Their voice isn’t exactly sane right now.
Yuuka: “UPUPUPUPU!”
Yuuka: “The looks on your faces are absolutely adorable~!”
Yuuka: She kicks her legs, laughing to herself again.
Ray makes his way over to Emi. Just in case.
Candy makes that >:O face.
Imasaru: Low dog growling
Yuuka: >:O
Eirik Storstrand: “I asked where my cape was. I want an answer.” Surprisingly, his voice is the definition of calm.
Yuuka: “Huh? Do you think I’ll give a shit about that piece of cloth?”
Haruko: Now what? This means you die, doesn’t it, mastermind?
Haruko: Or are you breaking your own rules again?
Yuuka: “No way!”
Eirik Storstrand: “It was there when we left. It was gone when I came back.”
Sour Candy: “Knowin’ her, she will.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: Yes. They’re fighting against Satine’s grip to get at Yuuka and murder the shit out of her. Let them go they will kill-
Satine: She tighted the grip. “It’s gonna be over soon. It’s gonna be over soon…” She kept murmurring to Emi, hoping it’ll calm them down.
Yuuka: “Kyahahaha! I’ll break all the rules I want!”
Phoebe Casella: Phoebe crosses her arms and glares at Yuuka. “Right, so what happens now?”
Yuuka: “I’m the MASTERMIND.”
Eirik Storstrand: “Good for you.”
Yuuka: “I made this little game.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: “Let me go! I’m going to– I’ll killher!”
Haruko: So what? Are you going to kill us all for learning your secret?
Yuuka: “I can bend the rules however I want.”
Yuuka: “Huh. I could.”
Satine: “I won’t let you die! Not for Nami! She’s watching over us right now, and she’s worried sick that she’s about to lose her cherished Emi! So stop it…Stop it…You need to live for us…”
Yuuka: “But I’ll hold that off for now!”
Phoebe Casella: “Or we could let Mitsuo go and they’ll kill her.”
Ray: “Or we can get answers before that stuff happens?”
Yuuka: “Ah. Don’t think of attacking me.”
Yuuka: “I have protection.”
Yuuka: “And the key to get~ out~”
Mitsuo Kodaira: If you think they’re anything but suicidally homicidal right now you are wrong.
There didn’t seem to be much anger left in Eirik. His nose was wrinkled. He was biting down on his lip. All that there was on his face was bitter disgust. “How about you do us a favor and explain everything then?”
Akifumi: “M-M-Mitsuo– c-calm down!”
Satine is using all her strength.
Phoebe is now worried that Satine won’t be enough to hold them back and goes and stands by Emi too.
Yuuka just laughs again. Holy shit this is amazing.
Ray: “Satine do you need help?”
Yuuka: “The looks on your faces are driving me insane!”
Satine: “T-Thanks.” She grimaced. “Whatever you do, don’t let him out of your grip.”
Akifumi: “W-Wh-Why does sh…she keep laughing..U-uuu..sc-scary..”
Satine: “yeah, if you don’t mind…” Wow, Satine was being nice now.
Mitsuo Kodaira: Snarling computer nerd is… at least not hitting people with the axe? Yet? Though they’ve nearly stabbed Ray while flailing.
Ray holds onto Emi, though they don’t seem very phased by the dangers of doing so.
Eirik Storstrand: “…I don’t know, but she better hope I have shitty aim.” He was still gripping his spear.
Yuuka: “Eew.”
[The commotion in the room is broken by the sounds of something exploding outside.]
Yuuka: “EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.”
Imasaru: Quietly, he slinks over beside Candy, who is next to Yuuka
Yuuka: “Don’t mention that disgusting word.”
Yuuka: “-?!”
[The explosions become a little louder.]
Eirik Storstrand: “How mature,” the drummer remarked. “What word?”
Yuuka: “Shit-”
Haruko ducks and cowers in place.
Ray: “What?”
Eirik still has his spear at the ready.
Phoebe Casella: “!?”
Candy raises an eyebrow and raises her hand. “CAN I GO SEE WHAT THAT NOISE IS.”
Ray: “Please do.”
Imasaru lets out a low growl, reaching out to grasp onto Candy’s arm.
Mitsuo Kodaira: Explosions…? They don’t care. Explosions aren’t murdering Yuuka. She needs to die. Now, preferably.
Akifumi: “U-UUuuu…i-its re-really loud…”
Imasaru: “Go.”
Yuuka is keeping a close eye on the axe girl.
Eirik Storstrand: “You need backup?” Eirik is brandishing his spear.
Satine: “Emi no!” Satine would not give up. “I’ll die before losing you. I said this before and I’ll say it again.”
Candy runs out of the room, dragging Imasaru with her. What the fuck is that exploding noise.
Yuuka: “You are all leaving so soon?”
Yuuka: “What a shame!’
Mitsuo Kodaira: They continue to not be a girl. Not right now, anyway. "Fucking– kill–”
Haruko: She’s activated some kind of self-destruct switch! We’re all dead!
Yuuka: May have fucked up the pronouns in the heat of the moment. Gomen
Phoebe helps Satine and Ray hold Mitsuo back.
Eirik Storstrand: “We’ve had enough of your bullshit.” Again, it was all disappointment and utter disgust. “Weeks too much.”
Yuuka: “Awww!”
Yuuka: “But I thought you liked me Eirik!”
Yuuka: “What a shame! I thought we were friends.”
Yuuka: Grins.
Mitsuo Kodaira: A quarter of the cast is now restraining them. Bloody brilliant.
Eirik Storstrand: “The irony of that coming out of your mouth is incredible.”
Eirik Storstrand: “I shoulda killed you when you asked me to.”
Yuuka: “Tch.”
Yuuka: “If you had done that, I would have killed you first.”
Satine: “W-What’s going on?!” Satine heard people shouting, but she didn’t dare to lose focus on Emi.
Mitsuo Kodaira: “…” They stop flailing, if only because they’re not sure which people to kill now.
Akifumi: “M…More people! O-Ohhh…O-Oh goodness…”
Phoebe Casella: Phoebe quickly looked over her shoulder at the new people in the courtroom. “Wha-”
Ray: “….Were those explosions reallynecessary?”
Yui: “Yup!”
Faye: “It’s all about dramatic effect, right?!”
Emi: “Who are you and why are you not dead.”
“Except you aren’t much without the robots,” Eirik remarked. There was a little bit of snark now.
Masato: Ahem. Let’s make this quick, shall we? We have a third-rate derivative to depose.
Eirik Storstrand: “Who the hell are these guys?”
Emi: “… You’re from the pictures!”
Yuuka: “I don’t remember allowing uninvited guests into my game.”
Eirik is still gripping his spear too. He really likes that thing.
Phoebe Casella: “Ah! They are!”
Yui: “I don’t remember giving you permission to mess up our plan!”
Tiamo: Sorry doll, but we’re here to crash this party!~
Faye: “Eh? You have photos of us?”
Mitsuo Kodaira: They decide that these people must be for killing too, but that Yuuka is prioritised, so goes back to trying to get away from their captors to murder the shit out of– well, anyone.
Yuuka: “It’s my plan now you idiots!”
Eirik Storstrand: “…oh yeah. I didn’t look at those pictures too close, besides that one of that Hotaru…”
Satine latches on. Never lettin go better than Rose to Jack.
Yuuka: “You don’t think that the wonderful work of the almightly Hotaru-sama would simply stop?”
Ray is still trying to help hold them back because wow having them brandish an axe in this situation is really not an ideal right now.
Eirik Storstrand: “So wait a second. We still don’t know who in hell this Hotaru is.”
Candy: “Um, yeah, 'scuse me but uh. We still don’ know who this Hotaru is.”
Yuuka suddenly stands up.
Mitsuo Kodaira: They have an axe and a knife and are powered by fury. There are six targets here. “She was in the… last game, no? Presumably as the evil one…”
Masato: You didn’t think this plebian came up with this on her own, did you?
Yuuka: “Well of course not! I wouldn’t want you to be stealing my work!”
Yuuka: “What the fuck did you just fucking say about me-?!”
Eirik Storstrand: “…someone mind explaining who Hotaru is before I start using this thing?”
Yuuka: “Oh right, we should get rid of that.”
Ray: “Someone please!”
Satine: SHINEDOWN
Eirik Storstrand: Keep in mind, Eirik is brandishing a spear and wearing a viking helmet.
Yuuka snaps her fingers and points to Eirik.
Yuuka: “Doggie, can you do me a super nice favor?”
Imasaru: –????
Masato: Chinatsu Hotaru is the true mastermind behind this plot. Before her death, she pulled the exact same stunt as this one.
Tiamo: Oh just the mastermind from OUR mutal killing, no need to worry she’s history
Imasaru: Just kinda eyes Yuuka
Akifumi: “D-Dog?!” loud whimpering noises from Akifumi.
Mitsuo Kodaira: Oh huh. They have viking chest armour on. The killing-urge people are doing great here.
Satine: “Sounds llike you guys need better help.”
Eirik Storstrand: Phoebe is the only one who abandoned hers. Where oh where is the cape?
Phoebe Casella: Phoebe is a disgrace
Mitsuo Kodaira: Phoebe also has the least cool weapon.
Eirik Storstrand: Yes
Yuuka: “Fetch!”
Masato: Now, apparently, this hack has chosen to hijack our organization’s plan in order to create a derivative, unoriginal repeat of Hotaru’s overly complex and uninspired scheme.
Eirik tightened his grip. “Try it.”
Imasaru: “F…etch?”
Masato punctuates this by pointing his cane at Yuuka.
Emi: “Quick question– you five. Are you the good guys?”
Yuuka: “Unoriginal? Have you seen your outfits?”
Faye: “T-These are designer!”
Yui gasps. How dare.
Eirik rolls his eyes. “Alright, let’s get down to the point.” He points his spear at the strangers. “Introduce yourselves.”
Masato: As a matter of fact, yes. We are the “good guys”. Unlike you lot.
Ray: “What do ya mean?”
Akifumi: “…W-Wait…W-We’re n-not good? I-I..”
Emi: “Great. Eirik, who needs to die?”
Yuuka begins to laugh again.
Yuuka: “YOU ALL NEED TO DIE.”
Yui perks up. “Oh right!!! We didn’t introduce ourselves!!!” She strikes a pose. “Yui Maki, former SHSL Mangaka!”
Satine: “What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Notice none of the remainders, besides the pink bitch, killed.”
Phoebe Casella: “Rude, we’ve been working hard to keep everyone alive. And we haven’t killed anyone yet either. So we’re pretty okay I think.”
Emi: “I can get behind that plan as long as you do too!”
Mitsuo Kodaira: Struggling intensifies.
Masato: My name is Masato Sakamoto. Super High School Level Critic. Haven’t you figured out who you are yet? Has she not told you?
Eirik Storstrand: “Yeah. I haven’t killed anyone, and I had a spear in my room this entire time.”
Ray: “Uhh… no?”
Faye: “Aha, that isn’t very nice Miss Yuuka!”
Satine: “I’ll never let go, Emi!” *Rose voice*
Tiamo: “oooh right. introductions. Tiamo Mutilator, former SHSL Crime Artist~”
Faye: “Ah! My name is Faye Blanc , and I’m a Super High School Level Harpist!”
Tiamo: “…oh and Elyse Brooks, former SHSL Animator, other personality and all.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: “… why. Why won’t you let me…” Crazy SHSLs. From pictures. Who might be the good guys, but they’re the bad guys, who the fuck is anyone they should just start murdering.
Eirik Storstrand: “…so that’s who people kept voting for.”
Kyouki Anrui: I’m Kyouki Anrui, former Super High School Level Assassin.“
Masato: And as for the lot of you… each and every one of you is Super High School Level Despair!
Ray: "Desp…air?”
Haruko: What?!
Emi: “… No, I’m a computer technician.”
Phoebe Casella: “What is that supposed to mean?”
Yuuka: “He’s right!”
Ray: “What do you mean by that?”
Masato: Your memories.
Emi: “Ray is literally the opposite of despair.”
Eirik stared at Masato. “I’m a drummer. Don’t know where you get that.”
Yuuka: “You are all part of Hotaru-sama’s wonderful team!”
Satine: “I’ll let you kill if all hope seems lost. But we may have a chance…”
Yui sighs. “Every single one of you helped Miss Hotaru.”
Yuuka: She throws her arms out and laughs.
Emi: “All hope is–” Wait. What. Blink.
Satine: “…I don’t know what you’re talking about. How can we help someone we never knew?”
Yuuka: “Hotaru-sama is the ultimate despair! And I am her most loyal follower!”
Eirik shook his head. He wasn’t having it.
Emi: “Memory loss. Past lives. Crystal was a killer…”
Masato: After Hotaru’s death, we captured as many of her minions in the outside world as possible. We then proceeded to wipe your memories.
Yuuka: “Those five awful people stole your memories!”
Emi: “Minions?!”That’s the word they’re offended by.
Yuuka: “Thankfully! I managed to get mine back!”
Phoebe shook her head, no no. “That can’t be right, I collect dolls.”
Yui gasps again, more dramatic this time. “Awful?”
Yuuka: Holy shit, she’s blushing like a school girl in love.
Ray is just. ????????????
Mitsuo Kodaira: … That thing is not a robot it also needs to die.
Imasaru: Just yeah. Dog noises.
Eirik Storstrand: “…you. From the picture.”
Candy glares. “I knew somethin’ was off 'bout that bear…”
Masato: She… she’s alive..?
Tiamo: “…WELL FUCK ME AND CALL ME WRONG. Actually that doesn’t sound too bad….”
Faye: “Eh..?!”
Hotaru: “Hi~hi Yuuka-chaaaaaaaaaan!” Monobear waved happily at the crowd, mainly towards Yuuka.
Faye: “Tiamo – swear words!”
Kyouki Anrui: Damn… I thought I heard the last of you once you were excuted.
Ray: “Is there a swear jar anywhere?”
Tiamo: “Ah sorry, doll”
Yui slaps Tiamo on the arm.
Yuuka: “Hotaru-sama!!!!!!!!!” Yuuka waves back just as energetically.
Satine: “This is like some sick soap opera.”
Hotaru: “I’m technically alive, yes! I’m just stuck in… This stupid bear body, yeah?”
Eirik Storstrand: “I kinda thought she was dead…”
Phoebe has the worst headache right now, what’s even going on.
Eirik Storstrand: “What the hell?”
Emi: “Is she a robot…?”
Akifumi: “U-Uuu…l-like a robot?”
Hotaru: “W-What!? N-No! Not a robot! An AI! Nothing like a robot!”
Akifumi: “D…Darn..”
Phoebe Casella: “I think that’s like a robot.”
Mitsuo Kodaira: … Wide eyes. “You can make AI?!”
Emi: “It’s nothing like a robot!”
Yuuka rushes over and, picks up the AI, and then sprints back to the throne. Places Hotaru on it.
Hotarubear huffed, jumping up from where she was standing and pointed towards the crowd. “HEY! I said I’m not a robot!”
Eirik Storstrand: “Robots and AIs are different, right?”
Yuuka: “Hotaru-sama, I minded your spot for you!”
Emi: “Robots are solely hardware, AIs are solely software.”
Phoebe Casella: “Robots are well…Robots right? You’re here so you can’t just be software.”
Emi: “A robot without an AI is only a machine, but an AI lends it sentience.”
Faye: “It’s… It’s still all really confusing.”
Eirik Storstrand: “So an AI in a robot?”
Akifumi: “U-Uuuu…Is..i-is it bad i-i wanted a robot..?
Masato: Is this how you managed to take control?
Emi: "Yes. The part that is Hotaru is an AI, the body is a robot.”
Hotarubear is also picked up, positioning herself onto the throne. “Now then. It seems I underestimated a lot of you, and so did Yuuka-chan! But she did manage to get a large amount of your friends dead!”
Yuuka flashes a peace sign. Nice!
Phoebe Casella: “I don’t get it, if we apparently worked for you why kill us?”
Mitsuo Kodaira: They’re suddenly okay with this because it’s an AI. AIs make everything better.
Eirik Storstrand: “Yeah. I don’t get it either…”
Yuuka: That’s easy!“
Hotaru: "Buuuuut! Plot twist!” Hotaru laughed a bit. “You guys all worked for me before, yeah yeah? Yuuka-chan, explain it to them!”
Hotaru tell them yuuka-chan
Yuuka: “Once you stopped being followers of Hotaru-sama, you all became irrelevant! Why should I work with people who don’t understand despair anymore? So it’s simple, I decided to re-educate you – in the same way the wonderful Hotaru-sama did! MUTUAL KILLING!”
Emi: “Why did we stop following her, if we began in the first place?”
Hotaru: “Baaaaasica—” Hotaru spotted the potato knishes in the center of the circle, quickly dashing off of the throne and barreling down onto them, sitting happily next to her beloved knishes. “Aww, Yuuka-chan, you shouldn’t have! Ahem… Right.”
Haruko: B-but… but…
Ray: “Well that isn’t nice!”
Mitsuo Kodaira: She’s an AI. That sounds like a pretty good reason to do whatever she says. They’re onboard with this.
Hotaru: “Why don’t you ask Misters and Misses 'Ruin My Plans’ over there?” She pointed to the survivors.
Yui sticks her tongue out at Hotarubear.
Yuuka: “YOU GUYS BROKE MY BEAUTIFUL RING OF DEATH!”
Hotarubear throws a potato knish at Yui.
Faye: “Um. Didn’t we technically build this place?”
Yui: >: OOOOOOOO
Yuuka: >: OOOOOOOOO
Masato: You did. If I had been in my right mind, this place would be far less tacky.
“Yes, you built this place… You also re-programmed my beloved followers to be all disgustingly hopey-wopey like the rest of you!” Hotarubear made a 'bleh’ voice.
Yuuka: “It was a perfect place for killing others. Thank you!”
Emi: “Wait, we got reprogrammed?”
Emi: “… I don't… think that word means what you think it means. Alternatively, we’re in the Matrix.”
Akifumi: “A-Are you sure I-I wa-was a follower…I-I do-don’t r-really l-like this…th-hing” akifumi don’t b e fucking rude.
Yuuka: “Unfortunately so.”
Hotaru: “Hmmm, reprogrammed, whatever the word is. Something like that.”
Masato: We had to alter your memories. It was the only way to help you.
Yui: “All of you, every single one, even the dead, were followers, sadly.”
Faye: “It was super sad to see you all like that!”
Emi: “I’m liking Hotaru a lot better than I am you, so I can see why.” Sentient AI vs memory-stealing bitches. Easy choice.
Masato: You weren’t even compelling villains. Hardly any motivation.
Ray is very confused.
Yuuka: “Upupupu! Emi-san I knew you’d be on MY side!”
Yuuka: “Maybe I won’t kill you.”
Yuuka is gonna kill u
Emi: “… are you an AI, too?”
Hotaru: “You’re not in the matrix though, this is the real life!” Monobear stood up, holding a potato knish up to the air. “And they’re really all dead, too! You guys were great too, wonderful vessels of despair to conquer the ones who refused to give you the respect in life you DESERVED!”
Imasaru: Yeah, the dog is in the same boat Ray. But he’s growling to protect Candy
Akifumi: “M-Mitsuo-san…P-Please don’t.”
Tiamo: “Hmm yes love the potato pastry loving mastermind who ruined everything more than the people who are trying to make your lives better….yep. that’s really reasonable.”
Masato: We have records of how many people you were each responsible for the death of.
Very distressed Ray noises.
Emi: "Ah… we killed people…?” Blink. Blink. Blink. “Did we at least do it well?”
Masato: It varied.
Yuuka: “Despairingly well!”
Yes, yes you did!“ Hotarubear laughed a bit.
Yuuka: "It was some of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen in my life!”
Hotaru: “You should see the pictures, they’re in the records too!”
Mitsuo Kodaira: Oh. Good. They did well. They are pleased.
Phoebe Casella: “I haven’t killed anyone!”
Yuuka then sits on the throne and laughs again.
Imasaru: “She’s….right though. About killing.”
Ray: “I wouldn’t do anything like that!”
Tiamo: “I’m sorry honey suckle…but you all did. Now do you see why we wanted to erase those memories?!”
Satine: “Heh….I don’t believe this. I’m sure you’re nothing short of bullshit. But yeah…I’m trash. I have been since I could remember. Makes sense I’d kill. I bet I had fun too.”
Yuuka: “You five really are so stupid.”
Yui: >: I “No more of that 'I wouldn’t do that’ stuff! You can’t erase your previous actions. Only memories.”
Faye: “Hey! Don’t throw insults around like that!”
Emi: “To be fair, our memories have been erased, so we have no knowledge of our past actions or selves. Mm… What violations those were.”
Kyouki Anrui: You all did murder people even if you do not remember. And might I say the combined totals of all the people you killed rival that of my own.
Ray: “Did you think about what would happen if they came back, though? That’s..”
Hotaru: “Believe it! Believe it all, Ray-chan! You’ve all committed so many sins to the point it’d fill an entire Arc!” Monobear stood up onto Cameron’s podium, knocking his picture down. “Lemme see here…”
Faye: “Whoa!”
Masato: Which one of you is Hayashi, by the way? You were responsible, in tandem with others, for some of the most remarkably creative attacks on highly populated urban centers of all. Nine out of ten.
Yui runs over and picks up the picture.
Haruko: Why would you even tell me that?!
Yuuka: “Hey! Don’t interfere!”
Eirik Storstrand: “…can I ask one of you guys a question?”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Sure sure~!”
Eirik Storstrand: “Not you…”
Yui: “Hm?”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “…Hmph.”
Faye: “OF course!”
Masato: To any of us, or one in particular?
Kyouki Anrui: Of course. All question will be answered,
Eirik Storstrand: “…any of you.” The drummer finally seemed to be slackening his grip on his spear.
Masato: Go ahead, then.
Yuuka is keeping an eye on the spear.
Eirik Storstrand: “…do you guys know what happened to my brother? Did I do anything?”
Eirik Storstrand: “Or my rabbit.”
Yuuka: “He’s dead.”
Yuuka: She grins.
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Ah-ah? Your brother, Eirik? He diiiiieeed!”
Yuuka: “The little bunny is super dead too!”
Masato: Unfortunately, many of you targeted your own families before anyone else.
Yuuka laughs to herself.
Hotarubear started laughing a bit. “Got 'im good too, I have to admit!”
Emi scoffs. “I can see why…”
Yuuka: “Oh, speaking of families.”
Eirik Storstrand: “…” Well, this seems to be the most emotion he’s shown the entire time.
Satine: “I don’t really have a family. So Good riddence.”
Yuuka: “You didnt even get the diary owner right!”
Yuuka: She throws her head back and laughs even more, kicking her legs.
Mitsuo Kodaira: They give up on murder for now and just turn to hug Satine back.
Masato: Presumably a piece of evidence she planted for them.
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Yuuka-chan’s little diary, yeah yeah!”
Faye: “Ooh. Right!”
Satine only smiled, giving a hug in return. “Ironically…The only one I love now is in my arms..”
Mitsuo Kodaira: Blink– wait. Wait. Is that them. They’re so confused but Satine is the centre of their world, so, hugs.
Hotarubear continuously threw the potato knishes at the survivors, particularly Natsu (even though he’s not here)
Faye catches them, and eats one. Riding a helicopter is hungry work.
Akifumi: “…Potato…Knishes?”
What did Ray do as SHSL Despair? Ray Hoshino did nothing wrong.
Faye: “Oh! These are really nice! Who made them?”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “They’re the greatest things alive, here, try one!” She passed a few to her fellow 'followers’ as well.
Emi: “… Do you have… files on all of us? That we’d be allowed to see?”
Eirik Storstrand: “To be fair, we did our best for the context…” Eirik’s face seemed to have returned to some semblance of calm.
Eirik Storstrand: “Yeah. I wanna know…”
Yuuka: “If you can find them!”
Yuuka: “I’m sure you’ll have fun reading ashes.”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Hmmm, they probably do. Maybe if Yuuka-chan didn’t hide them well enough.”
Ray: “I just… wanna know what happened.”
Yuuka: “Eh? Are you doubting my wonderful hiding efforts Hotaru-sama?!”
Yuuka: “I’ll do better next time!”
Hotarubear stood back up, stopping her pelting of potato knishes. “Okay, you wana know what happened, Ray-chan?”
Eirik Storstrand: “…I don’t blame her. You couldn’t even properly hide your identity.”
Just in case, Satine gripped Emi tighter again. “I really fucking hope there IS no next time!”
Masato: We can explain all of your crimes once we’ve gotten you out of here.
Eirik Storstrand: There’s the bitterness again. Keep tabs on that, Eirik. He tightens the grip on his spear.
Ray: “What?”
Mitsuo Kodaira: Okay. More hugs. They can deal with that, and are very carefully not accidentally injuring her.
Yuuka: “When did I ever say I was letting you all out of here?”
Yuuka: She narrows her eyes, looking down at everyone.
“Baaaasically, those little RATS over there killed me, they EXECUTED me, to be more specific! Then they decided to strip your freedom of being able to show the world your true colors and forcing you into this! Me and Yuuka-chan here happily allowed ourselves to bring your memories back, so we could all live happily ever after! Even so, they killed the one who was trying to help you all this entire time, even if it did slightly involve a bit of death of friends! But it was all in the act of despair~!” Hotarubear stood back down, laughing a bit.
Faye: “But we beat you fair and square! Hope is stronger than your despair Hotaru!”
Eirik Storstrand: “…please tell me this one gets an execution too.”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Shut! Shut up shut up, harp lady!”
Faye: “Harp lady?”
Ray: “True… colors?”
Yui sighs. She reaaaaally wishes Natsu were here.
Emi: “Hm.” They’re considering things. “Fakey good guys, how do you plan to get us out of here, and what will you do with us?”
Tiamo: “Hotaru. You killed people and we outted you fair and square cha know! We were just playing by YOUR rules!”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “You killed people too, Tiamo-chan. Don’t forget that.”
Phoebe Casella: “Wh”
Faye: “She kind of has a point..”
Eirik Storstrand: “We didn’t do half bad with figuring this one out either.” He points to Yuuka with his spear.
Phoebe Casella: “I thought you people were the good guys???”
Tiamo: “Ah…true true. But it wasn’t during your game now was it?”
Yui: “Ehh…W-Well, he’s better now, trust me!!”
Masato: Yes, and as you so HELPFULLY reminded me in our last encounter, Hotaru, I’ve killed as well. But neither of us are nearly as bad as you, and you know it!
Satine: “Shouldn’t we just be happy he isn’t killing US right now?”
Emi: “Fakey good guys? Plan? Do you have one?”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Games don’t happen in real life either, Tiamo-chan!”
Yuuka: “You don’t plan on using that now, do you?”
Hotaru: “Mhhmmm… You did kill, Masato-chan, I’m surprised you still have your little head wrapped around that thought.”
Eirik Storstrand: “I’m not using it, am I?”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Now then, Yuuka-chan’s the mastermind, you’ve figured that out. But who was truly the ones who wanted you all here like this in the first place? Guess wisely!”
Haruko: It… it was them. These new people.
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Ding-ding-ding! Right you are, Haruko-chan!”
Faye: “I don’t think-”
Emi: “Yes, they’re Usami’s, so they must have trapped and violated us to our cores…”
Kyouki Anrui: Hotaru? Do you truly believe that everyone would want to revert to the sadistic killers they once were just to destroy the world?
Yuuka: “Um. Were you not listening earlier?”
Eirik Storstrand: “…can I ask something else?”
Yui just looks around the room, starting to panic. Shit this isn’t going the way it was supposed to.
Emi: “… Are we supposed to trust the fakey good guys? At least Hotaru-sama was honest about wanting us all to die and fall in despair.” Sentient AIs = sama. Fact.
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Sadistic killers isn’t quite the way to put it, Kyoki-chan… Think of it more like 'liberators’!”
Yuuka: “They aren’t important anymore. I’m the only true follower of Hotaru-sama now.”
Eirik Storstrand: “Hey!”
Eirik Storstrand: “I’ve got a question.”
Yuuka: “What.”
Chinatsu Hotaru: Hotarubear shot her head towards Eirik. “Enough questions, please!!”
Masato: It was for your own good! Do you want to end up like that plebeian Himura?!
Eirik Storstrand: “I want you to answer.” He jabbed his spear toward Yuuka and Hotaru. “And you.” Toward the newcomers.
Satine: “But remember Emi, they still started this! Do you really think we should stay here? With these fucking loonies? No. Maybe the good guys are another trap. But I rather take a chance than stay here and waste away, remember who died…”
Hotarubear moved over to Yuukaback on the throne, sitting herself into her lap. “Fine, Eirik-chan.”
Faye: “I’ll answer any questions you have as best I can!”
Emi: “I just want to kill Yuuka.” And not the AI. They like the AI.
Yuuka: wow fuck u
Chinatsu Hotaru: <3
Eirik Storstrand: “Why exactly did they put us here?” He jabbed his spear toward Yuuka. “You first.”
Satine: “If we don’t get the chance to kill Yuuka, and just leave, I’m taking you with me. We’re leaving and living, together.”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Eaaasy, watch where you’re pointing that thing!”
Imasaru: Growls at the spear pointed at Yuuka
Eirik Storstrand: “Just using it to gesture. Problems?”
Yuuka: “Upupupu~ It’s totally cute how you feign ignorance!”
Emi: “… Suboptimal, but…” They rest their head against her. “Acceptable.”
Yuuka: “Weren’t you paying attention before? I don’t want to repeat their disgusting plan.”
Yuuka: She narrows her eyes.
Yuuka: “And if you point that thing at me again, I’m going to have to act upon it.”
Eirik Storstrand: “Kinda hard to hear with everyone yelling.”
Chinatsu Hotaru: “Aaaalright, I’ll answer for Yuuka-chan.” Hotarubear huffed.
Masato likes this guy. He knows how to emphasize a statement.
Satine: *still playing ORAS. HAHA*
Yuuka: “Ah, what a rare chance to hear Hotaru-sama say her scheme!”
Yuuka: Dokis hard.
Yui is crying on the inside.
Faye: “Um… Don’t we have spare keys?”
Yuuka: “Stole them.”
“Baaasically, me and Yuuka-chan here put you two in here to stop those rats from making you end up the way I did! They’ve put you into here to make you portray life like they do: eternally-happy and blissful and you can ALWAYS rely on others to be there for your and you can ALWAYS face the impossible! They’re also the ones who decided to wipe your memories of the great things you’ve done to this place in order to prove people that you’re NOT sticks in the stand. That you’re NOT just some blank face behind a special talent that got you into a fancy school in the first place! Me and Yuuka-chan wanted you all to be happy, and be able to let you all show who you truly are, instead of being placed in a fake world of hope and 'specialness.’ Hotarubear took a breath, munching down onto a potato knish. "Does that answer it, Eirik-chan?”
Satine: “Ah yes..Nothing says true love like death.”
Emi: “… It worked for Romeo and Juliet.”
Phoebe Casella: “How come Yuuka remembered, though?”
Eirik Storstrand: “…from your perspective.” He grips his spear. “Now you guys.” He jabs it toward Yui and the others.
Masato: Hotaru broke your minds. She turned you into brutal psychopaths. Every attempt to reach you as humans failed miserably.
Woaaaahhh. Spoopy introduction because wow it was just Halloween. Anyway, aside from that looks like someone got killed. Not cool at all. Settling into the room does the air seem thick as usual–but you do seem to be getting use to this kind of feeling. One can only hope that this’ll all be over soon. Or atleast that next week Monokuma won’t invade your privacy more. [SUP BASTARDS. MISS ME? WELL OF COURSE YOU DIDN’T BECAUSE I’VE BEEN IN YOUR DREAMS THIS TIME! UPUPUPU AH, BUT YOU ALL KNOW THE DRILL BY NOW. DON’T CHA?]
Ray: “Ya need to stop.”
Sour Candy: “Not again…”
[EXCUSE ME?]
Mana: “Okay why don’t we just get started…” She’s eager to get this thing over with. She looks pretty exhausted.
Nami: *is already clinging to Emi’s hand, her blue eyes dull and faded. this is… not abnormal anymore*
Shima: [ Her arms crossed over her chest as she looked around ]
Phoebe: Well, where should we start?
Akifumi nervously shook at his stand. ahaha gay baby.
Candy is just. struggling to stay awake.
Satine: “Hey, it’s gonna be okay Nami. We’re gonna get out of here!” Satine gave her a, gasp surprise, a genuine smile.
Eirik takes a deep breath, rather stiff but not nearly as unsettled as before. “You guys wanna start with the body?”
Mana is struggling to stay awake too. “Ehm, what’s the main evidence we have…? All the main pieces of evidence we gathered.”
Imasaru: Tense dog boy is v tense. He’d be stuffing his face if he could. “Are you sure we’ll all get out alive…?”
Sour Candy: “Let’s…start with the body. Yeah.”
Nami: *stares at Satine, not registering her existence for a moment* … I hope we will, Satine-san.
Shima: She rolled her eyes and listened in.
Ray: “That’s the spirit!”
Phoebe: Right, so the body.
Eirik: “I believe the weapon was picked up at the scene, but I think I remember it being there. It seemed to have been some kind of knife.”
Imasaru: “I heard something about it when Pheobe came to our dorm.”
Phoebe pulls out the knife “Right, this one. Apparently it was Crystal’s.”
Sour Candy: “Doll girl came by and asked if a knife was mine. Maybe she took the weapon.”
Satine: “I found a second trail of blood that lead to a bloody hand print door.”
Yuuka seems to arrive a few minutes late, being dragged in by one of the many strange, silent monobears hanging around this place. Too bad she’s screaming like a 5 year old wanting to go home.
Ray: “Okay, just a suggestion. Can’t we just leave people who need to be left alone alone?”
Emi: “Crystal’s knife? Isn’t she… dead already?”
Shima raised a brow and glanced towards Ray.
Mana: “How do we know it’s Crystal’s again?”
Sour Candy: “Maybe law girl’s ghost came back for vengence.”
Eirik: “Just cause Crystal’s dead doesn’t mean all her stuff is gone.”
Phoebe: “Right, that much I know. Not much else.”
Shakily, Akifumi watched the others and gulped. “G-Ghost?!”
Sour Candy: “Ya heard me.”
Shima: “Oh here we go again,” she scoffed.
Yuuka Himura ♣: Is then ceremoniously dumped at her stand. Goodbye Monobears…
Phoebe: “A ghost didn’t kill anybody.”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “G-Ghosts..?!”
Sour Candy: “How would we execute a ghost…”
Shima: “Dogs, and ghost, and robots, oh my…!” she said before huffing.
Eirik: “Can we get back to the point please?!”
Ray: “Do we just figure that someone took it, then?”
Shima: “We get to the ghost by sacrifice.” she joked.
Eirik: “Anyway, the victim was stabbed several times in the neck and seemed to have bled out.”
Sour Candy: “Damage ta the neck can be very deadly.” Thanks captain obvious.
Akifumi: “U-Uuhhhh…so-sounds g-grusome…” Akifumi muttered out, placing his hands on his head. “U-Um…but..i-it couldn’t have b-been a ghost r-right?”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “Uuuu… c-can I g-get out of here?!”
Phoebe: “Not a ghost”
Eirik: “There was blood tracked all through the halls too,” Eirik added. “No ghost did that.”
Imasaru: boy is just scratching nervously at his arm tattoos.
Satine: “Yes, ghosts bleed.” Satine laughed at them.
Phoebe: “Right, apparently there were two different paths of blood.”
Eirik: “Anyway, the murder weapon was brought to the trial room, wasn’t it? Someone probably picked it up. But that’s not the point.” Eirik took a deep breath.
Emi: “I saw that, too. One to the second floor, one to the fifth.”
Akifumi: “D…Different paths? D..Did you find out wh-where they led…?”
Eirik: “One led to the victim, Shino’s, room. The other led to the top floor,” Eirik added. The drummer heaved a sigh.
Mana: “Where, exactly, on the top floor?”
Yuuka bites on her fingers nervously, glancing around the room.
Shima raised a brow.
Eirik: “To be exact, the room belonging to Daniel Trench and Akifumi Wakahisa,” Eirik stated, looking toward Mana.
Mana: “Ahh, I see… Hm, that’s a clue…”
Eirik: “Oh, there’s more. I found something in the room,” Eirik added. He stopped over behind his stand, holding up a plastic bag.
Shima: “That’s pretty weird since pip squeak over there wouldn’t even kill a fly. He might have killed Shino with his stuttering though. Sure is a killer if you ask me.”
Mana: “What’s that bag for? There anything in it?”
Eirik: “I found this in the room.” Eirik then proceeded to peel back the plastic to show a bloody shirt.
Sour Candy: “Hooollyyyy shit, zombie kid. Stop makin’ fun o’ the kid’s speech. That ain’t cool.”
Akifumi: “A-Ah…U-Uh…p-perhaps I-I should say E-Emi-san m-moved in w-with me, th…they’re my a-alibi…ri…right?”
Emi: “Do you know whose shirt it–” They pause when Akifumi speaks. Ah.
Shima cringed as she listened to Akifumi. “….”
Akifumi: “U-Uuuuuu…s-s-sorry…”
Mana: “Oh, wow. That’s. That’s a thing.”
Ray: “I don’t think ya should have to be sorry for something like that.”
“…ah.” Eirik raised a brow. “I see a couple possibilities here.”
Emi: “Yes, I’m cohabitating with Akifumi-san now.”
Suzie: “Ah right, Emi was my roommate but they haven’t been around. I kinda thought they just died or something.”
Satine: “So what. Ya better not start accusing Nami or Emi, or you’ll have to answer to me!” She punched her stand railing.
Shima turned her back away from the group and huffed. “Hmph..”
Akifumi: “A-Ahhhh…I-I’m r-really sorry…”
Akifumi: “I…I th-think I k-know so-something th-though…”
Akifumi: “M-Maybe i-it can help!”
Shima: “Doubt it.”
Eirik looked at Akifumi. “Can we hear it?”
Satine: “Yeah, you better be sorry!”
Akifumi: “U-Uuuu….A-All I-I kn-know i-is that E-Emi t…told me to st-stay in th-the room, a-and no-not to w-worry about an-anything w-when they w-went o-out of the room.”
Akifumi: “I…I…wa-was I helpful?”
Shima: “Nope.” she muttered under her breath.
Satine: “No not really. Why don’t you keep quiet?”
Akifumi: “A-Ahh!!! I-I’m sorry!”
Emi: *shoots a glance over at Aki*
Shima: “Jesus Christ, just shut the hell up.” she snapped while adjusting her mask.
Akifumi: “S…Sorry…”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I…”
“Actually…yes. That says a lot,” Eirik remarked. “You mind if I say something?”
Mana: “That’s weird… Why would you be told to stay in the room?”
Emi: “Hey, don’t be so rude to Akifumi-san.”
Sour Candy: “I don’ see how their sayin’ wasn’t helpful? I mean it proves computer nerd has somethin’ ta do with this.”
“Emi and Nami are close, I believe,” Eirik remarked, biting down on his lower lip, fangs visible. “Can either of you describe your relationship with each other?”
Nami: *doesn’t seem to have heard the question. this is… not new. has she heard anything for the past two weeks?*
Emi: “… She’s my sister. Sort of. Close enough.”
“So you two are close,” Eirik inferred.
“And Nami is Shino’s roommate,” Eirik added.
Haruko: Is it entirely necessary that we delve into semantics?
Satine: “Yeah, they are. So what of it!?” With every question, Satine got mad at the others.
Emi: “Yes, we’re close. I don’t see what this has to do with anything…?”
Satine: “It has nothing to do with anything, I wouldn’t even listen to them.”
“So… I see two possibilities,” Eirik stated.
Sour Candy: “Computer nerd is still suspicious.” She shoots a glare at them.
Emi: “Nami hasn’t been sleeping in Amethyst Room for some time now, anyway.”
Emi: *their face is perfectly neutral. how… odd.*
Akifumi: “A-Ah…U-Um!!! C…Cold I say something?”
Sour Candy: “Go ‘head.”
Mana: “Hm? Of course.”
But they still have access.“ Eirik’s voice was surprisingly…hard.
Shima sent a sharp glare towards Akifumi as they spoke.
Satine looked like she was ready to jump over her railing and punch the next person who spoke to the two.
Akifumi: "W…Well…E-Emi-san…” He stopped, and covers his mouth. “E-Emi-san d…did seem a b-bit suspicious…b-but…a-ahh…wh-when w-was the body f-found?”
Sour Candy: “I heard the 'nnouncement at like. 2pm I think?”
Emi: “Nami, could you please show Eirik your key?”
Nami: *unsurprisingly unresponsive*
Shima: “Cat has Nami’s tongue.” she scoffed.
Satine: “Shut up you fucking tin can! Or do you want me to rip out all your sockets!?”
“…I think I have an idea as to what happened,” Eirik remarked.
Sour Candy: “Stop fuckin’ bullyin’ the kid!”
Shima: “Someone’s a bit violent, why don’t you sit out and nap?”
Akifumi: Ooops, the robot boy felt himself begin to cry.
Sour Candy: “Do that some other time when our LIVES aren’t at stake!”
Emi: *stares over at Akifumi, frowning, but keeps practically clinging to their sister’s hand*
Satine: “The hell with that, ya’ll are pissing me off!”
Haruko: Tin can..?
Shima: “You all are, you mean.” she spoke, arms crossed.
Imasaru: “Please…don’t fight.” he mumbled.
Akifumi: “T…T-Tin c-can…”
Ray: “I don’t think this is really the time to mess with people? Or really it’s never the time.”
Suddenly, the drummer turns toward Satine, brows narrowed. “How about you stop causing a distraction and at least go back to being fucking uselesss. You haven’t done anything but act like a twisted idiot, so make yourself useful and shut the fuck up.” Eirik sucked in a deep breath. That was so unlike him.
Satine: “I never said I was a SHSL grammar perfectionist, did I?”
Shima: “Boohoo Satine, cry me a river. Now, focus and quit acting like a five year old.”
Akifumi: “P…Pl-Please g-get back t-to th-the trial…O-Our l-lives are at g-gun p…point…”
Sour Candy: Candy just like. Sits down and groans. She wants to be in bed not listen to people insulting each other. It’s only fun if she’s the one insulting others.
Mana: “Why don’t we just focus? Seriously, bickering like this gets us nowhere.”
Satine glared. “Ah yes, because searching with the rest doesn’t count as anything. Seriously.”
Sour Candy: “GET BACK TA THE TRIAL PLEASE.”
Phoebe: “Please, let’s get back on track.”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “Um.. I..
Yuuka Himura ♣: "I…”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I.. did..”
“I didn’t hear you contributing anything to the discussion. So shut up or be useful.” Eirik took a deep breath. “Anyway…”
“I can think of two possible scenarios,” Eirik remarked.
Shima huffed and adjusted her mask. “Eirik is being a big boy out of all of us, look at that Satine.”
Shima: “Miracle, isn’t it?”
Akifumi: “N-Now…i-isn’t th-the time…”
Shima just glared over at Akifumi.
Sour Candy: “LET’S LIKE. STOP RIGHT NOW AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING SO WE DON’T DIE????”
Yuuka shuffles around nervously. Considers her options. Considers how she’s been feeling all week.
Emi: “Really, bickering isn’t getting us anywhere.”
Phoebe: “I can talk about what I found in Shino’s room.”
Mana: “Please, talk about that. Get us going somewhere.”
“Anyway, Emi and Nami are close. So either of them could have gotten to each others’ rooms without suspicion. That’s what I was getting at.” Eirik seemed to be losing his patience.
Shima tapped her chin. “Right, right…”
Yuuka Himura ♣: Tugs on the end of her hair for a moment, trying to find her voice.
Phoebe: “Well I followed the train of blood back to his room, the door knob was smeared with blood. When I went inside I noticed some blood on Shino’s bed so I removed the sheets and found near the top of it was covered in blood.”
“And what was the time of death again?” Eirik asked.
Mana: “Huh, I see… That’s interesting…”
Satine: She’s ready to kick someone, but she holds back her mouth. Her grip on the rail is really tight.
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I.. d-did it..”
Emi: “1:03 A.M.”
Akifumi: “W…What?”
Haruko: …did you?
Candy glares at Yuuka. “Ya sure.”
Mana: “So… Maybe the murder didn’t happen in the bathroom. Maybe he got dragged there…”
Shima: “Oooo… Someone is cracking… Exciting…” she sarcasticly spoke.
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I.. did it.. I did it.. I did it..”
Akifumi: “N-No w-wait…t-that doe-doesn’t make s-sense!”
“But yeah, what Phoebe found suggests that Shino’s was killed in their room. And that time of death gave plenty of time for the killer to hide or plant evidence,” Eirik stated.
Yuuka Himura ♣: Twiddles her thumbs, visibly shaking.
Emi: “Yuuka-san…”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I did it.. I d-did it…”
Sour Candy: “Ya better say ya did somethin’ else, pink hair, ya aren’t the type ta kill so early.”
Ray: “Yuuka?”
Emi: “Was it the other you, Yuuka-san?”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “N-No.. I..
Shima: ”…Nothing adds up to Yuuka doing it.“
Yuuka Himura ♣: "I w-want to die.. so I did it..”
“But…that doesn’t make sense? Can you explain, Yuuka?” Eirik’s brows were knitting together.
Satine: “I knew that bitch was nuts. Fine with me!”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I want to die… I did it..”
Candy falls on her back.
“Can you elaborate? Nothing points to you. That doesn’t make sense.” Eirik’s eyes are on Yuuka.
Shima: “Is she just trying to throw this case off? She that crazy?”
Mana: “Realize that just saying you did it won’t work. You’ll live. The rest of us will die.”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “E-Eh..? But.. I did it..”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I… I.. w-want to die..
Yuuka Himura ♣: "I d-don’t want to hear that v-voice..”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I want to go h-home..”
Shima: “…Yuuka.”
Yuuka Himura ♣: Sniff sniff.
Ray: “Dying won’t send ya home, though!”
Haruko: Does anyone want to ACTUALLY confess?
Akifumi: “Plea-Please– E-Everyone’s l-lives are o-on t-the line..Y-You c-can’t…”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I-If I go.. home.. I’ll b-be with Mama and Papa…”
Satine: “it will, metaphorically”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I.. I j-just need to die… I n-need to stop… the v-voices..”
“…Yuuka. If you really did it, could you explain how?” He bit his lip. If Eirik could get her to explain, he could confirm or deny.
Yuuka Himura ♣: Sniffles some more.
Sour Candy: “Psycho over there aside. Let’s go back to evidence please. This ain’t addin’ up.”
Phoebe: “Right. We have a knife, a bloody shirt, a bloody bed. Just a whole lot of blood really.”
“…agreed.” As much as he hated loose ends, Eirik needed to get back on trap. “Anyway, the way I see it, either Emi or Nami did it.”
Shima: “Oh my god, just stop talking. You’re throwing everything off. Evidence doesn’t point at you. Quit being such a baby!” she slammed her fists on the post. “I’m tired of hearing everyone whining and crying about home! Do you understand that if it isn’t you, we all die?! Do you even care Yuuka?! Nothing points to you! Nothing. Points. To. You! So suck it up and knock it the hell off!”
Imasaru: “Rrrr…”
Satine: “huhuhuhu…”
Akifumi: “…W…Who w-was S-Shino’s..r-roommate? A-Ahhh is it…g-going t-to help us?”
Yuuka Himura ♣: Jumps a little in surprise, taking a few steps back away from her podium. She sniffs a few times, then holding her hands close to her body. “I.. I..”
“Shino’s roommate was…Nami, I believe. And Emi moved in with Akifumi.” Eirik stated.
Mana: “Now, you didn’t have to say it so rudely, but it’s true. Yuuka, if you didn’t do it, you live! The rest of us die! And nothing points to you, so…”
Ray: “Uh.”
Yuuka Himura ♣: Yuuka then starts to cry very loudly, collasping onto her knees and burying her face in the ground.
Candy makes whining noises.
Ray: “UM.”
Shima stared at Yuuka, watching her.
Suzie: “What is it, Ray??”
Ray: “This is very uncomfortable.”
Satine shakes her head at Yuuka
Phoebe: “This place is really crumbling apart very quickly.”
“As I’ve been trying to say, I have two theories…” Eirik still sounded irritable and annoyed, but he had calmed down from earlier.
Nami: *Ray’s voice actually gets her to lift her head up. it seems she heard him.*
Shima: “No comments needed. We need to move on. Does anyone know who was Shino’s roommate?”
Imasaru just kind of hangs his head over the railing of his podium, clenching onto his head.
Akifumi: “S-Shima-san..I-It was N-Nami…f-from w-what E-Eirik-san said.”
Haruko: Yes, and those theories are?
Shima looked at Akifumi with a soft expression. “…Right then.”
Sour Candy: She starts kicking her legs
Ray is starting to get distressed bc too much negativity
Nami: “… Oh. Shino-san…”
“As I said, it was either Emi or Nami,” Eirik stated. “Either Nami killed their roommate and hid a bloody shirt in their friend’s room to frame their roommate, or it was more or less a reversal.”
Nami: “… What happened to him?”
Nami: “He was screaming… Emi…”
Akifumi: “…”
Shima: “…”
Akifumi: “N-Nami-san…W-What a-are y-you saying?”
Eirik looked toward Nami. “…Hmm?”
Satine: “Shut up! What did I say about accusing one of them!?”
Akifumi: “Please!!! S-Satine-san! S-Shut up please!”
Nami: *shuts up obediently!*
Eirik rolled his eyes. “I’m taking me where the evidence points. Neutrality is essential for survival.”
Nami: *her head falls again. talking time over…*
Shima: “Satine, why don’t you keep your mouth shut?!”
Akifumi: “N-Nami..P-Please tell us wh-what happened! Pl-Please t-talk to us…i-if you can I-I mean..”
Satine: “I rather get hit myself than to see any harm come to them…”
Emi: *is glancing over at her worriedly, their mouth set in a thin line*
“Yes, Nami. Go ahead with what were you saying,” Eirik urged.
Akifumi glanced at Emi, looking extremely apologetic.
Yuuka Himura ♣: Has been muttering the same two sentances into the ground the entire time, still crying kinda loudly.
Shima: “Don’t make me tell you again, Satine. It’d be best for you to remain silent the rest of the trial, so do so.”
Imasaru: “Yuu…ka.”
Nami: “… he was screaming…”
Akifumi: “W-Who? W…Why was h-he screaming, N-Nami-san?”
Emi: “Nothing. It’s not important.” *squeezes her hand until she stops talking*
Mana: “Sounds important to me…. Dunno…”
Akifumi: “E-Emi-san! P-Please let N-Nami-san speak.”
Akifumi: “P-Please…P-Please…”
Eirik inhaled. “Yes. Let’s hear what Nami has to say.”
Emi: *glances over to the robot. robot friend… no…* “Akifumi-san…”
Satine: She was done with everyone, only focusing on the two. “Guys…” She didn’t yell, she sounded….Remorseful? “What…Are you trying to say? I don’t believe you could do this.”
Nami: “No! I’d never hurt Shino-kun! I’d never. Never…”
Akifumi: “A-Are you r-really telling m-me the truth?”
Shima: “…There’s the bomb of surprise.” she said, eyebrows raised.
Eirik’s gaze turned toward Emi. “And…you?”
Nami: “He was my friend!”
Emi: *shrugs, looking back at Eirik with steely blue eyes* “If someone died, everyone would be okay, right?”
Mana: She’s not sure how she’s reacting. She thinks it’s a lie, in a way. She’s not sure. She’s very confused.
Emi: “The bloody shirt fits me. I can try it on if you want.”
Shima: “I-I just… I-I want… I-I don’t.” she mocked Satine, then huffed. “Can we please stop getting all sad and focus on the solving of who did it.”
“Go ahead.” Eirik handed the shirt to Emi.
Satine: “Tch. Go fuck yourself.” She shook her head. she didn’t even yell it, it was like she hadn’t the emotional strength to raise her voice.
Mana: “The shirt could fit a range of people, I mean…”
Emi: *reluctantly detaches from Nami, then slides their shirt off and slips the other one on. yes, it fits them. a discerning observer might also note it’s the colour of the one the girl standing next to them is wearing… not that they don’t wear that too.*
Shima: “Real mature of you, I’m so hurt by your words.”
“It was also a similar style to the other ones in the drawer, kinda suggesting it belonged to the same person who stayed in the room,” Eirik remarked.
Satine: She almost said something back. But at this point, she just kept looking at Emi and Nami, as if she looked away, they would dissapear.
Akifumi: “M…Ma-May I s-say something…?”
Eirik nodded.
Akifumi: “D..Do y-you th-think E-Emi-san m-maybe h-helped N-Nami-san t..to t-take b-blame…S-So N-Nami-san w-was freed? W..Which w-wouldn’t m-make sense…b-because… if one o-of them is t-the culprit…t-the oth-other w-will di-die right? I-Isn’t t-this h-how it works?”
Sour Candy: “Maybe they both killed.” She’s still lying on the ground
Satine: Were the railings breakable? Well we all just found out, as Satine began to kick them so hard that the wood began to snap.
Phoebe: “But there’s only one body.”
Akifumi: “Th…The s-same person?”
Haruko: If they both killed the victim simultaneously, Monobear would have to conclude that they were both the culprit…
Emi: “She wasn’t there. I sent her to my old room.”
Akifumi: “B-But i-it co-couldn’t h-have been you…I-I think an-anyways…”
“And Nami did say that Emi 'knew what to do’, ” Eirik recalled. His voice was hardly steady, but he was trying.
Emi: “Come off it, Akifumi-san. You heard her come get me.”
Sour Candy: “Why would they kill their sister’s roommate though…”
Emi: “Do you see how sad she is? Do you see how sad everyoneis?!”
Akifumi: “…”
[TSK TSK. MISS SATINE]
Yuuka Himura ♣: Slowly stands herself up, wiping her tear stained face. She shakily makes her way back to the stand, sniffling a few times.
“Cause it was easy?” Eirik proposed to Candy.
[DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH TOO? UPUPUPU]
Sour Candy: “But why Shino…I don’ understand…”
Haruko: Oh, come on now. I’m sure not everyone is sad.
Akifumi: “A-Ah…P-Please d-d-don’t yell at m-me…”
Ray: “There’s too much happening!”
Sour Candy: “Did the kid do somethin’ ta computer nerd? Is that why they would’ve chosen him outta everyone else?”
Emi: “He was there. He was asleep. I had Crystal-san’s knife on me from the last trial.”
Sour Candy: “It makes no sense…”
Sour Candy: “Why not kill ya sister? No one would suspect it was ya.”
Emi: “I would never hurt Nami! /Never/!”
“So it was opportunity?“ Eirik asked. "and they probably didn’t want to.”
Sour Candy: “I’m still not believin’ it.”
Emi: “Yeah. An opportunity to kill. The easiest one anyone would ever give me.”
Emi: “Akifumi-san is far too much of a robot for me to be able to hurt him.”
Emi: “It’s why I’m a computer technician. I can’t let technology be hurt!”
Sour Candy: “AND ANOTHER THING. Before I left I did check out some easy stuff. And there was blood on computer nerd’s door??? Why would they put blood on their own door??”
Sour Candy: “Yer overlookin’ some interestin’ stuff!”
Emi: “I don’t have a key to Luster Room. I needed to be let back in.”
Sour Candy: “I’m not believin’ it. Weren’t there bloody paper towels in the trash in the bathroom? Ya had ta have cleaned up after.”
Emi: “Not enough, it would seem.”
Sour Candy: “Did ya see how much blood was on the door? If ya didn’ clean up all the way, there would only be a bit of blood.”
Emi: “There was enough blood to get everywhere.”
Shima: “I have such a headache…” she muttered.
Sour Candy: She just kinda. glared and made like a growling noise of some sort I don’t know how to explain it.
Sour Candy: “It doesn’t make any fuckin’ sense! Ya didn’t kill him.”
Sour Candy: “I’m…I’m gonna suspect Nami again!”
Emi: “I’m glad you believe in me, Candy-san.”
Satine: There goes another kick to the broken railing.
[SATINE!]
Shima: “Satine! Calm down, you dumbass!”
[UPUPUPUPU. DO YOU /WANT/ TO GET KILLED?]
Sour Candy: “No, I ain’t believin’ in ya! Yer fuckin’ lyin’. Ya aren’tthe killer there has ta be proof behind this…”
Nami: “Satine-san, please… don’t…”
[BECAUSE I CAN FUCKING KILL YOU ON THE SPOT!]
Emi: “Why would I lie? Ugh… let’s just get it over with.”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “Eh?!”
Candy actually seems very upset, and is starting to tear up a bit. “There has ta be contradictin’ evidence here. I just can’t believe ya would kill someone ya barely knew!”
Shima tugged at her mask in aggravation.
Emi: “You don’t know anything about me, Candy-san.”
Emi: “Or would you have preferred nightmares?”
Sour Candy: “YA DIDN’ KILL.”
Emi: “A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Imasaru: “Rrrr”
Shima: “…”
Haruko: Just tell us whether it was you or not.
Sour Candy: “I ain’t….ever seen ya wear that shirt…why would ya leave it out in the open…”
Emi: “I killed Shino Moriyama.”
Emi: “Was it not simpler with the last three? You were ready to believe them as soon as they opened their mouths.”
Sour Candy: “No ya didn’. I just…”
Akifumi: “M…May I s-say something?”
Sour Candy: “Please…”
Emi: “…” *just looks away from Akifumi, pulling Nami into a hug across their podiums*
Akifumi: “…E-Emi-san w-wasn’t w-wearing th-the b-bloody shirt w-when they left, i-if I remember right!”
Sour Candy: “!! S-See!”
Emi: “… Not helpful, Akifumi-san…”
Akifumi: “U-Uuu…s-soryy…I-I’m sorry..”
Sour Candy: “A-And! If yer sister is so close ta ya, she’d be tryin’ ta defend ya too, r-right?”
Emi: *just tightens their grip, their sister seeming a bit too lifeless to properly hug back*
Emi: “She can barely speak right now! It’s been this way since the insecurities motive began getting to her!”
Sour Candy: “THIS SHOULD STILL AT LEAST PHASE HER DON’ YA THINK??? I’d be upset if my sibling were bein’ accused..”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “E-Emi…”
Haruko: …so you think Emi is covering for her.
Emi: “When’s the last time you’ve seen her notsmiling?!”
Emi: “I told you, it was me!”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “N-No..!”
Sour Candy: “She hasn’ tried ta defend ya, she hasn’ tried ta shoot down anythin’ relatin’ ta ya bein the killer.”
Sour Candy: “SOME FUCKIN’ SISTER SHE IS.”
Emi: “I won’t– Do not dare say such things.”
Emi: “I won’t let her confess on my behalf. We talked about this before the trial.”
Sour Candy: “!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Haruko: But would she let YOU confess on HER behalf?
Emi: “Her life has–” here they cut themself off.
Nami: “… I don’t want… anyone to die…”
Shima: “…W-Wha…”
Sour Candy: “I kn-knew it…”
Eirik exhaled. “…shit.”
Emi: “… it would’ve been so much easier if you'd… stopped protesting.”
Emi: *turns their head to bury it against Nami’s as well, not looking out at the rest of them*
Haruko: And let ourselves be killed?
At this point Candy breaks down into tears and just. There she goes.
Ray: “This is too much.”
Satine: “…………..”
Nami: “I-I-I… I didn't… mean to…”
Nami: *is crying now, and actively clinging to her sister* “I didn’t…”
“'Didn’t mean to’.” Eirik sounded somewhat angry now.
Shima: “Eirik…” she warned. “I can hear your anger in your tone.”
Nami: “He scared me. I didn't… then he wouldn’t wake up… I shook him and he wouldn’t wake up!”
Haruko: And you murdered him.
Haruko: Lovely.
Nami: “He never… woke up…”
Nami: “He stopped screaming… but then he didn’t smile…”
Satine: “………………..Nami!”
Emi: *takes over the tale, their own voice tinged with tears* “So she came and got me. She told me he wouldn’t wake up. She was fucking sobbing and I’d give my life for hers any day, so I told Akifumi-san to stay where he was.”
Emi: “I’d kill all of you to save her. She never even meant to kill a single one.”
Nami: “I didn’t want him to die…”
Satine: “So it was a accident right? That doesn’t count.”
Ray: “N-Nami.”
Nami: “… Doesn’t it? Now he'll… never smile again… or play Luna… I just wanted him to… be happy! I just wanted everyone to be!”
“…you…” Now he sounded disappointed and angry. Frustrated, too. Eirik had always been one of the calm ones too. “So you were willing to get rid of all of us just so one of you could leave, huh?”
Emi: “I was. I would do anything to save her life. It’s always been that way. Don’t be angry at her! She didn’t mean any of this, she was ready to leave his body there and tell someone in the morning!”
Satine: “Accidental murder isn’t true murder. Shit happens. Let’s stop this now and let her go.”
Through choked sobs you could just barely hear Candy mumble, “Some…fucking sister…she is…”
Ray: “Can we? Can we stop?”
Emi: “Don’t fucking say that, Candy-san. Don’teven. We’ve always known I’d put her life first. I don’t want to live without her!”
Emi: “She’s so much more important than I am… she’s the one with some sort of goal!”
“There’s a reason justice is blind…” There was malice in his voice. “To see the truth through unbiased eyes.”
Yuuka Himura ♣: Starts to break into tears again.
Emi: “I made her silence herself. Don’t be mad at her. Please.”
Satine: “Family care should always be considered. So spare them.”
Emi: “If you need someone to die, I will. Any day!”
Emi: “Just not her!!!”
[HUH? OH ARE WE DONE HERE YET?! GEEZE YOU KIDS GO ON AND ON WITH THIS BULLSHIT]
Emi: “No! … No… no…”
Yuuka Himura ♣: “I’ll d-do it..! I’ll d-die in her place!”
Nami: “I don’t want… anyone to die…”
[MISS HIMURA, YOU ARE SADLY NOT ON THE VOTING BALLET.]
“Can we just get on with it now?” Eirik had done a complete 180, it seemed. “I wanna get some sleep tonight.”
Yuuka Himura ♣: Cries even more.
[BUT SINCE THAT WAS MENTIONED, IT’S TIME TO VOTE!!!]
Satine: “NOOOO!”
Ray: “Ugh.”
Satine: She ran over, grabbing Nami in a hug. “Please don’t leave! I can’t have you go!”
Nami: “I’m sorry… Satine-san. Ray-san…”
Nami: *WHOA HUGS. WHOA. NOT EXPECTING THOSE. it takes her a moment to respond before she pulls Satine into the family bonding moment going on here.*
Shima: “…” she kept her glance at Eirik.
Ray hugs her back, seeming not to want to let go.
Satine couldn’t believe it herself, really. She started….Crying.
Imasaru: Quiet pup whining at Yuuka’s crying
Nami: “Satine-san… can you… please smile? Always smile…”
Yuuka Himura ♣: Sniffles. “K-Karin…”
Nami: “Happiness is your responsibility. Don’t let me down…”
Eirik’s hands were hanging at his sides, balled into fists. His nails were digging into his palms.
[SHIT]
Satine: “H-How can I smile when I’m about to lose the only friend I’ve had since childhod!? Damn it, you’re the only one who fucking cared about me for me!”
[IS ELYSE HERE?]
Nami: “… 'Course I did. You’re an awesome girl. So you’ve got to smile.”
Ray: “Nami…? I need to thank you.”
[OKAY, NO ELYSE? WELL WHATEVER.]
Satine: “……Is this…There’s nothing I can do!?” She gripped Nami’s shoulders hard.
[THE CULPRIT OF THIS WEEK’S MURDER IS NO ONE OTHER THAAAANNNN!!!]
Nami: “Smile. Everyone smile. Please… everyone just keep smiling! Please be happy… as best you can!”
[NAOKO YUI!!! DAAA~DAAAA]
Satine: “Before you go, I just want you to know…….Thank you, for caring about me when no one else would…I…I love you”
Shima: “…” she then slowly looked to Satine.
Nami: “… Yeah. We’re good friends. So smile. You too, Ray-kun! And you, Emi… please.”
Shima: “…Q-Quit bein’ sappy…”
[SO, ANY LAST FUCKIN WORDS?]
“Can we get this over with?” Eirik’s voice came out as more or less a growl.
Yuuka Himura ♣: Starts to visibly shake even more.
Shima: “I agree with Eirik…” she coughed.
Imasaru: “Yuuka.”
Satine unbraided one of the flowers in her hair, and stuck it on Nami’s head. “I…I’ll protect Emi.”
Nami: *she pulls away from the group hug thing going on (yay flower!) and stares at everyone, trembling* “Please smile.” *okay, last words over. send her away!*
Yuuka Himura ♣: “H-Huh…?”
GAME OVER
Yuuka Himura ♣: oh wow fuck u too imasaru
NAOKO YUI HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY
COMMENCING EXECUTION
The curtain rises. The girl who’s unwillingly taken centre stage stares out at all of them with fearful blue eyes, practically trembling in her shoes. She’s tied to a podium… or is it an altar? The white, lacy dress she’s wearing makes everything unclear.
An angry mob of Monobears surrounds her, or perhaps a congregation. Are they her adoring audience? The hecklers which have so often contributed to her despair? Simply there to wish her well on this happiest of days? It is a happy day, isn’t it? That’s her job, after all… to work for what she believes in and spread happiness wherever she goes!
One of the Monobears, the one in the spot where a priest might otherwise be, hands her a microphone. It gestures for her to begin. But what? What does she say? A speech, or wedding vows? “There’s happiness to be found everywhere…” She starts off, her voice weak, nowhere near the timbre it should be to get her point across. The crowd is murmuring amongst itself, not sounding pleased. She has to keep going, though, because she doesn’t know what else to do. And people are watching– real people, even. She knows they are, those classmates of hers. She’s so sorry. There might even be someone in the crowd… she thinks she sees a flash of blond hair. Oh, no…
“Actually,“ she continues, trying to put more life into her voice, twisting her expression from one of fear until she manages to smile, “the simple act of smiling practically projects an aura of happiness to those who see it. Those who see even just a stranger smiling at them are ten percent more likely to help another stranger in need, and while that may not seem like a lot it really is if you think of all the people who could see smiles on a daily basis if only more people would do them!” Just think of the words she’s recited so many times. Think of the angel boy, the pretty girl… don’t think of her sister.
"You’re more likely to remember someone you saw smiling at you than just another bland face in the crowd— smiling genuinely does enhance others’ memories, getting them to remember details about you as well as things you’ve said, so if you really want to be persuasive…” Her smile widens a little more, seeming almost genuine now. “It’s important to speak to someone with a smile on your face~!” The crowd doesn’t seem to be reacting any more favourably. In fact, one of them throws a stone at her. It bounces off her shoulder… but it’s only the first of many.
She stumbles over her words, losing the track of her speech. It’s only then that the priest calls out to her– <Well?> The rocks are hitting harder now, making it hard to talk, beginning to stain the white fabric with a familiar pink liquid. <Naoko. That’s once.>
Once… she doesn’t know what it means, but she keeps going, nodding to it and stumbling bravely on. “"Memory isn’t the only thing seeing a smile enhances, though. People become more altruistic and likely to cooperate. Not to mention other people view you as more attractive while you’re smiling, as well as more relaxed, honest, even trustworthy…” Now she feels something different from rocks. There’s water rising, a slow pool just around her, held back from the crowd by a neat translucent fence. She stumbles on, but her voice fades out, silenced through sheer terror. No… she has to go on, she hasto…
The crowd is chanting her name. “Naoko!” She can hear it, rising in volume, drowning out her pathetic attempts at words. The water is rising, higher and higher, stinging in her cuts, cold against her skin. Blood swirls out in pretty pink spirals. She cannot speak.
<That’s two,> the priest-bear says, and she can hear it perfectly over everything. Two… two calls of her name… she knows what happens next, so instead of trying to speak anymore, she leans back against the podium, a vision in pink and white.
The water breaks over her head, swallowing her up completely, and now her gaze is drawn to the only human figure present in the crowd, the words of her speech only bubbles of wasted air from her lips. Blond. Blue eyes. Still wearing her bloody shirt… But the water is everywhere and she can’t make out what they’re saying, is flailing against the chains that bind her in search of anything at all. She doesn’t hear it as they scream her name one last time, a wail of utmost despair as they reach for her and are pushed back out of the way. The life fades from her eyes at the third shout. “NAMIII!!!”
Imasaru: excuse u
As the execution commenced, Eirik walked slightly closer toward Yuuka. He was still visibly tense.
Shima watched the execution with a neutral expression and arms crossed.
You’re getting tired of this bs. This is your sixth week here, and by each week each trial seems to get irrataing as ever. When will this never ending nightmare end?! Does the bear just expect everyone to kill eachoher untill one person is left standing?! None the less does Monokuma enter, placing himself on his stand. “Ahhh, Ahhh. You all know what to do. I HOPE YOU’RE PREPARED! AND NO PUSSY FOOTIN AROUND! upupu” Nicole: Two deaths again…Eurgh. Candy is playing on her 3DS again. Emi is standing at Satine’s podium with her. Because they’re not getting far from her. Also they don’t want to be at theirs. “Same weapon used to kill one.” Which they’re brandishing way too threateningly. Eirik definitely looks irritable and sleep deprived as he steps into the trial room, but he seemed to have been calmed down. The dog is just quiet as usual. He did a bad thing again. Someone get the bible cause he needs jesus Nicole: “So what do we know about the murders?” Eirik clears his throat. “Well, Mana died first.” Emi: “She was a fucking /human sacrifice/, from the looks of it!” “Laid down on the table with her throat slit over the sweaters, then some bastard trying to make her into a twisted /work of art/?!” Eirik nods. “At first I thought the killer felt bad, considering the flowers, but finding where she died…” Nicole gives Emi a blank look. She has no idea what happened. Body too bloody for her to look at. “Calm down.” Candy muttered. Emi is the opposite of calm. Anyone they interrogated can tell you that. “So. Phoebe was the last one to have this knife. Kept it in her room– Riku was her roommate. Her side of the room’s trashed.” Candy sat down with her legs crossed and continued playing her game. Nicole: Any defense, Phoebe? Phoebe cleared her throat. “I’m the one who trashed my room.” “Phoebe said she kind of had a ‘freak out’ last night, as she put it,” Eirik stated. “She looked kind of embarrassed when we went to look at her room. And Riku’s ID is missing.” Emi: Wonderful. When did you last see Riku? Phoebe: “Yesterday. He was in the gift shop.” Emi: Fucking /brilliant/. Emi: Time? Phoebe: “8 I think. We played some games on his DS and I went back to our room.” Emi: And Mana was killed in the gift shop three hours later… then /he/ was killed with that bar… Phoebe groaned “I get it, I’m a suspect. You don’t have to spell it out for me.” Nicole: Knowing how the trials go around here, I’m assuming you have nothing to prove your innocence either? Eirik clears his throat. He looks much more tired than last time, and his hands are bandaged. “Instead of accusing Phoebe outright, maybe we wanna consider something?” Satine says nothing. Just stands with her arms crossed. Eirik cleared his throat. “I kind of have an idea. It might be a little far fetched, but maybe Riku snatched the pocket knife?” Emi: “I was more inclined to suspect Riku– as Eirik said.” Emi: “The only two who had access to it were those two, or anyone who stole his key and knew where the knife was kept.” Emi: “He was already in the gift shop with access to the knife, and it’s /certainly/ how it went with Crystal!” Eirik nodded. “But he died after Mana. So he would be suspect.” Phoebe: “everyone knew where the knife was, didn’t they? I had it with me during the last trial.” Ray: “That knife’s being tossed around to everybody wow” Nicole: Should we perhaps look at the motive? Emi: If they’d remembered and broken into your room, yeah. What’s up with the motive? I’d’ve killed for it myself if it weren’t for Satine! Phoebe: “Wish granting seems appealing to just about anyone.” Eirik nodded in agreement. “Hell, if I were a little more off the deep end, I’d probably have gone for it…” Emi is way off the deep end. Luckily they’ve attached to Satine. Unluckily they now have a knife again. “Probably irrelevant, then.” “Anyway, what I was saying is that Riku looks good for killing Mana. Had access to the knife and was nearby the crime scene. I’d say someone killed him and used his ID to get it, but Phoebe woulda said something now and he died after her…” The drummer took a deep breath. What a day it was… Sour Candy: “Did he even…have a wish or somethin’ worthy of killin’ for…” She still entranced in her game. Eirik shrugged. “I never talked to him.” Phoebe: “I think he said something about wanting a Majora’s Mask remake. Whatever that means.” Phoebe: “Hardly worth killing for, I’d wager.” Eirik once again shrugged. “You never know with some people. Like, if I had done it, I’d probably ask to go home so I can see my bunny.” Nicole: Put that brain-rotting trash away, dear god. *to candy* Candy just slowly lifts up her middle finger towards Nicole. Nicole: *crosses arms* two more people are dead and we’ll join them if we don’t figure out the culprit. yet she’s more interested in a video game. incredible. Emi: “Like it actually matters if we all die.” *is literally just doing this because Mana died* Eirik rolled his eyes. “…some of us have people that we don’t want to have to see our dead bodies.” Phoebe: “Why don’t we discuss the actual murders? Then we can point fingers.” Eirik nods. “Like I said, I think Riku looks good for killing Mana.” Emi: “I’m agreeing on that point. Then what happened to /him/? Think he was necessarily the one who put the flowers everywhere?” Thinking a moment, Eirik remarks, “Well, there was half an hour between their deaths and he was still real close.” Phoebe: “Well Mana was killed in the gift shop, correct? I found a table with blood near the edge, and a pool of blood soaked clothign near it. Any ideas what that could mean?” Emi: “She was killed on the table. Head hanging over the side like some kinda twisted /sacrifice/.” Sour Candy: “Maybe someone was killed there? Who knows.” Phoebe: “Thanks, Candy.” Sour Candy: She just wants to make money on ACNL she doesn’t give a heck about the trial. “Maybe it was a half-assed clean up job?” Eirik proposed. Emi: “Mana’s the length of the table. The blood ran up into her face and hair instead of down, which means that her head had to be hanging back and down for the blood to run.” Emi: “Looks like someone got their throat slit on the table. /Sure/ enough blood, and I’d know about that at least.” Eirik nodded. “I get that much. I was talking about how it dripped into the clothes.” Phoebe: “Something really gross, when doggy bit her it didn’t draw blood. Which means by doing this her body was drained almost entirely.” Phoebe cringed a bit at her own description, so gross. Emi: “Fucking hell…” *their grip tightens on the knife* Phoebe: “Now was there a purpose for that? Or are we just dealing with someone really sick.” Eirik nodded. “Yeah. That was a lot of blood at the end of the table. And a lot of it was absorbed by the clothes.” Emi: “She didn’t leave any sorta trail.” Emi: “Only purpose /I/ can think of.” Phoebe: “Right.” Emi: Still, sacrifice pose and all those fucking flowers from the shrine? /Destroyed/ shrine, nonetheless? Cameron: “Maybe they just wanted to have fun and be themselves with this murder?” “All that would explain the blood on Riku’s face,” Eirik stated. Emi: … Run that by me one more time? “Since he didn’t have any, like, cuts or anything.” Eirik scratched his head. “the blood has gotta be Mana’s.” Phoebe: “right, is anyone sure how Riku died?” “Didn’t you look at his eyes?” tiny dog whispering Emi: “Bloodshot to hell and back. What about them, puppy?” Imasaru: “U…Uhm…Maybe he got choked or suffocated?” Nicole: Were there marks on his neck? “What about that bump on the back of his head?” Eirik asked. Emi: “I was thinkin’ blunt force trauma from the rod.” Eirik nodded. “That would explain the lump.” Sour Candy: “There was no..blood though.” Phoebe: “Right…and does blunt force trauma cuase bloodshot eyes? I’m not sure, I’m not really an expert on murder.” Emi: “I only know stabbing.” “Something is up with his neck. I know that much,” the drummer declared. “Maybe broken neck? Did it look discolored?” Phoebe: “I don’t remember any marks on his neck. Only the bump on the head and blood on the mouth.” Nicole: “Would snapping the neck cause a bump, by any chance…?” Candy sighs. “I doubt that it would cause a bump.” “I’m thinking it might. I’m no expert though…” Eirik puts down his head. Emi: “Anyone ever broken someone’s neck before? No?” Sour Candy: “I’ve seen broken necks.” Nicole: perhaps… Eirik furrowed his brows. “I was thinking poison but that wouldn’t cause that bump. I thought about it cause of the bloodshot eyes.” “And it’s too sudden for that,” the drummer added. Emi: “So we’ve got a corpse, a halo, and a rod.” Nicole: “perhaps he was knocked out with a blow to the head, and then someone covered his mouth while he was unconscious to suffocate him? im not sure if he would have woken up, but if he did that would explain the bloodshot eyes” Sour Candy: “Did we find out the owner of the halo…” Emi: No. “No we did not.” Phoebe: “Halo??” Sour Candy: “I like…book nerd’s idea.” Phoebe: “Ah, that sounds pretty spot on Nicole. That would explain the lack of marks on the neck.” Emi: “Would that explain the blood?” “That’s definitely possible,” Eirik stated, nodding. Candy lays down and continues crossing animals. nicole: “as for the blood….would it be too far-fetched to assume that he was suffocated with something bloody?” nicole: “bloody clothing, perhaps?” Emi: … Makes sense, actually. “Like one of those sweatshirts,” Eirik stated. Phoebe: “Bloody hands” nicole nods at phoebe’s suggestion. “or hands, yes.” Emi: *glances over at Phoebe* “Elucidate?” Phoebe: “Elucidate what?” Emi: Why you thought hands. Any evidence? Phoebe: “Those sweaters were really soaked, if they were used to suffocate him wouldn’t there be blood all over his face? Not just his mouth?” Emi: “There was no blood around his body… Sensible. Hands /again/…” nicole: “ah, true” Phoebe: “I mean, I touched them and they were practically dripping. My hands still smell like blood.” “But why would they have blood on their hands? And weren’t the ones on top waaaay less covered?” the drummer pointed out Monokuma: {HAHA, NERD} @Phoebe pHoebe flips off Monobear, she is in no mood Sour Candy: “Fuckin’ hands…” nicole: hm Emi: “… Arranging the flowers around Mana’s corpse, perhaps. Could’ve left someone with bloody hands.” “Who’d go to that kinda trouble though? And why was Riku still close by?” Eirik asked. “Why was Riku still around though? That’s my point.” It sounded well and good, but this detail bothered Eirik. Sour Candy: “Checking out stores ‘r somethin?” Nicole: “perhaps someone found mana’s body, and did that to commemorate her before killing her culprit” Emi: “… Might be a nice touch, instead of… something so horribly twisted.” Phoebe: “I would say yes, except I don’t think the flowers were an act of compassion. I went to look at the shrines where the flowers were taken from and they were all destroyed.” Nicole: “why would someone want to destroy the shrine, though?” “If I offed someone, I would be outta there so fast…” Eirik muttered. Phoebe: “The same reason someone would decorate a corpse like a art piece they’re proud of I suppose.” Nicole rubs her temples. this is too mentally draining Eirik: “So we’re assuming the killer did the flowers?” Emi: “Bloody hands on flowers, bloody hands on a bastard’s mouth.” “Wait…” Eirik looked like he had thought of something. Phoebe: “Perhaps…Riku wasn’t the killer.” “How’d the killer get the knife then?” This didn’t make much sense to Eirik. Phoebe pinched the bridge of her nose. “I feel like we’re back at square one.” “…Phoebe, have either of you had any guests in your room?” Eirik asked curiously. Phoebe: “No.” “So it had to be Riku who had the knife, right? So assuming he wasn’t the killer, that would mean he’d have given it to someone,” Eirik stated. “It would make more sense for him to have killed Mana.” Emi: “Especially since we already know he was in the area. Either Phoebe or Riku could’ve had it.” Nicole: “perhaps riku was simply an accomplice” Nicole: “and the killer betrayed him after he helped them kill mana” Eirik turned his head. “That’s…a possibility. But do accomplices even benefit?” Emi: “No.” Emi: “No they do not.” Phoebe: “He may not have known that.” Phoebe: “He seemed pretty absorbed in his own world.” “Have we ever covered this in a trial before?” Eirik wondered aloud. Emi: “I figured it out for myself. Don’t know about you lot.” Phoebe: “Right…” “Or maybe both he and the killer had their hands on the knife? Would that count as both being murderers?” Eirik asked. “Monobear?” Monokuma: {AH?} “If two people inflicted the killing blow, would they both count as murderers?” Eirik asked. Monokuma: {THAT DOSEN’T EVEN MATTER BECAUSE THEY’RE DEAD! UPUPU} Phoebe shifted in her podium for a moment “I had an idea, I didn’t want to bring it up earlier because I thought it would make me suspect but…What if the knife wasn’t the murder weapon? What if it was never found and it’s being used to…Frame me.” “Riku’s ID was missing,” Eirik stated. “You talked to me about that earlier.” Phoebe: “Right, if they were working together the culprit wouldn’t need to steal it.” Emi: “Either way, we’ve got a slit throat, bloody pocketknife, and no idea what else it might be.” nicole: “nnn” Phoebe: “Also I hadn’t realised it might be relevant. But there was someone in my room last night…I just assumed it was Riku and went back to sleep, though.” She shuddered at the thought Satine: “Was it too dark… For you to see?” “…did you get a look at the shadow, maybe?” Eirik asked curiously. Phoebe shook her head. “I was sleeping, I heard a door open and it woke me. I didn’t even sit up. I didn’t even open my eyes. Just went back to sleep.” Imasaru “It probably was him….Since arn’t the doors locked to anyone who dosen’t belong in the room?” Emi: “Nothing stops you from swiping someone else’s key.” “His ID was missing, like I said,” Eirik remarked. “Nothing on his body.” Imasaru: “R-Right…! I’m sorry. I never thought…about that.” Phoebe: “I feel like whoever was the culprit hid evidence pointing to them better than we expected.” Sour Candy: “Someone stole it then and went ta yer room.” Phoebe: “Yes.” Phoebe: “that’s what I believe” “Then stuck the knife in blood and threw it in the petting zoo,” Eirik gathered. “To try and frame you.” Phoebe nodded again. Emi: “So then, does anyone have any idea what /did/ kill her?” Candy started kicking lightly at the podium. This trial was too boring.“ “Mana’s throat was cut,” Eirik replied. “Exsanguination is my guess.” Sour Candy: “Maybe a kitchen knife 'r somethin’? I dunno.” Sour Candy: “Look let’s get this over with. I wanna go back to my room.” Nicole: “nobody found any possible weapons? that is that could’ve slit manas throat” “I wouldn’t be surprised with the kitchen knife, yeah,” Eirik stated with a nod. “Where else would ya get something like that?” Emi: “All I know of is the pocketknife, rod, anything in the trashed gift shop, and halo.” Emi: “… Stiiill know literally nothing about said halo.” Phoebe: “Halo?” Emi: *points at Satine’s head, where they’d previously placed a halo with angel-wing charms* Emi: “Found it by the rod and Riku’s corpse.” Satine bows, for them to get a better look Phoebe: “That!! That’s mine!!” Phoebe: “I couldn’t find it this morning, I ripped my room apart looking for it.” Emi: … *stares* Phoebe: “I-It’s very important to me, could I have it back?” Eirik looks at Emi. “Let’s think about this logically…” “Why would she take something like that to a crime scene?” Eirik questioned. Emi: *stares back at Eirik– urge to kill rising…* Emi: “True, the murderer showed a remarkable level of precision and premeditation.” Emi: “More proof someone broke into her cursed room.” “Exactly. To put this much thought into the murder and leave evidence lying around? Not like this killer at all.” Eirik took a deep breath. “You guys wanna go around with alibis?” Phoebe nodded, she is very eager to get her charm back Emi: “I haven’t been more than five feet from Satine since the last trial. I’ll vouch that she didn’t do it.” Sour Candy: “Been in room.” nicole: just. in my room. “I was in my room…sitting in the closet.” Eirik sounded a little embarrassed. He had left the closet twice this week, not counting going to the bathroom or getting food. Phoebe sighed “Last person I saw was Riku, so I suppose that doesn’t clear me.” “Nicole can vouch for me sitting in there,” Eirik muttered. Imasaru “I was in my room durring the time of the murders.” Emi: “So that's… Glitter, puppy and Candy, can you support each other’s alibis? And… Sparkle, Nicole and Eirik, how about the two of you?” “Nicole and I are roommates,” Eirik remarked. “She can confirm I had locked myself up.” Imasaru “I…can confirm this. Y-Yes. I’ve stuck with Candy the entire week.” Candy nodded. Emi: “Can you vouch for Nicole, Eirik?” Nicole squints at eirik. he better. “I didn’t hear much moving around except for the occasional shift in the mattress. I just assume she was reading,” the drummer stated. Ray wakes up. Two people just died Ray this is not the time to be napping. “She’s been like that this entire time so…” Eirik shrugged. Nicole: “rereading to be exact. i haven’t found any new books.” *she hangs her head. lack of new reading material is depressing* Suzie: “I was sleeping! Early to bed early to rise.” Emi: “So that’s three pairs of people vouching for each other. Ray, Suzie, and Phoebe don’t have solid alibis. Although I /can/ confirm that’s when Suzie is normally asleep.” “I’ve got a book in my briefcase,” Eirik offered to his roommate. “Can you read Norwegian?” Nicole: “…no” “…oh. Sorry.” Eirik bit his lip. Emi: “… There are some fantasy novels and romance manga in Amethyst Room.” Ray: “Alibi? Yeah I don’t think I have one. I’ve been in my room all week but no one can confirm that.” Sour Candy: “Thiiiissss isn’t getting us anywheeerrrreee.” She groaned and kicked the podium some more. Emi: “We ruled out six people, and possibly seven since Suzie /does/ sleep then.” “And the last two are…?” Eirik asked Sour Candy: “Sleepin’ schedules can be fucked up.” Emi: “Ray and Phoebe, as far as I know. Suzie isn’t solid, either.” Suzie: “I go to bed at 9 and usually wake up whenver sun up is! But since that doesn’t happen here I get up at 6” Emi: This is very true. She does in fact do that. “And Phoebe is kinda nonsensical considering the attempted frame job and sloppiness,” Eirik remarked. Emi: “Alternatively Phoebe is an /excellent/ double-bluff.” nicole glances at phoebe again. she thinks phoebe did it. Candy starts falling asleep. Phoebe: “Can I please have my charm back please?? Even if I did it you’ve already seen it, me having it isn’t going to change anything.” Imasaru: Small worried pup noises wake up candy Candy keeps falling asleep. THe trial is boring and she doesn’t give a heck. Imasaru: “We’re getting nowhere..” Ray: “Uhh so what next?” Emi: “We give into despair and the sweet release of death.” Emi: “Alternatively, someone else comes up with something.” Ray: “I like the alternative better.” Emi: “Course you do, angel boy.” is getting frustrated at this point. “Well we could review Riku’s death. Since he wasn’t needed to get the knife maybe he wasn’t the one who killed Mana.” “Well I doubt Phoebe did it, personally,” Eirik stated with a shrug. “I mean, to go to that length to fake frame yourself?” Emi: “Riku’s death. Someone knocked him out and asphyxiated him. We have no idea who.” Phoebe: “Alright, then how about why?” Emi: “Either accomplice gone wrong or revenge kill for Mana.” “Not necessarily gone wrong. Probably betrayed,” Eirik stated. Emi: “That is very wrong.” Phoebe: “But if it was a revenge kill for Mana, why did the culprit have blood on their hands?” Emi: “Only really works if the culprit found and put flowers on her.” “And why would someone with sympathy destroy those shrines?” Eirik questioned. Phoebe: “Exactly.” Emi: “So we’re assuming Riku and someone teamed up to murder her. Good, that makes it likely her killer is still alive…” Cameron walks over to Candy and just. honk honk bike horn Cameron: “No sleeping during a trial!!” Candy jolted upwards and nearly threw a punch at them. “Why else would he be out that late?” Eirik remarked. Emi: “Does anyone have /any idea/ who aside from Phoebe knew Riku?” Emi: “I don’t think you just /casually/ accomplice murder.” Sour Candy: “Wait what are we..what are we talkin’ bout.” Candy sorta squinted. Phoebe: “Maybe he wasn’t an accomplice, maybe he was a witness?” Emi: “And it took them a half hour to kill him?” Emi: “As Eirik said– why else would he be out that late?” Sour Candy: “Huh…” Satine: “Damn, we finally had a fight…And I don’t wanna be involved….Weird.” Ray: “Maybe they were in the middle of doing the first then saw him around?” Emi: *directs their attention to Satine immediately. they will kill anyone who touches her. good. she isn’t in a fight… good…* Candy lays back down. “God this is boring and everyone’s dumb.” “Yeah. If he was totally innocent, he’d be in his room,” Eirik stated with confidence. “Avoiding becoming a victim and all.” Sour Candy: “Fuckin’ christ.” Emi: “So what we’re saying is we still have nothing except six people who didn’t do it.” “And an accomplice,” Eirik added. “…seriously. Anyone know who this kid talked to?” Ray: “I talked to him like, once. Five weeks ago.” Sour Candy: “FUUUCK OKAY LET’S STOP TALKIN’ BOUT MASK KID FOR A WHILE HOW ABOUT THAT THIS IS ANNOYING.” Emi: “Any idea what we /should/ talk about, then?” Sour Candy: “How bout the kid that died first?” “What about Mana?” Eirik questioned. Sour Candy: “Let’s talk bout how uh. She had blood o'er her face but not her clothes 'r somethin’.” Emi: “Yes. Her head was hanging over the edge of the table where her throat was slit. Gravity carried the blood down onto the pile of sweaters.” “Well we figured she had her head dangling from the end of the table,” Eirik remarked. Imasaru: “N…No blood came out when..uhmm..N-Nevermind.” Sour Candy: “Aight, how bout how she ended up where she was.” Emi: “Presumably Riku and his accomplice got her onto the table. We don’t know how or why.” “Carried or dragged. But it had to have taken time for her to drain,” Eirik remarked. Sour Candy: “How the fuck do ya know he was an accomplice????” “Why would he be out though?” Eirik insisted. Phoebe: “The culprit most likely dragged her body there. Riku was found about half way in between, right?” Sour Candy: “Said it earlier, sayin’ it now. He was probably lookin’ at nearby shops.” Emi: “We have no idea what’s going on, actually. Being out around 11 is perfectly sensible, we know Riku was there at 8…” Sour Candy: “Y'all are so fuckin’ dumb. Yer so certain bout somethin’ ya have no evidence for. He coulda been an accomplice, but he also coulda not.” Emi: “And you’re sleeping instead of actually helping us come up with better theories, so you don’t really get a say.” Ray: “We should consider what she thinks, either way!” Sour Candy: “I at least fuckin’ know ya have no evidence 'gainst him not bein’ an accomplice.” Emi: “Of course we don’t. We have /no idea what’s going on here/!” Sour Candy: “Then don’t fuckin’ stick with one idea and say it’s what happened!” Phoebe: “Well, if someone had blood their hands from killing Mana and he was an accomplice, shouldn’t he be covered in blood too?” Phoebe: “I mean, if you spill all the blood from a body, that’s a lot of blood. You wouldn’t even be able to get near it without getting at least some on you.” Emi: “… Actually, yeah. Carrying a body is damn messy.” Phoebe: “But that doesn’t account for the half hour time gap between the deaths…” Sour Candy: “The gift shop and pettin’ zoo are pretty far apart, then take inta consideration that whoever did this also decorated the body.” Emi: There was exactly a half hour between two deaths last time, anyway. Not unheard of. nicole has started daydreaming. she is not paying much attention anymore Eirik seems to be picking at the bandages on his hands at this point. He’s exhausted everything he figured out. Phoebe: “Well…Who doesn’t have an alibi?” Phoebe: “Me, Ray, and who else?” Sour Candy: “Someone speak up.” Emi: “Suzie and Cameron.” Satine: “I…Apologize…I just. have nothing I can say.” Ray: “Honestly, if ya just pick on one of us it’ll be over quicker” Phoebe sighed. “Well, I suppose it’s one of the four then.” Emi: “Cameron and Suzie have both been extremely quiet.” Sour Candy: “Ain’t they always quiet though?” Emi: “Yes.” Sour Candy: “'Specially clown.” Emi: “And I /do/ believe Suzie was asleep, based off being her roommate for four weeks.” Sour Candy: “Ya can’t be so certain with that though???” Suzie: “huh??” Emi: “I know. I also know she’d’ve had a damn good wish, but who among us doesn’t?” Emi: “Still.” *they might just not want to think badly of her, tbh* Sour Candy: “Look, she ain’t have an alibi, she has ta be suspected.” Phoebe: “Are you talking about her sister? I don’t think even monobear has the power to revive the dead.” Emi: *winces* Monokuma: {LOL NOPE} Suzie frowned. “You sure can talk about that real casually.” Ray: “Uh.” Suzie: “I’m dumb or nothing, I know nobody can do that.” Sour Candy: “Yer a suspect just know that, kid.” She glares across the room at her. Suzie shrugged Emi just turns back to Satine, away from the others. Sour Candy: “Ya have anythin’ ta say 'bout this?” “…I probably shouldn’t say this without evidence, but do you really think it was Suzie of all people?” Eirik remarked, scratching his head. Satine made a face. “No, Emi.” Sour Candy: “Could be.” Sour Candy: “Nami was a fuckin’ culprit and she didn’ see like some ta kill.” Emi winces again. They shove their earbuds back in, anger rapidly fading. “And Stefan was a victim. So I guess anything’s possible, huh?” The drummer shrugged. Sour Candy: “Farmer isn’t even tryin’ ta defend herself.” Candy squints. “Suspicious.” Suzie just shrugged again. “You can think whatever you want I guess.” Sour Candy: “So yer not gonna say ya didn’ do it?” Suzie: “Nope.” Sour Candy: “Did ya do it?” Suzie smiled wide, showing off her gap tooth. “Who knows!” Sour Candy: “That ain’t helpin!” Suzie: “I just know it’d be nice if you voted wrong, it’d be nice if you all died.” She giggled, like that was a really great joke. Emi Thumbs-up at Suzie. Former roommate knows what’s up, it seems. Imasaru: “Rrrrr….” Candy just made a 'the fuck’ kinda face. Suzie continued “To be even more honest, it’d be the best if you would all just burn in hell.” Eirik raised his brows at Suzie. He kind of regretted defending her if she was gonna have that attitude. Sour Candy: “…???????” Satine: “…..I kind of wish I had the energy to call you a nutjob, like I used to with the others.” Emi: “I think she’s making a great point.” Suzie just kept laughing, she shrugged but it was hard the way her body was shaking with glee. “Who knows! Maybe I did it but who knows, y'know!” nicole makes a face at suzie Candy groans. “TELL US IF YA DID IT 'R NOT.” “Alright, can I shove a drumstick down her throat?” Eirik just sounded done, really. And he did pull out drumsticks. “Guess!” Suzie insisted “Isn’t that the point, you gotta figure it out for yourself, right??” Sour Candy: “WITH THE WAY YER ACTIN’ I WANNA SAY YA DID.” Emi: “Let’s just vote for her anyway. If she did it, she dies. If she didn’t, we do.” Satine: “Don’t say that, Emi!” She called out. “I’m not letting anything happened to you, I promised.” Emi: “… Satine, if she killed Mana, will you stop me from stabbing /her/, too?” Emi: “I suppose I don’t want /you/ to die, though…” nicole: “SHUT THE HELL UP AND SPIT IT OUT” “I guess that you won’t be able to digest my drumstick,” Eirik snarled. Ray: “Um!!” Ray: “Really I don’t like having people jump at each other’s throats like this.” Eirik turned toward Ray. “You wanna taste it too?” Ray: “Not really.” Eirik: “Then say something productive.” Suzie: “You guys are just horrible! I think you really all need to die.” Eirik brandished the drumsticks. “Again, you wanna taste these things?” He took a step toward her. Ray kind of moves from the podium. “Alright that ain’t the way we should solve these things!!” Sour Candy: “Farm girl fuckin’ just. Did ya do it 'r not? This will save us time and our fuckin’ lives.” nicole seems like shes about to scream but instead makes a frustrated yelling sound with her mouth closed. u kno the sound Suzie raised an eyebrow and showed a genuinely confused look. “You think I care about your lives?” Sour Candy: “I’d think ya’d care 'bout yer own!” He was still brandishing his drumsticks. “Can we have an enhanced interrogation session?” Eirik looked really done. Emi: They’re just staring up at Satine like. can they do it. can they stab Suzie if she killed Mana. because they’re going to. “Are you gonna kill me?? How would you do that?” Emi: “I have some ideas, actually.” Ray moves over to Suzie because everyone’s basically ready to kill her. Sour Candy: “Holy shit we ain’t gettin’ nowhere with lil miss stubborn o'er there.” Ray: “Please don’t hurt other people.” nicole: “someone is going to have to get hurt, get over it” Ray: “Then hurt me instead! Whatever.” Suzie: “No!! Don’t hurt Ray!” nicole sighs loudly Emi’s turned their music up now. No anger anymore. No idea what’s going on. Just vaporwave. “Thought you didn’t care about anyone,” Eirik grumbled. Suzie groaned in frustartion. “I Don’t care about you people!! Why should I!!! Look at how horrible you all are! You don’t even know if I did it, you don’t care about death, YOU LET MY SISTER DIE!!!” “So of course I don’t care about you!! The human race is disgusting and full of hate.” “It’d be better if everyone was just dead!!! If everyone was just dead, and it was just me and Ray.” Ray: ?? Emi: Wow. They can agree with almost everything she’s saying. Luckily they can’t hear. Satine: “Wow…I may have been a angry bitch before..But damn. Why hate everyone. Shouldn’t you just hate Alex?” “Going by your own standard, you should be dead too,” the drummer snarled. “With all this hate you’re spewing.” Eirik was done. Suzie: “I only give love to people deserving of it. That’s that. If people do bad things you hate them. It’d that simple.” “You’re a hypocrite then,” Eirik stated. “It’s that simple.” Suzie: “And of course I hate that Alex, he didn’t even have a reason to kill her!! He was just too much of a coward to kill himself. But people felt sorry for him?? Why??” Suzie: “Ray only does nice things, so I care about Ray.” “So you shouldn’t care about yourself by your own logic,” Eirik stated. “You’re spewing hate, and you say that everyone hateful should be dead. But look at yourself. You’re stewing in it more than any of us.” Suzie: “It’s funny, it’s almost like you think I care what you have to say about me.” nicole clenches her fists. urge to slap this uncultured country bumpkin is rising. “I never thought I’d say this about anyone , but I think I’m gonna enjoy watching you die.” There wasn’t much emotion behind the statement. It was bare bones as Eirik got. “Funny enough, your complaints are best directed toward yourself.” nicole: “she’s uneducated filth, so i’d say her life is among the ones of least value here.” Satine: “I find this hilariously ironic. You preach about how this world is terrible, and yet, only Alex was the one to truly harm you. And here you are, about to be slaugthered. And if religion is right, that means you’ll be in hell, away from your own sister.” nicole: *refrains from mentioning that she thinks most of the people here are uneducated filth haha whoops* Suzie just sticks out her tongue Eirik: “Can we send this bumpkin to her doom yet?” nicole: “seems this disgusting inbred cretin isn’t going to admit to her crimes, so we have no other option i suppose” Ray: “I just want this all to stop!” Suzie: “I’m sorry, Ray.” Ray: “What?” Suzie: “I tried really hard, I wanted us to get out of here.” Suzie: “That’s what my wish was gonna be, I wanted you to come with me.” Ray: “You didn’t need to though!” Ray: “There wasn’t a need for any of this, and now everything’s just.” Ray began to have an increasingly hard time finding more words Suzie hugged him. Suzie: “I’m sorry, I know you care about people and you don’t want to hurt anyone. But you said it’s okay for people to be different right?” Suzie: “I drew you that picture remember? Of us on the farm, you were happy with it, so I thought that’s where you wanted to be.” “We would have made it eventually, wouldn’t have we? I-” There’s too much anger and negative emotions emitting from everyone for him. He looks down at Suzie, and starts crying. Suzie: “Ray please don’t cry. You gotta keep smiling, remember!” She drew an X over her heart. That promise had meant nothing to her when she made it, but now she thought differently. “I know! I know!” Ray quickly draws an x once again. She untied the bandanna from around her neck, and tried to tie it around Ray’s neck but she is too short. Eirik’s biting down on his bottom lip as he watches the scene unfold. Ray attempts to bend down, but feels his legs go weak and falls to his knees instead. Suzie ties the bandanna around his neck, and hugs him tightly, kissing his cheek. Ray hugs her back Monokuma: {ALLLLRIGHT! SO ENOUGH SAPPINESS ASIDE, ANYONE READY TO VOTE?} nicole: i am Suzie: “I love you Ray, I think you’re the one person I ever really did.” she was trying to stay calm, keep smiling for his sake, but her voice cracked a little. Monokuma: {YA KNOW THE DRILL!} Ray gives her a smile. Even through tears, it wasn’t at all forced. “I love you too.” Monokuma: {SO SUZIE, ARE YOU READY?} Satine took Emi’s hand. “We did it. We made it.” They’re back to staring rather blankly at her. But she seems happy. So they smile. nicole does not care anymore. she is waiting with a bored expression after casting her vote Sour Candy: “Can we have an explanation fer Riku then? Ya didn’ need ta kill both o’ them.” Suzie pulled away from Ray, but still held onto him. Suzie: “Riku?” Suzie: “If you really care that much, he saw me moving Mana’s body and offered to help.” Suzie: “I told him sure be right back, but instead of actually being like sure I just killed him instead.” Suzie: “Ah, but maybe if I hadn’t killed him I would’ve gotten away with it…” Suzie: She shrugged “Speaking of, can we get rid of it now? Before it breeds.” Well, someone was in ill temper. And that someone was Eirik. [11/7/2014 8:57:04 PM] Sour Candy: http://dangan-refrain.tumblr.com/post/102067200015/suzanne-ackerman-has-been-found-guilty-commencing Monokuma: {UPUPUPUPUP HAHAHAHAHAHAHA } Monokuma: {WHOOO WANTS PRESIES?!} Candy snorted at the word 'presies’. What is Monobear??? 2 years old??? Monokuma: You all recieve boxes, inside containing white shirts with bold pink letters stating “SUZIE ACKERMAN DID NOTHING WRONG” Nicole gets the reference. She still feels faint though, and sways slightly because she’s bad with gore. After being framed Phoebe can’t help but think that Suzie maybe did something wrong. Eirik just tears the shirt up in the trial room. Candy stares at the shirt. “Suzie Ackerman did a lot of stuff wrong….” Emi isn’t even aware they are now holding a shirt. 404 computer nerd not found. nicole scoffs and tosses the shirt over her shoulder nicole turns on her heel and leaves the trial room without another word, stepping on the shirt as she does so Eirik throws the ripped up shirt behind him as he leaves. He returns to the closet when back in his room. Candy drops her shirt and leaves.
Three people dead, god this was crazy. You all head into the court room, the thickness of the air seeming to feel even worse than before. And that’s just not due to Yuuka setting up Deadniel’s body at his podium. Monokuma sets himself up at his chair, just glancing over at all of the new faces. Some are tense, the other are still upset over the after effects of the virus which did seem to go away as planned.
So much had happened since the first body was discovered. Who knows if anyone is ready. {ALLL RIGHT, BASTARDS. YOU KNOW THE RULES. UPUPU}
Touya ‘OraOra’ Gunji: 'I had to speed read them but..can’t believe this happened.’
Crystal: “Why did we bring Daniel’s body?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Wait there’s a body?”
Yuuka♣: “Hehe, I told you all! Evidence!”
Yuuka♣: She pokes Daniel’s cheek. C'mon, Smile Daniel!
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “…Lady I don’t wanna be rude but don’t disrespect dead peeps.’
”…Nope, no body at all. We’re just standin’ in the trial room.“ Shima commented as she crossed her arms under her chest.
Satine gripped her head, still biding time to shoo the voices out of her head.
Emi: "Which body do we want to focus on first? I think it’d be sensible to take this in chronological order.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Chromozoic order?”
Crystal: “Which order would that be? In order they were found or in order that they died?”
“Chronological.” Shima corrected.
Emi: “The order which they died, I’d think.”
Yuuka holds up Daniel’s hand. Let’s do Daniel first! Yay! Look at him volunteer!
Shima: “Th’ hell is Chromozoic…” she muttered.
Emi: “So, Sayomi-san first, since her killer would have been the first to strike.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “…I really should’ve stayed back in my room.”
Yuuka♣: “How rudeee.”
Emi: “… Is anyone missing a pocketknife, by the way?”
Shima casually eyes Yuuka.
Candy stares at Yuuka, that’s just sick.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Sharp objects freak me out so nah.”
Nicole: Well, nobody’s going to own up to it being their’s in this situation.
Touya keeps avoiding looking at Yuuka and the body.
Nicole: It would only make them a suspect
Emi: “I figured I’d give it a shot…”
Yuuka is standing next to Daniel’s body so that it doesn’t fall down lmao
“H-How does n-n-no one n-notice someone wit-with a pocket knife?!” Akifumi wheezed out, trying not to really be looked at oop.
Satine: “I would accuse the crazy cracked bitch, but I bet that’s too easy.”
Yuuka♣: “Cracked?! How rude! I’m not cracked, I’m all in one shape!”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Woah language friend!”
Emi: “Either way! The first to die was Sayomi Inoue at 3:32 A.M. Her body was found in a back alley near a bloody crowbar, which was gotten from the nearby storage closet. There’s an indentation on her skull matching the crowbar. No other marks or wounds. I’m going to guess she was killed in one hit because of this. Probably someone snuck up on her from behind?”
Satine scoffed. “Well holy shit, that was kind of funny.”
Nicole: Sounds like it. Now the only question is who?
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Snuck up? Soy sauce seemed like a strong person though!”
Candy: “A blow to the head can be fatal.”
Shima blinked a few times, hearing a voice next to her. She looked to her left in her line of sight. Nothing. “…Huh?” Slowly, she began to bring her sight down until she noitced the robot boy next to her. “…Oh, who the–…” She then cleared her throat, looked ahead, and continued to listen.
Emi: “… That’s the part I’m not sure about. The only person I’ve thought of so far is, well, Gregory-san. Upon investigating Gregory-san’s room, I found scribbled words in a notebook, and crumpled pages all over the floor, all saying things that likely related to his insecurities. This gives me reason to believe the motive hit him hard. And they were found near each other.”
Satine: “But seriously….” She removed her hand from her head. “Do you think more than one person could be responsible?”
Emi: “Based off the shape of the bruises on Gregory-san and Daniel-san’s arms, I believe they were attacked by the same person.”
Nicole: Gregory and Daniel both died after Sayomi, according to the Monobear files…
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Same birdie attacked 3 other birdies?! Insane are they a juggernaut?!”
Crystal sighed. “I don’t see how they’re related other than the bruisings…”
Yuuka♣: “Birdies aren’t that cruel!’
Akifumi: Muffled crying from the robot area. Still trying to listen in on this. "W-Wait! what if…U-Uuu…What if maybe it was two people? O-Or maybe they all tur-turned on each other Uuuu!!!”
Emi: “Neither do I, honestly.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Birds kill other birds sadly but anyways!.”
Satine: “I think that’s too impossible for just one person.”
Yuuka♣: “Ooh! There is a really big gap between all the murders though, right?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Didn’t Grungie-san have a knife near him? And blood on his hands?”
Emi: “Half an hour exactly.”
Yuuka♣: “Kehehe, do you think someone busted Greg and tried to get him?”
Shima looked back down to the robot boy. “…Can you speak normally wi-with… w-w-w-without… s-speaking like… uuuu…. t-this? Not many of us know you language called Stutter.” she harshly spoke.
Emi: “Yes, he did.” They pull the knife out of their pocket. “This knife. However, there was no stab wound on–” Their attention is distracted by Shima. “Hey. Leave him alone!”
Akifumi: “I-I’m sorry!!!” He wheezed out, deciding hey maybe it’d be better to keep his mouth shut.
Candy: “Oi, don’ make fun of someone’s speakin’ habits, asshole.”
Yuuka♣: “OOoooh! Maybe maybe maybe…..”
Yuuka♣: “Daniel saw it too!”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “That’s weird maybe it was Soy Sauce-sans.”
Yuuka♣: She smiles a rather scary grin.
Yuuka♣: “And they chased him down! 'Daniel stop! Stop don’t tell a soul’!”
Shima shrugged her shoulders. “Listen, I don’t care. I’m trying to find out murder instead of hearin’ th’ stutterin’ in the room.”
Yuuka♣: “You idiot! I saw you kill them!”
Satine: “Why don’t we focus on possible talents that could lead to a suspect? That’s how we got rainbow bitch last time.”
Emi: “There was no stab wound on Sayomi-san’s body, but there was one on Gregory-san’s back.”
Yuuka♣: “Oh I know! I’ll hide in this dark tunnel!”
Emi: “Actually, does anyone know if we have dogs in the park? Or who might have dog-like teeth?”
Yuuka♣: “And then – Daniel died!”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “…do..do you think Soy Sauce stabbed Grungie?”
Emi: “Couldn’t have, she died first, they both had identical wounds to the head as well.”
Yuuka♣: “Aww poor Daniel, having such a thing happen to you!”
Akifumi: “I-I’m afraid of dogs…the-there’s dogs?!”
Yuuka♣: She pats the corpse’s head.
Nicole: I don’t think Sayomi stabbed Gregory…
Nicole: She died before him.
Satine: “….Hm. Not animal talents here, is there?”
Shima adjusted her mask and grumbled. “Ugh…”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Oh right!..”
Nicole: I’m a literary critic, so not me.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Grungie-san was propmaker so no.”
Crystal: “I don’t think talents are going to help us this time.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “and I am but a humble dj”
Emi: Their voice is gentler when addressing Akifumi than anyone. “We don’t know, Akifumi-san. It looks like a dog bit chunks out of Daniel-san’s shoulder, but… after a few hours into the investigation, within the span of a few minutes.”
Yuuka♣:“Ahhhhhhhhhhh.”
Nicole makes a disgusted face.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji:“…wait!”
Yuuka♣: “What if we have a cannibal in court?”
Shima: “Yeah Akifumi. The dog took off huge chunks. It was totally wicked.” She snorted.
Akifumi: “M-Maybe…U-Um…maybe someone h-has teeth k-kind of l-like a dogs?”
Nicole: I-I’m glad I wasn’t around to see that…I probably would have thrown up.
Akifumi: “S-Stop it!!!”
Yuuka♣: “A little sneaky cannibal! Looking out for a free meal!”
Shima: “Arf arf…”
Emi: They are holding a knife. They are looking very likely to start stabbing someone with that knife.
Yuuka♣: “There are three little corpses to eat! Yum yum!”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Yeah I agree with Kiki!”
Yuuka♣: “Surely someone isnt watching one of them!”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Maybe there might be someone with canine teeth!”
Yuuka♣: “Yum yum!”
Akifumi:“U-Um…Kiki?”
Akifumi:“A-Ah!!! Someone agrees!!”
Emi:“Does anyone know anything about someone with teeth like that?”
Candy:“Wouldn’ canine teeth be kinda obvious. We’d be able ta pinpoint who that was right away.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “I mean has anyone seen any dogs here?”
Shima:“…Everyone pretty much has canine teeth. How do you think we eat meat.” she spoke while adjusting her mask and sniffing.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “I haven’t seen any birds here either!”
Akifumi: “That…That isn’t what w-we meant…”
Yuuka♣: “It’s a dog eat dog world.”
Emi: “Not canine teeth, teeth like that of a canine. There’s a difference.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: "Quick everyone open their mouths!”
Shima is NOT removing her mask.
Nicole sighs, but reluctantly opens her mouth anyway.
As if automatically replying, Akifumi opened his mouth. Nothing but nubby teeth wow.
Yuuka opens Daniel’s mouth instead.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: It takes a few moments Touya lifts their gasmask carefully to reveal an open mouth with some extra teeth that are crooked but not sharp.
Crystal opens her mouth. No canine teeth here.
Candy opens her mouth a bit too. No teeth like a canine bur her actual canines are pretty sharp like a vampire’s.
Nami does not seem to be paying attention to the trial. After Emi opens their mouth and nudges her, she opens hers as well. Neither of them have particularly sharp teeth.
I forgot to say but yeah. Nicole’s teeth are pretty normal.
Shima looks all around while having a hand on her hip.
Satine opens hers. Nothing notable but perhaps a crooked tooth or two
Imasaru glances at Shima. “Ah….are you– going to remove your mask, miss?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “MaMa-san please just a peek! Even I did it.”
Shima slowly looked to Imasaru. “…Hmph, there’s no sharp teeth under here.”
Akifumi: “M-Maybe this-this wasn’t the best idea…U-Uu…what if people a-are self concious?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Oh..right that is insensitive of us whoops.”
Imasaru: “Mmm…the robot is right.”
Shima: “Tch, I ain’t insecure. I’d just rather not.” Cue her slowly turning away some.
Imasaru purses his lips, not quite wanting to show his teeth either.
Candy rested on her podium. “Tattoo boy are you gonna show us yer teeth or nah.”
Imasaru: Cue a flush, “F…Fine.” he mumbles. Opening his mouth does he reveal unatural looking canines.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Woah those are impressive Ink-san! Are you a body modder?”
Candy: “What the fuck.”
Emi: “Yuuka-san, can you compare those to the marks on Daniel-san?”
Yuuka♣: “Hmm? Okay!”
Imasaru: And he shuts his mouth immediatly.
Yuuka♣: Motions for Imasaru to come over to her. Here doggie doggie, here poochie!
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Wha..don’t do that Ink-san!”
Shima eyes Imasaru, sharp eyes staring.
Nicole makes a face. “What the fuck…”
Imasaru scootches out of his podium, walking over to where Yuuka is with Deadniel.
Yuuka♣: far out
Yuuka♣: “Alright! Holdie still!”
Yuuka♣: She wastes no time in pressing against the back of his head, pushing his mouth close to the bite marks. With her other hand, she roughly opens his mouth, pulling back his lips to reveal his teeth against the marks.
Emi Kodaira / Nami Yui: Truly 'twas a brilliant idea to bring the body to court.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “…t-that’s gross”
Yuuka♣:“Whoa!”
Candy: “Ugh, gross.”
Shima: “Imasaru, if you happen to be the one, try signin’ up to be a zombie in the after life. You’d make quite the good one.”
Akifumi: “W-Why would you bite someone anyways…groooosss…”
Yuuka♣: “OOh~ Oh! Take another bite, I want to see if you can break through the bone!”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Wait wait!”
“Eewww, grooooooss.” Shima mocked Akifumi.
Yuuka♣: “-Since SOMEONE didn’t let me have a chainsaw!!”
Haruko: That is incredibly unsanitary…
Akifumi: “P-Please stop, i-it makes me–”
Yuuka♣: Death glare at Monobear.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Does it match? You didn’t tell us Cray!”
Akifumi: Quiet once again.
Emi just gets off their stand to go hug the robot again.
Shima: “Woof woof, Akifumi.” Cue some snickering afterwards
Akifumi:“S-Stoppp!!!!”
Yuuka♣: “It totally does match! Weren’t you paying attention idiot?”
Emi: So they’re not saying they’ll fucking shank Shima, but on the other hand, they’re holding a knife and glaring.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Hey! I may not be a bright shining bird but I am not an idiot!”
Akifumi: “P-Please put that down. N-No more deaths p-pleaseee.”
Imasaru lets out a tiny whine, his body being pushed down and takes a deeper bite. His body shaking now.
Shima: “I heard dogs like to chew on things. Think they’ll like to chew on your 'metal’, robot boy?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “…urp!” touya turns their head to puke a bit. Forgetting to lift the gasmask
Yuuka♣: She lets go of the wolf man, letting him stand up straight again.
Crystal: “Save bullying for after the trial, oh my god.”
Emi: “Shut up anyway.”
Imasaru: He managed to break the bone, dropping the flesh and bone behind Deadniel’s body.
Candy: “Holy shit.” She is seriously reconsidering switching rooms again.
Akifumi: Cue the robot boy covering his eyes to avoid any sort of queasy feelings.
Yuuka♣: She doesn’t waste a single second to successfully snap off Daniel’s arm. There is a sickening snap before then the corpse falls to the ground with a watery 'thud’.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “oh fudge the sounds.” Touya keeps from looking
Yuuka♣: “I win!”
Nicole covers her mouth with her hand, paling. “Urp…I think I’m gonna be sick…”
Shima: “…Sure, I’ll shut up, Emi-kun.”
She then noticed the flesh and was surprised.
“Holy shit, that’s sweet…”
Imasaru: His head just kinda lowers. The messy ears that blend in with his hair drooping. “I’m sorry.”
Haruko just fucking passes out. Holy shit.
Shima: “Nice bite, wolf boy… Sign up for zombie clases.” She looked seriously amazed.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Wait Ink-san actually did it? He just became a bird of prey against Pan?!”
Emi sort of blinks over at Imasaru. “Were you the one who did that during the investigation, as well?”
Nicole is most certainly going to be sick. She throws up, right outside of her podium.
Yuuka♣: “Everyone! I now have proper evidence!”
Yuuka♣: She holds up the dismembered limb proudly. Heck yeah!
Shima: “If he goes, can he sign my backpack somewhere first…?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “PUT THAT DOWN CRAY CRAY”
Candy: “Wait wait wait. Back up a minute. Didn’ the biting and just. Happen durin’ investigation? Did it happen before bodies were found?”
Shima: “I got a marker 'n shit…”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “It happened during?”
Emi: “No, it happened about an hour before trial was called. I stepped out of the crime scene area for a few minutes; when I returned, there was the bitten corpse.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “….so what you’re saying is.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Is that we flew in circles?”
Eirik: “Who the hell decides to bite the corpse?”
Shima: “Imasaru… can I have your autograph… Holy shit, that’s amazin’…”
Yuuka♣: “Hehe, well, I went to ask Monobear for a chainsaw, and when I came back, someone had had a snack!”
Yuuka♣:“Buttttttttt.”
Imasaru:“A-Ah….?”
Yuuka♣: “I don’t think doggie is guilty!”
Candy just kinda. slumped onto her podium. “My roommate bites corpses apparently.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “So we DID fly in circles?!”
Emi: “Imasaru-san. Could you explain why you bit the body?”
Shima: “If you wanna switch rooms Candy, we can. I’d be glad…”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “M-Maybe Ink-san mistook it for a candy cane.”
Imasaru: “I…couldn’t help myself…”
Emi: “Why not? What was the matter?”
Eirik: “This case just keeps getting weirder…”
Akifumi:“G-Grossss…”
Candy: “Couldn’ help yerself? That’s so fuckin gross.”
Imasaru: “The voices got to me and I….I lost myself again.”
Imasaru: “I thought nothing would happen but– No one stopped me.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “I think I might lose my breakfast again.”
Emi: “Mhm. Do you happen to have an alibi for the half hour the three murders took place, just in case?”
Yuuka♣: “Kyahaha, those voices were really awful, weren’t they?”
Candy: She looks over to Shima. “Can I take up your roommate switch?”
Yuuka♣: “I’m amazed I didn’t kill myself yet!
Shima: "Sure can, just ask th’ bear.”
{AH AH? THAT’D TAKE SOME TIME. SO MAYBE.}
Imasaru:“Alibi…I..”
Eirik: “As shitty as this sounds, I’m glad they’re over with.”
Imasaru: “I found the two other bodies and then….couldn’t think straight. I went back to my room.”
Shima laughed some and then just decided to remain silent.
Candy: “He’s innocent though, at the time of the murders he was fuckin’ round in the room doin’ god knows what.”
Emi: “Thank you, Candy-san.”
Yuuka♣: “I have to agree, doggie was just hungry hungry! And wanted a snack!”
Yuuka♣: She laughs to herself again.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “C-Can we get off the subject?”
Shima: “Food here must suck in his opinion.”
Akifumi: “G-Grosss…S-So is th-there an-anything else th-then?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Let’s look at the other bodies too.”
Yuuka♣: “I didn’t bring them though.”
Imasaru: “I’m so sorry if I’m such a monster.”
Emi: “I have pictures of them.”
Eirik just knits his brows together.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Exactly we all have pictures right now. We all gotta put our noggins together!”
Emi: “… I meant up-close pictures, specifically of the wounds and bruises.”
Shima stared at Imasaru. “…”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: Touya turns their head to Imasaru “So uhm since you were close to the body did you see anything we didn’t?”
Crystal: “What were the wounds and bruises on the other two?”
Imasaru: “I didn’t look close enough, I’m sorry.”
Emi: “Gregory Smith died at 3:46 A.M. A bloody pocketknife carved with the letter C was nearby. He has a head wound matching the crowbar and a small stab wound on his back matching the pocketknife. There are several marks on his arms that resemble handprints and a recent bruise on his leg.”
Yuuka♣: “Who has the letter C in their name!”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “It’s okay! Hmm..C?”
Crystal: “Emi already went about checking C names.”
Emi: “Daniel Trench died at 4:02 A.M. in the nearby Tunnel of Love. Presumably he was drowned– the back of his hair is all tangled up like someone used it to hold him under. There are very light marks on his arms resembling hands. These prints seem to match the ones on Gregory-san’s.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “…maybe..just maybe the first two were murdered by the last?”
Nicole: Who all has a name starting with C?
Emi: “I didn’t have a chance to speak with Satine Christensen, Phoebe Casella, or Cameron. But Candy-san has an alibi, and Crystal-san has no pockets. Nicole Clark said she wasn’t in possession of one and would’ve carved it with an N anyway.”
Haruko doesn’t have a C in her name either, but she’s too busy having fainted to mention that.
Yuuka♣: Laughs to herself again, is the master of puns.
Akifumi: “U-Uuu yo-you suggested it!”
Emi: “From the tangled hair on the back of his head, I believe Daniel-san was forcibly drowned by someone else.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “No no Kiki I meant”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Maybe they didn’t kill themselves.”
Crystal shuddered. “That sounds terrible. Drowning doesn’t sound all that great.”
Yuuka♣: “Uh, was no one listening to me before?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Was Soy sauce as strong as she looked? She possibly could’ve done it before she died.”
Nicole: You said the marks on Daniel’s body matched the ones on Gregory’s body, correct?
Eirik: “Drowning is a pretty time-consuming method of murder.”
Yuuka♣:“No!”
Emi: “Yes, and I have the pictures to support this claim, Nicole-san.”
Yeah–Imasaru is just gonna stand in the spot Daniel was standing right next to Yuuka. She has tamed the beast.
Nicole: Then obviously they were killed by the same person
Nicole: And that same person is clearly not Sayomi.
Emi: “That’s what I’m thinking.”
Yuuka♣: Hell yeah.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Is that so? I guess that’s too easy then huh?”
Nicole narrows her eyes at Yuuka. Yuuka is revolting and Nicole wants nothing to do with her sicknasty ass.
Crystal: “Sayomi died first, so It’s pretty much impossible for her to have done anything to the others.”
Yuuka♣: Yuuka isn’t Yuuka right now! Please try again for your shy Yuuka another day!
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “She did?..oh right she did! I’m sorry.”
Emi: “Correct. Neither Sayomi nor Gregory could have drowned Daniel.”
Yuuka♣: “Hehe, should I tell my fun tale again?”
Eirik: “Especially since drowning requires constant force.”
Nicole: Is it possible that the person who killed Sayomi is the same one who killed Gregory and Daniel?
Shima: “Someone who can continue to drown him even though he was strugglin’… unless he was knocked out when drowned…?
Yuuka♣: "Daniel got busted by the killer! 'Oh no!’ Daniel screaams, I’m gonna die! And so, Off Off! Runs Daniel, but oh no! He is being totally chased by the killer!”
Emi: “Since the papers I found in Gregory’s room point to him being highly affected by the motive, and there were no marks nor signs of a struggle on Sayomi’s body, I thought perhaps Gregory killed her.”
Eirik: “Exactly. And if the hair was kinda clumped up, that means someone held his head under.”
Yuuka♣: “I’ll hide in the tunnel! I’ll hide in the tunnel, it’s dark there!”
Emi: “Yuuka-san, we heard you the first time.”
Yuuka♣:“Kehehe.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Grungie-san killing Soy sauce? Sort of seems too easy mode.”
Nicole: So, if we go off that suspicion, Gregory killed Sayomi, and someone else killed first Gregory, and then Daniel. Is there anyone who was close to Sayomi here?
Yuuka♣: “Who’s Sayomi.”
Nicole: The girl who died, you dimwit.
Satine: “Well that’s one "no”“
Eirik: "She was the dead chick.”
Akifumi: “I..I never got t-the chance t-to meet her…”
Yuuka♣: “Oh! I was so busy with Daniel I didn’t notice!”
Emi: “Neither myself nor Nami knew her.”
Nicole:Eugh…disgusting.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Nope only saw her a few times!”
Candy frowned. “She looked cool, but I never talked to her.”
Shima:“Hm…”
Cameron: I didn’t really meet her either! Such a shame really ;;
Eirik: “Can’t say I met her. Kinda wish I did.”
Nicole: hmmm…well, i suppose we’re right back to the start, with our main suspects being those with C initials.
Nicole: myself, candy, Cameron, crystal, phoebe, and satine
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “UGh this is no good everyones minds are all a jumble!”
Eirik: “And who out of those have alibis?”
Emi: “And there could be those operating under false aliases. But we’ll stick with those six for now.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “I mean who knows if the c was even there before?!”
Nicole: I believe…Candy had an alibi? *she raises her eyebrow questioningly at Candy*
Candy: “I’ve been in my room all week, tattoo dog boy can vouch for that. So I do have an alibi. Besides I don’ need weapons I can defend myself just fine.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Maybe someone stole the knife from the killer and carved a C on there to throw us off.”
Nicole: So that narrows it down to five
Eirik: “Which is totally possible. Then again, I’d dismissed a lot of things for being too obvious since I got here, so I say we keep our options open.”
Eirik: “But let’s focus on the C’s.”
Yuuka♣: “Ugh… my head is starting to hurt..”
Emi: “I do have the knife right here.”
Crystal: “I don’t have any pockets, having a pocket knife would be a waste since I couldn’t hide it anywhere
Nicole raised an eyebrow. "Not necessarily.”
Eirik: “You could hide it in your sleeves though.”
Nicole: or the waistband of your skirt, or your bra, or on a chain around your neck, or anywhere else, really.
Cameron: Wouldn’t that be really uncomfortable though?
Cameron: but I guess that doens’t matter when you want to kill someone huh?
Eirik: “What’s a little discomfort if it saves your life though?”
Nicole:Exactly.
Satine: “But that just makes anyone suspicious. So no leads?”
Nicole: Besides, people have guns in their waistband and cell phones in their bras all the time - it’s not uncommon to carry things in those places.
Eirik: “Seat belts have the same idea.” He seemed a bit…harder than before. A little colder.
Crystal: “My sleeves are a bit too loose, the only thing around my neck is my tie and there’s no way of hiding things there, but I guess you’re right about the other things. Whenever we get out of here I should start hiding safety items in my bra.”
Emi: “Only leads I can think of are the C and possibly trying to match hands to bruises.”
Emi: “Because that went so well last time.”
Yuuka♣: Without a word of warning, Yuuka then slumps over the podium, completely passed out. Turns out not sleeping for 3 days straight and then using a burst of energy wasn’t the best idea in the world.
Nicole: It’s stupid I agree, but we don’t have any other ideas.
Crystal: “Yeah let’s not bring up hands again.”
Emi: “We do at least have a dead body to match things to.”
Eirik: “Well, about what size were the bruises?”
Shima: “Welp, there goes Yuuka.”
Eirik: “I’ll get her back to her room this time. Let her sleep.”
Emi just pulls out their laptop, pulls up a picture of the bruises that were on Gregory’s body, and spins it around so the screen is facing Eirik. “This size.”
Satine: “Make sure she doesn’t try to eat you.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Well we do have another..er body here.”
Emi: “Also we could just have people put their hands on Daniel’s arms, yes.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “We could take turns comparing.”
Nicole: That could work.
Emi: “Part of the reason I didn’t stop her from bringing him.”
Candy: “Yes, let’s all line up to put our hands on a dead body! That’s not going to get us anywhere.”
Shima:“Agreed.”
Emi: “We’re not getting anywhere as it is…”
Akifumi: “I-I’m not confortable touching i-it…”
Nicole:Agreed.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “How rude!”
Satine: “That sounds like something the crazy bitch would want us to do, if she didn’t konk out on us.”
Eirik: “It could help us narrow it down. May as well try in case it works.”
Emi opens up a game of solitaire tbh.
Shima: “You’re not comfortable with everything, robot boy.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “You can compare feets of birds by putting them in the plot they steped on”
Nicole grimaced. “I’m not very keen on touching the corpse either, but I’d rather do that than be killed.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: "It’s the same concept! Only…dead”
Akifumi: “Y-You’re right…”
Imasaru just kinda picks up Yuuka, holding the small babby bridal style. Growling.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “So are we..-gulp- gonna touch the body now?”
Nicole: I think it would be best for those with the C initial to do it first.
Candy: “Then you go first.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Nicole does have a C in it.”
Nicole: They’re referring to my last name, Clark, actually.
Yuuka♣: Is she still holding Daniel’s arm in her sleep though? Yes. Please get rid of that thing.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “O-Oh oops.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Sorry Nic Nak”
Shima: “Who wants to touch the body first?!” Shima then rolled her eyes.
“I’ll do it.” Nicole takes a deep breath and slowly approaches the dead body.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Remember don’t throw up!”
Candy grumbles. “I don’ wanna touch a dead body that’s fuckin gross what if he’s already decayin’?”
She makes a disgusted face. “Eugh…” She slowly puts her hand against the mark on the body, and luckily does not throw up. her hand doesn’t match exactly, though - her hands are smaller than the marks.
Akifumi: “A-Actually, a body d-doesn’t start decaying until–” Ahaha there he goes
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Kiki please no.”
Satine groaned. “Ew.”
Nicole pulls her hand away. “Please tell me someone has hand sanitizer I can use….”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Left mine in my room sorry. But I do have gloves on me!”
Nicole: Anyway, the marks are clearly made by hands larger than mine.
Shima: “…About three hours after death, rigor mortis, which is a stiffening of muscles, sets in. Around 12 hours after death, the body will feel cool, and within 24 hours, depending on body fat and external temperatures, it will lose all internal heat in a process called algor mortis. The muscle tissue begins to lose its stiffness after about 36 hours, and within about 72 hours of dying, the body’s rigor mortis will subside… I study it for zombies…” Shima spoke slowly.
Candy groans. “No one asssskkkked.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “That..That is interesting Zombi-chan.”
Akifumi: “Y-You said he might be decaying s-so…t-there’s an answer..”
Shima: “…Shut it, robot boy.” she huffed, cheeks tinting slightly.
AKifumi: “U-Uuu…Someone j-just go t-touch it please.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Well Nic Nak is crossed off”
Emi tries to reassuringly pat the robot on the shoulder. No they still haven’t left the robot’s podium why do you ask.
Nicole glances at Satine, Cameron, Phoebe and Crystal in turn, and jerks her thumb towards the dead body. “Line up. If I had to do it, so do you.”
Cameron: “Ewwww no way!”
Nicole: DO IT.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Please do it Camo!”
Shima: “Yeah, lets all take turns touching it. Hey Nicole, how was the body temperature?”
Nicole: I did not put my hands on a dead body for no reason.
Nicole: It was just what you’d expect from a dead body - cold.
Eirik: “We don’t have all night. Come on…”
Cameron: “But I might get my gloves dirty! My special clown gloves!!”
Nicole sighs. “Then take off the gloves. For God’s sake, its not that hard.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Then borrow mine!”
Satine rolls her eyes. “Fine.”
She walks up, matching hands with marks. No dice, the marks are much too big.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “So does someone have big gorilla hands?”
Cameron: *quickly slips on a single huge plush glove and raises their hand* I dooo!
Nicole rolls her eyes.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “I…that’s hilarious but”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Bad timing.”
Akifumi: “That…That makes m-me confused..”
Emi is playing solitaire for a reason.
Eirik sighs and holds up his own hands, which are pretty big. He was also pretty tall though, so that makes sense. “I do, but I can confirm that it wasn’t me.”
Eirik: He then proceeds to touch the body. His hands are actually a bit too big.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “So it’s like Goldilocks we gotta find one that’s just right.”
Nicole glances over at Crystal and Cameron. “Stop stalling, both of you, and prove your innocence.” She pauses. “Or, your guilt.”
Shima: “I have large hands, but I don’t start with a C.” she shrugged.
Nami has just been standing there staring into space. That’s literally all she’s doing. Haha is there a trial? What trial?
Eirik: “Neither do I.”
Cameron sighs but walks up to the dead body anyway. Their hands are too small. They use this as a chance to switch out the other glove for a big one as well. god dammit cameron
You’re okay Nami. Imasaru is just kinda standing there, defensivly holding onto Yuuka
Crystal walks up to the body and hesitantly puts her hand on it. Ewwww gross. Her hands were the same size as the marks.
Nicole: Well, well.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Cry-san matches?”
Crystal: She wipes her hands on her skirt then walks back to her podium.
Satine: “Damn, the cynical bitch did it. Who woulda thought.”
Eirik: “Looks like it. Seemed kinda fishy when she dismissed herself because she didn’t have any pockets.”
Crystal sighs. “Took you all way too long to figure this out.”
Emi once again proves to be the worst human lie detector ever.
Satine: “So sorry princess. So why did ya do it? Are you as crazy as the pink bitch?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Wait wait waaaait so if you killed Grungie-san..you bitch. and Pan-san. Who killed Soy Sauce?”
Yuuka♣:“Zz…”
Reaching into her shirt, she pulls out her student ID. “My bra has pockets. Surprised you didn’t think of that.”
Nicole: You’re an idiot - I specifically suggested that.
Crystal: “I guess I can tell the story.” She had kind of an angry tone. “Greg killed Sayomi. I saw Greg kill Sayomi, I stabbed Greg with my pocket knife, Greg fought me, I killed Greg with what he used to kill Sayomi.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “..wait so Pan-san saw you?..”
Satine began to laugh, as she always did near the end of the trials. “Damnnnnnn, she’s cold blooded!”
{DA-DAAAAA AND THAT’S IT!}
Eirik: “…can’t say I’m surprised.”
Crystal: “The motive didn’t affect me that much, but after I killed him, the voice in my head went from telling me how shitty I am and how I’ll never live up to my father’s expectations, it went to praising me.”
Eirik: “What about Daniel though?”
Crystal held up a finger. “Hold on I’m getting there.”
Satine: Whistles. “Damn. That’s even more fucked up.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “…I’m feel very…sad about Grungie-san doing that but go on.”
Shima: “Where’s the popcorn at?”
Crystal: “It was interesting, to be honest, being told that killing was a good thing. After that I realized, it was fun to be honest!”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “That’s not right.”
Satine just started laughing even harder.
Nicole listens to Crystal in silence, arms crossed over her chest and a look of disgusted contempt frozen on her face.
Crystal: “After praising me over and over, it went on to tell me other stories, maybe a past life? I don’t know. But apparently I killed before this too. That just made the thrill of killing even better.”
That caught Eirik’s interest. “Did it say anything else?”
Satine: “I’d back away from her guys. She may turn on someone any minute.”
Crystal: “As I was walking away from the alley to get back to the castle, I saw Daniel walking by the tunnel of love, and I’m not sure what came over me, but I really wanted to get rid of him too, so after a small struggle, I got him into the attraction, held him under, and waited until he died.”
Crystal: “Ahhh, the voice was saying stuff about some girl named 'Hotaru,’ kind of odd since I don’t know a Hotaru.”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji:“…terrible.”
Eirik: “…what the hell?”
Shima: “…Can I get your autograph too? Man, some people here would make good zombies or good survivors…”
Eirik: “And there isn’t a Hotaru in this class, correct?”
Emi:“Correct.”
Satine: “This group is so full of terrible people.” She giggled. “I love it!”
Eirik: “I thought so.”
Emi: “Past life… but of what?”
Crystal laughed. “My autograph? Sorry, I don’t think I’ll give that out. You can have my pocket knife though.”
Eirik: “This probably sounds insane…but what if Crystal was amnesiac?”
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji:“Animaniac?”
Emi: “Makes some sense, actually.”
Nicole: It’s possible.
Eirik: “Yeah. And what if the voice…kinda brought some stuff back?”
Shima: “Really?! Sure, sure! I’ll take that…!”
{ARE WE DONE HERE. CRYSTAL? LAST WORDS DONE?}
Crystal: “Go ahead and vote for me, it’s obvious I did this.”
Satine: “Maybe you should sell your merch Crystal, before you bite it. You can be remembered forever.”
Eirik: “…anything else to say that you didn’t tell us?”
Haruko continues to be unconcious.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “I’m gonna sit on the floor now.”
Yuuka♣: Yay. Unconcious club!
Shima was glad to be able to get merch. What a freak.
Eirik was beginning to sound angry when he spoke. His hands were balled up into fists and he looked like he was gonna punch something. “Anything you skipped about the new voice?”
{WELLLLL CONGRATULATIONS, YOU BASTARDS!!!}
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “Are we…are we done? Is it over?”
{YOU FOUND OUT THE MURDER! NOW ITS JUST TIME TO VOTE}
As the vote panel opens, Haruko’s head slips onto the button to vote Elyse.
Crystal just, waits for votes.
{PRESSES THE BUTTON LIKE HELLA}
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Crystal is sitting in a witness stand, well, strapped to the witness stand, Monobear in the bench beside her. She looked to him and the jury of other Monobears uneasily. More Monobears sitting in the chairs behind the tables in front of her, watching Crystal angrily. One Crystal’s friends sit in a chair on the other side of the room. Yet another Monobear came up, apparently a lawyer. He begins to speak and ask questions. Crystal takes deep breaths. Monobear goes on with his questions without pausing. She just nodded or shook her head to what she was being asked.
Eventually the room began to be filled with water. Guards come up to Crystal and hold spears against her, keeping her from getting up. She was sweating now and glancing around frantically.
The room had a noticeable amount of water now, going up to Crystal’s chest. She started to squirm, and the guards put slits in her shoulders. Blood oozed into the water. The lawyer Monobear, guards, jury, and judge all evacuated. Crystal stayed put and the water raised past her head. She held her breath at this point.
After the room was completely full, the doors to the room busted open and a mechanical shark swam in. Attracted to Crystal’s blood, it swam towards her. She gasped and tried to get out of her chair., allowing water to come into her mouth and fill her lungs. She brought her hands up to cover her mouth, causing more blood to get out of her arms. The shark was an inch away from her now and with a loud chomp…she was bitten in half.
The shark spat out the remains of her clothes then swam out of the room.
Touya 'OraOra’ Gunji: “…I can’t believe people are dead. I can’t believe people killed eachother.”
Shima: “…Ah…Well then…”
Haruko remains unconcious. Maybe somebody should check on her after the trial or something.
{ALRIGHT YOU BASTARDS, SHARK PUSHIES FOR ALL! ALL SEWN BY YOUR FAVORITE DEAD CHICK AIRI YUMIMOMO!}
Eirik’s eyes widened just slightly, but he simply directed his gaze to the screen, not breaking his state until the execution was over.
Touya begrudgingly takes the plushie and slumps out.
Emi is… not hugging the hell out of the robot right now. N-not at all why would anyone think that.
Akifumi: “K…Kodaira-san…I-I don-don’t w-want to watch t-these an-anymore…U-Uuuu.”
Shima: “Uh… Anyone want mine? I don’t…”
Nami doesn’t seem to have registered that anyone even died.
Eirik takes the plush, staring at it for a second before pocketing it
Emi: “It’s okay, Akifumi-san. Let’s get out of here.” They pick up, hm, three plushes. Just in case. “Nami! Nami, we’re leaving now.”
Haruko is not able to take a plushie, as she is unconcious.
Emi has two semi-comatose friends and two hands. This will end well.
Since Yuuka seems to be abandoned on the floor, Eirik decides to pick her up and take her to her room. “Anyone know where she lives?” He’s such a nice boy.
Emi: “Sapphire, Floor 2, with Shima-kun.”
Nobody helps Haruko because she is a fucking meme.
Eirik: “Cool, thanks.” He’s cradling the unconscious Yuuka like a child, looking rather concerned.
She’s stil lholding the arm though rip
Eirik also decides to remove the severed arm from her grip. Dead people are gross.
Shima:“….Uh….”
Shima:“Can we just leave her outside the doo– It’s fuckin’ Shima-chan, damn it!”
Nicole takes a plushie because it’s fucking adorable and leaves.
Emi: Exit stage whatever, dragging a robot and Nami.
“It’s her room too,” Eirik reminds Shima.
Candy takes the plush too bc holy shit sharks. She then leaves
Shima: “…She doesn’t have the arm, does she.”
Eirik points to the arm on the floor.
Shima:“…Fine.”
Eirik: “Aren’t you the zombie kid?”
Shima: “…Yeah, so?”
Eirik: “…anyway, let’s just get her to her bed. She needs rest.”
Shima: “…Yeah, yeah, whatever…”
Eirik leaves holding Yuuka, who has passed out during two of three trials.
Holy shit, how could someone have died without a motive? That’s prettyinsane, once you think about it. But none the less, Monokuma gave you more timefor an investigation than last week. You all gather into the trial room inside of Oval Castle, there now being two more podiums than before. Each holding someone who had been murdered…or executed. Monokuma makes his way into the trial room as the air grows tense. {WOOOWWW, SO SOMEONE HERE IS GONNA BE MY BFFSIE FOR LIFE BECAUSE THEY KILLED WITHOUT ME THREATENING YOU ALL!!! UPUPUPU. AHH, BUT ALL OF THAT ASIDE, ARE YOU BASTARDS READY?}
Phoebe: “as ready as we’ll ever be I suppose”
Emi: “… Not in the least. We may as well go on.”
Satine, for once, looked rather remorseful. “I’m….I’m sorry about your sister. Really.”
Suzie cringed
Imasaru: It…[he gulped] Rather is a shame that we’re both standing next to her podium, Suizie.
Eirik: He takes a deep breath. “Yeah, I’m… I’m sorry. Let’s work on figuring out who did this.”
Sayomi: We’ll find the culprit, then there’ll be another execution…Harsh, but it’s…
Ray:“Eugh.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Alexander sighed. “We will. She’ll be avenged, that’s for sure.”
Phoebe: Where do we start?
{ALRIGHT, ENOUGH YAMMERING. START SOMETHIN}
Eirik: “The crime scene always seems to be a good place to start.”
Emi: “What evidence really is there? Bruises on her throat, gravel on the seat next to her, gravel in the trashcan outside…”
Candy: “Did we find out WHERE the gravel came from?”
Mana: “And her eyes were bloodshot, so I’ve heard.”
Sayomi: The brusises were most likely from suffocation.
Imasaru: It would seem so.
Phoebe: So she was strangled?
Sayomi:Yeah.
Emi: “Never did, Candy-san.”
Eirik: “The bruises look like hand prints.”
Imasaru: Candy–you said you found something in our room, didin’t you?
“What kind of cheap kill is that!?” Satine slammed her hands on her railing. “digusting.”
Candy: “!!! Yes I did!!! I found like. Paint.”
Alex raised a brow. “Yeah, and yelling like you did before REALLY is gonna help.”
Emi: “… Paint. That… would explain a /lot/, potentially.”
Nami: “Oooh! Ooh, what kind of paint?!”
Eirik: “Candy, you said you found some paint?”
Candy nodded, and then pulled the paint bottle out of her pocket. “Yeah paint.”
Eirik: “Alex said the gravel was ‘cheaply painted’. Did the colors look like the gravel?”
Candy: “I dunno I didn’t see the gravel.”
Emi: “May we see the paint?”
Eirik: “Yeah, let’s take a look at it…”
Candy like. Tossed the bottle towards Emi since Emi was the closest.
Emi: *looks over the paint critically. does it match the gravel.*
Yes it does match the gravel.
Emi: “Perfect match.”
Eirik: “Wait a second, do the doors to the rooms lock?”
“That’s….Pretty damn weird.” Satine glared. “Why the fuck would someone paint rocks!?”
Mana: “Was the gravel in the trashcan painted too, anyone know?”
“To hide SOMEthing, obviously.” Alexander crossed his arms.
Eirik: “To disguise where they came from.”
Eirik: “What’s with the rocks being there, anyway?”
Crystal: “The doors of the rooms are normally locked unless it’s during investigation.”
Eirik: “So either someone stashed the paint in their room during the investigation, or the killer is in that room.”
Mana: “…If they wanted to disguise where they came from they could have just… Brushed the rocks off…”
Nami: “Maybe… the killer stepped in the rocks! And then stood on the seat!”
Emi: “Candy-san, when did you find the paint?”
Candy: “Earlier today.”
Eirik: “Was it after we found the body?”
Mana: “So, before the murder?”
Candy shook her head. “No, I think it was after the announcement.”
Eirik: “So anyone could have tossed it in a random room, then.”
Phoebe: That’s doesn’t help us much…
Eirik: “Did you maybe see anyone out on your floor before you went into your room?”
Candy: “But!!! I wasn’t in my room much of today, so I dunno, Rhyme kid over there could’ve planted it.”
Candy shook her head. “Nope. I went into my room before we got here.”
Imasaru: –! I…Can assure you I did not.
Phoebe: Do you have an alibi, then?
“Great. No leads.” Satine hissed.
Emi: “After last trial, the killer would’ve known about the rooms. It’s partly how we caught Orochi-san.”
Imasaru: I…wasn’t out too much durring the investigation, but I wasn’t in my room at the least. I appologize.
Nami: “Where were you?”
Eirik: “Candy, did you see anyone before you went into your room?”
Eirik: “Anyone who was out in the hall, maybe someone who doesn’t live on your floor?”
She shook her head again. “I wasn’ payin’ much attention.”
Imasaru: I was–in Aqua Forest still. Clearing my head. I didn’t feel the need to get involved in the investigation since it was so crowded at the crime scene.
Mana: “Hm, well… Does anyone else have anything? Literally, any idea at all.”
Eirik: “Well, I have a few ideas as to where the original gravel could come from. A couple places that have like normal gravel the killer coulda painted.”
Mana: “Oh, where?”
Emi:“Severalplaces.”
Eirik: “The bug attraction, safari, under the structure of the roller coasters.”
Eirik: “I was gonna look in the asylum, but I ran outta time.”
Phoebe: If we could narrow down where it came from, what would that tell us?
Crystal shrugged. “Probably nothing.”
Eirik: “I honestly don’t know. I’m grasping at straws.”
Mana: “Ahh, I see. So that’s a partial reason why they would have had to paint it, but… They were stupid to leave it there anyway! Was there paint around the seat, or was it pre-painted?”
Emi: “I didn’t see anything else wrong with the ride. And there was similar gravel in the trash. Which… brings up the question of why there was gravel in the trash.”
Nami: “Maybe maybe it’s a secret message! In rock code!”
Eirik: “…dammit. The gravel was probably a red herring.”
Candy: “??? Rock code?”
Emi: “One we fell for.”
Eirik: “All too hard.”
Imasaru: Does anyone here even work with rocks?
Phoebe: Work with rocks..
Eirik: “There’s the aquarium builder. He told me about the cheap paint.”
Emi: “We followed much of the same thought process, I see.”
Mana: “But nobody’s like… SHSL rock expert or something like that.”
Emi: “Unfortunately not.”
Phoebe: Do aquarium builders…Carry around pockets full of gravel?
Candy just. Sits down and pulls her 3DS out of her pocket and starts playing it. Trials are boring.
Eirik: “I doubt it.”
Mana: “I doubt that. Unless they had some ulterior motive.”
Alexander laughed. “I don’t usually. Really rediculous unless I need it.”
Imasaru:Candy–
Eirik: “Let’s try and focus on the body, maybe?”
Phoebe: Maybe it was a poor attempt at framing.
Eirik:“Probably.”
Nami: “There wasn’t much about the body! Nothing in her pockets at all!”
Nami: “Oooh, but there was red in her eyes. Does that happen when you’re strangled?”
Mana: “Everything about her was fine, minus her neck and eyes. And maybe, I’m not sure…”
Nami: “We could try it and find o– mmph!” *Emi has reached over and put a hand across her mouth.*
Eirik: “Yeah. I think maybe vessels in her eyes popped or something?”
Suzie covered her ears
Mana: “It might be a thing that happens, I wouldn’t be surprised. So possibly. Then there’s no leads, at all.”
Emi: “Suzie-san, do you know of anyone she was friends with?”
Eirik: “I think that happens when you strangle someone. Wait a second…”
Eirik: “I just thought of something…”
Emi: “Do tell.”
Eirik: “Well, I’ve heard that, if someone tries to make themselves throw up then they may sometimes pop vessels in their eyes. So she was probably straining pretty hard. It just kinda solidifies the strangulation thing.”
Eirik: “Unless someone tried to make her swallow the rocks or something.”
Satine: “Wow…Swallowing rocks? That’s harsh.”
Eirik: “Like I said, I’m kinda grasping at straws…”
Ray: “That would be… way way too cruel. And this was already way cruel.”
Emi: “Yeah. She was strapped into the coaster, I’m assuming… That likely would’ve made it harder to resist.”
Emi: “Or at least harder to pry her killer off.”
Eirik: “So we’re thinking that the killer strapped her in before strangling her. And there were no bruises on her arms or anything…”
Crystal: “There were rocks on the seat beside her, so it would make sense if they were originally on the ride together.”
Eirik: “That’s what I was thinking. Cause there were no other signs of a struggle. She was probably riding the ride with her killer.”
Emi: “Is there anyone she was friends with who would go on a ride with her?”
Nami: “You don’t have to be friends! You can make friends riding rides!”
Eirik: “Uhm…Suzie? Do you know if your sister hung out with anyone?”
Crystal: “I was her roommate and I never even spoke to her.”
Crystal: “She could’ve been one of those shy types.”
Suzie still had her ears covered, she wasn’t listening.
Emi: *gently goes over to her and taps her on the shoulder*
Emi: “Suzie-san, we need your help.”
Suzie shook her head.
Eirik: “Please. It’ll help catch her killer.”
Ray: “Um. I-Is there a way we can use the evidence we already have…?”
Emi: “What evidence do we really have, though? Rocks. Paint. More rocks. Her being strangled.”
{WERE THE HANDS YAOI?}
{IT COULD HAVE BEEN CRYSTAL}
Eirik: “It doesn’t really point to anyone though. Maybe hand size, but that’s it.”
Phoebe: Please not with the hands again.
Eirik: “Can someone turn off this rejected care bear so I can focus?”
Emi: *just goes back over to stand by Nami* “Does it take a lot of strength to strangle a girl who’s strapped in?”
Emi: *gazes speculatively over at the robot*
Ray: “If we put our minds to it then we can probably figure it out, or at least something! I don’t think turning to Suzie right now may be best, due to recent events.”
Imasaru: If any of us had someone close to us, I think we’d all be like Suizie, Ray.
Eirik: “Strangulation probably isn’t an easy thing to do, I figure. Although her being strapped in would make it a ton easier.”
Crystal just. glares at the bear.
Emi: “So we’re looking for someone with at least a degree of physical strength. That… might not rule out anyone.”
Ray: “Yeah yeah! That’s what I’m saying.”
Eirik: “Anyone here an athlete or anything?”
Crystal: “Candy has expressed liking to fight before. So that proves she has strength.”
Ray: “I used to be? I guess.”
Emi: “Neither myself nor Nami is, but I wager it’d still be possible for either of us to strangle someone.”
Eirik: “I mean, I’m no wimp, but all I’ve done is act as my own roadie.”
Mana: “I’m not like some…super athlete, but I guess I have some strength. This isn’t narrowing anyone out.” She groans, exasperated.
Emi: “Does anyone here have an alibi?”
Crystal: “Anyone could’ve done it, strangulation isn’t necessarily about strength.”
Eirik: “What time was the murder again?”
Emi: “10:58 A.M.”
Eirik: “…honestly, I think I was still asleep.”
Eirik: “If not, I hadn’t been awake for long.”
Imasaru: Isn’t the morning annoucement at 7?
Emi: “I would have /liked/ to be, but someone barged into my room.”
Eirik: “I’m a chronic insomniac.”
Mana: “I was in the shower.”
“I was out for some coffee.” Alex twirled a piece of his hair.
Eirik: “I’m lucky if I fall asleep by four.”
Phoebe: “I was in my room around that time.”
Crystal: “I was showering as well.”
Nami: “… I woke Emi up.”
Candy had pulled out earphones at one point and plugged it into her game. She’s not really paying attention.
Emi: “Suzie-san wasn’t in our room, but I don’t know where she might’ve been.”
Imasaru: Is any of this getting us anywhere?
Emi: “So we can’t really conclude anything. No… it’s not.”
Eirik: “…did anyone get a rough size estimate of the bruises on her neck?”
Nami: “… I looked at 'em, but I don’t think so!”
Crystal: “I think we learned from last time that talking about hands won’t get us anywhere.”
Imasaru: Affermative. Unless if you want the bear talking about them again.
Mana: “But last time, of course not, because anyone can wear large gloves. This time, it’s literally based on hand size. It COULD narrow something down… If only we had collected the right evidence.”
Eirik: “Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Plus, we’re kind of at the end of our evidence here.”
Satine: “But wouldn’t the marks on said hands have faded?”
Emi: “No, the marks /from/ the hands, on her neck.”
Eirik: “The bruises on the victim’s neck, we mean.”
Crystal: “I think going back to the gravel might be a good idea.”
Eirik: “What about it, exactly?”
Emi: “It’s all we’ve got.”
Crystal: “Candy said she had found the paint in her room, but it’s very likely she could be lying.”
Imasaru: She showed us it, though.The bottle, atleast.
Eirik: “Why would she lie about it? I mean, it doesn’t make sense.”
Alex: “It doesn’t.”
Emi: “If she was the culprit, she could just… not show us. No one else knew.”
Crystal: “Yes, but what if she lied about finding it. She could easily be covering herself up.”
Emi: “… then why would she bother showing us the bottle?”
Eirik: “Exactly. She could have just kept it and not said anything.”
Mana: “To get everyone off track, because why WOULD the culprit show such a thing?”
Crystal: “She probably showed it to attempt to clear herself.”
Emi: “… alternatively, she was genuinely trying to be helpful.”
Crystal: “That’s also a possibility.”
Eirik: “Can someone get her to pay attention to the conversation, speaking of Candy.”
She shrugged. “Her and her roommate are the most suspicious at the moment.”
Emi: “She’s not listening. Or paying attention. So… we can’t really tell.”
Eirik: “Who’s her roommate?”
Nami: *steals the paint bottle from Emi and throws it at Candy*
Emi: “Nami, don’t just—” *sighs*
Imasaru:I…am.
Emi: “Her roommate is Imasaru Rhyme.”
Candy: “!!!” Candy jumped up and shut her system down. “WHAT WAS THAT FOR?”
Nami: “Now you’re paying attention! We’re talking about you!”
Mana: “You needed to pay attention.”
Eirik: “You wanna run it past us again how and where you found the bottle?”
Candy: “Oh. Uh. What were you saying?”
Mana:“Things.”
Mana: “That you would know, had you been paying attention.”
Candy: “That ain’t helpful.”
Emi: “Discussing whether or not you found the bottle or are lying to cover yourself up.”
Emi: “Any opinions?”
Eirik: “Is there anywhere we could have found paint, anyway?”
Nami: “There’s a lot of stores around~!”
Imasaru: I don’t use paint in my works, so there’s a no for any suspicion towards myself.
Eirik: “There like an art supply store?”
Candy: “Wh- Why would I do that?” She thought about it for a moment. “Wait no it’d make sense to lie in this situation…”
Emi: “Monobear-san, is there a store where paint can be acquired here?”
Candy: “I can assure you it ain’t me!”
Eirik: “We can’t really take anyone’s word in a situation like this. You’re probably the most suspicious person here.”
{THERE IS!}
Emi: “Looks like we figured out where the paint came from, at least.”
Mana: “Might be you… And if there’s a store to buy paint, hm… I wonder if anyone saw her around there, at any point.”
Candy:“I????”
Eirik: “Anyone hang around the stores a lot.?”
Imasaru: I doubt she’d ever have a need for paint.
Emi: “Coffeeshop, sure.”
Candy: “I do hang around the shops sometimes but????”
Mana: “Hm, yeah, I do too, admittedly. It’s not really solid evidence.”
Nami: “I do when I’m looking for people to talk to! I’ve never seen Candy-san, though…”
“Tch, I don’t have time for coffee anymore.” Satine huffed.
Emi: “Your loss.” Coffee. The most amazing of non-technical things…
Eirik: “I’ve run into a couple of people at the coffee shop, but I haven’t talked to Candy since way at the beginning.”
Emi: “I met Candy-san at the restaurants. If we're… detailing when we’ve seen her? Which I’m not sure why we’re doing.”
Mana: “Yeah, that’s…not helping.”
Candy: “I don’ have a reason ta kill why would I do this?”
Eirik: “Candy, can you tell us how and when you found the paint in your room again? Just to clarify.”
Emi: “Nobody had a reason to kill… unless living here was truly intolerable.”
Candy: “Ah, I walked into my room before I came here to grab my earphones, and I saw it on my bed.”
Mana:“Hm…”
Imasaru: Do you recall the time?
Candy: “Before I came here.”
Eirik: “How long before?”
Mana: “So, after the murder, I’d guess. The doors are usually unlocked then, right?? Someone could have possibly been trying to frame her.”
Nami: “I was wandering around the tower from a few minutes into my investigation until Monobear-san called trial…”
Candy: “Does it look like I know?”
Eirik: “You should be able to tell the difference between two hours and two minutes, so yes.”
Imasaru: Mmm. That’s fine, obviously it’s clear that you’re not the murderer, though. Since evidence was planted in our room.
Mana: “Before the trial I was just looking over evidence that had already been gathered, but not really investigating myself.”
Candy: “I don’t know??? I just know I knew the trial was comin’ up so I walked to my room to get my thing.”
Emi: “… If nothing else, your game system has a clock on it.”
Candy: “I wasn’t ON my game system when I walked up there.”
Emi: “Were you at all during the investigation?”
Candy:“No.”
Emi: “It really doesn’t matter the exact time, anyway. If the culprit headed there first thing…”
Imasaru: Can we stop placing claims that she did anything?
Eirik: “If they just tossed it in a room, could have been an afterthought, maybe?”
Emi: “Maybe so. If they paid attention enough to coldbloodedly murder, it’s likely they knew not to store stuff in their own room.”
Mana:“Exactly.”
Eirik: “True. I’m just saying, maybe it wasn’t calculated as to which room?”
Emi: “It doesn’t really matter which room, as long as it’s not theirs.” They shrug.
Mana: “They could have just as easily opened a door to a random room, tossed it in there, not caring.”
Emi: “It’s impossible to tell.”
Eirik: “That’s what they probably did.”
Satine had her head in her palm, seeming to space out, then her eyes opened.“Hey, you know who HAS been at the coffeehouse 24/7 since this entire game started?”
Eirik:“Who?”
Candy grumbles and sits back down to play her game again.
She gestured toward Alex. “Rainbow bitch over there.”
Alex raised a brow. “Oh, how cute. The real bitch is spewing profanites…AGAIN.”
Crystal: “Hey now, no name calling.”
Emi: “Fighting won’t help. Alexander-san, did you see anything from being at the coffeeshop so much?”
“No.” He deadpanned.
Eirik: “Nothing at all? Any other people who frequent it?”
“Probably not, I would have known.” Alex griminced.
Emi: “I’m around there whenever Nami locks me out of my room again. Didn’t see anything.”
Eirik: “…Alex? Where were you at the time of the murder?”
He shrugged. “I was walking around. I’m sure somebody saw me.”
Crystal: “Can I ask something about the gravel? We figured out that it was most definitely painted with the paint from Candy, but do we know where the gravel came from originally?”
Emi: “Not a clue. We never saw it unpainted.”
Eirik: “Like I said earlier, there are several places it may have come from.”
Crystal: “Does anyone here works with gravel?”
Crystal: “Of any kind.”
Emi: “We’ve an aquarium builder, as both Eirik-san and I noted.”
Eirik: “Under the structure of the coasters, the bug attraction, the safari. I don’t work with gravel or rocks, but that’s where I saw it.”
He glared. “I already explained the rocks.”
Crystal: “Can you explain again? Just as a quick reminder?”
He crossed his arms, seeming more offended. “The paint on them is a toxic kind. If you used it in a aquarium, it’d flake off and poison the fish.”
Crystal: “Would the paint found in Candy’s room, which matches the paint on the rocks, be poisonous to fish?”
“Yeah. It takes a specical kind of paint.”
Crystal: “Hmm. If the gravel wasn’t painted, would it be fit for a fish tank?
Eirik: "So the gravel would have been in a place without fish. Which…doesn’t narrow anything down.”
Emi: “Crystal-san, what does this have to do with anything?”
Crystal: “Shhh I know what I’m doing.”
Alex: “…Yeah, I guess so. I mean why not if it’s just pure rock?”
Crystal: “Does anyone else have a use for that kind of gravel?”
Crystal: “If you did, it would make sense if you carried it around.”
Emi: “That… sort of assumes Alexander-san is actually building an aquarium in his room or something.”
Eirik: “But who would have a use for it aside from him?”
Emi: “Crazy murderer trying to throw us off the scent?”
Alex: “That’s foolish! I said I have no use for carrying rocks.”
Emi: “Why would someone deliberately use something that could /ever/ be connected to them?”
Emi: “Especially after last case.”
Eirik: “Maybe it was spur of the moment.”
Emi: “… Painting gravel is spur of the moment?”
Emi: “I think if you have enough time to get paint, you have enough time to grab a handful of gravel.”
Eirik: “…point taken.”
Crystal: “Whose to say the gravel was actually used in the murder? You said you found gravel in the trash, the culprit could’ve definitely noticed that there was gravel in their pockets last minute and threw it away, not realizing not all of it was gone.”
“ Why would anyone paint small rocks? That is the stupidest…” Alexander gripped the railing.
Emi: *pulls out their ID and starts going through the roster again*
Eirik: “You said they’d likely be used decoratively when I asked you about it.”
Emi: “Not sure anyone’s talentswould give us a clue. I… don’t know who would decorate with small painted bits of gravel, though.”
“Yeah, exactly.” He calmed down a little. “See? No use for me.”
Eirik: “An aquarium doesn’t necessarily have to have fish though. Could just be there to look pretty.”
Emi: “Has anyone other than Alexander-san been in…” *they check their notes* “Gleam Room?”
Mana: “Oh, like display aquariums in stores and the like…”
Nami: “I didn’t go in anywhere this time…”
Eirik: “I checked in there, but I didn’t stay long.”
Emi: “If there’s an aquarium, you should’ve seen it, though, right?”
Eirik: “I didn’t really see anything noteworthy.”
Alex:“…….”
Nami: “Does anyone feel like confessing?”
Crystal: “There’s a good chance he could’ve planned on starting an aquarium today.”
Suzie: “…Did he kill my sister?”
Emi: “What makes you say that, Crystal-san? We don’t know, Suzie-san.”
Suzie: “That’s what I’m getting…from all this.”
“Ohhoho, this is funny.” Satine giggled.
Crystal: “It’s been rather boring here, he COULD’VE planned to start on something to occupy himself.”
Eirik: “I had a funny feeling about it when I saw aquarium builder on the roster, but I kinda thought it was too obvious. Considering last time, I probably shouldn’t dismiss stuff like that.”
Emi: “Honestly, same, Eirik-san…”
Emi: “However, there's… no real proof of /any/ of these claims.”
Crystal: “That’s also true, at the moment we can really only go off of hunches.”
Eirik: “Nothing aside from circumstantial, yeah.”
Eirik: “But who else would have pre-painted gravel in their pocket?”
Eirik: “Unless it was a very thorough frame job.”
Emi: “Literally anyone who had paint, gravel, time, and wanted to throw a red herring at everyone.”
“You know what else is funny?” Satine smirked. “Why is Alexander not smoking this time?”
Mana: “Huh, that’s true. What, he quit or something?”
“I said I only smoke when I’m stressed.“ Alex shot the glare back at the blonde.
Emi: "Were you stressed more earlier than now? You were smoking when we spoke.”
Emi: “And now, people are looking like they’ll accuse you of murder. Is… that not stressful?”
Alex: “So what? I calmed the fuck down.”
Emi: “… You are not worried about being accused of murder? Okay then.”
Alex: “Of course I am!”
Crystal: “Then why aren’t you smoking?”
Eirik: “If you smoke when you’re stressed, then you should be smoking right now. Unless you need your focus or something.”
Emi: “I’m fairly certain there’s more to worry about now than there was earlier…”
“How the hell do you know?” He growled. “You can’t understand my feelings. Everyone is different.”
Emi: “… Satine-san, what point were you trying to make with that observation?”
Crystal: “He seems rather pissed off over this, kind of funny.”
Eirik: “He has been acting a little suspicious.”
Emi: “And we have… precisely zero better leads. Wonderful.”
“Just trying to put the dick in his place!” She cackled. “I think he’s just acting so suave to hide something!”
“Go fuck yourself blondie, since no one would do it for you!” he was beyond pissed at Satine.
Nami: “… Wouldn’t they?”
Nami: “I mean, come on, she’s pretty as hell!”
Crystal: “Let’s stay on topic.”
Satine grinned. “I knew I liked you, kid.”
Imasaru: Agreed. This is….rather childish.
Alexander murmured under his breath.
Nami: She grins back at Satine. “Alex-san, you need to speak up!”
Eirik: “Yeah, this is wasting time.” Then, under his breath, “…even if I would hit that.”
Nami:“Maybe.”
Eirik: “…that’s beside the point.”
Crystal: “Alexander, you are our main suspect right now, and unlike Candy, we have no evidence to prove you innocent.”
Mana: Makes shifty eyes. She won’t say anything even if she does like girls. “Let’s. Get on topic.”
“Come on ladies and gents, I think it’s obvious what he tried to do…He painted those rocks to throw himself off!” Satine pointed at him.
Emi: “… Alexander-san, do you have /any/ defence of yourself complete with evidence, and/or an accusation against someone else?”
“Why would I murder someone!?” He was beyond pissed.
Emi: *sighs tiredly* “We have no idea why anyone would. Is that a 'no’?”
Eirik: “I don’t know. But everything is suggesting that it was you.”
Crystal: “There was no motive this time, but you might just have your own motive.”
Mana: “There was no real motive, except the hope of MAYBE getting out of here, so you could have had a reason.” She shrugs. “Dangerous way to try and escape, though. You’d just end up dead, most likely…”
He was….Just so angry. It looked like he was going to snap the railing in half. Then he did something unexpectedly.
He laughed….Really loudly.
Alex: “Hahhaha! How about all of you go fuck yourselves then!? To accuse ME of taking a life?! You’re all just as gross as I am!”
Nami: “… Logic error?”
Eirik: “Shoulda went with my initial hunch.”
Crystal: “Huh? Well this is something. Explain to us how we’re just as gross as you.”
Mana: “We don’t have any reason to trust anyone, alright, sorry. Maybe it’s not you. Maybe we’re COMPLETELY off track. But how are you gross, and how are we gross for making a mistake?”
He leaned over the railing, face completely bent over.
Alex: “Because, you all seem so damn positive to get out of here. How do you know? Maybe we’re all gonna die. I mean FUCK! We’re all gonna die someday, WHY. FUCKING. WAIT?”
Nami: “Oh! I know the answer to this one! Because life is fun if you take the time to find all the silver linings and there’s far more use in happiness than that sort of depression!”
Eirik: “…is that why?”
“Tch, I wished my fucking Fiance believed that….” he spoke lowly. He sounded a bit broken, as if he began to cry.
Nami: “… ah.”
Nami: *stares at him. are hugs okay. how not-okay are hugs. hmmm. he’s a murderer, she’s not gonna risk it.*
Eirik: “Mind elaborating?” There was tension in his face as he spoke.
He kicked his railing, turning away from everyone.
“Yeah, I used to be fucking happy too. You know I used to be like all of you…I used to think life had meaning…But then…She…She took her own life!” He turned to everyone, tears falling down his face. “Do you fucking KNOW How that feels!? Knowing someone you loved so badly rather leave this world without you!?”
Nami: “…” She’s not answering that. “Is… that why you killed?”
He gasped, a minute to catch his heavy crying.
“Yes…yes….Yes I fucking killed.”
Nami: “… how likely are you to do it again if someone tries to hug you?”
A bit startled, he glared at her. “Why would you hug a killer?”
Mana just sort of looks down at the mention of him not doing it again. Of course he wouldn’t.
Nami: “Because you’re sad. And you’re hurt. What does it matter you’re a killer if you’re crying from that pain?” Her words are sincere, at least.
Crystal: “You shouldn’t do it, like he said, he is a killer.” r00d crystal.
Nami:“So?”
Eirik: “I don’t care how sad he is. He’ll get what’s coming to him.”
Suzie: “…He didn’t even have a reason.”
Crystal: “Killers don’t deserve to be pitied.”
Mana: “And so what? People who’ve killed someone are still people. Not to be insincere, but… Especially sad people need hugs, right?”
“Heh, I actually did. But I’m still a coward…” He coughed.
“I…I wanted to give up. I needed to be with Emily…But I couldn’t bring myself to do it.”
… Fuck it. She just goes over to hug him. He didn’t say he’d kill her, so it’s safe.
{AWWW, WHAT A FUCKIN’ TOUCHING MOMENT.}
“…..” he still cried, but he breifly hugged back. Then he shoved her away.
Eirik: “…you don’t deserve sympathy. You killed someone, someone who had family in this park nonetheless. You misled all of us. You betrayed everyone’s trust.”
Alex: “Alright! Enough. Give me what I came for.”
{BUUTTTTT, ALL OF THAT ASIDE, WHO’S READY TA VOTE?!}
Eirik: “I’d knock out your teeth if I didn’t know you have worse coming.”
Nami: *wanders back over to stand by Emi and grabs their hand, still staring at Alex*
Emi: “Might as well vote. Answer’s clear.” *squeezes her hand*
Satine laughs wildly. “Hah. Hah. Hah. You called the killer gross, and here you are, gross you can be!”
Nami: “… I hope you’ll be at peace, Alex-san. And that you can find her.”
He gave a small smile. “They say those who kill themselves never make it to heaven. But that’s okay, it only means me and her will be in the same place.”
{UPUPUPU!! AND THE VOTES ARE IN!}
{NONE THE LESS! THE KILLER IS NONE OTHER THAN ALEXANDER!}
{CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL FOR FINDING THIS WEEKS KILLER!!}
Satine just kept laughing.
Mana: “Really, what’s so funny…”
Eirik really needs to stop brushing off his hunches. They usually end up being right.
Crystal sighed. “Terrible.”
Alexander just smirked, walking to his execution. “Au revoir”
{//PUSHES BUTTON AW YE EXECUTION TIME}
ＧＡＭＥ ＯＶＥＲ ＡＬＥＸＡＮＤＥＲ ＣＬＡＹ ＨＡＳ ＢＥＥＮ ＦＯＵＮＤ ＧＵＩＬＴＹ ＣＯＭＭＥＮＣＩＮＧ ＥＸＥＣＵＴＩＯＮ …Clank. Standing in the middle of the deep depths of a glass tank, resting inside a dark and foreign room, Alex stared ahead at the glass walls that surrounded him- overshadowing him as if he were just a mere snail in fish-infested world. For a moment, the boy didn’t seem to notice the small pieces of rock that had begun to fall around him; it had only been a few small specs here and there, so it wasn’t too-too surprising when one bounced off the crown of his head did he finally tore his attention away from the surrounding glass. With eyes now to the floor and knees already bending to inspect the tiny objects, Alexander crouched down and picked up one of the strangely colorful fish rocks. The gravel greeted him with a stunning flash of blue as the little light he had danced off its velvet-like skin; it was almost as the builder could see his the shape own reflection on the puddle’s smooth surface, just where was this stuff falling from anyway? Suddenly, a loud noise brought the occupied boy to his feet and forced his eyes in the direction of what must have been the source. From up above, the glass walls seemed to go on forever: each side seemed to be encasing its own area of darkness that continued to rise up into the unknown world above; but now, in one just one moment of change, what was once an empty dark space was quickly become a rain cloud of colors as gravel began to fall down into the enlarge tanks in streams. It was only seconds before the glass bottom of the tank was covered in rocks, forcing the child to lift his feet over and over again to avoid being trapped until the slippery pile. As the gravel continued to pour on and on, however, Alex’s effort to stay above it all quickly became less and less successful. About a minute after the pebbles had begun to fall in, the aquarium builder was already chest deep in colors- his feet long since moving after the mass reached his up to his hips. Before he knew it, his shoulders were buried, and then his neck, his chin… Oh gosh, was this really how it all ends? Suffocating to death under some absurd pile of fish gravel??? Is this really the way the world wanted him to go out??? Without warning, the tumbling gravel ceased from falling and was quickly replaced with a large wave of pure water instead. Despite having the heaving feeling of his air-starved lungs within his body, Alex used what little advantage he had in the situation and used the water’s passive properties to move the surrounding rocks away and pull himself free from the pile of stones below. Not wasting any time dillydallying about the sudden change in environment, the drowning boy immediately began swimming towards the top of the tank to where all of the matter had fallen in from. Even with his eyes struggling against the passing currents, Alexander could could just barely see the reflection of his struggling body as the boy continued to push towards the surface; the knot in his stomach growing more and more uneasy as his body screamed and begged for just one puff of air. It was such a pain, such an unneeded distraction that Alexander could barley move an inch without being reminded about it every second he moved. -It was no wonder why he didn’t notice the tank’s newest occupants until the very last second. With blurry eyes, a cramped torso, and a dying will inside, the child just barely missed the chance to stop himself before the swarm of piranhas descended upon him from above. One actually managed to take a quick snip at the side of his arm before the builder smacked it away from the back of his hand. As fast as his body would let him go, Alex quickly turned the other way and started swimming back down to the bottom of the tank. The boy could almost see the puffy clouds of red trailing beside him as the gushing blood brought along a red path for his hungry fishy friends to follow. Now it was beginning to be too hard for him to continue moving at this point: there wasn’t going to be enough oxygen left in his body for him to use by the time he would be able to out-swim the piranhas. What was he going to do??? Out of time- and out of space- Alexander once again hit the bottom of the tank where the horrid pile of fish gravel lied. The ugly assortment of colors taunted him from below as the boy suddenly crashed his hands into them and began digging into the pile with all his might. It was a struggle for him to find the one salvation he sought before he died; if he was going to lose his life this is watery gravy of his, it would be in a way /he/ wanted it to be. No fish, no flesh, no blood, only water- drowning, drowning, that’s the way he had to go. He was going to drown anyway because of the water, there was no point in adding any more pain into the equation. He didn’t want to have his skin ripped apart while his lungs brutes open, that’s not how it would happen…! During his panicked fit for his final wish, Alex’s body finally gave out and forced the child’s mind to shut down. Alex’s vision suddenly went from colorful dots to a growing wall of darkness that slowly passed across his own two eyes. -He didn’t even get the chance to turn around before the piranhas finally reached him.
[The doors to the trial room close shut with a click–no way out now. The air is uneasy, while some are ready to figure out who did the do…some of course are still not over the events that recently occurred. As you glance around at the students, do you notice a spot empty, a podium with Stefan’s face crossed out pasted in the framing.
Shuffles can be heard behind the chair that seems to be placed in the middle of the court room. The monotone bear hops up, glancing around at the faces that seem to be mostly glaring at him. His response is only a fit of laughter]
{UPUPUPUHAHAHAH! AHA!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU BASTARDS ACTUALLY SUNK THAT LOWAND LISTENED TO ME! AHHH, WELL. RULES ARE RULES, AND SINCE SOMEONE WAS KILLED IT’S ONLY REASONABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE CULPRIT IS.}
{THOUGH OF COURSE, BEFORE WE GET KNEES DEEP INTO ANYTHING, LET’S GO OVER SOME RULES. A-HEM!}
Do not be rude to one another
You must all speak politely and give everyone a chance to talk
Keep OOC chat to a minimum so as to not lose focus from the trial
If someone wishes to fire an evidence bullet then ask. Everyone else MUST be quiet during this time
No interrupting or typing of any sort during an MTB UNLESS you are a part of the MTB
When a mod says to be quiet then stop typing
Ask to post links relating to the trial into the chat
Long paragraphs are now forbidden during trials due to them making text continually fly up and are difficult to follow because of the fast paced nature of trials. It is only acceptable when you are doing the climax inference, or if you are the culprit explaining your reasoning
Haruko:Right, first of all, I have an important question to everyone who actually attended that party.
{CRYSTAL CLEAR?! GOOD. CAUSE I ‘AINT REPEATING MYSELF!}
Candy: “What about the party?”
Haruko: Did you all WANT to die?
Haruko: There is a death threat, and your response was to attempt to gather everyone in a large area with plenty of distractions.
Haruko: Attending was, effectively, an act of suicide.
Nami: It wasn’t that dangerous!! It was fun! We needed fun. Stop being such a stick in the mud!
Haruko: Wasn’t that dangerous?! Someone is dead!
Greg frowned at Haruko but didn’t say anything. What a bitch.
Mana: It’s true, though. It was dangerous. It was obvious that it was. But we did go that we needed fun.
Eirik: To be fair, a group could be more secure. Everyone watching each other’s back and all.
Crystal: “The party was set up by Monomi, I don’t trust her that much but I don’t think it was an act of suicide.”
Nami: Yeah, but not dead at the /party/. There wasn’t a party in the bathroom!
Suzie: Was it really that dangerous?? Ah I guess like it kinda was
Nicole: I agree with Eirik - it’s much easier to kill someone who is alone. The person who died was alone when it happened.
Phoebe: Is this really important?
Candy: “Plus, wasn’ the motive that a family member would be killed? Not one of us?”
Haruko: Regardless. What sort of evidence do we have?
Eirik: Exactly. In theory, going to the party was a good idea. More witnesses.
Mana: Well, you’re right. That wouldn’t have happened in the middle of the party. From now on we need to stick with someone…
Emi: … Can we just get on to finding the killer…? I think I know who it is already.
Nicole: Oh? Please enlighten us.
Crystal: “We can’t go pointing fingers until we have evidence to support it.”
Mana: I’m not sure who it is, but I may know a thing or two about how exactly he was killed…
Nicole: Perhaps there is evidence to support this accusation, though.
Haruko: Then by all means, share.
Emi: I’ve got some evidence. Yeah.
Mana: I mean, it’s almost clear that he died from mercury poisoning, so…
Phoebe: I tried my best, though I wasn’t able to acquire much evidence, so any theories should help.“
Eirik: But didn’t they stop using Mercury for household stuff like thirty years ago?
Mana: Yeah, but there was a mercury thermometer there, if I remember right.
Mana: Which, technically, they should not have.
Eirik: Must have been pretty old.
Suzie: Wait, slow down…
Emi: *pulls the broken mercury thermometer out of their pocket* Yeah, I brought it. It’s drained of all mercury.
Haruko: My god, is this place really that backwards as to have mercury just lying about like that?
Nami: And!! And and and. There was silver stuff in the insulin bag! Mercury’s silver, right?
Mana: Hey, that makes sense…
Nami: There were silvery traces of liquid in the thing outside Crystal Room, too…
Crystal: "Please tell me there wasn’t any mercury still on that thing, we don’t want more mercury poisoning.”
Emi: I believe it was all drained. Someone took care to handle it using large latex gloves they got from the supply closet at the coffee shop, which means they knew how dangerous it was.
Crystal: “Oh. Speaking of the bag.” Crystal holds up the bag that she’s been carrying around with her and then opens it. “Yeah there’s something in here with silver tint.”
Greg: W-Wait, are you trying to say he was poisoned with mercury?!
Emi: It seems likely. Orochi-san told me about the symptoms of mercury poisoning, and they match up to the state of the corpse.
Mana: Yeah, most likely. Skin’s peeling, cheeks are reddish… It’s the most likely thing here.
Suzie: How’d he get mercury poisoning?? Did he drink it?
AZ: Speakin’ a the bag, I found somethin’ in his and I’s room… looks like the stuff that should'a been in the bag.
Nicole: What idiot would drink mercury?
Haruko: Unlikely. It wouldn’t have been in his insulin if he drank it.
Nami: He shot himself with it!
Mana: I dunno… Maybe he accidentally injected it? That’s a bad way to go…
Ray: Someone who didn’t know?
Suzie: Well maybe he locked himself in the room and killed himself, y'know?
Nami: AZ-san said he was frantically looking for his insulin bag. Right, Az-san? Which means someone else had it…
Candy: “Why would he do that?”
Haruko: Why would he use gloves to handle a substance he meant to kill himself with?
Imasaru: That would seem reasonable. Suicide to save us all.
Suzie: Ummmmm, dunno
Suzie: But like maybe he would
AZ: Yeah. Poor guy was tearin’ the room apart…
Nami: I think it was a mistake! Otherwise, why would there have been– *pulls out an insulin container*– this outside of Crystal Room?
Nami: It’s missing a lot of it… but there’s some silvery stuff in it…
Ray: Sooo… mercury!
Nami: Oh!!! And in Crystal Room, I found a box of large latex gloves! Just like Emi said…
Haruko: So, I would say we have enough evidence to safely conclude that Stefan injected himself with mercury in place of his insulin.
Haruko: The question is, how were the substances swapped out?
Emi: Someone took his bag.
Emi: I’m guessing Orochi-san.
Dan: Huh? Why do you say that?
Candy:“Wha? Why Orochi?”
Orochi: What did you say?
Ray: Oh wowie.
Emi: Because Orochi-san knew he was diabetic, and does fit the gloves I found, and as a toxicologist would naturally know all about mercury. Plus, Nami found the gloves and insulin in, or outside of, his and Satine-san’s room.
Crystal: “Can I see the gloves?”
Nicole: Orochi, any defense?
Ray: Isn’t it kinda common knowledge that mercury’s bad for ya?
Haruko: I’m sorry? I refuse to accept that a toxicologist is the only possible culprit in a case where the only toxicological knowledge required is the fact that mercury is bad.
Dan: Hmm…that is some decent evidence…but weren’t there gloves missing from the supply closet too?
Orochi: I hardly knew the guy. Why would I kill him?
Dan: Plus yeah, everybody pretty much knows mercury is kinda bad for you.
Phoebe: That seems so convenient. Like a set-up
Greg: Why would ANYONE kill him?
Emi: Yes, there were. Two pairs. I have one, the other was in the trash outside the coffee shop with mercury on them. *hands over the gloves to Crystal*
Orochi:Exactly.
Haruko: Hmm. What would the culprit need two pairs of gloves for?
Orochi: Who would kill? You all wanted to be here peacefully anyway?
Crystal takes the gloves and puts them on her hands. They fit perfectly. “Just because one person fit the gloves doesn’t mean they’re the only person.”
Phoebe: Why would someone leave such crucial evidence just lying around?
Eirik: I’m kinda skeptical about this guy too. Doesn’t it seem kinda easy?
{CRYSTAL HAS YAOI HANDS, PASS IT ON}
Haruko: Rubber gloves are generally not sized for individuals. That’s why they’re rubber.
Ray:Yao-what?
Mana: I dunno if the fit matters. Could be a set-up, to frame someone else.
Crystal: “EXCUSE ME?”
Emi: Who else would you think it is, then?
Eirik: Yeah. Aren’t they like one size fits all?
Suzie: What’s yaoi?
Emi: There were multiple sizes in the supply closet. *shrugs*
Greg bursts out laughing because he’s weeaboo trash.
Haruko:AHEM.
Dan: Lots of people here could wear large sized gloves! And even then who says they were the right size?
Ray: Those kinda gloves don’t really depend on size, right? I think? Maybe!
Haruko: We still haven’t determined why the culprit would have needed two pairs.
Imasaru: Perhaps to cover up their case?
Suzie: Maybe two people did it!
Candy: “…Oh! That reminds me. I took some gloves from the coffeehouse a bit ago.”
Eirik: Well, they could just be thorough? Like, maybe they have an established routine with handling dangerous stuff?
Cameron: Maybe they wanted to make a pair of glove balloons?
Ray: One mighta gotten stuff on it?
Nicole: How long would “a bit ago” be?
Suzie: Glove balloons, I like that one.
Haruko: …tell the clown it’s not allowed to speak.
Ray: Or the balloon gloves! That theory’s pretty hecka.
Nami: There was definitely a pair of gloves missing from the box in Crystal Room… but I couldn’t find them anywhere!
Candy: “Uh. I dunno. A bit ago?”
Nicole sighs.
Ray: How much of a bit is a bit?
Mana: Well what’d you need those gloves for?
Greg: I have a question…
Candy:“Somethin’.”
Ray:Insightful.
Dan: But who even goes into the supply closet for the coffeehouse? I only just now heard about it today
Eirik: Same. And I’ve been there half a dozen times
Eirik: the coffeehouse, that is
Ray: Well, the murderer.
Haruko: If the details of the murder were premeditated, the culprit likely scoped out the area beforehand.
Candy: “I took large gloves fer somethin’ but that’s all I’m sayin’.”
Cameron: Waaas it balloon gloves? If not I’m super duper disappointed.
Imasaru: “Would you mind sharing what 'somethin’ was for?”
Nicole crosses her arms over her chest. “And why won’t you say anything else?”
Candy: “It wasn’ balloon gloves. And I ain’t sayin’ what! It’s my business.”
Phoebe: It would best if you told us.
Imasaru: Affirmative. My apologies.
Mana: If you don’t tell us, you could quickly become a suspect here.
Dan: Does it honestly really matter?
Haruko: We are dealing with murder here. Keeping secrets will only raise suspicion.
Ray: Soo people knew about it?
Eirik: “If she did it, though, why would she bring up that she took gloves?”
Imasaru: “If it helps any. I kept my eye on Candy durring the day. And she..hardly moved from her booth.”
Mana: If she didn’t do it, why would she keep the reason a secret…
Candy: “YA DID WHAT?”
Ray: I don’t think she would have said anything if she was really suspicious! Isn’t that, like, a suuper duper big sign to give that up to ya?
Phoebe: If she has an alibi it shouldn’t matter.
Greg raises his hand “I have a question! Can people get into other peoples rooms?”
Imasaru: [loud sweating]
Nami: I got into Crystal Room. But… only after the murder.
Ray: Normally, I don’t think so? I’m not sure, though! Best guess, that’s all I’m really relying on.
Greg: Because, if nobody could get in but the people who were assigned to that room, that would mean that if someone was framing Orochi, it would have to be his roommate.
Eirik: “How 'bout we ask him?” Eirik looked at Monobear.
{HAH?}
Eirik: “Can we get into each other’s rooms, like on a normal day?”
Mana: I’d assume if someone invited someone over…
Nami: I’ve been able to let Emi in! A lot.
Ray: Well I kinda hope not.
{UPUPU. THAT’S WHAT YOUR IDS ARE FOR. THEY’RE THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW YOU’RE ENTERING YOUR ROOM! IF YOU BREAK IN, YOU’LL GET KILLED!}
Eirik: “So that settles that.”
Nami: There was definitely stuff in Crystal!
Eirik: “So who’s this Orochi’s roommate?”
Phoebe: Wait, you’re asking if we can get in normally. Wasn’t Stefan killed only an hour before we found him? Are rooms locked during investigations? Because if not the culprit might have been doing things as we were still investigating…
{THOUGHT I MIIGGHHTT HAVE UNLOCKED THE DOORS TO LET PEOPLE INVESTIGATE. WHO KNOWS. I’M NOT TELLING! UPUPUPU}
Nami: Satine-san is.
Satine: “Yeah, it’s me.”
Haruko: Do you have an alibi?
Satine: “I know I seem like the easiest fucking target right now, but trust me. He wasn’t worth a kill. Not to me anyways. I was hanging out around my dorm after I inspected his legs. Don’t want people stealing my things when it’s not needed.”
Imasaru: “And prior to his killing?”
Yuuka: “Ah.. Um.. Isn’t.. I-Isn’t killing people b-bad..? So um.. a b-bad person did it..”
Satine: Alexander is rubbing his head, pulling out a cigarette
Satine: “You tryin’ to hint at somethin’ pinky!?”
Ray: Killing people is bad! Hecka unrad.
Haruko:…
Yuuka:“M-Me?!”
Nicole makes a face at the cigarette.
Eirik: “Doesn’t mean the person who did it is bad though.”
Phoebe: Hey, don’t smoke in here!
Satine: “Who the fuck else would I be talking to!?”
Haruko: …Yes. Killing people is bad. Such important evidence.
Eirik: “Good people do bad things if they’re pushed too far.”
{OI! OI! YOU} [Monobear points at alex] {NO FUMAR POR FAVOR}
Phoebe: It’s very inconsiderate
Greg: H-Hey! There’s no need to be mean!
Yuuka coughs a little, turning her head away from Satine.
Candy: “Well she ain’t wrong.”
Alexander glances around, and sighs. “I know smoking sucks. Hell, I’m doing it and I hate it. But it’s not easy to quit.”
Yuuka: “I… I.. I’m.. I’m..! I’M N-NOT!”
Dan: Hey put that out! Do you want to kill us and have to have another investigation?!
Emi: … I don’t think we’ll die that easily.
Phoebe: That doesn’t matter, you’re damaging other people’s lungs without their consent. Put that away.
Eirik: “Can we just get back to the trial?”
Dan: Well not quickly but eventually!
Mana is the only one really not affected by that.
AZ: Are y'all seriously gettin’ all butt hurt over a cig? Christ…
Nicole: Smoking is disgusting but I’d rather we get back to the murder on hand, please.
Alex points to the red head. “I like you.”
Yuuka:“I.. I.. I d-do… I don’t! I d-don’t want to hurt.. y-your feelings..! I’m.. I’m j-just saying..! Only.. b-bad people.. kill o-others..!”
Eirik: “It’s common courtesy not to smoke in an enclosed space.”
Satine: “Bitch! You don’t know me! Yeah, I may be terrible, but I ain’t no killer!”
Cameron: She’s right! Only really mean bad people kill others!
Mana: Can’t we just focus on the trial instead? Jeez…
Suzie: That makes sense!
Yuuka squeaks in surprise, staggering back from her podium a little.
Cameron: *GASPS* You can’t say that word!!!
Suzie: Who here is really mean??
Yuuka: “A-Ah..? Ah.. Ah..”
Ray: Are ya okay, miss?
Eirik: “So anyway, what were we talking about before?”
Yuuka: Is definitely not okay.
Ray: I need to send some sunshine your way!
Nicole sighs and rubs her temples. “You’re all getting nowhere with this childish squabbling.”
Suzie: *points to Satine* Well she’s mean.
Alex: “Jesus christ, that blonde needs to shut up.” He looks over at Yuuka. “Please, ignore her. She doesn’t know the definition of a inside voice.”
Haruko: We’re not here to debate the morality of murder. We’re here to determine who could have been responsible for this murder.
Yuuka: “I…I… I’m… I.. Oh.. Ah.. Uh… Oh.. Um…”
Yuuka nervously raises her hand.
Greg: M-Maybe we should think about Monobear’s p-punishment?
Dan: I know we were talking about gloves earlier, and who can get into what rooms…I think someone mentioned alibis too?
Yuuka: “Can.. I c-can I have p-permission to leave..?”
Dan: oh! That’s right the motive!
Ray makes a little gesture to Yuuka, like he was sending a bit of magic to her. “To help ya feel more okay!”
{LEAVE? UPUPPUPU! YA CRACK ME UP}
Satine: “Ohhhh, look who’s raising those red flags now?!”
Eirik: “I was playing a drum solo at that point. Everyone could see me.”
Yuuka:“Huh?!”
Nicole grits her teeth. “That 'motive’ was sick.”
Phoebe: Right, that motive…
Yuuka: “P-Please.. I can’t… I c-can’t.. really…”
Phoebe: At first I thought Stefan was very upset about it, so at first I thought it was suicide. But now I suppose not.
Crystal: “I doubt Monobear would’ve went along with it.”
Ray: You’re starting to worry me, miss! Is there anything ya need?
Eirik: “Yeah, I doubt it was suicide. He would have gotten it over with quicker.”
Crystal: “I mean really? Killing a family member of all of us?”
Alex: “I can’t deny the motive was….Moving.” Glancing down, as if thinking. Pausing. “But who would be crazy enough to go for murder, knowing very well they would get caught and killed?” He takes a drag. “Makes no sense to me.”
Phoebe: Not to mention the trail of clues left behind.
Crystal: “Seems impossible.”
{NAH. I COULD HAVE PULLED IT OFF}
Haruko: Regardless of whether he COULD do it, clearly someone believed he would.
Eirik: “Someone who values family more than themselves.”
Suzie: Well he’s not gonna kill anyone now, right?
Imasaru: “Maybe asking who’d be most willing to kill due to the motive would be reasonable?”
Mana: And you think they’d fess up?
Haruko: Everyone would deny it.
Eirik: “Why would they tell the truth though?”
Candy: “Ya really think they’d say they would?”
Yuuka: “Y-Yes.. I r-really.. wanna go..”
Candy: “God you’re naive.”
Phoebe: Maybe alibis then?
Imasaru: “I appologize, Candy.”
Emi: Could be useful.
Alex: “I just think they’re stupid. It’s obvious they’ll be caught soon.” He smirked. “They should give up now.”
Eirik: “Like I said, I was playing. Everyone could see me.”
Satine: “Hah! I’ll laugh when they do.”
Ray: Monobear! Can’t ya just have a teensy weensy exception? Someone stepping outta here can’t be that big a deal, right?
Greg: I was just…at the party.
Mana: I was just walking around, talking to people and just hanging out. Wasn’t paying attention to see if anyone was gone or not, so I’m not of much use.
Candy: “I’m clear since supposedly SOMEONE was watchin’ me all day.”
{NAH}
{THERE’S NO WAY OUTTA HERE ANYWAY}
Haruko: I’ve been in my room since you all started preparing for your suicide party.
Ray: Wow that ain’t cool.
Emi: I was with Nami at the party. She was exceedingly reluctant to leave my side.
Alex: “Oh, uh, I was just drinking some coffee at the party. I wasn’t really hiding, I’m sure someone could see me.”
Yuuka: “W-Wha..?! I.. I j-just.. want.. I n-need to s-sleep this off..!”
Suzie: I was at the party with Lili, eating lots of food.
Crystal: “You’re so hung up on this whole 'suicide party’ thing, why do you think it was that?”
Dan: Alibis? I think around that time I was getting ready for my time slot…
Cameron: I was just really runnin’ around everywhere! Checkin’ out as many booths as I could honestly!
Crystal: “I was in my room, although that’s not a very good alibi.”
Satine: “I was about to sing, but he had to get himself killed before I had a chance.”
Mana: Yeah, I was doing the same thing as Cameron. Just hanging around.
Ray: Oh! Alibi! I was around!
Haruko: I’m only trying to emphasize the irresponsibility of the whole thing.
Crystal: “And how was it irresponsible? It was just a party.”
Greg: W-We already know it turned out wrong! Stop rubbing it in our faces!
Eirik: “If you think about it, it’s actually more responsible. Watching each other’s back and all.”
Haruko: It’s easy to distract people at a party.
Nami: The party turned out fine!! Don’t be so down on it! Geez, it’s the guy in the bathroom who died!
Imasaru: There’s no way to change the past. So stop squabbling about what we did prior to the murder.“
Mana: Well, it’s not like anyone thought it was gonna happen.
Eirik: "I mean, looking at all the alibis we were able to give.”
Haruko: In addition, the area of the party was far too large for anyone to have been watching each other.
Phoebe: I don’t think the party counts as fine, since someone died.
Nami: But not at the party. Sheesh!
Ray: Well, even if the area was smaller, I don’t think anyone would really be watching each other either.
Yuuka: “Um… Can.. I p-pretty please.. leave t-this trial at l-least..? I r-really.. think I n-need to sleep..”
Candy: “Yeah well no one was sp'osed ta die.”
Nicole: ENOUGH about the party.
Mana: It’d be harder to kill someone out in the open, though…
Phoebe: That’s probably best.
{A-HEM! NO SLEEPING IN CLASS}
{UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE PUNISHED}
Phoebe: Enough arguing, whether the party was a good idea or not doesn’t really matter anymore.
Yuuka:“P-Punished..?!”
Crystal: “Alibis was a good idea, so did everyone get out an alibi?”
Yuuka: She starts to shake visibly, holding her hands close to her chest.
Greg looks terrified. He falls asleep all the time in random places.
Yuuka: “No.. No w-way!”
Ray: Now I’m really starting to worry about ya.
Mana: I have an alibi. I’m sure someone must have seen me around at the time of the murder, since I was just at the party.
Suzie: *Raises hand* I think that girl’s gonna be sick, should we get her a bucket?
Satine: Leaning over her bench. “Oh no, I think pinky is gonna heave.”
Yuuka: “If.. I I.. I n-need to calm down… or.. or..”
Imasaru: Deep breaths, Miss.
Ray: Pretty please? It’d be best to let her rest for a bit! Everyone needs some, ya know?
Eirik: “Let’s just focus on the case so we can get her out of here.”
Haruko: Then we’ll have to finish this quickly.
Nicole: At the rate we’re going, we’re not going to be done anytime soon.
Crystal sighs. “Alibis, please.”
Phoebe: I think I had just finished playing around the time he was killed
Nicole:Wait
AZ: Alibi? I was just wonderin’ 'round… which ain’t a very good alibi, but.
Eirik: “I was playing. I was onstage the entire time cause I play a lot of instruments.”
Crystal: “Finding out what everyone was doing will help us pinpoint some suspects at least.”
Nicole: I don’t think alibis of the time of the murder will get us anywhere
Ray: Sooo let’s try and rule people out!
Yuuka: “I.. Ugh…”
Nicole: Because someone could have easily filled Stefan’s syringe with mercury long before the party started
Ray: I was around too, I guess! I dunno if anyone saw me, but I assume I’m a pretty easy person to spot.
Yuuka: She pulls down her hat over her face, maybe not seeing the trial will help.
Imasaru: “The rabbit…docked me at a booth without real tattoos. They were temporary ones for children.”
Cameron: Hey Hey! Didn’t Stefan leave his booth a little while before he…d…died?
Crystal looks at Nicole. “Did you learn that at bird school? Which is for birds? Around here we’ll do what we can. Trust me I’m a lawyer.”
Emi: I’d have to agree with Nicole-san.
Eirik: “That was probably to go take his insulin.”
{DID YOU DATE A BIRD, CRYSTAL?}
Haruko: His insulin, which was replaced with mercury.
Cameron: So should we try to be focusing on alibis around that time instead of the whole party?
Mana: Hm… Then the fact that anyone could have replaced it with mercury BEFORE the party says absolutely nothing about the alibis here.
Phoebe: I was wondering, how many people knew that Stefan had diabetes?
Cameron: Ah…yea that’s true.
Emi: He wouldn’t have left if he didn’t have his insulin bag, I don’t think. There would have been no reason for him to.
Ray makes another little gesture towards Yuuka. Magical happiness powers to cure the poor girl.
Satine: “I didn’t know shit about the pasty fuck.”
Nami: I learned over the course of the investigation! But I’d never even met him before that.
Phoebe: Me either, Monobear wouldn’t give the information either. The only person I could think to ask was his roommate
Eirik: “I mean, I talked to him a little but he never mentioned diabetes.”
Dan: I didn’t meet him at all, sadly.
Yuuka: Is beyond help, but thanks for the magic Ray.
Suzie: How could he have diabetes if he made sweets?? I’m confused.
Mana: I never really knew him, definitely not enough to know that sort of personal information.
Haruko: Presumably from eating those sweets.
Nicole: Maybe he got diabetes from all of those sweets…
Emi: Orochi-san knew. Presumably AZ-san did as well. I don’t know if anyone else did.
Cameron: Well he’s gotta taste them a lot doesn’t he? Maybe that’s how he got it!
Suzie: So sad…To bake things you can’t eat
AZ: Hey, hey, hey! Roommate here, I gotta question that’s been irkin’ me.
Eirik: “He didn’t have to eat them. And if he did, he’d just have to take more insulin, right?”
Phoebe:Hm?
Haruko: If he had limited himself to proper foods, perhaps he would still be alive.
Phoebe: Don’t be so rude.
Haruko: It’s only an observation. Having to take his insulin left him open as a target.
Eirik: “Anyway, type one would mean he couldn’t produce insulin on his own.”
Cameron: This could have happened anyway! What if he had to go potty and the murderer killed them during that!
Cameron: Actually no, ewww that’s gross.
Phoebe: It’s not his fault he died, it was the culprit’s fault.
Emi: We’re getting off-topic…
Ray: Anyone could have done that! Pouring mercury into a drink would kill someone the same.
Alex starts to laugh. “I bet he woulda taken a shit if he died on the toliet like that”
Cameron: Stop saying no-no words!
Emi: Bickering won’t get us anywhere. AZ-san, what was your question?
Cameron: It’s not helping the case at all!
Phoebe: Ah, okay back to the topic. Didn’t the roommate have a question?
AZ: Roommate did have a question! The stuff that should'a been in his bag, his needles an’ shit, I found those in our room? Tryna’ been thinkin’ it over, but I can’t figure out how it got there if he had the bag.
Eirik:“Maybe he had extra.”
Crystal holds on the bag. “There were two needles in here.”
Phoebe:Where did you get that
Crystal:“Who me?”
Crystal:“I took it from the crime scene.” thanks crystal.
Phoebe: You took evidence from the crime scene?
Crystal:“Yeah?”
Crystal:“I knew it would be helpful.”
Nami:It was definitely by the body when I looked! It’s nice to have it at the trial, too!
Phoebe: Well…Alright, but it doesn’t seem proper.
Haruko:Interesting. Anything else?
Crystal:“One of the syringes in here has a silver tint.”
Nami:As far as insulin stuff goes, just the container from outside of Crystal…
Satine:“if it DOES help, I did find out his legs were swollen”
Yuuka has by this time, well, she is just kneeling down with her hat pulled down still. Isn’t gettinginvolved any more. Small voice, small baby yuuka, thank u
Haruko: From mercury poisoning, perhaps?
Phoebe: Swollen legs?
Nicole: I thought it was obvious by now he was probably poisoned by mercury?
Ray is very concerned about small baby Yuuka. Please free this little bird.
Haruko: I’ll admit I don’t know the symptoms, but it would sound like that was simply from the mercury.
Candy: “Uh. How did you even find that out?”
Greg is concerned too. he wants to give tiny yuuka a hug.
Phoebe: Is that a symptom of mercury poisoning? I’m not familiar with them.
Emi: The face and hands going red certainly is.
Candy: “I knew a guy who got mercury poisonin’. He got all swollen and red.”
Imasaru:“Candy…”
Alex: “Well ring a ding ding, we got a start.”
Emi: We had this start quite some time ago, I believe.
Emi: We’ve yet to goanywhere.
Candy: “T'was gross. He ended up dyin’.”
Eirik: “I can’t say I ever met someone that had. I just know they used to use it in thermometers, until it was deemed unsafe in the 1980s.”
Alex: “Yeah but we got a better start than all the yelling and can agree better”
Nicole: Yet we still have no idea who did it.
Haruko visibly shudders at the mention of the 1980s.
Mana grins and imagines aesthetic at the mention of the 1980s.
Emi: The only evidence leading anywhere else is the box of gloves in and insulin container outside of Orochi-san and Satine-san’s room. Unless anyone else has something?
Greg shrugs. He’s a lazy fuck who didn’t bother to investigate.
Candy: “So we got that someone with big hands took a box of gloves and also somethin’ bout mercury poisonin’.”
Eirik: “So which of those two has bigger hands?”
Imasaru: “Should we see everyone’s hands?”
Suzie: Well I don’t got big hands
Emi: I know Orochi-san fit into the gloves; I didn’t run into Satine-san to see.
Mana: My hands are just…normal, I guess. Not big or small, really.
Ray: What are yaoi hands again?
Nicole and Greg hold out their hands. Nicole’s hand are pretty average-sized; Greg’s are a bit on the big side.
Eirik: He raises his hands. He does have pretty big hands.
Crystal just sighs bc Monobear said she had yaoi hands.
Haruko: Could we stop discussing pornography, please?
Suzie:Huh?
Ray: I-Is that what that is?
Greg: Yaoi is gay anime porn.
Mana holds her hands out, and it certainly doesn’t look like they’d fit large-size gloves.
Satine: Glares, but raises her hands. Her’s are normal.
Imasaru holds out his hands–average for his height at least; large at the least.
Alexander sighs and raises a hand. His seem a bit bigger than average but possibly not enough for the gloves.
Ray:Oh.
Emi: *holds out their hands as well. average size, fairly slender*
Nami: *her hands are longer than average, at least. perhaps not big enough to fit the gloves. she didn’t actually try.*
Dan: My hands are average I guess? so I guess a large.
Cameron: I have tiny clown hands! Still able to juggle clubs though!
Candy puts her hands out and they seem a bit too small for large gloves. Why the hell did she take that size from the coffeehouse.
AZ holds out eir tattooed hands. They are on the bigger side.
Also significant that Eirik’s hands would even possibly be too big for the gloves.
Haruko sighs with exasperation and shows everyone her hands. They’re not exactly dainty, but definitely too small for the gloves.
Emi: I think Crystal-san’s got the pair I brought if anyone wants to actually try them on.
Suzie’s hands are fairly small considering how short she is, Phoebe’s hands are bigger but not large.
Imasaru: “At this rate, figuring out by doing this will take ages..”
Crystal: “Hah? Oh yeah.” She held up the pair of gloves. “They fit me perfectly so if your hands were the same size as mine than you’d fit them too.”
Eirik: “Well, were there any visitors to the…Crystal room, it was?”
Eirik: “You guys invite anyone over?”
Satine: “Fuck no.”
Orochi:No.
Eirik: “And the gloves are in their room. I’d say it’s between the two of 'em.”
{HEY CRYSTAL. GIVE ME THE GLOVES}
Phoebe: Well how does the motive aply to both of them?
Crystal like. Throws the gloves at him? Idk where they are in trial seating.
Greg glances at Satine. His bets are on her for the culprit.
{makes a Pikachu aww ye}
Eirik: “They both had family at risk, for one. We didn’t know who was gonna die, after all. It was random.”
Haruko: My god, he’s as bad as the clown.
Satine: Glaring daggers
Greg: Well, not everyone is close with their family.
Alex: “Woo boy.” Takes another drag.
Phoebe: Hey! Put that out
{I AM SHSL BALLOON ARTIST.}
Eirik: “Well we have no way of determining the truth. The culprit would lie even if we asked.”
Alex: “No. I am allowed. And stressed to high hell. So I smoke.”
Phoebe: Absolutely disgusting
Crystal: “BACK TO THE TRIAL PLEASE.”
Alex: “Listen lady, I don’t judge your hobbies. and as I said, I cannot help it. I only smoke when I’m stressed anyway.”
Eirik: “Like I was saying. It’s between Orochi and Satine.”
Phoebe: My hobbies don’t hurt people, thank you very much.
Nicole: Do either of them have an alibi?
Greg: *mumbles under his breath* shut the fuck up about the stupid fucking cigarette, jesus christ
Orochi watches the trial play out with a small smile before he begins to laugh. “You all should wake up embarrassed. You all are killing me here…So fucking stupid…..”
Ray:Whaaat?
Haruko: Is he going to confess, now? It’s been more than long enough.
Greg:!!!
Satine:“Oh? You’ll be sadly mistaken.”
Orochi:[laughs a little more before shaking his head] Yeah. I killed him. Happy? You all were going on and on and on and on–
Eirik:“I thought it was a little too easy. That’s probably what you wanted though.”
Satine:“Oh my precious roomate! I think I love you.”
Greg just kinda. Gaped in shock.
Mana:Well… Why? I mean, other than the obvious reason…
Emi:*looks over at Nami and sighs*
Nicole:Disgusting.
Ka-Thud! Looks like Yuuka passed out after all.
Ray goes over to check on her because WOW
Orochi:I killed him because it was easy. I knew his weakness. So I took the chance. And it worked, obviously. You should all be happy and rejoycing. None of your family members are harmed!
{AHHHH. BUT THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE WRONG}
Orochi:….What?
{DON’T YOU FUCKING REMEMBER THE RULES?!}
Mana:Who’s wrong 'bout what?
Satine:“My roomate, the killer! This is so exciting!”
Orochi:What rule?
{IF THE KILLER GETS CAUGHT OR IN THIS CASE, FESSES UP…UPUPUPU!!!!}
{ YOU GET EXECUTED! }
NO GRADUATION FOR YOU.}
Orochi:…I didn’t forget.
Yuuka: Oh thank god I’m unconscious
Orochi: I’m dead anyway.
Haruko: I suppose he’s expecting his family to be spared for this “noble sacrifice”.
Alex raised a brow. “Are we forgetting something?”
{HERE’S THE THING THOUGH. YOU BASTARDS GOTTA VOTE ON WHO DID WHAT. EVEN THOUGH IT’S OBVIOUS.}
Emi: Amazing… it only took an hour or so longer than it needed to…
{AND I SWEAR TO GOD IF ANYONE VOTES FOR ELYSE}
Orochi: Just get it over with?
Haruko: Elyse? Who..?
Orochi: You all must be slow in everything.
Greg:…Elyse?
Emi: I can’t believe I’m agreeing with a murderer.
Haruko: Who is this Elyse Brooks on the ballot, and why are people voting for them..?
Orochi: If you must know, I did it for my mother. She’s an angel and doesn’t deserve any harm. Sure, finding out her son is dead will be harsh, but….Oh well. Thanks for letting me play this 'game’ . You’ll all die soon anyway.
Nami: Oooh! Maybe we have… a mystery student!
Greg: Stickin’ it to the man
Ray: Oh nooo!
Eirik: “I’m gonna need a nap after this.”
Emi:Bye.
Orochi simply laughs aloud before grinning.
Nicole sighs and shakes her head. “You’re a fool.”
Orochi: Hit me with your best shot *winks at his roommate*
Satine bursts into laugher. She’s laughing really hard. “Goodbye precious roomamate! Only from this, did I end up liking you.”
{HITS DA BUTTON}
Greg just. Stays quiet. He’s scared of what’s going to happen.
G A M E O V E R
Sayomi: “That’s a fucked up way of thinkin.”
Alex: “…..Jesus christ.”
{UPUPUPUHAHAHAHAHA}
GAMEOVER! OROCHI NOH HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF STEFAN MILLER. COMMENCE THE EXECUTION! Laughing Gas Orochi awakes to find himself hunched over a cold metal examining table, surrounded by an array of various beakers, test tubes, as well as other basic lab equipment. He rubs his eyes groggily but notices he’s… wearing gloves? Latex ones at that… he looks down and also notices that he appears to be decked out in his usual lab gear, and that there’s a list of ingredients for a mixture on the table before him. He looks around at the various chemicals and sees, however, none of them are labelled. He can hear a soft beeping sound and looks up to see a timer just over head. “30 SECONDS TO LOCK-DOWN” “29” “28” Straining his ears past the beeping, the faint sound of squeaking metal comes to his attention and the full image of the room becomes clear. It’s like a metal box… with grates along the upper walls. however, the grates appear to be… closing?!… Orochi examines each of the chemicals again, looking back to the list as he tries to figure out what to do. The beeping seems… louder? And the fumes in the air are making him light headed, he can barely even read the numbers… “23” “22” He curses to himself and begins picking up random beakers and test tubes, mixing together their contents and praying this was going smoother than he thought it was. “18” “17” He feels a lucid smile tug at the corners of his lips, his vision blurring together as the fumes overwhelm him. He begins coughing but… laughing? “11” “10” In his stupor, his hand slips and he over pours, causing a small explosion. He only stares with a grin and faint chuckle at the broken glass that sits before him, in his hands and scattered about the table. His laughter becomes hysterical as he begins playing at the glass, digging it deeper and deeper into his hands, numb to the pain of the burning and tearing flesh. “5” “4” He falls back to the floor, gripping at either side of his head as he continues grinning and laughing, cutting the sides of his face as he looks up at the timer “3” “2” “1” With a sharp grating sound, the room is sealed off completely, allowing for the chemical fumes to cloud the room with the toxicologist trapped inside. A few seconds pass before his laughter mixes with choking and gasping, clawing at his throat as his oxygen quickly depletes and is replaced with the burning, noxious chemical fumes. He falls to his side with a final choke, a sick grin plastered to his face as his body goes limp and blood begins leaking from his mouth. Orochi Noh, SHSL Toxicologist, has been executed.
{UPUPU. BEFORE YOU ALL LEAVE, I’VE GOT GIFTS FOR YOU} He pulls out a box that contains several necklaces with small, marble crosses on them.
The vine had long been a beloved symbol of Israel… in the Last Supper discourse, on the way to Gethsemane, it acquires a new dimension, the pain of pruning. However, the suffering of Jesus is not the principal point here: [rather, it is that all] disciples of Jesus must be prepared to bear the pain of pruning. The image is a powerful one. To an uninstructed onlooker, the wretched, seemingly lifeless twigs left on the vines appear totally unable to burgeon in a few months into the rich harvest of grapes. The most powerful of all the aspects of the symbol is the sap pulsing through those apparently dead branches. There is all the difference in the world between those docked shoots [still thriving within], and the dead twigs scattered on the ground, [their wild growth availing nothing.Humble] adherence to the vine, to Christ himself, alone gives life to the Church.
There are operations in the supernatural order in which we work with our Lord and cooperate with Him in them. But there are others of a very intimate nature in which the one thing He asks of us is that we do not hinder Him. And in order that we do not impede Him, He gives us a spiritual anesthetic — that is, desolation, since it is a kind of paralysis of the spirit which renders us helpless.
In time of spiritual dryness, souls often think as follows: “I go to prayer, and I do nothing, absolutely nothing.” The soul does nothing, but God does a great deal, although the soul may not be aware of His secret and mysterious operations. But when the period of trial passes, we find that we are different. Without our knowing how or when, a profound change was wrought in us: our love is more solid; our virtue has become stronger. According to the familiar expression, we have come out of the trial “as new.” What does it matter that those afflictions may endure for years on end, if finally the soul emerges as new, fit to be united with God and to realize fully the role it was destined to fill on earth?
Desolation, then, is the indispensable means whereby the soul attains its transformation in Jesus, the supreme goal and the perfection of holiness. We think, perhaps, that transformation in Jesus is something that we can achieve with God’s help. But no. Simply having God’s help is not sufficient. God alone can accomplish it, and the only help that we can give Him is to allow Him a free hand, not to impede Him.
We must make our choice: either we choose transformation, and then we also accept the desolation without which it cannot be arrived at; or we refuse desolation, and then we must also reject transformation and thus give ourselves over to dragging out our life in a common mediocrity.
Desolation is a cross, but one of the most precious, one of the most divine. It is not wrought by the hand of men, but by God Himself. It is a work of the Holy Spirit. The trial, therefore, is made in accordance with the measure of each soul, perfectly fitted to its circumstances, requirements, and mission, and to the degree of perfection to which God has destined it. Hence, trial possesses an eminently sanctifying power.
Let us open our arms to it, then, and salute it with the same cry as the Church uses: “Hail, O Cross, our only hope!” In this way, by reason of all that has been said concerning spiritual afflictions, this truth is once more established: God’s ways are not our ways.
Servant of God Archbishop Luiz Martinez
“Worshipping the Hidden God”
Spiritual desolation is terrifying; God feels utterly absent, distant, unreal; all memories of consolation become untranslatable or inaccessible. The heart becomes dry and hollow; prayer suffers, joy withers, peace disappears. How, then, can this profound numbing of the soul benefit us? How can such a chasm of emptiness possibly do us any good?
That’s what this quote clarifies. That’s the paradox. It doesn’t.
Desolation is the anaesthetic. That’s it’s true job. But God is the surgeon.
When we are desolate, we still know God is real; we still have faith burned into our being, even if we feel nothing, even if doubts and fears plague us nonstop. We hope against hope. We cling to what we cannot even sense anymore, and yet we cannot ever deny it outright. Even collapsed under the weight of our cross, we know Someone gave it to us for a Good Reason, and if that raw fact is ALL we have to go on as we hobble on to Calvary, then so be it; it is enough. It must be enough, if it is all we were given. God knows. We don’t. That’s the point.
We forget that we’re not the ones doing the work. When we are anesthetized, desolate, we cease striving after our own notions of success. We stop taking on more than our share, we abandon ambition, we no longer try to guess or even edit God’s plan for our life. We are like unruly yet beloved children, who genuinely want to help Him with the home repairs but keep losing the tools and touching all the wet paint… we don’t understand when He says “no,” even though He says it with love. We can’t quite grasp the truth of our “not knowing”– of our not even being able to know. We just want to help. Come on, Dad, let me plug in the wires. Let me hold the drill. It looks so easy! But pride is lurking, and ultimately the only way to humble our childish enthusiasm is to give us a time-out. Out of the room, away from Dad, unable to interfere. Out of love.
Soon enough, He will come and get us, and show us what beautiful work He has done… all for us! Allwithin us! So we must doggedly hold on to faith, and hope, and charity, even if just with our feeble will– no feelings, no fervor, just a weak but honest resolution to not give up on God. Wait one more day. One more. One more. Keep waiting. Keep trusting. He remembers you, of course! He is working on you, remember? You’re just under anaesthetic for a while. The numbness is not permanent. Be patient, beloved. Carry the cross with gratitude. It is, truly, our only hope, even in this.
Transformation requires desolation. Remember that. So it was with Christ; so it must be with us.
Re-read the Archbishop’s words and take them deeply to heart. You need this understanding, this acceptance. Sometimes, for the greatest good of our souls, all we can do is let ourselves be put aside so God can do His work. This takes immense trust, and love, and humility. Tell God you are willing. Pray fervently for the grace. Then… well, “count backwards from 100”, as they say. Let God decide when to work. Do not impede Him, even in good will. Surrender to that sanctified numbness. And wait on the Lord.
Even in the winter, even in the midst of the storm, the sun is still there. Somewhere, up above the clouds, it still shines and warms and pulls at the life buried deep inside the brown branches and frozen earth. The sun is there! Spring will come! The clouds cannot stay forever. - Gloria Gaither #WTSInspire
These are photos of the 1985 Fat Chance Trials bike that I recently scored, I think that’s Nancy Earley riding it.(blue bike), not sure who the other people are but looks like 2 other Fats and maybe a Cannondale?
“We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.” ~St. Teresa of Avila [Two Heads of Men, Vincent Van Gogh]
• Teresa lived in an age of exploration as well as political, social, and religious upheaval. It was the 16th century, a time of turmoil and reform. She was born before the Protestant Reformation and died almost 20 years after the closing of the Council of Trent. More: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-teresa-of-avila
• Generally overshadowed by the fame and familiarity of his paintings, Vincent van Gogh’s more than 1,100 drawings remain comparatively unknown, although they are among his most ingenious and striking creations. Van Gogh engaged drawing and painting in a rich dialogue, which enabled him to fully realize the creative potential of both means of expression. More: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gogh_d/hd_gogh_d.htm
As a thank you for how kind everyone has been in the comments & my ask box, despite my constant ghosting, here’s a word search I made last night!
I haven’t provided an answer key (to make it a lil more challenging), but I *do* have an grayscale PDF version in case you’d like to print it out, etc. ♥️
