antumbrac | THIRD TRIAL

Trial III

From what you can see, all the lights in the opera house are turned on. Only when you enter and see the open doors that lead into the main theater, you can see that room's lights are currently turned off. It's very dark in there.

Like before, Rembrandt escorts everybody to the stage. In the dark you still can see the many blue-eyed things you may be getting used to. They're still very scared of Rembrandt, staying as far away from the assistant as possible. The stage is illuminated by the spotlights, the only light in this theater.

The Lady and Rembrandt are at their balcony. She stands up, addressing the group:

"After the fiasco somebody I won't name caused yesterday, I'm glad to see someone else had the courage to do what was needed. This time it's a valid murder. To the culprit: I wish you good luck, darling. Let's see you get away with this murder."

Someone seems to be pleased, unfortunately. Anything that makes the Lady pleased can't be good, can it?

Let the trial for the death of Olivert Reise Arnor and Sirius begin.

[OOC NOTE: From the halfway point of the trial and onwards, you'll have the option to ask the masterminds for the chance to get a hint! Be warned, though: the price will involve some body horror for your character. Keep that in mind when deciding to use this option!]

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[Holy shit, he's actually got evidence today. It's a goddamn Christmas miracle.]

I found a few things in the jazz bar that may be relevant. At the very least, one of them seemed to belong to one of our victims - the lid of the piano was open, and the ribbon Olivert used to tie back his hair was inside, lying across the keys. There was a glass of vodka on the piano, about a quarter full, and two empty vodka bottles on the floor nearby.

One of the tables nearby had two more glasses set out on it. Both of them seem to have contained vodka at some point in time, though they were empty when I found them.

That could explain how they got him to the Opera House.

[ Two bottles. He's a little envious. ]

Speaking of the jazz bar, I found footprints leading from the jazz bar to the opera house. There were two sets, one very large and a smaller set. And before you ask, no, I couldn't determine what size they were.

Closer to the jazz bar, I found this. [It's a short golden chain!] It looks as though it came from Olivert's coat.

The footprints were also uninterrupted - no signs of a struggle or anything else strange.

[ Oh... ]

Can I see that golden chain?

[ He wanted to hold onto it ]

Of course.

[Here you go! The chain also has some fibers on it, I just forgot to mention that.]

Thank you.

[ He'll take it ]

Looks like it has fibers on it.

[ But he really did want it for safekeeping. ]

I noticed that as well, though I couldn't determine anything about them.

[Too small + in the snow, not a great combo for investigating...]

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This implies that either Olivert came with the culprit voluntarily, or that there were two culprits, who were carrying him as to not have him leave any prints...

The larger set of footprints likely belong to Sirius. It does seem likely that a third person was involved; I imagine if Olivert had that much to drink he'd have a difficult time making it anywhere in a straight line.

Sirius would have an easy time carrying him. He was also one of us who has a strong tie to supernatural ability.

We might want to consider that Sirius was an accomplice who was then betrayed.

We certainly can't rule that out. His manner of death sounds different as well, so perhaps whatever plan was in place went awry.

[ Oh yeah, there's also Sirius. ]

Then Sirius may have either been a part of the plan or was tricked into helping.

That's also a possibility. Sirius might not have had any idea what the killer was planning.

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There's only a couple of people who may be able to lift him.

[ And one was Hollow Babysitting and the other is Shiro. ]

It's more likely he went with them willingly.

Just because there were two sets doesn't mean that only two people left the bar, mind you. Seeing as there seemed to be quite a large amount of alcohol consumed there by what appears to be three people, it's possible that Sirius ended up carrying someone.

[Or the culprit ended up carrying someone, but it hardly matters and Sirius seems the most likely to play pack mule just given size.]

That's what I was thinking. If that's the case, then the chain may have already been loose and simply fell off.

Or he just moved in a particularly unfortunate manner. Either way, it seems most likely to me that Sirius was carrying him.

That's too bad. [ About the size. That could've helped, oh well. ]

Anyway, I've got a question about those prints. Do you remember if they were in a straight line? If someone was drinking, it wouldn't be too unusual if they started to swerve or trip over themselves.

That's what I've been thinking as well, but the prints were in an uninterrupted line. Aside from possibly stopping for a moment or two, it doesn't look as though anyone was staggering about.

So that's what you meant by uninterrupted line. I wasn't too sure, so I figured it was worth asking.

[ It sure was... ]

...He could've been playing for someone.

[ And having two empty vodka bottles seemed like a lot for just Olivert to have by himself. ]

He did seem to enjoy entertaining people. They may have used that.

Lying across the keys? Did it look deliberate?

[ Since that... doesn't seem like how a hair tie would fall?? ]

--It did smell like he'd been drinking, by the way, though it wasn't terribly strong.

It was just lying there. It wasn't deliberately arranged or anything.

Though it's good to know that he apparently wasn't determined to finish off the vodka on his own, I suppose.

That just seems like a strange place for it to have landed, or for him to have set it down if it didn't just come untied on its own. I suppose if he was sitting backwards on the bench while he was drinking or something.