FIFTH TRIAL

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Trial V

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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:

"If you don't make this trial go like I want it, every single person in this room is getting vivisected!"

It has been a couple hours and she's still furious. It doesn't seem like her mood is going to improve anytime soon...if ever. Behind her, Rembrandt doesn't seem very impressed with her gratuitous threat. At least she probably won't get to make good on that threat, hm?

Let the trial for the death of Dist the Rose 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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[deadlygoals]

I think Erik found a flashlight, but it wasn't on. It was completely dark inside of the auto shop. [ Which is weird. ] If the lights were out before his death, then how did the killer see him?

[inordertobelieve]

Potentially they owned night vision goggles.

[deadlygoals]

Or they owned a source of light and Dist didn't think he was in any danger.

[psychophant]

[Iago is here (thanks to Cumore) and dressed in the usual suit and tie, looking just as you'd expect under any other circumstances. The mask and circlet are both on, his makeup's looking great, and if it weren't for how tight his posture is and how furious he looks, it might be easy to think that he's doing just fine.]

It's possible it was someone he trusted, then.

[And that's just making him angrier!!]

[inordertobelieve]

Who did he trust, while we're at that? You would know best.

[bawcock]

Any chance you who that might be? It might help us narrow things down.

[ name and shame, iago!! ]

[deadlygoals]

It could also be possible he didn't think anyone would kill him because he was helping everyone out.

[ Again, why did someone kill our robot maker ]

[notbymyside]

The number of possible light sources is far higher than the number of night vision goggles, yes? Just off-hand I can think of flashlights, the glow sticks, and the Lux ability.

[raventhaw]

And how many people own night vision goggles?

[deadlygoals]

There's a gas lamp you can get at the post office.

[bawcock]

Just in case, I'm going to say this now: I didn't kill Dist. I don't want things to get down to the wire again and watch you or anyone else gently floating the idea that I did it.

[moonfang]

I have some goggles. But they never leave my sight unless I know fer sure who’s borrowin’ em. And they were with me and Erik, at the arcade.

[ And he yawns gapingly, sinking into his chair. It is entirely too early for this ]

[notbymyside]

The killer could have turned off the flashlight when they were done.

[deadlygoals]

There is that as well. The gun was found a couple feet away from the body.

[bawcock]

What a crazy thing to do.

[notbymyside]

Is it? Once Dist was dead, the killer would have to worry about getting out without getting caught. Even if the sound of gunshots didn't alert anyone around the area, seeing a flashlight lighting up the dark room might have.

[bawcock]

I think so. Maybe it's just me, but I don't think my first instinct would be to flick off a flashlight before skedaddling.

[drydrown]

[Cumore is currently sitting next to Iago, with a bladed...contraption sitting in his lap; it's irrelevant to the trial, but it looks to be some sort of folded up thing that's very sharp on the business end.

He does not trust this to not get very, very stupid at some point.

Either way, his expression is darker than the usual.]

I'm not accusing anyone. I want that made clear before anyone jumps down my throat. But there's another possibility that I've noticed no one is mentioning.

Perhaps our culprit didn't need a light source.

[raventhaw]

[ well, now she's interested. ]

Go on.

[drydrown]

If I had any idea how to fire a gun, I know I wouldn't need light to hit a target.

I find it interesting that no one has mentioned this as a possibility against at least one of us here. Or has Dazai Osamu failed to mention that Sonui allows you to sense the layout and contents of a room in the dark?

We can't, for example, read in the dark, at least not to my knowledge. Details are a bit beyond me. But a person's location and shape would be no issue.

[notbymyside]

Before you go any further with that line of thinking, Dazai-kun has a solid alibi.

[reanbeans]

Dazai was with me all last night. He wouldn't have had the chance.

[raventhaw]

[ did......did cumore just reveal his (or someone else's) power are we hearing this right

either way, there's a small smirk that forms on her lips. ]

Interesting explanation. Thank you for sharing, Cumore.

[ hm. hm. ]

[bawcock]

I think I get what you're saying. You're suggesting the fuses might've been flipped when the killer went to leave, right?

[drydrown]

Not quite.