antumbrac | FIFTH TRIAL

Trial V

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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Are you certain he didn't leave at any point? Was it just the two of you?

He didn't leave at any point. My eyes were on him the entire time - we even went out patrolling together, side by side. Then we came back to his room to join up with the other two, as we normally do.

When did the two of you go patrolling?

From 9:30 to 9:55pm...and we didn't see anything unusual, either.

[ ... ]

I can say for sure that I've been with Dazai the entire night. When we arrived, Seteh was in the room, and then...Ango was the last to arrive.

Do you remember when exactly Ango arrived? Was it shortly before the Lady's announcement?

It was around midnight.

The Lady woke us up not even an hour later. I have a watch.

[ And he somehow actually has that on despite being in pajamas...?? Weird man.]

[Well, look at that.]

Thank you, Teru Mikami. That's what I was thinking.

So, with that alibi no longer holding any weight... Ango. It certainly is looking likely that this was your doing. Care to share what you were doing out so late?

[He sounds remarkably calm given how worked up he's been all trial, but that is not a nice smile.]

[ this dudes about to stab someone ]

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[why do you think he brought the blade.

he doesn't trust iago to not go completely stupid on someone's ass and he wants to stop that shit before it starts.]

Iago. Breathe, if you will.

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First off, I don't have a way to see in the dark. My power is Gravitas, and I demonstrated it for everyone a couple trials ago.

Secondly, I was speaking with Rembrandt. When our conversation was done, I went back to the dorms.

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No, I was there as well. I can confirm he did not leave the room.

...How exactly are you fitting that many people in one room? That seems incredibly uncomfortable.

Human-jenga.

[...wait. Iago's not from modern times.]

It's quite cramped and we have to sleep nearly on top of each other for it to work.

[thank you for clarifying...]

Do you only do that on Thursday nights?

Sometimes I stay with Dazai-kun or he stays with me. But the four of us only group up on Thursday nights, yes. We figured it would be safer, once we noticed the pattern in the murders.

It is also a bit hard to sleep with all the shenanigans going on...

[Why do you think he power-naps through investigations usually?]

I've removed the desk from my room and took apart my bed. I also took mattresses from the unused rooms to put on the floor.

I suppose that works, but how do any of you get any sleep...

[Having Dist in the room was weird enough!!]

In short amounts. Usually we just wind up playing games or reading until we're tired enough to pass out. Last night, we didn't sleep at all.

Were you waiting up for Ango?

Yeah, we were. He came in at around midnight. Rean has a pocket watch, which I took out to show him how late it was.

[That's what he thought.]

I imagine I would not be getting much sleep anyway given how things have been going on Thursday nights, so it doesn't really change much for me.