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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Cat Herd

[deadlygoals]

Alright, let's get back on track.

We know he was shot in the back, but it was the upper chest and it didn't hit anything vital. He likely bled to death. In that time, we know the killer moved from some where behind him, a few feet maybe, to a couple of feet in front of him. There's a shot in the door frame at the same height, chest height from the victim and mid-door height, which means it was likely the same shooter. The shots hit straight on.

The killer then went to the gym at some point to clean up. Maybe even grabbed a new pair of clothes there or changed into something they had already waiting. All we have are used paper towels with a substance on them.

We also know a number of people may have access to guns, but we don't know who actually got one. So I would like to ask everyone who went to the post office this week and who do you know got a gun or a weapon of some kind.

There are a couple of strange things with this case. One is the shot to the doorway of the garage.

What we learned from Rembrandt is that a clone from Klados will fade away when the user is killed. So, while the killer was standing in front of the body for some reason, his clone may have walked in or was going for the door to get help. He shot at the clone, but missed. Everything was cleaned outside of the auto shop and it was normal on the interior, so the clone may have vanished at this point.

The other odd thing is the flashlight and the lights in the auto shop. The flashlight didn't have any blood on it besides what was under it. If Dist was holding the flashlight, then it would have been hit with some blood splatter or drops. It also was placed on top of the blood. It didn't roll like it should have and it wasn't broken or damaged. The floors are concrete. If he was holding it... it wouldn't have been right by his hand. [ Dazai is going to pretend to grab the flashlight to show. ]

I think the killer placed it there, forgot to turn it on, and then went outside to shut off the lights. I think they may have been trying to purposely frame me considering my powers and the weapon of choice. So we might have to consider anyone who would know how my power works. I don't think it would be wise to narrow in on anyone familiar with the gun. They didn't need to stand that far away from him to shoot him in the back. They also didn't kill him instantly.

Okay, am I missing anything else?

[galrarm]

[ Hmmm. ]

Have we fielded the idea of discerning the shooter's height from where the bullet hole in the door is?

[raventhaw]

That's what I was considering when I asked Erik about the height of the door.

[deadlygoals]

We don't know where they were standing when they shot, which makes it hard to figure out.

[notbymyside]

Aren't almost all of us about the same height anyway? Other than a couple outliers, we're all within a 5-centimeter range of height.

[psychophant]

Who knew about Sonui, then? We know that you and Cumore both have it. I already knew about how it works because Cumore told me, and Ango seems knowledgeable about it as well. Anyone else? Sonui is the one that we had the least reason to discuss during most of the trials, so not much was spoken about.

[deadlygoals]

I have shown it a few times to the group. The meeting and I shared about shattering the glass. Ango and I haven't explored the echo location part of it, so we don't actually know how that works.

[ A glance to Cumore. ]

Is there anyone you told about it?

[drydrown]

I mentioned that I'm capable of doing that much to Iago, but I haven't informed anyone else.

[drydrown]

[really, asshole.]

If you have something to say to me, you can say it to my face, you know. Otherwise, those are a lot of assumptions you're making.

[deadlygoals]

[ he isn't tbh ]

I'm not accusing you. I'm saying someone you may have told about your powers or someone put it together from my own demonstrations.

[drydrown]

I mentioned the echolocation to Iago only. Teru Mikami found out I have Sonui last night, but I didn't discuss the particulars of it.

[inordertobelieve]

[ Nodding. ]

I only heard of it right at bedtime. We didn't discuss more and went straight to sleep.

[psychophant]

Which means that once again, Ango is looking more likely than anyone else here. Unless you want to try to argue that Teru Mikami would cover for Cumore or that I killed Dist.

[bawcock]

I don't think we can say it didn't roll. It isn't as if—

[ A pause. He hates how casually he was about to say that. He frowns and continues anyway. ] It isn't as if the blood was always there or he would've bled out immediately. Maybe the flashlight rolled and the blood pooled around it later.

[deadlygoals]

It should have rolled further away from him if that was the case. The killer would have gotten blood on their hands as well if they picked it up to turn the flash light off.

[ And that winds up going down a path of maybe there's extra evidence but he doesn't want anyone taking Lady's deal. ]

[bawcock]

Would it? Sometimes things go flying, sometimes they end up right where they'd land. [ Dropping stuff's weird. Stuff's weird. ]

Let's just drop the flashlight on the floor and see how far it goes.

[deadlygoals]

We can do it on the stage.

[ Flashlights are round though. ]

[moonfang]

Well. I can say without a doubt that the black shit on the paper towels is gunpowder residue. So whoever fired the gun went to the gym ta clean up. But... why the gym? Wouldn't there be bathrooms at the tram station and jazz bar? Both of those are closer.

[bawcock]

Suddenly, I'm starting to wonder if I should've went diving in the sewers to check if someone left clothes in there.

[ again ]

[moonfang]

Ugh... I bet that's what's in the Bitch's box this time, too.

[bawcock]

It's that or the missing bullet case. Sheesh, if she's going to nab something, she could make it harder to figure out what it is.

[reanbeans]

[ .... Oh really. The gym. ]

That's strange, yeah. Though maybe it could be because they might've had to change too? Or the killer was panicking because they had not so much time left to head back?

[moonfang]

Yeah, that's where Raven said she found 'em. Hmmm... so ya think the killer changed clothes, too? Makes sense.

[deadlygoals]

The gym has showers and clothes.

[notbymyside]

Is there even time to shower in all of this? Their hair would still be wet, I would think.