FIFTH TRIAL

[umbralant]

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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[drydrown]

[Cumore personally has stopped saying anything; he's gone very quiet, and very still, and his gaze is low and he's not making eye contact with anyone and he seems to be trying very, very hard to keep his breathing under control.

Just. Give him a moment, he's vaguely aware of Iago completely malfunctioning next to him, but.]

[psychophant]

[it's fine, today's going great!!!]

I'm not going to let them kill you. Do you hear me? They aren't going to kill you for this.

[He can't be wrong about this. He can't.]

[drydrown]

[It's delayed, but he nods a bit eventually. Still not saying anything, but he hears you. He looks sort of like he's trying to figure out what to do with his face? God.]

[psychophant]

[Okay. Okay, that's good. That's a start. Now how exactly does he make that a reality...]

We've looked at everything we can. We've gone over every possible angle. Unless this is a bigger mess than any of us are thinking, there's really only one possible person here who could be responsible.

[That seems to have settled him somewhat, anyway, though he's still shaking and looking like he's about half a second from snapping like a damn twig, but look, he's at least putting forth an effort.]

Are you really going to let Cumore take the fall for you, Mikami?

[inordertobelieve]

[ Hey Iago, Mikami is starting to approach similar levels of done as you, his eyes are slightly wild. ]

I didn't--- I didn't do this! This is--- It wasn't me!

[psychophant]

Who else could have done this, then!? We have nothing left to examine! We have no other angles to look at! You're the only one who could have done this!

[inordertobelieve]

I don't... I wasn't...

[ Okay, he's trying to deep breathe here and kind of failing. ]

Sakaguchi knew Sonui needed glass. Sakaguchi has no alibi. He knows nobody would think he'd try to frame Dazai. And then, the likelihood of someone else having Sonui.... It was one of the powers with the lowest user numbers. They were statistical odds. He could have banked on this.

[ Just staring at Ango now, but like, kind of... unsure. ]

[deadlygoals]

The clue is supposed to point at the killer.

[ So it has to be someone who would use glass. ]

[inordertobelieve]

Calculations like this are--- they're part of a killer profile!

[bawcock]

Okay, wait! Time-out! Let's all take a step back and clear our heads, jumping at each other like this and pointing fingers isn't doing anyone any good!

[psychophant]

Yes, that's exactly why I thought it was him, but then how do you explain everything else? How could he have managed to get from the art museum to the autoshop so quickly if it wasn't with the use of Gravitas!?

[inordertobelieve]

I don't... I don't know. He would--- I don't know.

[ Yeah okay, we're definitely entering breakdown mode here. ]

[psychophant]

[just. puts his head back in his hands and tries very hard not to start screaming.]

[moonfang]

We proved earlier that it doesn't make ya any faster, though...

[drydrown]

...We don't know that he did. We only have his word that he did.

[He's still not looking up.]

Teru Mikami would be pushing harder if he wanted me to die for this. He wouldn't try to help me in any way. He certainly wouldn't be pointing at Ango. I'm an easier target.

But we don't know when Ango talked to Rembrandt. We just know he did, and we've been taking his word for how long he did so and when.

[psychophant]

So you're both suspecting each other and doubting your own alibis and the only person who benefits from that is the killer - and we only have one person who could possibly fit.

[notbymyside]

Like I just said, if I was going to use Sonui as an excuse to frame someone, I would have left the glass behind as a clue. I wouldn't have cleaned it up perfectly and hid it somewhere for the Lady to find.

[inordertobelieve]

She could have taken it from the crime scene to--- to....

[ Yeah, he's just going to trail off here and stare at the floor. ]

[notbymyside]

...it's alright, Mikami. I know you didn't do it.

[He can't promise that he'll keep Mikami safe, but he can at least try to convince people not to vote for him.]

[notbymyside]

The clue directly pointed at a Sonui-user being the culprit and you're going after Mikami here?

[psychophant]

We don't know what the glass was for. For all we know, it was to try to frame a Sonui user, even without knowing about the ability to see in the dark with it! Mikami also knew about Cumore's power!

[notbymyside]

The glass was cleaned up perfectly. No glass was found at the auto shop, right? If it was on the ground there, you might have a point. But it was cleaned up on purpose.

Why would Mikami break glass and then clean it up on purpose? Why wouldn't he just leave it there if his goal was to frame someone?

[psychophant]

Maybe he didn't anticipate the Lady taking it for the hint, how should I know!?

[notbymyside]

Iago. It doesn't fit. And if it doesn't fit, then it's not the truth.

[psychophant]

So you're going to pin this on Cumore. Cumore, of all damn people. He's never used a gun, he didn't even receive one, and you just... You think Dist is stupid enough to hand over a gun to someone else!? What is wrong with all of you!?