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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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!

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?

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

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

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!?

Who else could it be? The clue makes it clear it was a Sonui-user. There's only two Sonui-users here, and Dazai-kun has an airtight alibi. Are you suggesting someone else as that ability too?

The only other person with an unknown ability is me, and I'm certainly not going to blame myself for Dist's death! Again, we don't know what the glass was for and you're so adamant about pinning it on a Sonui user!

Because the clues we get directly link the murders to specific people. They wouldn't give us glass like that if glass wasn't the medium by which this person's ability functioned!

If you succeed at getting Cumore killed, your days are numbered.

I already told you, I have Gravitas. And Gravitas doesn't use glass.

[...just gonna ignore ango for now...]

Rean, Seteth. Are you absolutely certain Dazai wasn't alone at any point?

...I'm absolutely certain. We were honestly together for those time frames I gave before I headed back to his room and met up with Seteth.

This was really the one night I spent so much time in his company too, and I would've noticed if Dazai had left. Seteth too.

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psychophant - 2020-02-08 23:46 (UTC) - Expand

reanbeans - 2020-02-09 00:02 (UTC) - Expand

It's safe to say none of us know, and I for one barely understand how Sonui even works.

That thing Cumore mentioned before—about the walls and figures. Do you need to break a glass for that?

...No. It's always there. Unless we choose not to...look, to put it one way, that part of the ability is always there.

There would have been no reason to break glass there.

Okay, then what we have to figure out now is what purpose the glass did serve. It might look like it was from Sonui, but there are always other options.

Unless you wanted to play a recorded sound, maybe? If you'd used Iago's voice before he had a chance to see you, he probably would have dropped his guard completely. That would explain why it needed to be dark, too.

[Cumore got that part, so.]

The glass was honestly probably used to silence the room. It would explain why nobody heard gunshots, at least.

And that still breaks it?

It did at the meeting, when Dazai-kun silenced everyone for a bit.

[ welp, that is the most plausible explanation then. rip somebody ]

...

It could be used in practice, too, I suppose, if one wanted to keep that a secret.

What do you mean?

That's a good point, actually. He could have silenced the area to practice shooting prior to the murder, right?

That's...certainly possible, but more than two bullets would be missing, wouldn't they?

inordertobelieve - 2020-02-08 23:42 (UTC) - Expand

notbymyside - 2020-02-08 23:48 (UTC) - Expand

Oh, I thought earlier that if someone had been trying to learn how to use a gun when they had no prior experience, someone likely would have noticed because of all the noise it would make.

But again, I am not entirely sure how much of a factor that could be.