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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[bawcock]

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?

[drydrown]

...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.

[bawcock]

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.

[pr159]

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.

[notbymyside]

[Cumore got that part, so.]

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

[bawcock]

And that still breaks it?

[notbymyside]

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

[bawcock]

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

[baitless]

...

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

[notbymyside]

What do you mean?

[pr159]

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

[notbymyside]

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

[inordertobelieve]

He doesn't have a gun.

[notbymyside]

That's what I meant. If the gun found by Dist was the gun he used, it would be missing more bullets if he practiced.

[baitless]

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.