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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I don't know. Personally, I still think it's clothes and it's going to be as useless as last time, but it could be something else.

Let's go over who we suspect right now. I know Ango is the top choice for a few people here. Is there anyone else?

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I have my suspicions, but I don't think I can voice them right now without being completely disregarded.

Please do, regardless. We are capable of examining your statements divorced from any doubt cast on your person.

Anything helps, Ango, especially if we can avoid having anyone take the hint.

...

[He seems to be waffling on a few things, but after taking a moment to consider it he finally relents.]

...Alright. Give me a moment and I'll see what I can come up with. I want to have something substantial to back it up with.

[He'll pull out the loose notebook pages and pencil from earlier and start jotting down some notes.]

Thanks, Ango. Really.

Maybe, given the cleanliness of it all, Mikami? I really ain't got a clue, though...

He also said he didn't have his gun on him, didn't he?

I do not, that's true. But I do have an alibi.

[ Gestures at Cumore. ]

True. It's stronger than Ango's, at least.

Wasn't Cumore asleep though?

... I suppose that's true.

And were you asleep? Or did you stay awake the whole time?

I also fell asleep relatively quickly. As I said before, the Lady woke us both up.

...and are you a heavy sleeper?

I don't think I am, no. At home I live fairly quietly and I don't have any roommates, so I sleep through the night, but here I have been sleeping less quietly as a rule already.

So, you're bringing this back to Cumore, then?

[ jiii ]

If you both claim to be asleep, then one of you could have woken up and snuck out to do the murder.

He does not have a gun, nor does he have ability to use one. My own was locked into my room, he would not have had access.

While I can't exclude him with 100% certainty, I do not think there is any reason to paint him as a closer suspect right now.

As for myself... I didn't do it. You can ask me whatever to try and verify this.

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...It looks like people have been discussing both Ango and Mikami.

[ after hearing that cumore was asleep, raven makes a pensive noise. ]

If that's the case, then...

[ neither one of you look good right now... ]

It seems that both of them have experience with crime, so I'd like to think that they both know how to clean up a crime scene relatively well. Though I'm still not buying Ango's explanation for why his sleeves are wet, I can also see Mikami not wanting his hands dirty. Literally.

This is all speculation, though. I'm open to hearing what everyone else has to think, Mikami and Ango included.

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You can ask Rean and Seteth about the flour trap I pulled on Ango.

It's hard to say, with the way the killer left the crime scene perfect.

[ It's driving him a little nuts. He could only imagine how Iago feels.

But he definitely wanted to solve this. Dist was someone he liked speaking to...and they chatted more than a few times. ]

Maybe there's something we overlooked. The only hint so far of anyone using a power would be Dist in his attempt to get out of danger. I'm...wondering if the killer even needed to use one on their end at all.

It honestly doesn't look like they needed to, because it seems like they got a clean shot on Dist.

[Luckily Shiro and Rideaux managed to convince him to speak up, so.]

I think it's fair to narrow it down to myself, Mikami, or Cumore. Everyone else either has strong alibis or would not murder Dist. And I obviously don't suspect myself, so that leaves Mikami and Cumore.

Mikami claims Cumore fell asleep and then he did as well, so their alibi can't be trusted. Either of them could have faked being asleep to sneak out and murder. Furthermore, as you stated, Mikami knows crime scenes and would know how to clean them up. But there's another piece here that I think we're overlooking: Cumore was quick to say 'the murder was done in the dark' and say that Sonui could be used to see in the dark when such information had been kept quiet before. The insistence on including this when nobody else even knew about it seems like a strange attempt to frame Dazai-kun.

Between those two, I don't know which it is. It could even be that they worked together on this. But they're both suspicious, and I know it wasn't me, so it must be one of those two.

I've said this to Cumore and I will repeat it for everyone here.

I might have killed for my secret. In fact, it might have been the only thing that could have moved me to take an incentive. But the person I would have done it for is dead.

If you think back to the hostage motive, you might remember Rembrandt handing me a note saying everyone I care about has died already. That's your proof, there.