FIFTH TRIAL

[bathymetric]

[ It's not terribly long, once everything has been found, before Davy Jones heads out to round you all up once more and take you into the theatre. At least plenty of you are around the same area, so it probably doesn't take terribly long.

The ride down to the trial room is the same as ever - a blast of the organ, a slow descent. It's really starting to become clear, though, just how your numbers are decreasing. You're already down three, counting the absence of Chloe, potentially more when you come back up.

The crew of the Dutchman is singing as Jones lets you out into the trial room. ]

To business, passengers. I am about if you need guidance.

[ The circle of podiums is less populated than ever. So many of you are islands now, so to speak.

The song dies down, the waters quiet.

Welcome to your fifth trial.. ]

Comments

[queceracera]

I'd say her killing was for mercy then, except it looked pretty brutal.

[scouserer]

But if it was for mercy, why would someone try and staunch the flow of blood?

[scythegun]

Perhaps she tried to stop her own bleeding?

[ltcommandroid]

There was blood on her hands that could indicate she did. It was the postmortem positioning of her body that led me to conclude another person was present.

[Just to clarify!]

Was there blood near the fabric that was cut?

[scouserer]

It's possible. And then...I don't know.

[His brow furrows in thought.]

[dokkalfheimr]

Isn't it...

[God, she hates talking about this.]

Is it possible she tried to do that herself?

[scouserer]

[Constantine nods, rubbing his forehead and thinking.]

I think we need to step back and view all the evidence as a whole. We seem to be caught on the minute details, but we don't have a clear picture of what happened so far.

[dokkalfheimr]

A timeline would be helpful. I know there were attempts at creating one...

[sivard]

...Yeah. It sounds like we're missing something.