unknownseas | Fourth Trial

[ After the evidence (and what a large batch of evidence it is, this time) has been gathered up, after actually patiently waiting a longer time than usual to make sure everything's been grabbed, the speakers over New Rapture crackle to life. ]

Time's up, everyone. You know where to go.

[ The lower number of bathyspheres, as you descend, is starting to become really notable, isn't it? The descent is the same as ever, lower and lower into the sea. The bioluminescence of those slugs on the ocean floor is almost brighter today, somehow, and some of them have even crawled up the cliff face around you as you pass them.

The dome approaches, slowly as ever, gleaming red in the darkness. The bathyspheres land in a row, doors opening one by one to reveal the familiar sight of the trial room, three more podiums now darkened. ]

Take your places, ladies and gentlemen. You've got a doozy of a situation to discuss. Ass Man and Silver Fox are dead. You know what happens if you can't figure out whodunnit.

[ Welcome to your fourth trial. ]

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[Though Rossiu usually manages to keep his composure through these trials, he looks a little shaken today. He's doing his best to pull himself together and get through his evidence though, so here we go!!]

I investigated the area near the entrance of the dark ride, where... Dandy was found. The water was drained, something that was operated by a control panel near the entrance. The lights were turned on as well, also from the same control panel. It seemed simple enough to use and showed no signs of anything noteworthy. [Like say, being smashed.]

I also found one of the fake rocks was moved. It seemed to have been purposefully moved rather than accidentally disturbed, because I found a knife underneath it.

[And here it is! If anyone wants to take a closer look at it, feel free to assume he passes it around.]

It's one of the knives from the vending machine. It's bent and damaged. It looks as if it might have come into contact with something.

[The exact mod wording on that is here, so anyone else can feel free to pick up on this! Rossiu doesn't know enough about knives or stabbing to get this.]

Why go through the trouble of draining the water to the ride? I get that it's probably easier to hide your torture murder crime in a long, dark tunnel, but there's gotta be better places to do it where no one would find it, right?

I'm curious about that as well. Perhaps the water was drained to make it... easier to kill Dandy? Though I'm really not sure. It might help to try to determine a timeline for both deaths individually.