Fourth Trial

[bathymetric]

[ 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. ]

Comments

[buriedstar]

Do we have an estimated time of death for either of them?

[sastruga]

...Maybe Aiba has an idea for Dandy? She examined him closely, right?

hey mods

[pairtner]

Usually I check the bodies to have an estimate of the time of death.

[Being a detective's assistant has its perks. Aiba pauses for a brief second while she sifts through the data and--

yeah give her a sec]

[bathymetric]

[ Alright, so, timeline here.

The fireworks started going off at dawn. That's when you guys were woken up by that booming. With that in mind! Dandy would've been dead for one to two hours when you found and examined him. ]

[pairtner]

[After that very brief pause, Aiba informs:]

According to the temperature of the body, Dandy died from one to two hours before I began examining him.