Sixth Trial

[bathymetric]

[ After a time, as always, your investigation is interrupted by the Mayor's now-familiar voice, calling out to you over the loudspeakers. ]

And that's gonna be time. Pack it in, everyone, bring what you're gonna bring because it's trial time.

[ There are so many bathyspheres missing, you cannot help but notice, as you all pile into the station for your standard trip down to the trial room. Your number has dipped to about a third of its original size - a fact that becomes even more evident when you reach the circle of podiums at the bottom of New Rapture's ocean trench. ]

You all know why you're here. Someone killed Pillage Idiot, and it's your job to figure out who. This is your sixth one, I sure hope you have the procedure down by now.

[ Welcome to your sixth trial. ]

Comments

[honeyedtea]

[ Perhaps unsurprisingly, Mielle looks pale and queasy as they arrive once again in the trial room. She's aware that she's probably the last person who should've been trusted with investigating a body for any number of reasons but the deed's been done and if she wants to walk out of this place alive then she needs to make sure they resolve all these confused pieces of the puzzle into a clear image.

As usual, she and Mafuyu are stood together, hands clapsed and fingers entwined. Mielle's holding on so tightly that her knuckles are white. ]

... Mafuyu and I investigated the body and the area around it.

The first thing I noticed was that his clothes had been damaged and there was a small burn on his skin. Mafuyu told me it was consistent with a taser burn and we found one tossed to the side close to his body. There were also other disturbances in the scene - some mirrors had been tipped over and smashed and some wooden signs had also been toppled over, as well as a throwing knife embedded in the wall. Based on the second throwing knife I found stored in Nandor's shoes, I think we can assume it was his and that he threw it at his attacker.

... It seems quite clear to me that he was attacked and taken by surprise but what he was doing so late out at night remains a mystery.

[capreelcious]

Whoever did this made a real mess, huh? Makes sense, since Vampire Squid probably wouldn't go down without a fight.

[specialyellthing]

… It’s what he preferred. Sleepin during the day, and bein awake at night.

[sastruga]

...I suppose that is what he would be used to. It would feel strange to switch, even if the sun isn't an issue here.