FIFTH TRIAL

[bathymetric]

Quite the spread of evidence, isn't it? You have all you need, make your way to the vault door at once.

[ Once you're all at the door, Angel lets you through and into the elevator as always. And speaking of that elevator... your space to roam inside has grown again as you head down. Four is a heavy number to lose in one week, isn't it, between Nova and the three bodies you've just found? Though the number of things to discuss might be weighing heavier on your mind, if you're one of the investigators. The elevator might seem bigger or smaller than usual, despite the increase in space.

The trial room is as it is most weeks, apart from the newly-red podiums, so at least that's not a surprise by now. The screens are lowered, the familiar spiral displayed as ever. ]

That's three down this week. Up to three parties can be found responsible, when all is said and done - so go forth and find whoever did this, won't you? And to whoever did this... as always, best of luck to you as well.

[ The screens raise.

Welcome to your fifth trial. ]

Comments

[bolderfell]

[He closes his eyes, picturing it.]

Brackets... the ones shaped like this, right? [He makes an L with his fingers.] Some of those were disturbed in the carpentry room, too. His weight would be more than enough to dislodge the rope from both of those and trigger something. Was something done to the weight rack?

Mods?

[bogwife]

The weight rack was hanging by a rope and... [She folds her arms and furrows her brow, thinking back.] The screws holding the weights in place were loosened. They all would have fallen out at once.

[Were the brackets the same ones missing from the workshop?]

[bathymetric]

[ That's certainly very possible! ]

[bolderfell]

The screws... someone had gone through those, too. Maybe the real ones were replaced with smaller ones. Those would slip through with a good yank, too.

[bogwife]

A good yank like someone stepping through a rope attached to it and jostling everything loose.

[emberserker]

Brackets attach by screws, too, don't they?

[bogwife]

They were screwed in, yes. They looked sturdy, they would have had to have been to hold all the weight.