Mini 60 - Trial!

[Peregrine]

"The way I sees it, there's two possibilities: either the victim was totally random, or it weren't."


Agent Campbell adjusts his hat and pulls an unlit cigarette out of his pocket, holding it in his mouth.


"Let's consider option A. If that laxative got inta any random cup beforehand ta get passed around, there'd be no tellin where it'd end up. There'd only be one way ta guarantee you weren't the one ta get it: not drinkin outta any cup in the first place. Plus, whether that laxative was put in a cup before or while Mr Douglas was pourin the drinks, no one knew he'd be servin that stuff. He'd have been the only one ta know drinks'd be served ahead of time."

"Not ta say it's a done deal. More likely, in my opinion, is option B: that someone had it in fer Inigo specifically. Again, Mr Douglas mighta had the chance ta make sure anyone in particular got the right cup, but Ghost Girl brings up another possibility: Inigo did it himself. Wouldn't be able ta tell ya why, but it's possible. From Inigo's pictures we know he was on the balcony, and I can tell you exactly when he came back: 20 minutes afta the landlord left (beginning of A2). He could've messed with the circuit breaker just minutes before, slipped out onta da balcony, then nabbed the tools before walking back in like nothin happened. As far as I saw, only two people ever came inta contact with the cup that now contains traces of laxative powder: Mr Douglas and the victim himself."

[Tetsu]

May 7, 2021 8:35:40 GMT -6 Crow said:

"That reminds me however, that Tsubaki stayed in the Living room/Kitchen alone after the landlord left(A1). that place is right next to where the breaker room is, Tsubaki would you mind telling us what you did after we all goes our separate ways?"

Tsubaki looks at the old man

"Yes, I was alone in during the first 10 mins of the viewing. Everyone did leave the place as I stayed for a little longer. I saw Campbell and Hanako entered the bathroom, Inigo headed to the balcony and you, Harry entered the bedroom. As for what I was doing after seeing everyone leave? I head to the living room I'm a designer. Of course I was scrutinizing the decoration of the house. I have to say the interior design though simple it is rather exquisite living room design."

He looks at Harry.

"I hope that answers your question"

May 7, 2021 9:37:46 GMT -6 Vaellin the Bard said:

Hanako turns to Tsubaki. Her voice turns sweet like a kid talking to a respected older brother. "I got your jacket from the bedroom closet! Sorry it's not as nice as the one I ruined."

"I see, do you happened to notice if it's already hanging there?" He then puts his hands into the pocket

May 7, 2021 9:59:04 GMT -6 Crow said:

“Young Tsubaki, little Hanako, can you two confirm if Mr.Campbell left around that time or not?”

May 7, 2021 10:13:40 GMT -6 Vaellin the Bard said:

I think Tsubaki may have a better estimate of when that was."

He return his gaze to both Harry and Hanako

"Yes, after the drinking session, Campbell left for the bathroom and Inigo was laying on the sofa by then."

May 7, 2021 10:41:37 GMT -6 Peregrine said:

"For what it's worth, I saw Tsubaki headin inta da bedroom about 20 minutes in (A2). He was in the living room, but I can't say where he'd been before then. I was busy eatin a donut. I went inta da bedroom as well afta that, and saw Tsubaki head inta da bathroom from there a little while later."

Tsubaki looks at Campbell.

"And what are you trying to insinuate? I toggle with the breaker? Besides, why are you lying about the donut? You did not even eat anything when you enter the bathroom in the first 10 mins. Because from what I remember you did come in through the bathroom, Campbell. I was no where near the bathroom during the 20 mins mark as I was checking out the bedroom and especially the walk-in closet and I was testing the bed when you, Campbell walked in and look around the room and closet almost at the end of the 20mins. May I ask, why are you looking at the room and closet again when you entered the first 10 mins of our time here?

Besides, is it just me, or did you commit this unforgivable crime?

[Crow]

“Oh yes, the doughnuts. It was a delicious snack with powder sugar on it. Say who's the one that brought in the pretty thing? I remember seeing Inigo eating it next to Campbell as they sat on the sofa.”

Turning towards Tsubaki, Harry nods at his answer.

“Yes the answer satisfy me, but while you're in the living room. Did you say you saw Mr.Campbell returning from the bathroom? can you tell us what he did after returning?”

[Tetsu]

May 7, 2021 18:51:47 GMT -6 Crow said:

Yes the answer satisfy me, but while you're in the living room. Did you say you saw Mr.Campbell returning from the bathroom? can you tell us what he did after returning?”

"Hmmm, well he came out from the bedroom though at the start of the 50min mark and sat next to Inigo, if I remember it correctly."

[mao]

Disembodied narrator confirms some things that they may or may not have forgotten about:
- Each action was about ~10 minutes long.
- The toilet is broken (not working properly) but not damaged. It looks like the supply valve was loosened, which would have caused the toilet to leak when it was flushed. Since there is no visible damage, it would have been unnoticeable until it started leaking.
- The cups were taken out of the kitchen cupboard by Harry, who proceeded to pour everyone a drink. Three out of four people finished their drink and left it on the kitchen counter in A3.

[Tetsu]

He waits for Hanako but she was in her own world of toilets so when he pulled his hand out of the jacket he notices white powder. He then decided to smell it before he taste it.

[Crow]

After thinking for a while, harry asks.

"Say did anyone saw where or what Mr.Campbell was doing before he joins Tsubaki in the bedroom?"

"Oh and Mr.Campbell, you mentioned there's powder in my drinks but I don't believe anyone mentioned seeing that during our investigation or before you says that. how is it that you thinks that the drinks are the one spiked instead of the doughnuts which would be easier to hide the powder with the powder sugar on it. in fact with the drink i made having dark green color, the powder would have made the color of the drink to change which is very suspicious if you asks me. Oh and before you say i spiked the drink from it's source, i only had one bottle which i share into four cups which at the time all drinks had the same colors."

Frowning, you could almost hear the rusty gears in Harry's head turning.

"That reminds me, Tsubaki, Hanako mentioned that she ruined your jacket. what exactly happen, when and where did it happen?"

[Tetsu]

Tsubaki licks his finger and snickers

"Ah dang...it's sugar...so there would either be where the tainted donut was or this jacket would be able to fit someone other than me, and they are the culprit."

He turns to Harry

May 8, 2021 7:57:51 GMT -6 Crow said:

"That reminds me, Tsubaki, Hanako mentioned that she ruined your jacket. what exactly happen, when and where did it happen?"

"Hmm...it happened just when Campbell headed to the bathroom and Inigo was sitting down at the sofa. She bumped into me and I spilled my drink all over them, she was apologizing profusely saying to offer to wash my jacket. So I waited in the living room. Inigo at this point was snapping picture with his donut. She didn't come back out until the near the end of the hour mark maybe 55mins into our time here?"

[Crow]

"I see, that is interesting indeed.. hm? that reminds me everyone is accounted for about where they are through the night. all but Hanako and Inigo. Little Hanako, mind telling us where you went and what you do after you leave the toilet?"

[Tetsu]

Tsubaki looks at Harry

"I have a better idea, let's just say Hanako could potentially be our little killer."

He then clears his throat a little and spoke

"First, you head to the bathroom with Campbell. You first job was easy, to make sure the lights would not function. So as Campbell entered the bathroom, you lingered first before the bathroom, to remove the name on the circuit breaker and turn off the power to the bathroom. Then you entered, exclaiming that there is no light and you were able to find the laxatives in the bathroom cabinet. Why? Because, you're the ghost of toilet, so I'm sure you have your fair share of toilet haunting experience to know where these were but you waited."

"Next you waited for Campbell to leave and grab the laxative and then head to the Kitchen to sprinkle it on the donuts by donuts I meant the one on the top layer. When you, you were able to do so with no suspicion and head to the balcony to grab the screwdriver and plier, maybe noticing Ingio there, telling him you wanted to try fixing the lighting."

"However, due to most of everyone ended meeting in the Kitchen for the sales, pitched you were happy that the first person who took the donut spiked with laxative, hence why you took the next one. Then you made a scene by bumping into me and say that you would wash my stained jacket. It took you quite a long time to wash didn't it? So I believe, you used that excuse to tinker with the switch in the toilet. You remove the switch with the screwdriver, then you use the pliers to cut the wire so that it is exposed and also looses the supply valve of the flush. Then you put the laxative back into the cabinet."

"With that done, you enter the bedroom via the bathroom door and grab the first jacket you saw and somehow, the donut dusting ended up in the pocket and you brought it to me, hoping that somehow, would be able to pinned me as the culprit that people would think it's laxative, since both are white in color."

"Finally your plan succeeded with Ingio having a discomfort of the stomach and you see as he would soon leave this earth."

[Crow]

As if to confirm Tsubaki theory, Harry went over to the breaker room and checks if the labels on the breaker had signs of being removed

then he tried flicking the power switches and went over to checks the marked areas to see if the labels are where it is supposed to be.

[mao]

Since the labels are removable, there's no detectible indication that they have or have not been removed.

Once you turn on Bathroom, the Kitchen/Living Room area is lit again.
Once you turn off Kitchen, the Bathroom is dark and the water is no longer electrified.
Once you turn off Bedroom, the Bedroom is no longer lit.

[Vaellin the Bard]

May 7, 2021 18:32:37 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

"I see, do you happened to notice if it's already hanging there?" He then puts his hands into the pocket

"It was in the walk in closet when I got it. The powder may be my fault, come to think of it. I was eating my donut while washing your jacket."

May 8, 2021 8:36:22 GMT -6 Crow said:

"I see, that is interesting indeed.. hm? that reminds me everyone is accounted for about where they are through the night. all but Hanako and Inigo. Little Hanako, mind telling us where you went and what you do after you leave the toilet?"

"Ah! First, I'd like to make an amendment. By the time I arrived in the bathroom, the toilet was already broken. Personally this means that the apartment was already faulty, or it guarantees Agent Campbell is our murderer. I lean to the latter, since they'd have to know about the faulty toilet anyway to make the murder and this seems well planned out."

"Second, after the bathroom I went to try and switch the breaker on, but nothing happened. The labels had probably already been switched by then. I was pretty much with someone the rest of the night, excluding when I was cleaning and replacing Tsubaki's jacket."

"I was with Campbell and Inigo in the kitchen, then after Campbell left Harry entered from the bathroom. This is when he made his drink pitch. Campbell left briefly to go to the balcony and Tsubaki entered after that from the bathroom. I took a donut there. I've no clue if anyone took a donut before me, I just grabbed one. Then I was just with Tsubaki until I spilled his drink by bumping into him."

"This is the only time I was alone. And there were people in the living room to see me go into the balcony to get tools, had that been my objective. I cannot phase through walls right now. If I could, I'm sure one of you would've seen me do it at some point. So don't follow that thought unless you have proof I could even do it. There's no evidence of me going through any physical objects."

"After I returned to Tsubaki, Campbell, Harry, and Inigo and it isn't until the lights go out that I do anything again, really. Inigo had run off to the toilet already, which is when the lights went out. We can all agree to that, right? I went back to the breaker, heard some disturbing noises in the bathroom, and attempted to switch on the kitchen light. This, instead, flipped on the bathroom one, killing Inigo."

May 8, 2021 9:16:06 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

"I have a better idea, let's just say Hanako could potentially be our little killer."

"This is a ridiculous idea. I would never ruin a perfectly good toilet, much less run the risk of someone treading in my territory of toilet ghost!"

May 8, 2021 9:16:06 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

"First, you head to the bathroom with Campbell. You first job was easy, to make sure the lights would not function. So as Campbell entered the bathroom, you lingered first before the bathroom, to remove the name on the circuit breaker and turn off the power to the bathroom. Then you entered, exclaiming that there is no light and you were able to find the laxatives in the bathroom cabinet. Why? Because, you're the ghost of toilet, so I'm sure you have your fair share of toilet haunting experience to know where these were but you waited."

"First, Campbell went in alone. He can tell you as well that the light was on while he was in it. It didn't go off until while I was in the bathroom. How could I switch the breaker while I was in the bathroom itself?"

May 8, 2021 9:16:06 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

"Next you waited for Campbell to leave and grab the laxative and then head to the Kitchen to sprinkle it on the donuts by donuts I meant the one on the top layer. When you, you were able to do so with no suspicion and head to the balcony to grab the screwdriver and plier, maybe noticing Ingio there, telling him you wanted to try fixing the lighting."

"Again no one saw me go to the balcony and the only time I was alone there were people who could've seen me enter had that been my destination. Besides I thought the drinks were what was poisoned."

May 8, 2021 9:16:06 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

"However, due to most of everyone ended meeting in the Kitchen for the sales, pitched you were happy that the first person who took the donut spiked with laxative, hence why you took the next one. Then you made a scene by bumping into me and say that you would wash my stained jacket. It took you quite a long time to wash didn't it? So I believe, you used that excuse to tinker with the switch in the toilet. You remove the switch with the screwdriver, then you use the pliers to cut the wire so that it is exposed and also looses the supply valve of the flush. Then you put the laxative back into the cabinet."

"Can we confirm Inigo was the first to grab a donut? I've honestly no clue. And Tsubaki, you should know that clothes don't clean instantly. Your jacket is still in the washer. Instead I grabbed you a nice jacket from the walk-in closet." Hanako pouts. "Something I'm currently regretting considering."

May 8, 2021 9:16:06 GMT -6 Tetsu said:

"With that done, you enter the bedroom via the bathroom door and grab the first jacket you saw and somehow, the donut dusting ended up in the pocket and you brought it to me, hoping that somehow, would be able to pinned me as the culprit that people would think it's laxative, since both are white in color."

"This part makes no sense. You haven't been suspected by anyone, as far as I know, and if anything I've been arguing for your innocence. Wouldn't I have at least left it open to you being a possibility instead of going after the old dudes and the dead guy? No, the powder was probably just from me eating my own donut. This frame idea makes no sense."

[Vaellin the Bard]

"Fine, I'll do it!" Hanako hurries over to the drink with the powder on it and licks the powder from the drink, waiting to see what happens.

[mao]

Nothing happens. Five minutes pass by as everyone waits in silence.

Where the kuma is the landlord?!

Then Hanako's stomach growls. She's not feeling too good. Intense stomach noises.