Mini 64 - Class Trial!

[Ktoasty]

"With the information we have now, we should be able to make further deductions on how the blackened acted. First, I believe Makoto had to know about meeting with Sayaka by A4 or earlier. Byakuya's testimony that Makoto asked him about 'wooing' Sayaka at A4 means that he already had plans to romance with her at that point.

Next, the origin of the paper used to write the love letters is nowhere to be found. However, the Art Storage being reduced to ash is the only truth bullet that hints at paper. This most likely means that the killer wrote the letters in the Art Storage, at the same time they were setting up the fire to go off.




Combining these two deductions, informing Makoto of the meeting and writing the letters at the Art Storage, here is one possibility I can imagine for the blackened's actions. If Makoto received the letter to learn about the meeting, then the killer’s actions would most likely be A1 at the Cafeteria to take my ballpoint pen, A2 at the Chem Lab retrieving the bunsen burner, A3 at the Art Storage writing the letters and preparing the fire, and A4 with Makoto delivering the love letter from Sayaka.

If this is the case, then the person who met with Makoto at A4 is the true blackened, the other Byakuya. He would just have to kill Makoto during A5 in the Headmaster's Office and let Sayaka discover the body A6.




The other possibility I can think of is if Makoto was not informed of the meeting by letter. In other words, he heard it by word of mouth, and the love letter was made afterwards and planted as a red herring. In this case, the killer's actions would be A1 at the Cafeteria to take my ballpoint pen, A2 informing Makoto of the meeting, A3 at the Chem Lab retrieving the bunsen burner, and A4 at the Art Storage writing the letters and setting up the fire.

This would mean the person who met with Makoto at A2, Sayaka, is the blackened, and she killed him during A6 for their meeting. What do you all think of these two possible outcomes?"

[Magnus]

Jul 25, 2021 0:10:20 GMT -6 Ktoasty said:

Combining these two deductions, informing Makoto of the meeting and writing the letters at the Art Storage, here is one possibility I can imagine for the blackened's actions. If Makoto received the letter to learn about the meeting, then the killer’s actions would most likely be A1 at the Cafeteria to take my ballpoint pen, A2 at the Chem Lab retrieving the bunsen burner, A3 at the Art Storage writing the letters and preparing the fire, and A4 with Makoto delivering the love letter from Sayaka.

If this is the case, then the person who met with Makoto at A4 is the true blackened, the other Byakuya. He would just have to kill Makoto during A5 in the Headmaster's Office and let Sayaka discover the body A6.

The other possibility I can think of is if Makoto was not informed of the meeting by letter. In other words, he heard it by word of mouth, and the love letter was made afterwards and planted as a red herring. In this case, the killer's actions would be A1 at the Cafeteria to take my ballpoint pen, A2 informing Makoto of the meeting, A3 at the Chem Lab retrieving the bunsen burner, and A4 at the Art Storage writing the letters and setting up the fire.

This would mean the person who met with Makoto at A2, Sayaka, is the blackened, and she killed him during A6 for their meeting. What do you all think of these two possible outcomes?"

“If either of your proposals are correct, Byakuya Imposter… in that case, it’s kind of sad to see Makoto betrayed by a close friend of his. Oh well, the Blackened made their decision, and clearly they haven’t demonstrated the cunning to get away with their murder. Now, we just need to distinguish the reality we live in.”



“As we don’t have an account of Makoto’s travels through Hope’s Peak, we simply don’t have any way of determining exactly who murdered him, whether it was Byakuya or Sayaka. Still, the fact remains that either way he was murdered by someone he probably trusted; if so, his reluctance to defend himself could make a lot more sense in hindsight.”

[Zero One/Zero Two]

I got three questions, for both Monokuma and Mikan.

1. What colour is the paint? Black?

2. Did the paint cover Makoto's whole face? Or just partially?

3. Can you explain what effect it would have, it someone were to be sprayed with the same type of spray paint? Specifically, the one that was used on Makoto. I wanna see of it indeed would make the person have a slower reaction time, or something similar.

I know this is late in the game, but as for my alibi:
A1 - Entrance Hall, with the security guard.
A2 - Gym, with Makoto, Sayaka and Kyoko.
A3 - Gym, with Makoto.
A4 - Gym, with Makoto, and Ibuki. Slightly later, outside of Gym, saw Makoto and Byakuya.
A5 - First floor bathroom, alone.
A6 - Outside of Art Storage room, with Gundham and Byakuya. Slightly later, with everyone except Makoto.

[mao]

Jul 25, 2021 5:09:31 GMT -6 Zero One/Zero Two said:

I got three questions, for both Monokuma and Mikan.

1. What colour is the paint? Black?

2. Did the paint cover Makoto's whole face? Or just partially?

3. Can you explain what effect it would have, it someone were to be sprayed with the same type of spray paint? Specifically, the one that was used on Makoto. I wanna see of it indeed would make the person have a slower reaction time, or something similar.

I know this is late in the game, but as for my alibi:
A1 - Entrance Hall, with the security guard.
A2 - Gym, with Makoto, Sayaka and Kyoko.
A3 - Gym, with Makoto.
A4 - Gym, with Makoto, and Ibuki. Slightly later, outside of Gym, saw Makoto and Byakuya.
A5 - First floor bathroom, alone.
A6 - Outside of Art Storage room, with Gundham and Byakuya. Slightly later, with everyone except Makoto.

Mikan makes a quick mobile reply.

"Paint was pink. It covers the victim's face and some of it is on their eyes. It appears their hands have a little bit of dried paint as well."

"This particular spray paint has potential side-effects if inhaled or absorbed through some other means. It could cause disorientation, irritation, loss of balance, etc."

[Peregrine]

"It seems a large amount of people spent Action 5 on their own, which makes it difficult to verify anyone's testimony for that time period. I agree with Byakuya, however—the only two people who could have possibly committed this crime are the Byakuya who went to the fourth floor right after Makoto's welcome speech and Sayaka."

"There must be someone who can tell us if they saw Byakuya between Actions 4 and 5, right? Someone who can tell us if he was really telling the truth, and spent Action 5 alone in the A/V room."

[Tetsu]

“If I were to have whispered to Makoto, then Kyoko would have seen me. Besides, I was in the bathroom of 4th floor carving some message for our dear detective, actually.”

Sayaka points out.

“This still doesn’t rule out why did they want to start the fire in Storage. Is it because they want to get me alone and solidify their alibi?”

[Vaellin the Bard]

"You wish to know of my night? Such knowledge could drive the average mortal insane. I shall attempt to simplify it for you all however."

"My night began with observing an opening ceremony, welcoming the agents of chaos. In the gymatorium, I believe it is called.

"From there, my devas required sustenance so I ventured forth to create food in the kitchen.

"After that I passed Byakuya--I know not which for the existence of two is almost as alarming as what I have glimpsed beyond the gates of hell. I went into the Classroom of 1A. Here I performed a ritual with my Devas.

"The Lady of Sacrifices showed up afterwards. She observed the ritual.



"She did call it cute and impressive. I am much obliged for her commentary. She also informed me of an illusion where you can play with mini dark devas. And care for them.



"Then I went towards my old classroom. From there my Dark Devas sensed danger and we found ourselves facing a portal to Hell itself! We were not afraid however. Familiar with such horrors, we knew no one else could face them so we thwarted them, each of us with an extinguisher of our own. Other showed up to assist in banishing the flame demon. In order they were Byakuya, the unfamiliar one, Ibuki, Byakuya, Chiaki, Hinata, and after the demon had been banished Sayaka.

"After that, I believe the story has been told. We found the little guy murdered with a ballpoint pen."

[Ktoasty]

"There are some unexplained issues with the case at hand. How did the killer know Sayaka would be at the Music Hall to drop her letter there? If Makoto also received a letter to meet A6, why would he be in the Headmaster's Office to be killed A5? The answers to these are simple: the killer didn't place a letter at the Music Hall, and Makoto did arrive at the crime scene A6.

The killer is Sayaka Maizono.

Her plan started at A1, taking my ballpoint pen during the opening ceremony to be used as a murder weapon.

She then went to the Gym with Makoto A2, letting him know to meet at the Headmaster's Office for A6.

After a confrontation with Kyoko, she ran up to the 4th floor, not to the Bathroom but the Chem Lab. Here she grabbed the missing bunsen burner.

For A4, she went to the Art Storage, wrote the letters with my ballpoint pen on some paper here, and set up the bunsen burner timer to start a fire at A6. She took the spray paint can as well.

Then she went back up to the Headmaster's Office A5 to wait for Makoto to arrive. Since she heard loud music at A3 going to the Chem Lab, Sayaka was able to claim she was in the Music Hall because she knew it was quiet now.

Finally, at soon as Makoto opened the door to the Headmaster's Office at A6, Sayaka sprayed his face with spray paint to disorient him from the toxic fumes. While the fire alarm went off, she stabbed him through the eye to kill him from brain damage. The last step was placing a letter by his body and another letter by the door, then meeting up with everyone at the Art Storage.

That's how it happened."

[Panda]

"Sorry I have been quiet all the time. I believe everyone has told where I am been as I were always with people! The only time where I was partially alone was A5 when I left Gundham and went to search for Hinata, but he wasn't in his dorm. The rest I can confirm everyone is telling the truth!