Post by Nerdy Barista on Jul 27, 2021 18:04:19 GMT -6
Everyone was done searching and investigating around the island in search for anything that could bring an explanation to the sudden death of dear Ichigo. After a short while, a few folks went over to the hotel rooms to try and gather themselves up and calm down, while a few stayed near the plaza to discuss more of the night. As hours passed on, eventually, everyone felt a vibration on their buddiwatches. Everyone took a look on them and saw a message from Aiko.
"Attention all islanders. A mandatory hearing regarding the death of Ichigo will now commence, please make your way to the Watchtower at once. Failure to abide by this order will result in more forceful measures to be taken, all staff including our robot helpers have full authority to use force if deemed necessary." And with that, a few people from the hotel then emerge out to the plaza, everyone waiting for one another to arrive before making their way.
Setora was the last one to arrive, almost refusing to go before Marisol gave a knock on her door with a final warning. Marisol then walks over, and looks at everyone one by one. She put on a more serious expression, before motioning over at everyone to get moving. She then lead everyone to the Watchtower, where the body of Ichigo seems to have gone missing, the blood on the rocks was still there; a grim reminder of the events that took place. Aiko and Bianca await everyone at the elevator entrance. Both dawning a piercing expression, before Aiko then stood in front.
"We will now take the elevator down to our trial grounds, where our hearing will take place. While in there, strict rules will be enforced during the hearing. Everyone must participate in it and give in input, this is a very serious matter. I expect each and every one of you to maintain full seriousness and maximum effort into this." Aiko states, before looking over at Nero, then the rest of the people who were there when the body was found.
"Im rather upset with those who decided to go against Bianca's orders and stray away from the group, it was for the safety of everyone else that you had stayed and obeyed orders." Aiko sounded disappointed. Before pacing back and forth a little bit, the elevator dinging and rising up from the ground, opening up.
"Our ride is here. Everyone, step in, we have business to take care of~" And with that, everyone one by one stepped inside the Watchtower's elevator, and descended down deep into the earth.
As the elevator descended, everyone felt the tension build up in the room, was someone here really a murderer? Was Ichigo killed by the hands of one of us, did she fall on accident? Or did she deliberately take her own life? was everyone to be trusted as we all thought? And more importantly, what is Aiko planning for everyone and what is going on?
The elevator kept going down, the earth around everyone's vision soon turned to one of the ocean enveloping everything around. The sight of fish swimming around and pretty coral was almost mesmerizing, before the elevator stopped on the ground, and the door opened. A tunnel leading down a long hallway was just through the door. Aiko, Bianca, and Marisol then lead everyone out, each step echoing throughout the corridor.
Paintings of groups of people appear here, all seeming to take place on an island, engravings of various different texts are sprawled all over the ceiling. The only thing that stayed consistent were three children who appeared in a few photos throughout the area. Aiko then stopped everyone once you all reach a tall gate. She opens it up and a big room is revealed, podiums all in a circle formation, one for each one of you plus 3, including the late Ichigo, who's podium has a small table at it, with her photo and a vase of flowers on it.
The room has the ceiling a clear glass, so you could see the fish and marine life swim peacefully around, pretty colors flowing down onto the floor as the light twinkles down through the water and glass to create a wonderful illusion inside the room, effectively lighting it up.
The three staff members then walk over to three chairs which are seated on the adjacent wall to the gate, and they each take a seat down inside of their respective chairs, Aiko sitting on the big middle one. As everyone found their respective place on the hearing grounds, they notice something laid in the middle of the room, all their podiums surrounding it. It laid Ichigo's corpse, though all cleaned up and dressed in a white kimono, with her hair neatly done and make-up ever so carefully applied to make her final image not of her mangled corpse, but of a resting version of her live self. She was laid inside an open casket, decorated with Strawberries and flowers, with candles and short little notes that everyone wrote before hand.
"Now, let me run over the rules of the hearing. Pay attention everyone, for this will be the deciding factor of justice and fate." Bianca proceeded to speak, standing up and speaking in such a fashion, this seems all recited.
"During the hearing, all participants must remain inside the room at all times at their podiums, with exception to a bathroom break limited to five minutes per person. No physical contact between one another is permitted during this time, and any attempt to physically harm yourself or others will come with swift consequences. The hearing will run for as long as 6 hours, or until the majority are confident in their vote for the culprit of this case. If the group determines that another member of the island was the cause for the untimely death of our victim, they will be escorted by staff and detained away from everyone else." Bianca then sat down, and Marisol then stood up.
"In the case that a tie occurs during the vote, the hearing will then be brought forward to the three staff members and two randomly selected islanders, to serve as a final jury to decide who of the pick is the culprit. If the vote is to unanimously abstain, then the three staff members will determine through evidence and careful examination the correct course of action." Marisol then took a seat and then Aiko finally stood up, taking a few steps closer.
"Everyone will now be given the chance to speak of their actions from last night, as well as any evidence they have found. A poll will be presented on your buddiwatches, it will be anonymous who voted for who and who has the most votes until the end of the hearing." She then turned back and walked back to her seat before sitting down and crossing her legs.
"May the hearing for the death of Ichigo Kumakura comence."
Updated Victim File
Victim: Ichigo Kumakura
Cause of death: Impact from fall
Time of death: ???
Location of death: Watchtower
Time of discovery: 2 AM
Notable injuries: Broken nose, bruising all over back and sides (when visible), broken limbs, broken spine, head busted open on the back.
{Truth Bullets}
Digital Screen-
A digital screen on the door of the storage room flashes, indicating that Bianca, Willow, and Kitaresu all took lanterns throughout the night.
Claimed by Linus
Storage room organization-
Everything is neatly organized and in its place, sorted by item with a max quantity listed on it. The only things inside the storage room that are missing from the total quantity are the lanterns.
Claimed by Kitaresu
Muddy footprints-
Some light muddy footprints could be seen from a small patch of mud in the NW side of the park to the central plaza path. These footprints are rather small.
Claimed by Shinohara
Fountain-
At the fountain at the Central plaza, there is a bit of water splashed all over the place.
Claimed by Spark
Footprints leading to Watchtower-
There are some rather large footprints that lead from the fountain and puddle up at the path to the watchtower for a short bit, before reaching to the watchtower.
Claimed by Spark
Clean dishes-
There are some clean dishes stacked up next to the kitchen sink in the Cafe, showing that someone may have been here earlier to eat.
Claimed by Alice
Marisol’s cart-
Marisol’s cleaning cart can be seen inside the kitchen of the Cafe, nothing seems to be taken out of it, but some cleaning supplies are definitely used.
Claimed by Alice
Burnt rag-
A horribly burnt rag is in the middle of the soot from the fire in the Watchtower, it's mostly ash at this point, it’s also sticky.
Claimed by Alexandra
Dried footprints-
Three sets of dried footprints lead from the hot tub to the Watchtower exit.
Claimed by Alexandra
Mess near the dance floor-
On the Watchtower there is a dance floor, near it is quite the mess, with a few chairs knocked down and even a table shifted out of place. This is where the fire was also set presumably by all the soot left behind.
Claimed by Alexandra and Frog
Spot of blood-
On the watchtower, inbetween the dance floor and the exit, there is a splotch of dried blood, it doesn't lead anywhere, and isn't too noticeable.
Claimed by Frog
Shattered Windows-
There seems to be some shattered glass all over the bar inside, this was most likely from the shaking from the island.
Claimed by Venli
Bottles and glasses-
Some mostly empty bottles and glasses are lined up on the bar, along with some Sake that was half way poured.
Claimed by Venli
Special Vodka-
On the wall of the door, there is a collection of very strong liquor, and a bottle of 100 proof Vodka was missing from this collection.
Claimed by Venli
Fish feed-
Some fish feed was left on the floor on the ground in the SW portion of the park. Some birds have taken upon themselves to clean it up.
Claimed by Shinohara
Shattered glass-
There is some shattered glass among the soot on the Watchtower, its sticky and has an odd smell to it, while looking on it you see a small label marked simply as “Pueros’ finest”.
Claimed by Frog
Gym Equipment-
Some gym equipment is laying around inside the gym, as if it was used.
Claimed by Zantz
Trimmed plants-
In the Botany garden, there appears to be some trimmed plants, they however are not poisonous plants, just pretty ones :)
Claimed by Zantz
Duck prints-
Some duck prints can be seen at the pool, scattered around the area,
Claimed by Zantz
Cups of tea-
There are a few cups of cold tea inside the office waiting room, most of them are still full.
Claimed by Linus
State of the body-
Ichigo’s skull was busted open, blood and brain matter stuck to the rocks she fell on. Her body is unable to be moved without great force, since its stuck to the rocks due to the dried up blood and gore.
Claimed by Willow
"Attention all islanders. A mandatory hearing regarding the death of Ichigo will now commence, please make your way to the Watchtower at once. Failure to abide by this order will result in more forceful measures to be taken, all staff including our robot helpers have full authority to use force if deemed necessary." And with that, a few people from the hotel then emerge out to the plaza, everyone waiting for one another to arrive before making their way.
Setora was the last one to arrive, almost refusing to go before Marisol gave a knock on her door with a final warning. Marisol then walks over, and looks at everyone one by one. She put on a more serious expression, before motioning over at everyone to get moving. She then lead everyone to the Watchtower, where the body of Ichigo seems to have gone missing, the blood on the rocks was still there; a grim reminder of the events that took place. Aiko and Bianca await everyone at the elevator entrance. Both dawning a piercing expression, before Aiko then stood in front.
"We will now take the elevator down to our trial grounds, where our hearing will take place. While in there, strict rules will be enforced during the hearing. Everyone must participate in it and give in input, this is a very serious matter. I expect each and every one of you to maintain full seriousness and maximum effort into this." Aiko states, before looking over at Nero, then the rest of the people who were there when the body was found.
"Im rather upset with those who decided to go against Bianca's orders and stray away from the group, it was for the safety of everyone else that you had stayed and obeyed orders." Aiko sounded disappointed. Before pacing back and forth a little bit, the elevator dinging and rising up from the ground, opening up.
"Our ride is here. Everyone, step in, we have business to take care of~" And with that, everyone one by one stepped inside the Watchtower's elevator, and descended down deep into the earth.
As the elevator descended, everyone felt the tension build up in the room, was someone here really a murderer? Was Ichigo killed by the hands of one of us, did she fall on accident? Or did she deliberately take her own life? was everyone to be trusted as we all thought? And more importantly, what is Aiko planning for everyone and what is going on?
The elevator kept going down, the earth around everyone's vision soon turned to one of the ocean enveloping everything around. The sight of fish swimming around and pretty coral was almost mesmerizing, before the elevator stopped on the ground, and the door opened. A tunnel leading down a long hallway was just through the door. Aiko, Bianca, and Marisol then lead everyone out, each step echoing throughout the corridor.
Paintings of groups of people appear here, all seeming to take place on an island, engravings of various different texts are sprawled all over the ceiling. The only thing that stayed consistent were three children who appeared in a few photos throughout the area. Aiko then stopped everyone once you all reach a tall gate. She opens it up and a big room is revealed, podiums all in a circle formation, one for each one of you plus 3, including the late Ichigo, who's podium has a small table at it, with her photo and a vase of flowers on it.
The room has the ceiling a clear glass, so you could see the fish and marine life swim peacefully around, pretty colors flowing down onto the floor as the light twinkles down through the water and glass to create a wonderful illusion inside the room, effectively lighting it up.
The three staff members then walk over to three chairs which are seated on the adjacent wall to the gate, and they each take a seat down inside of their respective chairs, Aiko sitting on the big middle one. As everyone found their respective place on the hearing grounds, they notice something laid in the middle of the room, all their podiums surrounding it. It laid Ichigo's corpse, though all cleaned up and dressed in a white kimono, with her hair neatly done and make-up ever so carefully applied to make her final image not of her mangled corpse, but of a resting version of her live self. She was laid inside an open casket, decorated with Strawberries and flowers, with candles and short little notes that everyone wrote before hand.
"Now, let me run over the rules of the hearing. Pay attention everyone, for this will be the deciding factor of justice and fate." Bianca proceeded to speak, standing up and speaking in such a fashion, this seems all recited.
"During the hearing, all participants must remain inside the room at all times at their podiums, with exception to a bathroom break limited to five minutes per person. No physical contact between one another is permitted during this time, and any attempt to physically harm yourself or others will come with swift consequences. The hearing will run for as long as 6 hours, or until the majority are confident in their vote for the culprit of this case. If the group determines that another member of the island was the cause for the untimely death of our victim, they will be escorted by staff and detained away from everyone else." Bianca then sat down, and Marisol then stood up.
"In the case that a tie occurs during the vote, the hearing will then be brought forward to the three staff members and two randomly selected islanders, to serve as a final jury to decide who of the pick is the culprit. If the vote is to unanimously abstain, then the three staff members will determine through evidence and careful examination the correct course of action." Marisol then took a seat and then Aiko finally stood up, taking a few steps closer.
"Everyone will now be given the chance to speak of their actions from last night, as well as any evidence they have found. A poll will be presented on your buddiwatches, it will be anonymous who voted for who and who has the most votes until the end of the hearing." She then turned back and walked back to her seat before sitting down and crossing her legs.
"May the hearing for the death of Ichigo Kumakura comence."
Updated Victim File
Victim: Ichigo Kumakura
Cause of death: Impact from fall
Time of death: ???
Location of death: Watchtower
Time of discovery: 2 AM
Notable injuries: Broken nose, bruising all over back and sides (when visible), broken limbs, broken spine, head busted open on the back.
{Truth Bullets}
Digital Screen-
A digital screen on the door of the storage room flashes, indicating that Bianca, Willow, and Kitaresu all took lanterns throughout the night.
Claimed by Linus
Storage room organization-
Everything is neatly organized and in its place, sorted by item with a max quantity listed on it. The only things inside the storage room that are missing from the total quantity are the lanterns.
Claimed by Kitaresu
Muddy footprints-
Some light muddy footprints could be seen from a small patch of mud in the NW side of the park to the central plaza path. These footprints are rather small.
Claimed by Shinohara
Fountain-
At the fountain at the Central plaza, there is a bit of water splashed all over the place.
Claimed by Spark
Footprints leading to Watchtower-
There are some rather large footprints that lead from the fountain and puddle up at the path to the watchtower for a short bit, before reaching to the watchtower.
Claimed by Spark
Clean dishes-
There are some clean dishes stacked up next to the kitchen sink in the Cafe, showing that someone may have been here earlier to eat.
Claimed by Alice
Marisol’s cart-
Marisol’s cleaning cart can be seen inside the kitchen of the Cafe, nothing seems to be taken out of it, but some cleaning supplies are definitely used.
Claimed by Alice
Burnt rag-
A horribly burnt rag is in the middle of the soot from the fire in the Watchtower, it's mostly ash at this point, it’s also sticky.
Claimed by Alexandra
Dried footprints-
Three sets of dried footprints lead from the hot tub to the Watchtower exit.
Claimed by Alexandra
Mess near the dance floor-
On the Watchtower there is a dance floor, near it is quite the mess, with a few chairs knocked down and even a table shifted out of place. This is where the fire was also set presumably by all the soot left behind.
Claimed by Alexandra and Frog
Spot of blood-
On the watchtower, inbetween the dance floor and the exit, there is a splotch of dried blood, it doesn't lead anywhere, and isn't too noticeable.
Claimed by Frog
Shattered Windows-
There seems to be some shattered glass all over the bar inside, this was most likely from the shaking from the island.
Claimed by Venli
Bottles and glasses-
Some mostly empty bottles and glasses are lined up on the bar, along with some Sake that was half way poured.
Claimed by Venli
Special Vodka-
On the wall of the door, there is a collection of very strong liquor, and a bottle of 100 proof Vodka was missing from this collection.
Claimed by Venli
Fish feed-
Some fish feed was left on the floor on the ground in the SW portion of the park. Some birds have taken upon themselves to clean it up.
Claimed by Shinohara
Shattered glass-
There is some shattered glass among the soot on the Watchtower, its sticky and has an odd smell to it, while looking on it you see a small label marked simply as “Pueros’ finest”.
Claimed by Frog
Gym Equipment-
Some gym equipment is laying around inside the gym, as if it was used.
Claimed by Zantz
Trimmed plants-
In the Botany garden, there appears to be some trimmed plants, they however are not poisonous plants, just pretty ones :)
Claimed by Zantz
Duck prints-
Some duck prints can be seen at the pool, scattered around the area,
Claimed by Zantz
Cups of tea-
There are a few cups of cold tea inside the office waiting room, most of them are still full.
Claimed by Linus
State of the body-
Ichigo’s skull was busted open, blood and brain matter stuck to the rocks she fell on. Her body is unable to be moved without great force, since its stuck to the rocks due to the dried up blood and gore.
Claimed by Willow
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