Trial: -Discussion- HEAT UP

[Izumiko (Emi)]

The goddess gathers you all under her watchful eye. Tonight, you either solve this mystery in its entirety or face condemnation of foul justice.

You all feel a ghostly presence in this room. You feel watched. A shape of a fox flickers in an out pf existence in random places, just out of the corner of your eye.

Difficulty: MADNESS
Percentage required to win: Unknown...

Questions for all Deaths

1. How many culprits are related to the deaths at hand? Which deaths are these people connected to and how?

2. What is ultimately the cause of death for each victim? If a weapon or tool was involved, what was it? (Example: Knife stabbed Ven’s heart </3)

3. In which order did the victims die? When did their deaths happen?

4. In which room/area did each victim die?

5. How many fires were started this night and how were they all started? Were any of them related to the case at hand? When did the fire start?

6. Identify all the red herrings of this trial.

7. What evidence was destroyed this night? How was it destroyed?

8. Were any abilities used by the culprit(s)? Attempt to discern how. THIS IS A BONUS QUESTION


Pup Related Questions:

9. How was Pup attacked? Describe the process of the murder.

10. Why did Pup's body 'appear' out of thin air?

11. What is the purpose of the barrel?

12. What is an important piece of evidence found in the Vestibule? Where did it come from? How was it used? What happened to it?

13. If this is a locked room murder, how did the killer escape the room?


Contract Specific Questions:

14. How was Contract attacked? Describe the process of the murder.

15. What items/materials were involved in this murder? Where did they come from?

16. If this is a locked room murder, how did the killer escape the room?


Master Onion Specific Questions:

17. How was Master Onion attacked? Describe the process of the murder.

18. What items/materials were involved in this murder? Where did they come from?

19. Who delivered this killing blow? Why?

20. Who was supposed to be the original victim? What happened for the circumstances to change?

[Vaellin the Bard]

"First, let it be known that I had nothing to do with these murders, despite one happening at my party. In fact, I am inclined to believe that Master Onion, after seeing how amazing I am at rap, was killed protecting me from Egret's crossbow bolt. Indeed, I was the intended target, but the killers failed and the poor vegetable man had to fall."

"On the note of his body, allow me to tell you he had a single one caused by a  crossbow bolt. The bolt itself was able to fly out of the corpse and land next to the crossbow on the floor. This crossbow was wielded by Egret in the final action at my party. Master Onion also had no items on himself."

"I will also inform you that there was nothing of note in either the Servant's Courtyard or the Infirmary. In fact, both locked the same from when I had passed through it earlier in the night."

[Kuroneko]

Tamaki zooms in looking somewhere between spooked and annoyed; before tripping over nothing, face planting, and sliding across the room. She grumbles something about voices misleading her and plops into a seat tired from having run through the building multiple times.

After resting for a while, she pushes herself up and walks before the group. She straightens herself to stand at attention. "Let's get the simple stuff out of the way. The side garden doesn't seem to have been visited this night. The closet has coats, umbrellas, and hats. The prayer room has a statue of the goddess, candles, rose petals, a fluffy carpet, and a drawing on the floor. The crypt has two coffins. The fountain looks lovely."

"Now for the more complicated places. Pup is laying face down in the vestibule. There is some blood on the ground where he had been laying.
Two spears are in the room, one blocking the door to the main courtyard. The other is more central and tilted against a wall slightly and covered in blood. The blood is a little wet and there isn't any other blood aside from pup's body. There are no footprints.
There is a thin layer of white powder all over the room, which I've identified as flour.
Small bits of charcoal and bent nails have been scattered around in a naturally random pattern, with charcoal marks on the flat part of the nails. There are holes in the ceiling and near the door which vaguely match the size of the nails, but aren't very deep. Trace amounts of charcoal can be found near the holes.
An upright barrel is placed in front of the door to the main hallway, creating something like a locked room here. The door opens toward the vestibule. The barrel is empty, but has some scuff marks inside.
What ruins the locked room is the window leading to the main courtyard. It is currently shut, but the latch automatically locks when the window is closed.
A fine (unused?) candlestick had been installed on the walls by both doors."

"The guest house has been burnt down, with Contract's corpse laying flat on what is left of the piano which is on scorched carpet. The carpet has two or three small shards of glass in it. The piano's leg collapsed under Contract's weight (or due to the fire, probably the fire). It is difficult to tell how the guest house looked prior to the fire.
The fire appears to have originated from the fireplace, where we can find the melting remains of various items. From what we can tell; there was something made of glass... now shards, a plastic piece, one or two materials, and a metal thing. The glass on the carpet is similar to those in the fireplace.
A pretty fancy wooden chair was by the door. It looks like it could have blocked it, but someone moved it out of the way."

She grumbles while returning to her seat, "Which upstart pyromaniac overshadowed meee... wait, I'm supposed to put out the fires."

[Vaellin the Bard]

Jul 19, 2023 17:25:54 GMT -6 Kuroneko said:

She grumbles while returning to her seat, "Which upstart pyromaniac overshadowed meee... wait, I'm supposed to put out the fires."

"Honestly Tamaki, I find you quite suspicious considering the fire whip you were wielding at my party. Care to explain that?"

[Kuroneko]

Jul 19, 2023 17:34:46 GMT -6 Vaellin the Bard said:

"Honestly Tamaki, I find you quite suspicious considering the fire whip you were wielding at my party. Care to explain that?"

She mumbles, "There would have been two if I had any say in the matt- I mean... during the fourth hour, I realized that my twin tails weren't appearing, so wanted something similar. Flaming whips are close enough if one squints... so I got one from the stables and set it on fire at the furnace. Then I went to test it out with paints in the drawing room, as you might have noticed from the trails it left as I ran around. I do believe you also saw me making fire loops in the air while heading there during the fifth hour. As for the sixth hour, I went to your party... as you had been calling out to everyone who passed."

Tamaki scratches her head with a paw, "I didn't see anyone while zooming across the building during the third hour, but I did notice that some heretic onion-fied the goddess statue at the church. Too bad that was probably the onion knight, and he is no longer with us... That'll make it harder to prove that I didn't have a flaming whip at that point..."

[Kuroneko]

"You knowwww, I could ask the same of you. It is quite suspicious when someone dies at a party you call them to. Would you care to explain that as well?"

[Vaellin the Bard]

Jul 19, 2023 20:34:44 GMT -6 Kuroneko said:

"You knowwww, I could ask the same of you. It is quite suspicious when someone dies at a party you call them to. Would you care to explain that as well?"

"I suspect the people who investigated the crime scene will be able to prove my innocence, but if it were to be a murder I planned, why not just poison the food? I feel there are plenty of other methods that would be far more subtle and result in a death where the time could not be in pointed exactly at the party."

"But on the note of Master Onion, I suppose we should answer the questions at hand."

"I cannot answer the first for Master Onion yet but for the second..."

"2. (Master Onion) The cause of death was a crossbow bolt to the chest shot from a magical crossbow wielded by Egret."
"3. Master Onion died after Contract, but whether Puppy was first or last I do not know. I suspect first."
"4. Master Onion died in the Great Hall at the end of the final action."

"17. I am still missing some details here but Egret was seen eating food at the party and afterwards he picked up the crossbow and shot Master Onion. I do not think he is the culprit--hence the 19th question--but I do think he was tricked or trapped by the culprit. I would very much like to hear from Egret about what happened from his perspective."

"18. I think the murder is relatively simple. The crossbow is the only tool but what made it magically enchanted remains a mystery. It likely came from either the storage or guard house. I'd have to hear from those investigations."

"19. Egret delivered the killing blow. Once again, I suspect tricked/lured by the true murderer."

[eity]

Nona volunteers her information,

"I think I might have been first at the scene of Contract's murder. On my way to the guesthouse, I bumped into several people, including Contract. I stopped to help Sonia and by the time I made it the guesthouse, the door was locked and I noticed a fire. This all happened during action 4.

For my investigations, there was a fire in the butler's pantry! It looks like it started from the stove and there was burnt spaghetti everywhere. Everything was wet, presumably from someone putting out the fire.

Master Onion's body seems straightforward. A crossbow bolt to the chest killed him.

The grand hall was interesting. It seems like there was an enchantment? I was able to see the crossbow bolt fly back to its crossbow. I believe the killer set up a trap. There was a second unused crossbow that was pointed straight at a note on a table. A fishing wire was attached and led off into the room. The note said to count to 5, turn around, and shoot a victim or become the victim. The crossbow that I believe made the killing shot was close to this note.

I was able to connect with Pup and learn a little more from him. I remember him taking his artwork from a medium room to a large room. As he was running full speed he got caught with something around his neck. He struggled, but it just got tighter. Then he lost consciousness.

One more weird thing happened, I saw a ghostly fox and a weird being! I asked it a question. I'd like to hear from everyone though before I say what I learned from this ghost."

[Vaellin the Bard]

Jul 19, 2023 22:07:20 GMT -6 eity said:

The grand hall was interesting. It seems like there was an enchantment? I was able to see the crossbow bolt fly back to its crossbow. I believe the killer set up a trap. There was a second unused crossbow that was pointed straight at a note on a table. A fishing wire was attached and led off into the room. The note said to count to 5, turn around, and shoot a victim or become the victim. The crossbow that I believe made the killing shot was close to this note.

"There we have it. A trap set for Egret. I was correct. Which means someone took a chance to set up a note at my part and it wasn't even an invitation! I was there from around the middle of the fourth action so I can tell you a lot of who went in, but I cannot speak on the first three actions."

[eity]

Jul 19, 2023 22:14:16 GMT -6 Vaellin the Bard said:

"There we have it. A trap set for Egret. I was correct. Which means someone took a chance to set up a note at my part and it wasn't even an invitation! I was there from around the middle of the fourth action so I can tell you a lot of who went in, but I cannot speak on the first three actions."

"I think it would be helpful to know who was going in and out, and who was in the room when the murder happened.

The note was on the table of food."

[Vaellin the Bard]

Jul 19, 2023 22:21:23 GMT -6 eity said:

Jul 19, 2023 22:14:16 GMT -6 Vaellin the Bard said:

"There we have it. A trap set for Egret. I was correct. Which means someone took a chance to set up a note at my part and it wasn't even an invitation! I was there from around the middle of the fourth action so I can tell you a lot of who went in, but I cannot speak on the first three actions."

"I think it would be helpful to know who was going in and out, and who was in the room when the murder happened.

The note was on the table of food."

"You are correct. Let me think."

"I passed the Grand Hall in the second action with Satorae and Honoka, but that was a brief travel so I am not sure if it's relevant."

"You helped me in delievering food during the fourth action--where I remain from then on. Egret brought some food over as well and Brickster caused all kinds of problems."

"Following that, I actually stood in the main hallway watching people. Kurosaki entered the Grand Hall. Hm. Interesting note here, I do recall seeing Master Onion enter the main hall from the vestibule here. Which means our pup wasn't there quite yet. Tamaki did too and had her whip by then. Interesting."

"As for attendees of my party, Master Onion, Tamaki, Egret, and of course Honoka enter. But I do not think this time period was sufficient to set up a trap so... I think Brickster or Egret are actually the most suspicious based on my findings, though I cannot vouch for the first or third action or much of the second."


"Let me note, I did start my party planning at the start of the night. My first act was to head to the infirmary to get medical supplies, then make food. I started inviting people as of the second option. The only hiccup to my own plan was Brickster coming in and making a mess of things, so I cleaned up in the servants quarter during the second action."

[Silviu200530]

Jul 19, 2023 14:29:38 GMT -6 Izumiko (Emi) said:

17. How was Master Onion attacked? Describe the process of the murder.

18. What items/materials were involved in this murder? Where did they come from?

19. Who delivered this killing blow? Why?

Mwehehe

The items involved in this murder was a Threatening Note and you-guessed-it the Crossbow bolt.

But as you might know well, the blackened is selected at the beginning of the night, dearies!

The Goddess herself possessed my body and She picked Sonia because she has clear witch powers. Unfortunately they also helped her here.

[Silviu200530]

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A1: Main Courtyard ----> Closet
Kurosaki, Honoka, Nona, Tamaki, Master Onion () ----> Vestibule -----> Main Hall ----> Somewhere
Many buckets and washing products. I equip a broom.

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A2: Closet ---> Main Hall -----> Grand Hall ----> Servant Courtyard ---> Kitchen
Kurosaki exits Coat Room with an Umbrella and Scarf
Nona exits from Steward's Office.

Both are going into the direction of Library/Drawing Hall. Master Onion () enters the Grand Hall with a bowl of something.

Maison's Note: When I went to make some onion sauce, surprise, all of them is gone. Not to be a vegetable-ist, but he's most likely responsible. Contract is making himself a sandwhich.

The room is messy with vegetables and their juices (who did this?)
I start cooking french fries.

Satorae, Sonia, Honoka enter

Honaka -----> Butler's Pantry.
Sonia goes to the fridge while Satorae chats with her.
Sonia announces the Grand Hall party.

Brickster throws cake in everyone's faces.

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A3: Kitchen -----> Servant Courtyard ------> Grand Hall (Nobody's here)
Contract throws a spoon at Brickster, incapacitating him and lands on cupcakes.
Sonia and Satorae cleans themselves off from cake.
Satorae is making food.

I'm making marinara and ketchup sauce. I can't make even make a freaking vegetable salad because somebody sloppily took all of them and carnage'd them all over the kitchen A1.

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A4: Grand Hall ----> Servant Courtyard-----> Kitchen
I bump into Sonia, Contract, Honoka and Nona

Something knocks Sonia's trays but fortunately Nona could catch them.
Both -----> Grand Hall.

Honoka -----> Female Servant Quarters
Contract ----> Main Gardens
I clean up the Kitchen.
With the help of the broom.
I collect cupcakes, vegetables, floor mess
I equip bacterial wipes and clean the sides of icing and vegetable juice.
I put all of them in a trash bin and place it next to the Butler room.

The sink is clean, somebody used it.

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A5: Kitchen ----> Servant Courtyard -----> Grand Hall ------> Main Hallway ----> Ballroom ----> Outside Balcony (Right-side of Map)
Honako----> Main Gardens
Kurosaki leaves Grand Hall (to the outside I think)
I pass by Sonia (outside aswell probably)
There's 3 people by Guesthouse's door. There's alot of smoke coming from the chimney and window. (Did a murder happen here?)

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A6: Balcony ----> Main Hallway (presumably) ------> Grand Hall (I didn't bump into anyone midway)
Special events: presumably Goddess shoots a loaded crossbow next to me with a note citing "Read or die". It orders me to shoot with the knife attached to the arrow one of the following: Tamaki (firewhip dancing), Sonia (laughing and having fun), Master Onion (Stands menancingly), Honoko (just arrived).

I shoot Sonia. But the menacing Onion.

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MaisonScan Agency
* Guard’s Office - Filled with old police poles, shields and empty notebooks.
* Washrooms - Both Washrooms have been used. (It's also slightly wet)
* Coach House - Filled with broken parts of Coaches. There's open piping that leads to water outside.
* Stables - Horses, hay, and over stable related items.
* Church Hall - Near the altar there's onions.

* Furnace - It has been turned on.

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[Alucard]

"Wow, they sure smurfed a smurftonne!- wait no that's not my line..."

Brickster makes a thinking pose, slowly turning his head 360 degrees as he does. He then grabs his lego head, pops it off the body and holds it up for a second* "It's bormin' time!! Power rangers, assemble!!!". He puts his head back where it belongs

*These are not canon traits, brickster is a man ingame and a lego scoundrel in RP

"I did a vicious- nope vicarous?- verstascious! Yeah that sounds right- investigation of pup's crime scene, contacts crime scene and contacts corpse! Let me start with the big pee you pee!"

He uses his head as a ball as he begins to explain, it keeps rolling around the room, unfazed by the horrors that would await any men with sea sickness in this situation.

"Imagine the little dog in the middle of a vestibule, yeah? And there's a small bit of flour all over the floor, okay? Patchy, lightly coats the floor, not thrown or spread, some underneath the dog, don't start salivating now! Some nails around the body, that's n a i l s for nails! Then add some charcoal for taste! Under the body, near doors, scatter it around like you just don't care! We then got not one, but TWO spears! All metal! One blocking the damn d-d-door to the main courtyard, one bleeding from the pointy end! Tilted against a wall, blimey!! And if that wasn't enough, and it was if you ask me, but don't ask me because I've already told you now, a barrel blocked the other door!!!! Heavy, hip-sized, empty, few scratches inside, perfect for sitting in (I tested!). There is a shut window to the main courtyard though! Aha, I have you now fiend, misusing a window as a door! Fess up or prepare for consequences! You see, the window can only be closed from the INSIDE! WAIT NO THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE! But it's true... It has a latch, if closed with enough force  from the inside, it falls on its own.. particular, isn't it! I also found the tiniest teeniest little line mark on the window handle! I think we all understand what went down here, it's so obvious I dare give someone else the chance to do the explaining and take credit! How nice of me, yes yes!"

[Nana]

"What I found during my investigation,

Pup’s Corpse:
Pup is lying face down in the vestibule, flour is seen on his front and a deep and large stab wound in his middle. There are thin line marks around his paws, throat and some small marks on the body. He's been dead before the explosion due to the blood and body temperature - the explosion wasn't a powerful one. There were no rope burn mark on the body. Could the fishing thread been used to tie his paws?

Garden Shed
It looks like one of the bags of soil were emptied. The pile of dirt has been turned into an Onion farm, it's freshly planted like someone took onions from a fridge and put them in the soil. There are spaces in the Gardener's Shed, like spaces within the wooden weapons and rope/climbing gear, someone could be using this. Standard gardening items can be found here wooden weapons including crossbows, swords, axes etc, fishing gear, rope and climbing gear.

Store House
All that is missing from the stock list is: Some paper, a pencil, a barrel, a large bag of flour and some nails. The other barrels in this room is empty. Size of the missing paper is A4 size. There's no matches can be found here".