Game 104 - Trial 1

[⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆]

When everyone has finished investigating, Milly rounds you all up and brings you up the stairs to the second floor. She unlocks the door and leads you onto the second floor of D. Argee University's Forensic Science building.

You don't have much time to look around this new floor, however, because Milly quickly ushers everyone into a room right next to the stairway.

Inside, you find a classroom that's a little different than the three on the first floor. Instead of rows of desks facing the podium at the front, this one is arranged like this:

Standing at the very centre of the circle of desks is Professor O'Kuma, who greets you with wide open arms and a glint in his eyes.

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As previously stated, we will be using Emi's trial system for this game. I implore everyone who is not familiar with it to read the linked page thoroughly. I am also going to link Taka's DRG Guide once again as it has lots of good tips for both Whitened and Blackened players during trials.

The trial will be open for ~50 hours with a possibility for a 24 hour extension. Locked questions will be unlocked when the trial discussion touches upon a topic relating to them. When there are 12 hours left in trial, the remaining locked questions will be unlocked. At this time, a new thread will be posted for everyone to write answers and vote for them. The Answers thread will be open for 24 hours, and then it will be locked. From that point, you will all have 24 hours to vote on answers. (More details on this process will be in the Answers thread when it is put up).

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Difficulty: Challenging

Question 1: Who killed the victim?

Question 2: Who is the victim?

Question 3: When did the victim die and what was his cause of death?

Question 4: What items were used in this plan, and where were they collected?

Question 5: Were there any accomplices?

Question 6: What steps were taken that led to the events that occurred in the Male Bathroom, up to the victim's death?

Question 7: Who is the Blackened?

[mako]

"To realize I was fooled into thinking this place was sacred... The all-seeing eye must've been shrouded by Miguel's chaotic forces. This place is evil incarnate..."



"Professor O'Kuma, explain this hateful note filled with obscenities about us students immediately or face the wrath of Sturmhut's hand!"

*Hanadori produces a piece of paper filled with slurs and hateful things about everyone here including Milly and the Professor. There are drops of blood on and around the paper.*

[crazynuto]

Ada attempts to be the first one to talk, but ends up stuttering over her words, nervously smoothing her hair. Her usual quiet muttering is much much louder.

"It's okay Ada, this is just a prank. I mean, nobody knows who that guy even is. I certainly don't. Wasn't he like...in the hallway at around 7:40ish? [A4]. And he was found shortly after so...like what did he trip on something and crack his head open? Why is there so much blood?"

Oh jeez oh jeez oh jeez oh jeez... K-Killed? Who could've possibly wanted to k-kill him? Oh and now I'm assuming this dead person's pronouns oh I'm such a jerkwad.


Realizing most eyes are on her, Ada straightens up, fiddling with the Yo-Yo that's constantly in her pocket or around her finger.


"W-well just to play along...did anyone else see this guy aside from me? I'm not even sure where he came from, b-but I didn't recognize him. I guess the k-killer wouldn't admit to having seen him when they killed him. W-What even is their name anyway? Feels a bit off to just call them "Victim".


How about Victor? No wait that's pretty dumb that's the opposite of what they are cuz they're freaking dead and all and aaaaaaaagghhh."

[Shogun Zi Hao]

"Right. I suppose I should start with my actions. I started in Student room A, headed over to look for a fifth player in Avalon. I met up with Aqua and Ajax, and they joined me for the whole game, alongside Yuki and Yuya. Yuri was around, but they left before the game.

Yuki and yuya headed to student room b, while I joined aqua in Lab B... apparently there was a body in it, which mary studied. The Enoshima sisters were getting... some weird outfits on?

Anyway, I headed to the teachers's lunch, seeing yuya exit the student room, and halara enter. The enoshimas entered as I saw them doing... something really strange with a pencil and scapel. Also some chemicals on the floor. Kabuto and Monty gave... no information of use, so I headed to the courtyard, meeting with milly.

Things headed up with me heading to the teachers's lounge: I was going to check on some fingerprints when I encountered Yuya and the Enoshimas. The Enoshimas were doing some lion taming show when the... body announcement went off.

The body looks messy, but not as messy as the pool of blood before it. There's a cut on the throat, looks like who did it was maybe shaking. But there's a larger pool of blood in the center of the room. He could have been attacked there, and the blood near the body being post mortem, or from an attack?

[mako]

Oct 4, 2023 15:35:02 GMT -6 crazynuto said:

"What even is their name anyway? Feels a bit off to just call them "Victim".

"Kehehehe... I will conjure the victim's name in a matter of seconds!"

*Hanadori does some chuuni gestures I will not elaborate on.*

"...Ah,yes, certainly! Rantaro, was it? Fascinating!"

[⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆]

Oct 4, 2023 15:35:02 GMT -6 crazynuto said:

W-What even is their name anyway? Feels a bit off to just call them "Victim"

Question 2 unlocked! "Who is the victim?"

Oct 4, 2023 15:32:14 GMT -6 mako said:

"Professor O'Kuma, explain this hateful note filled with obscenities about us students immediately or face the wrath of Sturmhut's hand!"

*Hanadori produces a piece of paper filled with slurs and hateful things about everyone here including Milly and the Professor. There are drops of blood on and around the paper.*

"I didn't write that. Some very annoying individuals came into the Teacher's Lounge last night and were responsible for that... monstrosity."

[Shogun Zi Hao]

Oct 4, 2023 15:35:02 GMT -6 crazynuto said:

"Wasn't he like...in the hallway at around 7:40ish? [A4]. And he was found shortly after so"

"I was taking a walk in the hallway and I didn't see him at that time. Mind, I was also going slower, and investigating the walls and everything. I could have just missed him.. but I'd love more information, Ada."

Oct 4, 2023 15:38:09 GMT -6 ⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆ said:

"I didn't write that. Some very annoying individuals came into the Teacher's Lounge last night and were responsible for that... monstrosity."

"The enoshimas wrote that, I think. I saw that note being written. I think mukuro has it carved into her with a scalpel? That's what I saw, at least... Freaked me out in every regard. What the HELL?"

[Vaellin the Bard]

"I'm letting you all know right now that the victim is named Rantaro and who killed him directly isn't a question. It was suicide due to someone's cruel game. What we really need to find out is who set up the trap in the male's bathroom."

[Shogun Zi Hao]

"Did anyone know the victim? It seems like usually there's some sort of motive for a killing, but I don't see why anyone would have attacked... uh, I'll call him Greenie till we have an actual name..."

[⋆⋅ Sage ⋅⋆]

Oct 4, 2023 15:46:21 GMT -6 Vaellin the Bard said:

It was suicide due to someone's cruel game. What we really need to find out is who set up the trap in the male's bathroom.

Question 6 unlocked: How did the circumstances occur that caused the victim to die?

[mako]

Oct 4, 2023 15:37:44 GMT -6 Shogun Zi Hao said:

"Right. I suppose I should start with my actions."

"I see! You wish to know the past whereabouts of Sturmhut, the Knight who rules over light and darkness?! Fooooolish! I'm not gonna do it! The third-eye hunter sensor whispers to me - I should not treat these matters lightly, nor should I trust anyone but Stromungen in the Realm of Abyss! For all I know, you are all minions heralding madness and destruction!"

"First, you must defeat the barrier of Menukoroiya and prove to me that the fallen one had been alive at any point before his body was discovered! There is no mystery if there is no murder!"

Vaellin the Bard Avatar

Oct 4, 2023 18:46:21 GMT -3 Vaellin the Bard said:



"I'm letting you all know right now that the victim is named Rantaro and who killed him directly isn't a question. It was suicide due to someone's cruel game. What we really need to find out is who set up the trap in the male's bathroom."

"Stromungen! You must not disclose your vital information so naively! Or perhaps, this is one of your strategies to defeat Menukoroiya?! Make it known at once!"

[Shogun Zi Hao]

Oct 4, 2023 15:48:29 GMT -6 mako said:

Oct 4, 2023 15:37:44 GMT -6 Shogun Zi Hao said:

"Right. I suppose I should start with my actions."

"I see! You wish to know the past whereabouts of Sturmhut, the Knight who rules over light and darkness?! Fooooolish! I'm not gonna do it! The third-eye hunter sensor whispers to me - I should not treat these matters lightly, nor should I trust anyone but Stromungen in the Realm of Abyss! For all I know, you are all minions heralding madness and destruction!"

"First, you must defeat the barrier of Menukoroiya and prove to me that the fallen one had been alive at any point before his body was discovered! There is no mystery if there is no murder!"

"The pool of blood on the floor is too large for post mortem. That indicates a sign of struggle, a fight. And that amount of blood? It indicates an attack while the victim is living, possibly one they fought against. If that doesn't... shatter your barrier, I don't know what will."

[crazynuto]

Oct 4, 2023 15:41:17 GMT -6 Shogun Zi Hao said:

"I was taking a walk in the hallway and I didn't see him at that time. Mind, I was also going slower, and investigating the walls and everything. I could have just missed him.. but I'd love more information, Ada."

Ada perks up! A question she can answer! Maybe!

"I was with Ajax at the time, we were heading to the Teacher's Lounge from Lab Room A, so quite a walk. My poor soles. We passed Mr...Rantaro in the hallway right where it connects with the vertical one.

Seems he must've went into the Male Bathroom right after? Although I wasn't really paying attention. Was near the later end of [A4], so probably around 7:50ish? D-Does that help?"

Oct 4, 2023 15:46:21 GMT -6 Vaellin the Bard said:

It was suicide due to someone's cruel game. What we really need to find out is who set up the trap in the male's bathroom."

UHH WHAT DO YOU MEAN A TRAP??

[Vaellin the Bard]

Oct 4, 2023 15:48:29 GMT -6 mako said:

"Stromungen! You must not disclose your vital information so naively! Or perhaps, this is one of your strategies to defeat Menukoroiya?! Make it known at once!"

"I'm not here to play games, Kabuto. I just watched a man die in front of me," Aqua says bitterly.

[mako]

Oct 4, 2023 15:52:43 GMT -6 Vaellin the Bard said:

Oct 4, 2023 15:48:29 GMT -6 mako said:

"Stromungen! You must not disclose your vital information so naively! Or perhaps, this is one of your strategies to defeat Menukoroiya?! Make it known at once!"

"I'm not here to play games, Kabuto. I just watched a man die in front of me," Aqua says bitterly.

"So even you pity the fallen ones, Stromungen... Understood! I have no desire to invoke sadness in a comrade of another lifetime. Let me know how I can pacify your heart, the Spirit of Healing and Nurturing."