*Gugalanna, the mighty Bull of Heaven, had fallen-- just as she did in Sumerian legend, thousands of years ago. But this time, her life was not taken by some ancient warrior king making a name for themselves.
It was one of us.
One of those fourteen high school students that staggered into the trial elevator was directly responsible for Gugalanna's death, and we all knew it. And while Ping was still technically alive, someone had beaten the bloody hell out of her, and even now they kept a straight face about it...
Our fearful silence was interrupted by the shudder of the elevator doors as they slid apart to reveal the biggest room on the station so far.
((illustration))
It was round, and the size of all of our dorms put together-- as far as I could tell, at least. It was so dimly lit that I could barely make out the far side of the room, and the only thing that indicated there was a ceiling at all was a massive dome of glass that tinted the stars red. I could've sworn I'd seen this very place in one of Ishi's alien horror games.
Surrounding us, at the center of the room, were sixteen metal podiums. Set into the top of each one was a touchscreen displaying a name in stark red letters. One for each of us. Weren't we a little old for assigned seating?
We found our places fairly quickly, and I took a look around the circle. To my left stood Kapono, face half-buried in his scarf, barely tall enough to peep over the edge of his podium. To my right... My heart sank as I met Ishi's gaze across the empty spot where Gugalanna was supposed to be. She stood tall and defiant with her fists on the podium, but I could tell she was fighting back tears. All of this was so wrong.
No one said a word as we took our places. It was an almost comforting solidarity-- the silence meant none of us wanted to be here, that none of us wanted to play along with this murderous game. But it wasn't like we had any choice, at the time.
That silence didn't last long, of course-- MONO-9000 sprang out from the shadows and [[launched us all into chaos.|mono explains things]]*<h1>ALL RISE FOR THE CLASS TRIAL!</h1>
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 sparkles.jpg"/>
|mono>["Alright meatbags, it's time for your very first class trial! One of you kiddos finally took some initiative, and now it's time to find out who sent the Bull of Heaven back where they came from!"]
<img src="ishi/ishi grump.jpg"/>
"You're not fuckin' funny."
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 neutral.jpg"/>
|mono>["Who said I was trying to be funny?"]
<img src="vasundhara/crying vash 2.jpg"/>
"N-none of us would really... hurt anyone, right? Not on purpose..."
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"We don't have time for wishful thinking, I'm afraid."
<img src="michi/michi concern 2.jpg"/>
"Yeah, someone really fucked Ping up, huh? Didn't look like an accident."
<img src="honoka/honoka serious 2.jpg"/>
"Someone? I think it's pretty obvious who did it..."
<img src="ishi/ishi ANGER.jpg"/>
"Fuck you! Guga would *never* do something like that!"
<img src="salvatore/sal thinking.jpg"/>
"Are we just gonna throw assumptions around willy-nilly or, you know, look at the evidence?"
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral 2.jpg"/>
"We have to stop yelling at each other if we're going to get anything done..."
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 kekekek.jpg"/>
|mono>["No way, you guys keep it up! This is entertaining as shit!"]
<img src="tiffani/tiffani neutral.jpg"/>
"How do we know it wasn't *you* who killed her, FUCKO-9000?"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 offended.jpg"/>
|mono>["Hey! What kind of orb do you take me for?!"]
<img src="riko/riko sneer.jpg"/>
"An 'orb' who has already assaulted one of our own."
<img src="ishi/ishi yell.jpg"/>
"YEAH! I'm still pissed!"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 neutral.jpg"/>
|mono>["Well I can assure you I had nothing to do with it. This is some 100% organic murder! Non-GMO and cage-free!"]
<img src="jurou/jurou fear.jpg"/>
"S-stop jokin' about it... please..."
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 blushu.jpg"/>
|mono>["Then hurry up and get started! Kekekekekekekek!"]
<img src="nikola/nikola sad.jpg"/>
"B-but how *do* we get started?! We're not detectives or morticians or--"
<img src="yusra/yusra smile.jpg"/>
"We can figure it out if we work together. Calm down if you can, for we will need everyone's help."
<img src="nikola/nikola embarrassed 1.jpg"/>
"...You're right! Let's do it, gang!"
<img src="tiffani/tiffani angery.jpg"/>
"God, now he's even *more* annoying."
<img src="siegfried/sieg nervous.jpg"/>
"But... is he not right? We still know not where to begin..."
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"I think we should go over the basics before we start jumping to conclusions... Thing like the state of the [[crime scene]] or how we found [[Guga's body]]. What do you think?"{(set: $checkedCrimeScene to true)}*We should talk about the room where we found the body-- maybe someone saw something I missed.*
<h1>NON-STOP DEBATE!</h1>
<h3>Pick the assumption you **disagree** with.</h3>
<div class="counter">
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"Well, there's no question that the murder [[took place in the laundry room]], right?"
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral.jpg"/>
"There was a huge [[puddle of bleach|bleach puddle]] covering the floor..."
<img src="riko/riko neutral.jpg"/>
"Hmm... other than that, I didn't notice [[anything else strange]] about the room..."
<img src="kapono/kapono sad.jpg"/>
"..."
<img src="siegfried/sieg nervous.jpg"/>
"I noticed nothing, other than a life lost much too soon..."
</div>(set: $checkedGugasBody to true)*I don't really want to talk about it, but we should learn what we can about Gugalanna's body.*
<h1>NONSTOP DEBATE!</h1>
<h3>Pick the assumption you **disagree** with.</h3>
<div class="counter">
<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"...L-let's talk about the body, yeah."
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral.jpg"/>
"I can confirm that the cause of death matches what's written in the MONOfile. Gugalanna was [[electrocuted]] when she stepped in the puddle, short-circuiting her nervous system and frying her skin wherever it touched the bleach."
<img src="jurou/jurou fear.jpg"/>
"God, that's such a [[painful way t'go...|painful way to go]]
<img src="ishi/ishi sad.jpg"/>
"You fuckin' said it."
<img src="honoka/honoka yell.jpg"/>
"So, when [[Gugalanna attacked Ping,|did she attack ping?]] she knocked over the bleach in the struggle, right?"
<img src="nikola/nikola pout.jpg"/>
"I-I guess that makes sense to me..."</div><img src="timaeus/sad tim.jpg"/>
"Y-yeah... it is."
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"Actually, she probably died pretty quickly, given the huge amount of power Ping's battery produces."
(jurou confused)
"I... I guess that's a good thing??"
*This is a little [[beside the point.|Guga's body]]*<img src="trial cuts/tim counter redux.png">
"Gugalanna doesn't have any injuries on her body, other than the electrocution burns-- even if she *is* super strong, shouldn't we find some sort of cuts or bruises if she crushed solid metal?"
<img src="honoka/honoka nervous 3.jpg"/>
"M-maybe she kicked her?"
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"She wasn't wearing anything like steel-toed boots, though..."
<img src="siegfried/sieg neutral.jpg"/>
"Perhaps there is a weapon, that we have yet to find?"
(if: $checkedCrimeScene)[
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 2.jpg"/>
"No, remember the drawing of the crime scene? I think we have the wrong idea of what Gugalanna was [[doing there in the first place...|something IS fishy!]]"]
(else:)[<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"Maybe...?"
<img src="salvatore/sal sad 2.jpg"/>
"Let's stick to what we know for now. Why don't we take a look at the [[crime scene]]?"]<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"You're absolutely sure that was the cause of death?"
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral.jpg"/>
"You were there with me when I looked at it, Tim. There weren't any other injuries on her body, remember?"
*Right... I didn't see anything to contradict what they're saying. There's [[something else|Guga's body]] that I should be questioning...*{
(set: $checkedGugasBody to false)
(set: $checkedCrimeScene to false)
(set: $unlockedCrimeSceneDiagram to false)
(set: $missingRollingPin to false)
(set: $checkedTimeOfDeath to false)
(set: $checkedBodyCond to false)
(set: $unlockedSignupSheet to false)
(set: $unlockedNiksTestimony to false)
(set: $powderDetergent to false)
(set: $powderCocaine to false)
(set: $powderCorrosion to false)
(set: $powderChalk to false)
(set: $powderFlour to false)
}<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"There's not any way someone could have moved the body?
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"Not without coming into contact with the same 1500000 volts that caused that body in the first place."
<img src="timaeus/scared tim 3.jpg"/>
"...[[Fair point.|crime scene]]"<h1>ELECTRO ID</h1>
(align: "=><=")[(link-replace: "Save")[Done!(savegame: "A")] | (link-replace: "Load")[Done!(loadgame: "A")] | (link-undo: "Back to Story")]
---
<h2>EVIDENCE</h2>
(link-reveal: "**MONOFILE #1**")[
Victim: Gisela Velasquez
Cause of Death: Electrical shock
Time of Death: 11:01pm
Time of Discovery: 7:18am
Body Discoverers: Vasundhara, Timaeus, Ishi
]
(link-reveal: "**'Autopsy Report'**")[
Gugalanna's body is covered with burns where it touched the liquid on the floor, but no other injuries are visible.
]
(link-reveal: "**Locked Doors**")[
The doors to the laundry room and kitchen lock at 11:00pm and unlock at 7:00am.
]
(link-reveal: "**Time of Movie Night**")[
The movie night lasted from 9:00pm until around 1:00am, after the doors locked for nighttime.
]
(link-reveal: "**Piece of Paper**")[
There's a small piece of paper trapped in one of Ping's hands. Something was written on it, but the fragment Timaeus retrieved only shows a tiny bit of ink in the corner.
<img src="http://78.media.tumblr.com/7897c6a409fb3e194639777ec4286e7d/tumblr_inline_ozlp0o2GtK1r099hn_540.jpg"/>
]
(link-reveal: "**Dents in Ping's Body**")[
The dents in Ping's body are long and rectangular. They were likely caused by something similar in size and shape to a baseball bat.
]
(link-reveal: "**White Powder**")[
There’s a tiny bit of white powder in some of the dents on Ping’s body.
]
(link-reveal: "**Puddle of Bleach**")[
There's a puddle of bleach on the floor in the center of the laundry room. The bottle sits upright on top of a dryer on the back wall.
]
(if: $unlockedCrimeSceneDiagram)[(link-reveal: "**Crime Scene Diagram**")[
<img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/380799222032760832/388853569064796160/unknown.png" />]](else:)[(link-reveal: "**Kapono's Project**")[
Kapono's working on a drawing of some sort, but he won't show it to anyone yet. He says it will be finished by trial.]
]
(link-reveal: "**Laundry Room Closet**")[
The bleach bottle came from the laundry room closet.
]
(link-reveal: "**Vasundhara's Testimony**")[
Everything in the laundry room is how Vasundhara found it this morning, almost immediately after the doors unlocked.
]
(link-reveal: "**Jurou's Testimony**")[
Jurou heard someone leave during the first movie. It sounded like they were dragging their heels as they walked. (if: $checkedTimeOfDeath)[He also heard them come back before the first movie ended.
]]
(if: $missingRollingPin)[(link-reveal: "**Nikola's Testimony**")[
Nikola couldn't find a rolling pin in the kitchen when it was his turn to cook. Jurou confirms that there was a large marble rolling pin on the counter when he was cooking.
]]
(if: $unlockedSignupSheet)[(link-reveal: "**Kitchen Signup Sheet**")[
<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/50f1d6e4941c94a75d0fffd956550676/tumblr_inline_omhe6cDFuv1r099hn_540.jpg"/>]
]
{
(append: ?sidebar)[<tw-icon tabindex="0" class="electroID" title="ElectroID">[[☰|ElectroID]]</tw-icon>]
(enchant: ?mono, (text-color: red)+(font: 'Ubuntu Mono')+(text-style:'bold'))
}<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"We're sure that the puddle was bleach?"
<img src="tiffani/tiffani gross.jpg"/>
"God, couldn't you fucking smell it? What the hell is that humongous nose for anyway?"
<img src="timaeus/miffed tim.jpg"/>
"Hey, I was [[just double-checking...|crime scene]]"<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Look at how far away Guga's body is from Ping..."
<img src="kapono/kapono grumble 2.jpg"/>
"...Yeah!"
<img src="riko/riko doing the payne thing.jpg"/>
"Oh... She's right at the edge of the puddle, hm? Almost made it to the door..."
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral 2.jpg"/>
"She's facing *towards* Ping, though. Isn't that strange? I don't think she was trying to get away..."
<img src="ishi/ishi serious.jpg"/>
"Guga wouldn't run away from anything!"
(if: $checkedGugasBody)[
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 2.jpg"/>
"...I agree. In fact I think we may be misunderstanding [[why Guga was here|something IS fishy!]] in the first place."]
(else:)[<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"I'm not really sure what this means for us yet, though..."
<img src="aoi/aoi embarrassed.jpg"/>
"I know you don't want to, but we should look at [[Gugalanna's body|Guga's body]] more closely..."]<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"We assumed that Gugalanna was the one who destroyed Ping because she was the only one on the scene... But there's no evidence that she ever tried to attack her, and she couldn't have made it that far across the room in the first place!"
<img src="yusra/yusra nervous.jpg"/>
"So that means... Ping was already broken before Gugalanna got there?"
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 2.jpg"/>
"But why else would she be in there?!"
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Hm... what if..."
*If Ping and the puddle of bleach were already there when Gugalanna showed up... What else could she have been trying to do?*
* [[hurt ping]]
* [[help ping]]
* [[do her laundry]]*What? That's not going to [[help my argument|something IS fishy!]] at all!*<img src="timaeus/sad tim.jpg"/>
"I think Guga was... trying to help Ping. She saw her as she walked past the room, ran inside, and didn't see the liquid on the floor..."
<img src="ishi/ishi sad.jpg"/>
"Charging into things without looking... That sounds like something she'd do."
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 2.jpg"/>
"Sounds like something you'd do too."
<img src="ishi/ishi anger.jpg"/>
"Hey! It's better than doing nothing at all!"
<img src="riko/riko talk eye closed.jpg"/>
"Except when it gets you killed."
<img src="salvatore/sal serious 2.jpg"/>
"Let's not blame the victim here, missy. It's not her fault she didn't notice the bleach-- we almost walked into it ourselves!"
<img src="riko/riko sneer.jpg"/>
"Did you just call me *missy*--"
<img src="salvatore/sal genuine smile.jpg"/>
"Thank you Vash, by the way. You're the reason we're all still standing here now."
<img src="vasundhara/crying vash 2.jpg"/>
"... um... y-you're welcome?"
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking 2.jpg"/>
"Well, it sounds like we're on the right track now. That conclusion makes sense given what we know of the evidence..."
<img src="yusra/yusra sad.jpg"/>
"...And what we knew of her personality, too. Gugalanna seemed like one who cared greatly about others, even if she didn't always show it."
<img src="ishi/ishi serious.jpg"/>
"Y-yeah! She's not a killer!"
<img src="nikola/nikola thinking.jpg"/>
"Wait... does this mean what I think it means?"
<img src="timaeus/confused tim.jpg"/>
"Huh--"
<img src="nikola/nikola happ.jpg"/>
"Hey! MONO-nine-triple-oh! You have to [[call off the trial|no killer]], right?"<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Maybe she was just trying to do her laundry?"
<img src="ishi/ishi grump.jpg"/>
"That's not fuckin' funny, Tim."
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"B-but if the lights were off and she couldn't see..."
<img src="michi/michi annoyed.jpg"/>
"I think it'd be hard to miss a *dead body* in the middle of the floor, especially if it's sparking electricity..."
*Yeah, she didn't just [[stumble in accidentally.|something IS fishy!]]*<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 despondent.jpg"/>
|mono>["What the hell are you blathering about now?"]
<img src="nikola/nikola infomercial mode.jpg"/>
"You have to call off the trial, becaaaaaause... there's no killer!"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 neutral.jpg"/>
|mono>["Hmmm? Now how do you figure that, fruitcake?"]
<img src="nikola/nikola sassy.jpg"/>
"Guga fell in the puddle by accident, and Ping's not dead, so *technically* nobody *killed* anybody! And how are we supposed to accuse-- and how are *you* supposed to punish-- a nonexistent killer?"
<img src="honoka/honoka yell.jpg"/>
"Hey, he's right!"
<img src="vasundhara/crying vash 4.jpg"/>
"It's still really sad... but at least no one meant to hurt her..."
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 anger.jpg"/>
|mono>["...Really guys? Really? You humans are so frakking desperate that you miss the most bloody obvious shit! How many times have I told you this is a MURDER CASE?"]
<img src="nikola/nikola frantic 2.jpg"/>
"...Um..."
<img src="michi/michi concern.jpg"/>
"So... did *Ping* kill her?"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 offended.jpg"/>
|mono>["Oh come on! She was already dead!"]
<img src="jurou/jurou fear.jpg"/>
"B-but you just told us she WASN'T dead!"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 neutral.jpg"/>
|mono>["I didn't say that! I said I could *fix her.* If she was beyond repair, *then* she'd be dead."]
<img src="honoka/honoka screm.jpg"/>
"That doesn't make any sense!"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 mild anger.jpg"/>
|mono>["It's not *that* hard to get! If Vasundhara chopped your arm off and beat Jurou to death with it, would that make *you* the killer? It was your arm!"]
<img src="vasundhara/crying vash.jpg"/>
"Why me again?!"
<img src="jurou/jurou screaming.jpg"/>
"I'm too young t' die!!"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 offended.jpg"/>
|mono>["Oh my god it was just an example!"]
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"It make sense, though... if Ping's head was disconnected, she didn't have any control over her body. It's effectively just a pile of metal."
<img src="siegfried/sieg perturbed.jpg"/>
"But it still killed Gugalanna, ja?"
<img src="salvatore/sal serious 2.jpg"/>
"Which means Ping's not the killer... but she *is* the murder weapon."
(ishi wtf)
"Wha...?"
<img src="jurou/jurou fear.jpg"/>
"This all is hurtin' my poor brain..."
<img src="tiffani/tiffani neutral.jpg"/>
"Oooooh! Ahhhhh! I'd be impressed if this was in a novel and not, y'know, *real fucking life with real people dead.* Can we cut the theatrics?"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 despondent.jpg"/>
|mono>["Aw, but that's the best part!"]
<img src="salvatore/sal angery.jpg"/>
"...Anyway. So, if Ping's the murder weapon... then we're looking for the person who 'killed' Ping, right?"
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"Right... she may technically be alive, but if she'd never been attacked then none of this would've happened."
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral 2.jpg"/>
"We're back to the drawing board again, hm?"
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Yeah... [[Where should we start?|where do we start pt 2]]*We need to look at what happened to Ping as its own murder case... but where should we start?*
<h1>NON-STOP DEBATE!</h1>
<h3>Pick the statement you **AGREE** with.</h3>
<div class="consent">
<img src="siegfried/sieg sideeye.jpg"/>
(if: $missingRollingPin)["The [[murder weapon]], a rolling pin from the kitchen, ja?"] (else:)["Perhaps we should start by looking for the [[murder weapon]]?"]
<img src="michi/michi concern 2.jpg"/>
(if: $checkedTimeOfDeath)["The [[time of death]] is a little ambiguous, but probably during the first movie. Jurou heard someone leave and come back, at least."] (else:)["Think the [[time of death]] matters?"]
<img src="yusra/yusra nervous.jpg"/>
(if: $checkedBodyCond)["There were long, rectangular dents in [[Ping's body|condition of body]], and a little white powder inside them."](else:)["Why don't we go over the [[condition of the body|condition of body]] for everyone?"]</div>
(if: $missingRollingPin and $checkedBodyCond)[
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"I think we're reasonably sure what the [[real murder weapon]] is now..."](if:$checkedBodyCond is false)[<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Maybe we should look for the murder weapon..."
<img src="vasundhara/neutral vash.jpg"/>
"B-but we don't even know what kind of thing we're looking for!"
<img src="riko/riko talk eye closed.jpg"/>
"Some of us do, but..."
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"Yes, let's get everyone on the same page first. Start with the [[hard evidence.|where do we start pt 2]]"
]
(else:)[(consent banner! tim says 'i agree!' and sieg says 'aber natürlich~')
<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"We don't know what Ping's 'cause of death' is, since she... never actually died. But if we can find the murder weapon, that might narrow suspects down!"
<img src="riko/riko talk.jpg"/>
"We're looking for something heavy and cylindrical, like a baseball bat."
<img src="siegfried/sieg perturbed.jpg"/>
"But there is no such thing, on this station, ja?"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 neutral.jpg"/>
|mono>["Not in Sector 1! Hold your horses! The athletics Sector is coming soon enough!"]
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"...So. Where else could we find something that matches the dents on Ping's body? How about the..."
* [[rec room]]
* [[library]]
* [[kitchen]]
](consent banner! michi just says "nice.")
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Maybe the time of death is important?"
<img src="michi/michi concern.jpg"/>
"Well, we know it was before Gugalanna died, at least... Since she was the murder weapon and all."
<img src="ishi/ishi confused.jpg"/>
"Man, that's still just, like... super fucked up."
<img src="honoka/honoka serious.jpg"/>
"Who was the last person to see Ping?"
<img src="vasundhara/neutral vash.jpg"/>
"Um, I saw her wandering around that afternoon..."
<img src="riko/riko talk eye closed.jpg"/>
"But she never showed up to the rec room, right?"
<img src="salvatore/sal serious.jpg"/>
"Did nobody tell her when the movie night was? She wasn't there when we were discussing it..."
<img src="jurou/jurou fear.jpg"/>
"I shoulda said somethin'..."
<img src="timaeus/sad tim.jpg"/>
"Me too..."
<img src="kapono/kapono serious.jpg"/>
"...maybe... she forgot."
<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"Oh... right, if she fell asleep, she'd forget anything we told her anyway."
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral.jpg"/>
"So we're not really sure when it happened, right?"
*Hmm... do I have any evidence that could narrow down the time of death?*
* [[Jurou's Testimony]]
* [[Time of Movie Night]]
* [[sdhfjlhghl i need something else]](consent banner! yusra probably says something like "great minds think alike!")
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"We should start with what we can learn from the condition of Ping's body."
<img src="tiffani/tiffani neutral.jpg"/>
"Well, she was beaten to shit by *something,* that's for sure."
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral.jpg"/>
"The dents in the metal were long and rectangular..."
<img src="riko/riko doing the payne thing.jpg"/>
"And while her chassis wasn't very sturdy at all, whoever destroyed her was either strong enough-- or used something heavy enough-- to break her joints apart."
<img src="michi/michi sass.jpg"/>
"That rules out Tim, at least!"
<img src="timaeus/exasperated tim.jpg"/>
"Very funny."
<img src="yusra/yusra nervous.jpg"/>
"There was also a little bit of white powder in some of the dents..."
<img src="riko/riko neutral.jpg"/>
"And of course, she was drenched in bleach."
(set: $checkedBodyCond to true)
*Hmm... is there anything in particular I should question?*
* [[the dents]]
* [[the powder]]
* [[the bleach]]<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Is there something in the rec room?"
<img src="honoka/honoka think.jpg"/>
"Only thing I can think of is a pool stick..."
<img src="michi/michi concern.jpg"/>
"I don't think that'd be heavy enough. And it'd be kinda... awkward to carry around without anyone noticing, wouldn't it?"
<img src="michi/michi sass.jpg"/>
"Unless you already look like a pool stick. I bet you could hide it in your pants leg, Tim."
<img src="timaeus/maximum yell tim.jpg"/>
"Wh-why would I do that?!"
*Yeah, it needs to be something heavier than that. Where [[else can we look?|murder weapon]]*<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"What about the lib..."
<img src="ishi/ishi confused.jpg"/>
"The what?"
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"N-never mind."
*There's nothing remotely like that in the library! I, of all people, should know that. Let's [[look somewhere else.|murder weapon]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"What about the kitchen? There's some heavy stuff in there..."
<img src="michi/michi concern 3.jpg"/>
"Wasn't it locked?"
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 2.jpg"/>
"Yes, but it only locked yesterday! Someone could've stolen something earlier... Has anyone noticed anything missing?"
<img src="honoka/honoka think.jpg"/>
"Not me..."
<img src="jurou/jurou thinking.jpg"/>
"I sure didn't..."
<img src="trial cuts/nik objection.png"/>
<img src="nikola/nikola happ.jpg"/>
"Oh! Oh! I know this one!"
<img src="timaeus/confused tim.jpg"/>
"Nik? What's up?"
<img src="nikola/nikola pout.jpg"/>
"Don't you remember, Tim? When I was making the cinnamon rolls? What did I say about them?"
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Oh! Um... I think you said..."
* [[they tasted funny]]
* [[they didn't look pretty]]<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"...They tasted funny?"
<img src="nikola/nikola pout.jpg"/>
"Aw, I thought you liked them..."
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"N-no I did! I just thought you..."
*They tasted fine to me... Must have been [[something else|kitchen]].*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"You said... they <a href="http://dreadnought-despair.tumblr.com/post/162300105524/talk-nikola-salvatore-siegfried" target="_blank">didn't look pretty,</a> right?"
*That's right! when I'd talked to him in the kitchen that day, he apologize for taking so long to make the cinnamon rolls, and he also said..."*
(nik sepia)
*“Heeheehee, um, well they didn’t turn out all that pretty this time around, but they should still taste good, right?”*
<img src="nikola/nikola pout.jpg"/>
"Ex-*act*-ly! That was the homeliest batch of cinnamon rolls I've ever made!"
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim 2.jpg">
"I still liked them..."
<img src="nikola/nikola sassy.jpg"/>
"I didn't say they tasted bad! I said they didn't look pretty! And you wanna know why? I looked *all* over that blasted kitchen, and you know what I couldn't find? Any guesses?"
<img src="riko/riko sneer.jpg"/>
"Just spit it out."
(nik grump)
"A rolling pin! Can you believe it?"
<img src="yusra/yusra aghast.jpg"/>
"No *rolling pin?* In that gigantic kitchen?"
**Nikola's Testimony has been added to the Evidence List.**
(set: $unlockedNiksTestimony to true)
<img src="timaeus/confused tim.jpg"/>
"But then how did you even make the rolls??"
<img src="nikola/nikola thinking.jpg"/>
"Welllll I found a big can of oatmeal so I used the side of that but it's not heavy enough! And a warm rolling pin messes up the dough! It's very sensitive to temperature y'know so you have to work fast once you take it out of the fridge--"
<img src="ishi/ishi smiley.jpg"/>
"Okay dude we got it, you couldn't find a rolling pin."
<img src="honoka/honoka nervous.jpg"/>
"Well... that's weird, but maybe they just weren't expecting anyone to be doing any pastry baking..."
<img src="trial cuts/jurou objection.png"/>
<img src="jurou/jurou grump.jpg"/>
"Whaddaya mean there aint a rollin' pin? I know I saw one!"
<img src="salvatore/sal serious 2.jpg"/>
"Are you sure?"
<img src="jurou/jurou huff.jpg"/>
"Sure as shootin'! One o' them big-ass fancy marble ones, too!"
<img src="aoi/aoi metal gear alert noise.jpg"/>
"*Marble?* That's pretty heavy, isn't it?"
<img src="kapono/kapono grumble.jpg"/>
"...Yeah!"
<img src="riko/riko doing the payne thing.jpg"/>
"Definitely heavier than a pool stick."
<img src="michi/michi sass 2.jpg"/>
"Or a baseball bat... You could do some *serious* damage with that fucker."
<img src="vasundhara/crying vash 2.jpg"/>
"Eep..."
(set: $missingRollingPin = true)
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"So if we say the rolling pin's the murder weapon... Maybe we can figure out what [[the powder|the powder 2: electric boogaloo]] is now?"
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"I think we've learned enough to say for near certain that the weapon used to 'kill' Ping was the missing marble rolling pin from the kitchen."
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral.jpg"/>
"I can't think of anything else that size that would be heavy enough *and* the right shape..."
<img src="trial cuts/honoka objection.png"/>
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 2.jpg"/>
"Hold up! Gugalanna's not in the clear yet! Are we just going to ignore that one *huge* piece of evidence? It was right at the crime scene!"
<img src="timaeus/confused tim.jpg"/>
"What...?"
*What did she mean? What's the big piece of evidence we haven't talked about yet...*
* [[Scrap of Paper]]
* [[im really bad at coming up with wrong answers apparently]]
* [[please send help]]<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/472c64140346821e296003b42a1671e3/tumblr_inline_onrneb4m0J1r099hn_1280.jpg"/>
*The class trial is the final barrier the blackened must cross before escaping the killing game. Using evidence and testimony gathered during the investigation phase, the remaining students work together to solve any remaining mysteries about the murder.
After all discussion points have been exhausted, the class trial culminates in a simple majority vote for who they believe to be the blackened.
Students are required to vote at their assigned podiums, as shown above. Voting at the incorrect podium or physically tampering with another student’s vote will be punished accordingly.
Rules are subject to change in order to facilitate a speedy trial and execution.*
---
The class trial will be hosted using twine instead of the usual tumblr format, so here’s a short explanation of how it works, for those both familiar and unfamiliar with the series!
Navigation works a little differently from tumblr. Instead of [PREVIOUS] and [NEXT] links, you click on the dialogue links that you think will continue the discussion– either choosing topics at the end of the passage, or replying to something another character said.
There is no influence gauge or game over– “wrong” answers can lead to extra clarification of evidence, additional (optional) testimony, or bonus dialogue, so don’t be afraid to click them if you want! If you see Timaeus’s objection or agreement banner, you picked the right answer and can proceed to the next segment of the trial.
If you need to save your game or refer to the evidence collected during investigation, click the menu icon (☰) in the top left corner.
Click [[this link|INTRO]] when you are ready to begin.(so does this one)
<img src="yusra/yusra nervous.jpg"/>
"Gugalanna's... secret?"
<img src="riko/riko nervous.jpg"/>
"Did the secrets end up having something to do with this after all...?"
<img src="timaeus/confused tim.jpg"/>
"She told me what hers was when I went to talk to her after the meeting yesterday..."
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral 2.jpg"/>
"Really? What was it?"
<img src="timaeus/smile tim.jpg"/>
"The story of how she got her stage name, El Toro Del Cielo...! It all started when--"
<img src="trial cuts/aoi objection.png"/>
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral.jpg"/>
"She lied."
<img src="honoka/honoka screm.jpg"/>
"What?!"
<img src="timaeus/scared tim.jpg"/>
"No way... S-she sounded so genuine!"
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"Well, that story was probably true... but it wasn't her secret. Not the one written down in my letter, at least."
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"Hmm... was it something worth lying about?"
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral 2.jpg"/>
"Not exactly. More like... she couldn't have known what her secret *was* in the first place."
<img src="tiffani/tiffani angery.jpg"/>
"What the hell is *that* supposed to mean?"
<img src="jurou/jurou thinking.jpg"/>
"She got a letter like th' rest of us, right...?"
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 2.jpg"/>
"S-so are you going to tell us what it was, already?"
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral 2.jpg"/>
"No."
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 3.jpg"/>
*"What?!"*
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral.jpg"/>
"I'm interested in seeing if you can figure it out for yourselves... Because it seems like the culprit didn't. I'll tell you if you get it right."
<img src="timaeus/sass tim.jpg"/>
"Um... okay..."
*I wasn't sure what the point of Aoi's experiment was yet, but I'd play along for now. Why would Gugalanna not know what her own secret was? Maybe it was because...*
* [[she didn't have one?]]
* [[she couldn't read it?]]
* [[her letter got mixed up with someone else's?]]<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"Maybe she didn't have a secret at all?"
<img src="jurou/jurou thinking 2.jpg"/>
"But why wouldja lie about *that?*"
<img src="michi/michi sass 2.jpg"/>
"Maybe she thought it would ruin her image if she didn't have some mysterious secret to vague about."
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"No, she definitely had a secret... even if it wasn't what she thought it was."
*This was just getting [[weirder and weirder...|Gugalanna's secret?]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Maybe she couldn't read it for some reason? Like the ink got smudged, or..."
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral.jpg"/>
"It's even simpler than that."
<img src="aoi/aoi determined.jpg"/>
"*Gisela Velasquez can only read or write in Spanish.*"
<img src="honoka/honoka screm 2.jpg"/>
"Wh... what?"
<img src="salvatore/sal nervous.jpg"/>
"...Now *that* is interesting."
<img src="ishi/ishi yell.jpg"/>
"How the hell can you go to Hope's Peak Academy and not know Japanese?!"
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 3.jpg"/>
"I-I don't know, but..."
*Could something so ludicrous really be true? But a <a href="http://dreadnought-despair.tumblr.com/post/163429327479/chapter-1-014" target="_blank">few</a> <a href="http://dreadnought-despair.tumblr.com/post/165944056144/talk-gugalanna" target="_blank">things</a> Gugalanna said to me made more sense now...*
(guga sepia)
“HOW I GOT MY STAGE NAME! **THAT’S MY SECRET, RIGHT?**”
<img src="yusra/yusra nervous.jpg"/>
"It makes perfect sense, actually! None of us can remember our time at the school..."
<img src="riko/riko nervous.jpg"/>
"What does that have to do with..."
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral.jpg"/>
"Maybe she knew how to speak it, but didn't learn to read or write it until she started taking remedial Japanese classes... *at Hope's Peak Academy."*
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim 2.jpg"/>
"It is pretty complicated to learn if you didn't grow up with it... I can speak from experience on that one!"
<img src="kapono/kapono sad.jpg"/>
"...yeah..."
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 2.jpg"/>
"B-but she wrote her name on the signup sheet!"(set: $unlockedSignupSheet to true)
<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/50f1d6e4941c94a75d0fffd956550676/tumblr_inline_omhe6cDFuv1r099hn_540.jpg"/>
(fix this so it's honoka holding it instead of fridge magnet)
**Kitchen Sign-up Sheet added to Evidence.**
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Maybe she only knew the kanji for her name? Like how I can spell my name in Cyrillic but I don't know a lick of Russian."
<img src="honoka/honoka nervous 3.jpg"/>
"But why would she just-- Why didn't she say anything?! Why wouldn't she ask for help?"
<img src="vasundhara/neutral vash.jpg"/>
"M-maybe she was embarrassed about it...?"
<img src="michi/michi annoyed.jpg"/>
"Well, it'd be hard to ask her *now.*"
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Hold on a second... There's something else pretty interesting about this sheet, isn't there?"
* [[the order of the names]]
* [[where the paper came from]]
* [[the handwriting]]<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Maybe her letter got mixed up with someone else's?"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 offended.jpg"/>
|mono>["Hey! I triple-checked to make sure everyone got the right letter! What kind of orb do you think I am?!"]
<img src="salvatore/sal thinking.jpg"/>
"Besides, wouldn't someone have said something by now if they'd gotten the wrong one?"
*Maybe it's something [[a little simpler than that...|Gugalanna's secret?]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"If we say that the weapon came from the kitchen, then there's one pretty obvious white powder that comes to mind..."
<img src="vasundhara/surprised vash.jpg"/>
"...Y-you mean I was right??"
<img src="timaeus/smile tim.jpg"/>
"I think so! It very well could've been flour."
<img src="salvatore/sal genuine smile.jpg"/>
"That was a great guess, dear."
<img src="vasundhara/neutral vash.jpg"/>
"But-- but the kitchen was locked!"
<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"Yes, but if the killer stole the rolling pin earlier and didn't think to wash it off... or just didn't wash it *thoroughly..."*
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral 2.jpg"/>
"Sounds plausible to me."
*Am I ready to propose the [[real murder weapon?|real murder weapon]] Or should I [[go back|where do we start pt 2]] and see if I missed anything else important?*<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"You said she was completely covered in bleach?"
<img src="riko/riko talk eye closed.jpg"/>
"Well, not *completely,* but it's pretty obvious she didn't just fall in. Either the bottle fell on top of her or someone poured it all over her."
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral 2.jpg"/>
"I'm inclined to think it wasn't an accident... but that's not really [[new information, is it?|condition of body]]<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"The powder seems the most out of place to me..."
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral 2.jpg"/>
"It *is* rather strange, isn't it? But there wasn't really a safe way to test what it was at the time..."
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"But we can at least guess at it, right? Maybe it was..."
{<ul>
<li>[[battery corrosion]]</li>
<li>[[detergent]]</li>
<li>[[chalk]]</li>
<li>[[cocaine]]</li>
(if: $powderCorrosion and $powderDetergent)[<li>[[...Okay, maybe we don't know enough yet.|we just dont know]]</li>]
</ul>}<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Maybe it was detergent...? It is a laundry room--"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 offended.jpg"/>
|mono>["What kind of orb do you think I am?! Buying cheapo powdered detergent for my honored guests? Perish the thought!"]
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"S-so it's... not that."
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 sparkles.jpg"/>
|mono>["Of course not! Only the finest liquid laundry soap for you meatbags! Get those stains out, brighten your colors, and leave your clothes smelling flowery fresh! Brought to you by Tide.~"]
<img src="tiffani/tiffani gross.jpg"/>
"...What the *fuck?"*
(set: $powderDetergent to true)
*I couldn't agree more. Let's try to get [[back on topic.|the powder]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"I-I don't know, what else is a white powder... Cocaine??"
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 2.jpg"/>
"Why is *cocaine* the first thing you think of?!"
<img src="ishi/ishi grump.jpg"/>
"I told you, you watch too many of those damn crime shows! CSI and NCIS and Law and Order and shit--"
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 2.jpg"/>
"Can we discuss my TV habits at literally any other time, please?"
(if: $missingRollingPin is false)[(set: $powderCocaine to true)
*Why did I even say that out loud? Let's try and [[be realistic here.|the powder]]*]
(if: $missingRollingPin is true)[*Why did I even say that out loud? It's [[obvious what the powder really is.|the powder 2: electric boogaloo]]*]<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"Everybody look at the order of the names on this paper! If Jurou saw the rolling pin, and Nik noticed it was gone, then the only person in between is..."
<img src="timaeus/sad tim.jpg"/>
"...is..."
<img src="salvatore/sal sadder.jpg"/>
"..."
<img src="honoka/honoka screm.jpg"/>
"Wh-what are you saying--"
(jurou ANGERY)
"Honoka would *never!* She ain't been nothin' but nice to us! Say yer sorry!"
"..."
"Why won't you... Th-this ain't funny, Tim!"
"...It's not. The rolling pin's the only thing with the right size, shape, or weight to have made those dents in Ping's body... and Honoka was the one with the most opportunity to steal it. Now that I think about it..."
*Three days seemed like such a long time ago now... but I remembered something strange from <a href="http://dreadnought-despair.tumblr.com/post/158667942174/chapter-1-008" target="_blank">the night Honoka cooked for us.</a>*
*I didn’t see Ishi at supper, so I dug up another tupperware from the kitchen and filled it with some of the stir fry to give to her on my way back to my room. <b>Honoka was busy cleaning the dishes… I offered to help her, but she insisted on doing it herself.</b> Ah well, I probably would’ve just gotten in the way.*
*Or... I would have seen what she was up to.*
"Did anyone else offer to help her with the dishes, on the night that she cooked?"
<img src="vasundhara/neutral vash.jpg"/>
"O-oh... I did! But she said she wanted to do it by... herself..."
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"That's what she told me, too. But why would you turn down *everyone's* help, Honoka? Washing all those dishes, plus the pots and pans... that's a lot of work, isn't it?"
(seriouser tim)
"Especially for someone with a health condition..."
<img src="honoka/honoka sick 4.jpg"/>
"...!"
"M-maybe she's just persnickety 'bout how t'clean stuff! That don't mean nothin'!"
"On its own, sure, it's not that odd. But wasn't Honoka the one to suggest the movie night in the first place?"
<img src="ishi/ishi confused.jpg"/>
"Shit, you're right...!"
<img src="honoka/honoka screm.jpg"/>
"Th-that wasn't--"
<img src="salvatore/sal angery.jpg"/>
"And wasn't she accusing Gugalanna from the very start of trial, before we'd laid all the evidence out on the table?"
"B-but she's the only one who could've--"
<img src="sieg/sieg grump.jpg"/>
"I knew we could not trust her..."
(honoka objection ANGERY)
<img src="honoka/honoka ANGERY.jpg"/>
"What the hell do you think you're doing?! At *least* let me get a word in edgewise before you start calling me a killer!"
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"...Very well, dear. [[What have you got to say for yourself?|honoka's testimony]]"<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Isn't the paper the same kind as what the rendezvous note was written on?"
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"That's from the stash in the library, though... Is there any other paper on this station?"
<img src="kapono/kapono serious.jpg"/>
"...No... Except for... dorms."
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"Right, my notebook was in my dorm, but I haven't seen any other sources of paper. And why incriminate yourself using paper from your dorm when there's a publically available supply?"
<img src="kapono/kapono sad.jpg"/>
"...Last... sketchbook..."
*Poor Kapono... I don't think this is [[what I'm looking for|she couldn't read it?]], though.*<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"Could we figure out who wrote it from the handwriting?"
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral.jpg"/>
"I'm not sure there's really enough there for an accurate analysis..."
<img src="yusra/yusra smile.jpg"/>
"Well, we can tell it's not Kapono or Siegfried, at least."
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"They could've faked their handwriting to frame someone, of course."
<img src="salvatore/sal sadder.jpg"/>
"...That said, isn't there something [[a little more obvious?|she couldn't read it?]]"
<h1>NONSTOP DEBATE!</h1>
<h3>Pick the assumption you **disagree** with.</h3>
<div class="counter">
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 3.jpg"/>
"There wasn't any [[ulterior motive]] to the movie night! I was just trying to keep up morale!"
<img src="honoka/honoka ANGERY.jpg"/>
"And I wouldn't have [[killed over secrets]] or anything like that! In fact, I was actively watching the movie night to make sure that DIDN'T happen!"
<img src="honoka/honoka celes.jpg"/>
"Even if I *did* have a reason to kill her, you would've [[heard my tap shoes]] if I left the room!"
</div>something something the movie night was organized before anyone was in real danger
no definitive proof that this was planned way ahead in advance
maybe something about taking the rolling pin for self defense? but she's not admitting yet
[[honoka's testimony]]<img src="trial cuts/tim counter redux.png"/>
"There's a way you can move around in tap shoes without making a clicking sound..."
* [[shuffle]]
* [[heel step]]
* [[slide|cha cha slide]]honoka gets Pedantic
[[heard my tap shoes]]nop thats still clickin
[[heard my tap shoes]]<img src="timaeus/serious tim 2.jpg"/>
"Didn't Jurou hear a dragging noise? A swishing noise, maybe?"
<img src="jurou/jurou screaming.jpg"/>
"Wait-- m-maybe I di'n't hear right! Y'can't--"
<img src="salvatore/sal serious 2.jpg"/>
"You were swearing up and down you heard something just a few minutes ago!"
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 3.jpg"/>
"It's still too noisy! You couldn't--"
(angry tim)
"Then prove it! This floor's the same as everywhere else in the station, right?"
<img src="honoka/honoka sick.jpg"/>
"But... but..."
<img src="honoka/honoka sad smile.jpg"/>
"W-we can't leave our podiums, right?! We'll get in trouble..."
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 blushu.jpg"/>
|mono>["Huh? What are you talking about? You just can't leave the room. No reason you can't take a leisurely stroll around the murder trial!"]
(honoka fear)
"..."
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 2.jpg"/>
"Well? Why aren't you moving?"
(aoi sad)
"I think I've got an idea..."
<img src="honoka/honoka celes.jpg"/>
"...I... I didn't wear my tap shoes, okay? You got a problem with that?!"
<img src="yusra/yusra aghast 2.jpg"/>
"..."
<img src="michi/michi scared.jpg"/>
"...Oh shit."
<img src="timaeus/concerned tim.jpg"/>
"...Why wouldn't you wear your shoes?"
<img src="salvatore/sal thinking.jpg"/>
"They're such a big part of your alibi, dear... What were you thinking? Unless...?"
* [[they got something on them]]
* [[it's too early in the morning for that]]
* [[doesn't match her clothes]]<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Maybe they got something on them at the crime scene?"
(honoka fear)
"...!"
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"Something like..."
* [[oil from ping]]
* [[bleach stains]]
* [[that flour]]<img src="honoka/honoka sad smile.jpg"/>
"It's just too early in the morning to wear those things--"
<img src="trial cuts/ishi objection.png"/>
<img src="ishi/ishi YELL.jpg"/>
"Now THAT I know is bullshit!"
<img src="ishi/ishi LISTEN HERE BINCH.jpg"/>
"Every night! Every goddam NIGHT I hear that fuckin' clickity-clickity-clack-clack next door! Can't fuckin' get more than like, three hours of sleep because of it!"
(honoka scared)
"Y-y-you could hear it?"
<img src="ishi/ishi huff.jpg"/>
"That's why I crashed in your room, my dude."
<img src="timaeus/concerned tim.jpg"/>
"...At three in the morning?!"
<img src="honoka/honoka sick.jpg"/>
"..."
*...She does look pretty tired, doesn't she? But this isn't [[the reason we're looking for.|Jurou's Testimony 2: electric boogaloo]]*<img src="honoka/honoka nervous.jpg"/>
"Th-they just dont match this outfit--"
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"That's the same one you've worn every day, dear."
(honoka fear)
"Eep..."
*...If she won't admit it, I'll just have to [[tell her myself.|Jurou's Testimony 2: electric boogaloo]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Maybe it was oil from Ping?"
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"I didn't see any oil at the scene?"
<img src="tiffani/tiffani angery.jpg"/>
"She was all powered by electricity, anyway. Obviously."
*There's [[another liquid at the crime scene|they got something on them]] though, isn't there?*<img src="trial cuts/tim counter redux.png"/>
"There was an awful lot of bleach at the crime scene, and bleach could leave stains on your shoes... It happened to mine."
<img src="jurou/jurou grump.jpg"/>
"That's a load o' bull! G-Guga *died* when she stepped in th' bleach! Honoka sure ain't lookin' any deader than I am!"
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"Y'know, I was wondering about that too. Where could Honoka have poured the bleach from without stepping in it herself?"
<img src="kapono/kapono neutral.jpg"/>
"...Look at... map."
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"O-oh, right! Let's see..."
(insert map again. the bottle's near the dryers on the south wall, and there's a clear path along the edge of wall from the dryers to the entrance)
<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"Maybe she was standing..."
* [[on top of the dryers]]
* [[at the entrance]]
* [[in the closet]]<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Maybe there was flour on her shoes?"
<img src="salvatore/sal angery.jpg"/>
"That would be so easy to wash off..."
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"So it has to be something she [[couldn't wash off...|they got something on them]]"<img src="climax logic/climax logic 1.png"/>
<img src="climax logic/climax logic 2.png"/>
<img src="climax logic/climax logic 3.png"/>
<img src="climax logic/climax logic 4.png"/>
<img src="climax logic/climax logic 5.png"/>
<img src="climax logic/climax logic 6.png"/>
<img src="climax logic/climax logic 7.png"/>
(this last one will have dialogue and be a gif that switches between spoiler-kun and honoka in the final version! but i wanna show it off so here)
<img src="climax logic/climax logic 8.png"/>
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"...Did I get anything wrong?"
(jurou objection alt. hes cryin and its Bad)
"Of course yer wrong! [[Th-this is all wrong!!]]"<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Are we sure Gugalanna attacked Ping?"
<img src="honoka/honoka nervous.jpg"/>
"I mean, she was the only one in the room! Who else could it be?"
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"I don't know that yet, but there's something we know that contradicts what you're saying..."
* [['Autopsy Report']]
* [[Locked Doors|some other thing]]
* [[Piece of Paper|yet another thing]]<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"Really? There wasn't anything else?"
<img src="kapono/kapono sad.jpg"/>
"...Hey..."
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Maybe I'm just overthinking things--"
<img src="trial cuts/kapono objection.png"/>
<img src="timaeus/confused tim.jpg"/>
"Huh? What is it, Kapono?"
<img src="kapono/kapono serious.jpg"/>
"I... drew this."
*Kapono passed me a sheet of paper.*
(if: (random: 1,10000) is 42 )[<img src= "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/380799222032760832/388853569064796160/unknown.png"/>](else: )[(this'll be a diagram of the crime scene eventually i swear. the relevant part is that guga and ping are far enough apart that guga couldn't reach, and guga's collapsed right at the edge of the puddle)]
(set: $unlockedCrimeSceneDiagram to true)
<img src="timaeus/scared tim.jpg".>
"This is... a diagram of the crime scene?! It's incredible!"
<img src="riko/riko nervous.jpg"/>
"Why didn't you say something earlier?!"
<img src="kapono/kapono miffed.jpg"/>
"...talking... too fast..."
<img src="salvatore/sal genuine smile.jpg"/>
"Just tap my shoulder and I'll make sure you get a chance to speak, alright, dear?"
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Hmm... looking at it now, something seems strange about..."
* [[the position of the dryers]]
* [[the location of the bodies]]
* [[shape of the laundry room]]<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"Isn't the position of the dryers a little strange?"
<img src="michi/michi concern 2.jpg"/>
"Uh... they're mounted to the wall, dude. I don't think they're walking anywhere."
*Yeah, there's something a [[little more obviously wrong|anything else strange]] than the room's ergonomics...*<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"Jurou, you said you heard someone leave the room during one of the movies, right?"
<img src="jurou/jurou thinking.jpg"/>
"Oh! Sure did! Durin'... the first one, I think. The one with th' talkin' satellite... He sure was an odd duck!"
<img src="salvatore/sal genuine smile.jpg"/>
"We're a little more interested in what was happening *outside* of the movie, dear."
<img src="jurou/jurou shock.jpg"/>
"But what about th' folks who didn't get t'see it?!"
<img src="michi/michi sass.jpg"/>
"I'm sure Riko can fill us in, she's probably got the entire script memorized--"
<img src="riko/riko embarrassed.jpg"/>
"J-just tell us what you heard already!"
<img src="jurou/jurou fear.jpg"/>
"S-sorry! Um, it sounded like someone was walkin' around! But real slow-like, and draggin' their heels like *swish swish*... And they went through the door! But I didn't see who it was..."
<img src="salvatore/sal chew pen.jpg"/>
"Did you hear them come back?"
<img src="jurou/jurou thinking 2.jpg"/>
"I-I *think* so? But it was right at the end an' the movie was gettin' all noisy! Them flashy spaceships an' laser guns... So's I ain't sure."
**Jurou's Testimony has been updated in the Evidence List.**
<img src="salvatore/sal serious.jpg"/>
"But they had to have come back at some point. Everyone was there when the movie ended, right, Honoka?"
<img src="honoka/honoka yell.jpg"/>
"O-oh, right! Yes, they were. I did a head count in between the movies. No one left, e-except for Gugalanna, right before we started the second movie..."
<img src="salvatore/sal serious 2.jpg"/>
"You're sure of that? No one admits to leaving the room during the first movie?"
<img src="riko/riko doing the payne thing.jpg"/>
"I didn't see anyone leave..."
<img src="nikola/nikola pout.jpg"/>
"...I-I didn't either..."
<img src="honoka/honoka serious 2.jpg"/>
"..."
<img src="salvatore/sal thinking.jpg"/>
"...Interesting. So either Jurou misheard, or one of us is lying."
<img src="jurou/jurou grump.jpg"/>
"Hey! Mebbe my eyesight ain't that great, but my ears are sharp as a bat! I know what I heard!"
<img src="salvatore/sal angery.jpg"/>
"And if they feel the need to lie about it in a *murder trial,* even a makeshift one... then it must be pretty damning evidence, yes?"
(set: $checkedTimeOfDeath to true)
*This alone isn't going to pin down the killer, but it may come in handy later... Let's try [[a different direction.|where do we start pt 2]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Maybe the time of the movie night matters? It started at 9, right?"
<img src="honoka/honoka think.jpg"/>
"Right... could it have happened before then?"
<img src="riko/riko talk.jpg"/>
"The laundry room's on the way to the rec room... One of us would have *had* to have seen Ping if she was destroyed before then."
<img src="yusra/yusra nervous.jpg"/>
"Unless she was moved..."
<img src="tiffani/tiffani neutral.jpg"/>
"Hah, good luck doing that without zapping yourself like Guga did, bleach or no bleach. If that thing still had charge after 8 hours, there's no telling how powerful it is."
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"...S-so... if she *wasn't* moved, then it had to happen during the movie night."
*Hmm... didn't someone hear something strange during the first movie? Maybe we can [[get more specific.|time of death]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"The dents are a little strange, aren't they?"
<img src="riko/riko talk.jpg"/>
"We went over this, Timaeus. Whatever caused them must be something long and cylindrical."
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"But there's nothing around here shaped like that--"
<img src="riko/riko annoyed.jpg"/>
"That you can think of. There must be *something* shaped like that, if the dents exist."
<img src="timaeus/serious tim 2.jpg"/>
"...That doesn't really help--"
<img src="riko/riko sneer.jpg"/>
"None of this is helping. Talk about something else."
<img src="timaeus/sass tim.jpg"/>
"Jeez..."
*She's right, though. We don't really have time to [[retread things we already know we don't know...|condition of body]]*<img src="timaeus/serious tim 2.jpg"/>
"Tiffani, you said something about battery corrosion, right?"
<img src="tiffani/tiffani neutral.jpg"/>
"Nah, if that's what it was you would've heard *someone* bitching by now."
<img src="timaeus/confused tim.jpg"/>
"...What are you talking about?"
<img src="tiffani/tiffani neutral.jpg"/>
"Yusra?"
<img src="yusra/yusra smile.jpg"/>
"Hm? Yes?"
(tiff neutral alt)
"Did you touch any of the bleach?"
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral 2.jpg"/>
"No..."
<img src="tiffani/tiffani neutral.jpg"/>
"Does your finger itch?"
<img src="yusra/yusra neutral.jpg"/>
"...No?"
<img src="tiffani/tiffani embarrassed 3.jpg"/>
"Then it's not corrosion. That shit itches like a motherfucker if you don't wash it off. And by itchy, I mean you get acid burns."
<img src="timaeus/scared tim 3.jpg"/>
"O-oh."
<img src="tiffani/tiffani angery.jpg"/>
"There, I contributed. Happy? Can I go now?"
(set: $powderCorrosion to true)
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 neutral.jpg"/>
|mono>["Not till you vote for a killer! Kekekekek!"]
<img src="tiffani/tiffani gross.jpg"/>
"I wasn't asking *you,* fucko."
*I guess that means the powder must be [[something else...|the powder]]*<img src="timaeus/serious tim.jpg"/>
"That's all I can think of... Any other ideas?"
<img src="vasundhara/neutral vash.jpg"/>
"M-maybe it was flour?"
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"But the kitchen was locked..."
<img src="nikola/nikola sad smile.jpg"/>
"So not sugar, either..."
<img src="ishi/ishi confused.jpg"/>
"What else even is there? Eyeshadow? Baby powder??"
(if: $powderCocaine is true)[
<img src="michi/michi neutral.jpg"/>
"Maybe it really *was* cocaine..."
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 3.jpg"/>
"IT'S NOT COCAINE!!"](else:)[
<img src="michi/michi concern 2.jpg"/>
"Iunno."]
<img src="yusra/yusra nervous.jpg"/>
"But it must have come from the murder weapon, right?"
<img src="salvatore/sal sad 2.jpg"/>
"Maybe we can figure out what the powder is if we figure out what it came from..."
*Sounds like it's time to [[pursue a totally different line of questioning.|where do we start pt 2]]*<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"...Chalk, maybe?"
<img src="honoka/honoka think.jpg"/>
"Where would that even come from?"
<img src="aoi/aoi metal gear alert noise.jpg"/>
"Oh! Don't you put chalk on pool sticks? There were pool sticks in the rec room..."
<img src="michi/michi concern 4.jpg"/>
"But pool chalk is green. Or blue... Not white, though."
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"And there weren't, like, art supplies around, right?"
<img src="kapono/kapono miffed.jpg"/>
"...Nope... I checked... earlier."
(if: $missingRollingPin is false)[(set: $powderChalk to true)*Then I guess [[that's not it...|the powder]]* ](else:)[*If the weapon came from the kitchen, there's something [[a little more obvious.|the powder 2: electric boogaloo]]]<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"Let's take another guess at the source of that white powder..."
{<ul>
<li>[[eyeshadow]]</li>
<li>[[baby powder]]</li>
<li>[[flour]]</li>
(if: $powderChalk is false)[<li>[[chalk]]</li>]
(if: $powderCocaine is false)[<li>[[cocaine]]</li>]
</ul>}something funny goes here
[[the powder 2: electric boogaloo]]<img src="ishi/ishi confused.jpg"/>
"I wasn't... being serious, dude."
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"There are a lot of people here that wear makeup, though..."
<img src="salvatore/sal angery.jpg"/>
*"White* eyeshadow? Please. That shit doesn't look good on anyone."
<img src="salvatore/sal flirt.jpg"/>
"... Well, maybe Riko could work it."
<img src="riko/riko sneer.jpg"/>
"Not on your life. We're *trying* to catch a killer here."
*Yeah, [[this wasn't it...|the powder 2: electric boogaloo]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"The laundry room locks at nighttime, right? When did she leave the movie night?"
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"It was right as the first movie ended, so a few minutes *before* nighttime..."
<img src="honoka/honoka serious.jpg"/>
"If it was a spur of the moment thing, she had plenty of time to attack her!"
*This [[wasn't helping my case...|did she attack ping?]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Maybe the piece of paper in Ping's hand?"
<img src="honoka/honoka yell.jpg"/>
"That just proves she lured Ping out there in the first place!"
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"I-I guess you could look at it that way..."
*We don't have enough info to figure this out for sure yet... And it just makes Gugalanna look more suspicious anyway. There's [[something more obviously wrong here.|did she attack ping?]]*<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"The shape of the laundry room is..."
<img src="aoi/aoi embarrassed.jpg"/>
"...The same as what's on the ElectroID map?"
<img src="ishi/ishi grump.jpg"/>
"Every room on this space station is shaped weird..."
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 neutral.jpg"/>
|mono>["Hey! How do you know a rectangle-shaped room is the norm?! Maybe aliens shape their rooms like triangles and think *your* rooms are shaped weird!"]
<img src=timaeus/exasperated tim.jpg"/>
"...Th-this doesn't have [[anything to do with the murder,|anything else strange]] does it?"
[[time of death]]honoka told everyone her secret at the secrets meeting
maybe she even shows her letter to the group? it'll out ishi but
ishi dont care. ishi dont give a shit
[[honoka's testimony]]<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"If you slid your feet as you walked, without lifting the shoes from the ground..."
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 3.jpg"/>
"It would absolutely tear up the soles!!"
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim 2.jpg"/>
"But it would make a swishing sound, and not a tap, right? Didn't someone hear something like that during the movie night?"
* [[Vasundhara's Testimony|Vasundhara's Testimony 2]]
* [[Jurou's Testimony|Jurou's Testimony 2: electric boogaloo]]
* [[Nikola's Testimony]]<img src="timaeus/serious tim 3.jpg"/>
"Vash, right?"
<img src="vasundhara/neutral vash.jpg"/>
"U-um... I didn't hear anything..."
<img src="timaeus/regret tim.jpg"/>
"Oh, oops." [[It was someone else, right?|cha cha slide]]<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Nik, right?"
<img src="nikola/nikola pout.jpg"/>
"I think you got the [[wrong person,|cha cha slide]] friend..."(this bit needs a lil more fleshing out but you get the idea)
<img src="timaeus/thinking tim.jpg"/>
"Are you talking about--"
<img src="honoka/honoka yell.jpg"/>
"That paper! Tim, show them the paper!"
<img src="timaeus/nervous tim.jpg"/>
"R-right... The paper in Ping's hand. That was a little strange, wasn't it?"
<img src="honoka/honoka serious.jpg"/>
"Isn't it obvious? She could've written that note to draw Ping out!"
<img src="siegfried/sieg neutral.jpg"/>
"I suppose..."
<img src="aoi/aoi thinking.jpg"/>
"...Is that what you think?"
<img src="aoi/aoi determined.jpg"/>
"...I'd say it proves the exact opposite."
<img src="honoka/honoka yell 2.jpg"/>
"Wh-what? What makes you so sure?!"
<img src="aoi/aoi neutral.jpg"/>
"Tell me... Did any of you ever find out [[Gugalanna's secret?]]"(jurou ANGERY)
"Stop callin' her the killer!! She-- This was all a big fat accident! Sh-she didn't mean t'hurt Guga! And y'all *know* that!"
<img src="salvatore/sal thinking.jpg"/>
"But does that mean she isn't responsible?"
<img src="honoka/honoka crying 2.jpg"/>
"..."
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 sparkles.jpg"/>
|mono>["Well, you've got about sixty seconds to decide! It's voting time! Woohoohoo!"]
*MONO-9000's unwelcome interruption made all our podiums light up with a circle of buttons... and a timer.*
(might make a gif with the screen that would b cool)
<img src="salvatore/sal serious 3.jpg"/>
"What?!"
<img src="riko/riko yell.jpg"/>
"Sixty seconds?!"
<img src="michi/michi concern 3.jpg"/>
"Voting for... *what,* exactly?"
<img src="mono 9000/mono 9000 neutral.jpg"/>
|mono>["If you catch the killer, the killer gets punished! That's the rules!"]
<img src="vash/f e a r vash.jpg"/>
"Punished? W-what do you mean..."
<img src="yusra/yusra aghast 2.jpg"/>
"..."
<img src="nikola/nikola despair.jpg"/>
"Wh-what happens if we're wrong?! What if we missed something or we jumped to conclusions or we--
(scared sieg)
"Scheiße... We have no time!"
<img src="jurou/jurou screaming 2.jpg"/>
"I-- I can't do it! She didn't do nothin' wrong!!"
(aoi sad)
"I don't think we have a choice..."
(ishi scared)
"Tim, what do we do?! Do we really have to vote for--"
*Dammit, I'd gotten distracted! Thirty seconds left. Thirty seconds to sentence either one of us or all of us to death-- though I didn't know the stakes were so high at the time.
My hand hesitated over the podium's touchscreen, and my mind raced through everything I'd learned, the deductions and assumptions I made. Hopefully most were right, maybe some were wrong... But there just wasn't enough time.
With ten seconds on the clock, I finally [[locked in my vote...|TRIAL END!]]*<h1>TRIAL END!</h1>
*It's voting time, and the audience gets to participate as well! Who do you think killed Gisela Velasquez?
<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/feCq9Yy1pPxRJGVw1">PLACE YOUR VOTES NOW!</a>
If you want to play through the trial again, (link: "click here!")[(reload:)] You may find new bits of dialogue if you change the order in which you click on things!
Once the results are in, the story will resume on Tumblr!*[[real murder weapon]][[real murder weapon]](tim counter alt, probably says something like "it's all coming together")
"Maybe she stood on top of the dryers! That's where we found the bleach bottle, right?"
"If she was splashing it out that far, there must have been splatters everywhere..."
<img src="salvatore/sal thinking.jpg"/>
"*And* there's a clear path to the door."
(honoka fear)
"..."
((this is a big fat wip let me rest))
"Let's [[take it from the top.|climax logic]]"pings on the opposite side of the room dingus
[[bleach stains]]this is stupid
[[bleach stains]]