TRIAL II

[lesmodsalouette]

Trial

At least this time you were given ample time to wreck your sleep schedule before the clocks gong at midnight (no apologies for such little sleep in the first place withstanding). The carnival looks just as you remember it, with the banquet and drinks refreshed. The spread is the same as before with two new additions: a platter of cute cupcakes that might remind you of someone, along with baozi of all types.

Like before, mind the pit in the middle and settle in to vote out the guilty party for the death of Siobhan "Shiv" Roy. With the benefit of experience, maybe this will be a little bit easier? With the mood weather lifted, there won't be any floods at trial at least.

(( OOC: Welcome to your first trial! You'll have 7 hours (until 8 PM EDT/5 PM PDT) to vote one (1) person guilty of murder. As this is scapegoat style, a correct vote is not necessary. Please remember to vote unless otherwise discussed with the mods, as that is our AC for this game ))

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[antline]

Knife pointed up.....someone shorter? Had to reach up?

[uiscebeatha]

That could be explained if someone was literally lying in wait to ambush her, or was on the ground.

[simulacres]

But then why go through all that effort to do everything else if you want to ambush her?

[uiscebeatha]

Then maybe it wasn't. If Shiv fought back, then whoever it was could've just fallen in the scuffle and tried to attack from below. Messy, but maybe they were desperate.

[ It's all messy... ]

[siffriend]

[ ahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaa ]

Um, not as effectively as you'd think. It'd be more likely... that it was the first knifing attempt, and then the heart was the second. After they grabbed her.

[ How does... Siffrin demonstrate this......... Um. Hand up. Like a dagger. More looking at Sariel than Cain. ]

Daggers are... different than swords. An angle like that, where it's at, would mean someone was very close at standing height. Being on the ground and then getting up to stab her in the same moment would've been more... focused on the legs to bring her down, since you don't have as much leverage pointing up as you do the other way. And daggers rely more on that.

[ ... From a dagger expert, apparently. So ambush was more likely than literally laying on the ground, but Ayaka has a point-- ]

[uiscebeatha]

[ Cain nods at that first point—that was his guess, especially if the knife was found in the heart anyway. First stab, unsuccessful. ]

I see. [ Taps his chin... ] Then they were in close quarters, and someone stabbed her while they were together, right?

That probably means her hair or her blood would've gotten on the killer.

[siffriend]

[ A short nod. ]

But we've had time to rest, so... I wouldn't really count on there being that kind of tell. Unless they aren't thinking about it, or it's, um, like "last week".

[ Siffrin always is, which is why their cloak is always clean when they come in. Both times they've had blood on it.

Some hair might still be caught on someone, but the blood might be harder. Thank goodness Siffrin isn't going to handle that check. ]

... Some kind of injury, or the soot...

[antemeridian]

... Siobhan Roy is not that tall, so while I couldn't really say for sure ... Since it was her abdomen, I think it is more of a case of grip or aim, perhaps...?

[ or cain's theories, sure ]

[antline]

Perhaps...aiming for her heart from the belly. Underneath the bones.

Which is not something most people would do if they...weren't used to it? Perhaps.

[A more professional killer.]

[antemeridian]

You mean to say that they knew exactly what they were trying to do.

[ like, more than just 'oh boy I hope if I wave this around enough eventually she'll die'. the fact that she's not all that cut up outside of the two stab wounds and probable hedge and gravel(?) scratches supports that interpretation too... ]

For what it is worth, the wound on her chest is very ... direct.

[ straight on, no strong angle. ]

[siffriend]

[ Yeah, so, second wound-- ]

She was probably already on the ground then. Driving it in from above would've given them the weight needed.

[antemeridian]

I think so too. The fact that the gravel around where she fell was more disturbed ... It makes it sound like there was a struggle while she was on the ground, before they stabbed her for the second time.