Hostile Action Trial

[mockmods]

[As you all finish investigating, an electric chime rings out across the PA system.]

I believe that should be sufficient time for you all to prepare. Assistant, please escort everyone to the trial room.

[Penny emerges from the Security office again, head down, and slowly collects everyone; she leads you all to the east side of the common room, to the short hallway between dorms B1 and A2, that’s dead ended through your entire time here. As your group approaches, the wall seamlessly slides up to reveal a hidden doorway. Passing through leads to another short hallway and a small, round room, just big enough to hold all of you. Penny passes her ID over a small pad near the doorway, and it blinks green before the room lurches slightly beneath you; an elevator going down.]

[A short trip down leads you to a larger chamber, with a series of twenty-two podiums set up in a ring; in the center is a column of computer stations with large monitors, behind a set of thick metal beams with occasional faint flashes of energy arcing between them and a constant, low hum.]

Welcome to your first trial, Participants. You will use this time to determine which among your number killed the Legendary Bassist, and send them to justice. Failure to choose the correct culprit will have dire consequences for you all.

[Trial: commence.]

Comments

[boxtrot]

Merci.

I know a fair amount; I could recognize brands, tell if they are cheap or expensive... May I see the box?

[doppelanger]

I took pictures of this also.

[ And she will, in fact, indicate where in their weird casefile picture cloud the relevant images are, so he can, in fact, look at this photograph
(every time i do it makes me laugh
how'd these knives get so red
and who the hell chopped off yaiba's head)
and determine if there is anything to be noted about the cigarettes or the box they came in! ]

[mockmods]

[They appear to be bog standard cigarettes, albeit in very loud, dramatic packaging.]

[boxtrot]

Hm. Are we sure these didn't belong to the victim, perhaps? Very extravagant packaging design- a good fit for him.

[doppelanger]

Did the beast Yaiba smoke? If he was making his knife wheel in the kitchen, maybe he had cigarette there too. There's no blood.