FIFTH TRIAL

[whimsicalism]

Is everyone finished? Good. It's time for a trial.

[The ride to the court room is uneventful this time. There's no breaking of bones or porcelain when you land. The podiums are rather empty, especially now that there's only twenty portraits even if there's twenty one podiums still. Huh. Fancy that! It's almost as if the Storyteller was still bitter.

Though, there definitely feels something off about the court room. It sort of feels like you're being watched but you're not sure.]

Seven is Dead. Time to find out who's responsible. Time for a trial!

Comments

[battlestations]

[He sighs. There was a point to his dramatic emphasis, you know!!]

Well, now that it's confirmed the water gun was used as a dart gun. Is it too soon to point out we have a kid who both 'likes guns' and has dodging in his title?

[ballooncaged]

Oh...

[MIZUKI HASN'T LOOKED IN THE PORTRAIT ROOM FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE IT'S SO SAD]

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But... the culprit took a shower.

[battlestations]

[Nigel tries not to laugh and does not completely succeed. It comes out as a snort]

Perhaps it's time for that soap test.

[strictura]

...I guess it's also possible that they just turned on the water in there without really using it, right? Because then we'd be looking specifically for someone who smelled clean.

[xxxx_me]

We know the water gun wasn't used as a water gun, so that means they probably had to use water to wash something off, doesn't it?

[strictura]

Rinsing something off in the sink is different from taking a shower, though.

[battlestations]

Interesting point. It would be somewhat pitiful if we caught the criminal that way a third time, wouldn't it?

[strictura]

By this point, you'd hope everyone would think to account for that.

[ballooncaged]

We'll see what happens? But I think the culprit wanted to both not smell like blood and also just... be as clean as a regular person.

[xxxx_me]

I have the soap the hunting lodge bathroom uses, if we want to compare.

[strictura]

Might as well try it.

[octopups]

Oh, um... ok.

[Amdi is not super hype about his role as designated K9 sniffer unit, for probably obvious reasons. Still, he dutifully goes around the room, smelling people's hands and their more general scent profiles.

Again, he's not as good a sniffer as an earth dog, but he's a decent bit better than a human, and also there's eight of him, so.]

[xxxx_me]

[He'll hold up the soap for Amdi to smell for comparison's sake! ...Though naturally that means he smells like soap, too.]

[whimsicalism]

[You smell of soap but that's natural. You're clear.]

[battlestations]

[Nigel is around. I mean, Amdi would have seen him sleeping in the treehouse, but he's around.]

[imozon]

[Dark Dream offers a hand for smelling.]

[strictura]

[ HE IS STILL NOT USED TO DOG SNIFFS AFTER ALL THIS TIME, but he will deal. ]

[ballooncaged]

[Mizuki is capitulating]

[golden_king]

[ Smells like he cleans himself??

And maybe a little bit of Ancient Sumeria (d'oh ho ho) ]

[nothingposh]

[His hands are considerably cleaner than the rest of him, but.]

[nothingposh]

Not really what that means, you know.

[battlestations]

No, I don't. What are you talking about?

[nothingposh]

Dodger's slang for pickpocket types. Bit rude, but suspect that's on purpose.

[battlestations]

Ohhhhhhhh.

[he learned something today! His mistake. All suspicion dropped from Gavroche.

Not. But he is still wide eyed at that.]

But still, to pick a pocket you have to get really close to someone and then get away without being caught. So isn't it called that because it's similar enough?

[nothingposh]

It's called that 'cause you're dodging the law.

[That's not the actual etymology or anything, that's just what Gavroche assumes.]

If you're a cut and runner, you ain't a dodger.