TRIAL ONE

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TRIAL

Once the various investigations have concluded, and the majority of the evidence has been dropped off with Makima and the ducks -- said ducks will scatter to start shepherding any travelers along to JojaMart, for some reason! Those already at JojaMart have a little less walking to do. Meantime, Makima has loaded the evidence onto the daycare wagon -- carefully packaged, because who wants a spill here -- and driven it off after the ducks.

There is, in fact, a back entrance to the JojaMart -- almost like a loading bay, but once it's opened and the wagon has been driven in, you can see that there's a small podium there along with a number of chairs and small tables. It looks like extra pieces used in either the Community Center or other areas around town may be stored here. The ceiling is tall and it's roomy, there's a scant few windows, but the white LED ceiling lighting and rather bare interior is only livened up by some larger spare whiteboards, extra shelving containing tools and knickknacks and a plant or two.

Once everyone is in -- Adela, Makima, a number of assistant ducks and the current inhabitants of the village -- the loading bay door is tugged closed by some enterprising assistants. There's a small door that probably leads into the front of JojaMart, but that's it. One of the ducks sets about serving tea in the slightly gloomy atmosphere.

You're welcome to examine the evidence in the wagon, discuss amongst yourselves, and figure out whodunnit in these first murders.

(( OOC: Welcome to your first trial! You'll have 7 hours (until 8 PM EST/5 PM PST) 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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[mirrari]

Think it might've been. The blood on the ground was still kind of wet, but the bandage was dry as a bone and the blood was darker.

[Oh, and because she forgot to add before:]

Also seemed like it just fell off instead of getting pulled or ripped, but that's just speculation right now. Ah, and it one of those weirdly small bandages all the boxes here have, so it wouldn't have been a big injury.

[Standard sized bandages to Azure just seem uselessly small... Who gets cuts that minor and bothers to patch them up...]

[revengier]

So something small from earlier in the day or even a day ago, possibly.

[mirrari]

Mhmm. It's likely not that obvious a wound anymore, but who knows? Maybe the tussle they seemed to have gotten into opened it back up.

[revengier]

My thoughts as well. It's entirely possible that's reopened, or not fully closed just yet, especially if there was a bit of dried blood on the bandage itself.

[ Hmmm... ]

It would also be located in a place that a lot of movement would cause it to fall off.

[mirrari]

And likely not a place covered by their clothes, otherwise I think it'd get stuck inside 'em.

[Like the confetti that's been stuck in her bra for this whole week.]

So... their arms, perhaps?

[revengier]

Arms, hands, even the face. I think those would be sufficient places to at least begin looking.

[ But he sees Healy asking about the corpses, so— ]

We'll see what we learn from both of the bodies and move from there, I suppose.

[mirrari]

Yeah. We don't want to get to ahead of ourselves and chase red herrings.

[But it's something to keep in mind! Potential future injury check...]

[mareum]

A minor injury like that would probably be mostly healed by now, but not completely gone.

[revengier]

Right. It's something we could potentially find on someone here. It's not a guarantee that we will, but it's food for thought, I think.

[b_reave]

Even if it was healed, would the adhesive not have left a mark?

[crash course on actual humans is in the works still]

[mareum]

[2B is doing great!!]

It depends on how the bandage was removed. If it simply fell off, not so much. But if it was stuck on pretty good and then ripped off, there'd be a mark for a time.

[rightmove]

Any chance the bandage belonged to Sampo or Keito? If not, that's a decent lead.

[mirrari]

It might do, but I haven't gotten a chance to look at their bodies.

[Thinking emoji...]

Guess there's no time like the present to go check it out ourselves.

[If Jackson would like to do the honors of body touching...]

[rightmove]

I was hoping to avoid that.

[Said like he was hoping to avoid having to run to the store on a rainy day. He'll head over though, and Azure is welcome to join if she'd like.]

[mirrari]

So was I, but seems we can't get out of it.

[Azure will accompany him! But she will just be hovering in the background so I don't muddle up the thread for the mods.]