TRIAL TWO

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TRIAL

Once again, the investigations conclude -- though they're more ponderous this time, burdened by the number and knowledge of additional deaths, and the awareness that there's limited means of dealing with them -- and once again the ducks gather everyone at the back of the JojaMart along with Makima's wagon, Adela's quiet, the pile of evidence.

Everyone trundles into the loading bay, which isn't all that much livelier than before, penned in by stacks of shelves and crating; but at least it's functional, overly well-lit and there's tea to while away the time discussing murders and mayhem.

As the loading bay door slides closed, you're left with a wagonful of evidence, a double handful of murders and the knowledge that time is ticking down -- for everyone.

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the blacksmith carnage :(

[unenvying]

[ cannot believe that the blacksmith is two for two so far in terms of Murder Locations but anyway!! ]

Yeah, anyway, someone cut through Bibi's chest with a pair of bloodied garden shears. Don't recommend picking those up in the evidence box if you get nauseous though, the blood's kind of dried up but there's still stuff... sticking to the blades... also her nail was broken, not really chipped, but I don't think it bled or there was anything under her nails.

Also, aside from all the blood, there were a couple of other things - the shelf with all the moulds and tools was disturbed, and it looked like most of the things have been kind of thrown around and landed pretty close to Bibi and away from their original spots. I took a picture, but I can't guarantee it's perfect [ since, you know, bandaged up hand and all ].

There was also a bloodstained rag - there's a pretty large handprint but it's smudged so we're going to have to check that later. Oh, and a broken pickaxe. Whoever chucked it at the wall kind of threw it hard enough at the wall to split it into two - the pieces are over there - and it left a nick in the wall too. It's about... this high? [ what is a measurement, he's just holding his hand up at stomach level ]

I couldn't find any other pickaxes, so...... I think that was the only one?

[hyperbloom]

[ Yeesh. Shinobu rubs her eyes and tries to digest all of this. ]

This is excessive.

[ It's fucked up. ]

Do you think...the killer was trying to send a message?

[mirrari]

There's definitely a reason to go for the heart, isn't there? But it's hard to say if the killer is trying to send a message or had some sort of... personal vendetta that overwhelmed them.

[Because, well - who would they be trying to send a message to?]

[hyperbloom]

It feels targeted against Bibi...

[ She slumps her shoulders. ]

Otherwise, why else go that far?

[driftingknight]

And needlessly cruel, on top of that.

cw gore

[theotherww]

Did you find the heart itself?

The fact that I even have to ask...

cw gore

[hyperbloom]

...I think Azure might've. She said there was a mess on the floor that had some muscle in it, and would've been around the right size...

[ Scrubbing her face. ]

cw gore

[theotherww]

Oh thank god--

The garden shears probably would crush it if it got past the ribcage. Ugh.

blanket cw for gore!

[hyperbloom]

Ugh is right.

[ She is so tired. ]

This is too much.

[faildeus]

A vendetta against Bea-- Bibi, I mean? And not only tearing the heart out but also destroying it? Is this, uh... meant to be like some sort of metaphor?

[hyperbloom]

That's what I was wondering...

[ But what metaphor would it be? ]

...It seems too deliberate for it not to mean something.

[faildeus]

The heart... it's traditionally used for feelings, isn't it? Love and grief both.

[hyperbloom]

Yeah.

... Love, huh ...

[faildeus]

Did someone take Sora's words too close to heart or something?

[moonblades]

...

Do you think it was someone who loved her?

[driftingknight]

I can't see it as being anything else. You don't need to cut someone's heart out if all you want to do is kill them.

[faildeus]

Not to forget the state of their bodies. She was beaten up as well, likely from the struggle against her killer. Whoever did this wanted her to be alive for this.

[linearcrash]

Wouldn't her killer also be beaten up? I can't see her just... not doing anything, you know?

[faildeus]

Miss Azure said that Bibi had a chipped nail, didn't she? Maybe she was fighting back. We should check for injuries.

[revelate]

It's not easy tearing through a person's ribcage to get to their heart. Whoever did so was likely being driven by emotion— this was personal.

[faildeus]

Heartbreak taken to the extreme.

[driftingknight]

Heartbreak...

[...]

Could someone have confessed to her and been rejected...?

[linearcrash]

That would be whack, yo. Maybe it has to do with Amy? Lose your heart twice or something.

[sorathvau]

Whoever did this…

[Beelzebub’s voice is cold.]

Deserves what’s coming to them.

[revelate]

[beelzebub discovers the power of friendship... wipes tear]