Trial #05 pt. 2, Summary
edited by Mod P
Mr. Monty: "We-he-hell, howdy again, y'all! Did ya miss me so bad yins wanted to come back and visit lil ol' Monty? What's that? Naw, ya say, one a yer friends kicked the bucket? Well sheeeeyoot! I reckon we'll just have to have another trial, ain't that right? C'mon, now, tell it to yer ol judgy pal Monty: Who killed Miss Kita Yasei, huh?"
Yukimura Yara: “Y-You did! You… monster…! I… she…”
Aihara Rin: "...Well, then? What have we to work with?"
Matsui Atieno: "Aaalrighty, um! So! It's been kinda a long day n' all that stuffs, so maybe we should try'n solve this as quick as possible, right? Everyone must be... kinda sleepy n' stuffs...."
Yukimura Yara: “Matsui-san… dude. It’s not about being sleepy.”
Matsui Atieno: "...Oh. R- right! Well! Anyway, yeah, let's... try n' figure somethin' out er somethin'!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Well, uh... why not start with what killed Kita-san?"
Aihara Rin: "A severed spinal cord, was it not?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Yeah, that's what it says. But there was, uh... something that might've caused it, I think."
Aihara Rin: "I would assume something caused it, yes."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...Well, yeah. The thing was sticking out of Kita-san's head, you know?"
Yukimura Yara: “…You bet there was— was something! There was— a whole arrow— right there! What do you have to say to that, Aihara?”
Yukimura Yara: “/You know/!”
Matsui Atieno: "An arrow! Yeah! Like... I dunno! It was stuck in there pretty bad."
Yukimura Yara: “Coming right… right out of her face!"
Aihara Rin: "The arrow went missing earlier. I did not know it would be used for... this."
Yukimura Yara: “…What, so you just— left it around, and someone just… swooped right in, and…”
Aihara Rin: "I practice in the courtyard each day. And when not at practice I leave my arrows in a vase within my chamber. It- there was ample opportunity for a theft."
Aihara Rin: "After concluding practice one afternoon, I returned and noticed that I only had nine of ten arrows. I do not know where it went."
Matsui Atieno: "That sounds like a weird problem...." Maybe a ghost stole it.
Yukimura Yara: "What kinda /jacked/ weapon safety regime is that? And now… now she’s…”
Aihara Rin: "To think that it would be used for a task so base..."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Wait, sorry, where's your chamber? You mean like... your room, right?" Alas, Kazuya can't keep up with all the archaic lingo.
Aihara Rin: "...Yes, my bedroom, the place I sleep."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Heh, right, just checking."
Aihara Rin: "Regardless, the arrow was stolen from me."
Yukimura Yara: “So… so someone went out of their way to go into your room and get something that made it look like you. Endresta… I’m sorry for, uh. Getting ahead of myself there with the whole accusing deal.”
Aihara Rin: "That is what I am saying, yes."
Matsui Atieno: "Geez... that sounds kinda mean, dont'cha think??"
Yukimura Yara: “…Yeah, well, so was the part where they /murdered/… somebody.”
Aihara Rin: "It would not be the first time a murderer has framed a fellow student, no?"
Yukimura Yara: “No, but— ugh! I just don’t get… why it… why it had to happen at all, you know? Hoshi-san was right there, wasn’t she? It was… it was /done/!"
Matsui Atieno: "Maybe they happened at the same sorta time? Er somethin'?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...Hey, hold up! Matsui-kun, wasn't there like some kinda ransom note on Kita-san's door when she vanished?"
Matsui Atieno: "Oh! Y- yeah... Somethin' about 'ya never know what you're missin' 'til it's gone!' er somethin'!"
Matsui Atieno: "It sounded kinda spooky, now that I think about it...."
Yukimura Yara: “There was a note?! By— by Ashinano-san, or…?”
Tsukioka Kazuya: "That's my best guess, yeah. It was typed, too."
Matsui Atieno: "Yeah! All serious n' businessy n' stuffs!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "And besides, if the killer was gonna murder for the same reason that... Nekoda-san did... why would they announce something like that?"
Aihara Rin: "Are you insinuating that this... Ashinano murdered Kita-shi?"
Yukimura Yara: “Well, this is— really something different… And she was gone, and it was typed, so… it couldn’t have been one of us, right?”
Matsui Atieno: "That doesn't really sound like it's goin' by the rules, huh...."
Yukimura Yara: “Unless… Ashinano-san /is/ one of us."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Well, it's possible! I know I said they might've killed Hoshi-kun too, but..."
Matsui Atieno: "...Whoa.... What if.... Oh whoa! Ya-ra-chan! That's genius!!"
Matsui Atieno: "Someone's GOTTA be Ash-i-na-no-chan, right?? But that'd mean they'd like... have a computer er somethin! To print the paper out from! Right? Isn't that... like... unfair??"
Yukimura Yara: “Yeah, I… guess it’s wicked unfair to have a computer, and… also kidnap people.”
Matsui Atieno: "That's some next level of deception goin' on there!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "They went on the intercom and everything!"
Yukimura Yara: "Oh, you heard that too, dude? The whole… ‘I am Mikoto… catch me if you can’, while, like… ugh, you know, something was probably happening while we were all running around trying to figure that deal out.”
Matsui Atieno: "...Announcement??"
Aozora Suzume: "Did anybody else see Kita-san before her disappearance?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Nekoda-san and I were in the elevator when it happened, so it couldn't be us on the intercom."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Uh... well, I know I haven't. Sorry."
Matsui Atieno: "...Wa...wait, wait, wait, wait... What announcement??"
Yukimura Yara: "The… whole… announcement thing. Where Ashinano-san was, like, ‘good afternoon’, and then Mifune-san was like, ‘meet me in the control room’, and then we were like— why did we even /do/ that?”
Aozora Suzume: "Hmm..." She bites her lip. "Well, uh, we can narrow down the number of suspects, right? I've got five."
Yukimura Yara: “…You do?”
Aozora Suzume: "Well, uh, there's eight of us left. I know I didn't do it, and neither did Nekoda-san. And, considering that she's already confessed to one murder, I don't see why Kawakamii-san wouldn't have confessed to Yasei's last trial if she'd been guilty, y'know? I mean, she confessed to Hoshi-san's."
Yukimura Yara: “…Yeah, Matsui-san, that’s… a pretty big number.”
Matsui Atieno: "How're we... gonna lower that number??"
Yukimura Yara: “Well, this is, uh. I don’t know if I should be saying this, but.”
Yukimura Yara: “I mean, /obviously/ I didn’t kill her! /Come on/! You were right there with me, Aozora-san, and… and—"
Aozora Suzume: "We don't know when it happened, do we?"
Aozora Suzume: "I mean, I was with you when Hoshi-san died but-"
Yukimura Yara: “...But...?"
Aozora Suzume: "I mean, it's possible that Kita-san was dead before that, isn't it? So, theoretically speaking, you could have killed her and then come to the meeting."
Aihara Rin: "...None of us know how long Kita-shi was in that freezer. Cold slows the rate of decomposition, correct? It is nearly impossible to know /when/ she died. All we know is that she died sometime after the last time she was seen."
Yukimura Yara: “I know you’re trying to be, like— systematic here, and that the times line up, but if you’re saying /I’m/ one of that five, then I— I don’t know what to say. If you think that I even could have killed Ya… Kita-san, then.”
Aozora Suzume: "We can't even really rule you out because you're a body discoverer- I mean, since there were four people, it could have been one of them..."
Aihara Rin: "So, then, all eight of us are suspect."
Aozora Suzume: "Nope. We know that Nekoda-san didn't do it. I know I didn't do it, so I'll rule myself out. And as I said, it seems odd that Kawakamii-san would have confessed to Hoshi-san's murder and not Kita-san's, right?"
Aihara Rin: "I see no evidence that you did not do it."
Matsui Atieno: "...Wwait, but how do WE know that you didn't do it?"
Yukimura Yara: “You're ruling yourself out but not /me/?"
Aihara Rin: "After all, Aozora-shi, you have a track record for thievery."
Aozora Suzume: "Well, I guess you don't - hey! That's unfair! I only stole one bracelet!"
Aihara Rin: "That we know of. Who is to say there have not been more incidents, of which we are simply unaware?"
Aozora Suzume: "I've been trying reeeally hard here! I promised Aunty that I'd try! And Nekoda-san got the bracelet back in the end!"
Aihara Rin: "Desperate times call for desperate measures. I imagine that this motive threatened something dear to you. You have been, shall we say, unstable since Amane-shi died. How hard can it be to steal one arrow?"
Aozora Suzume: "This motive threatened something important to you too, and you're the one who owns the arrows. You're just as suspicious as I am!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Alright, alright, wait a sec."
Yukimura Yara: "Look, we— if she were here, she would be telling us that we’re getting /wicked sidetracked/ right now! …Hmm. And probably kinda not nicely, too. Can we get back to the part where we think about when it happened? There’s no point in just— throwing around accusations like some kind of weird accusation juggling party until we have some kind of basis, right?”
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Yeah, Yukimura-san's right. We gotta get back to this, you know?"
Matsui Atieno: "We gotta make a timeline then, yeah?"
Aozora Suzume: "Uh, if it's any help, I saw Kita-san this morning. I don't remember the exact time though."
Yukimura Yara: "Was she okay? Did… did anything seem off? Did she hang around for long? Wait, where were you?”
Aozora Suzume: "Uh, just by the tower. Yeah! I was looking for Aihara-sama then I remembered he was on the other side. And then Kita-san came out of the building. She had her nailgun and sword and she asked me if I'd seen Mifune-san. I told her no and she just kinda nodded then left."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Which building did she leave, Aozora-kun?"
Aozora Suzume: "Uh, the West building. Yeah! I was looking for birds but didn't find any, so I went to the west building."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...Wait, shit, really?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Weird, 'cause I found her shoe in the Indoors set."
Aozora Suzume: "Oooh! I was in the indoors set! Didn't find any birds there."
Aozora Suzume: "Well, uh, I was in the feudal set. Can't go into the indoors set, but I was around."
Yukimura Yara: “…So did she have her shoes on?"
Aozora Suzume: "I guess if something had been going on in the indoors set I might have - I didn't look at her shoes."
Aozora Suzume: "Wait. If she'd been in the - maybe it was her?"
Matsui Atieno: "Why'd her shoe go all the way over there?? That's kinda...a weird place ta put a shoe, huh?"
Yukimura Yara: "Maybe what was her?”
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Alright, so you said you couldn't go in. Wasn't it locked to a card or something?"
Aozora Suzume: "The indoors set? Yeah. Yellow, I think? My card's blue."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "What card's Kita-san's?"
Yukimura Yara: "Kita-san’s was… blue, right?”
Matsui Atieno: "...Uhhh, I didn't see Ya-sei-chan near the Feudal placey thing... At least, not when I was there... But... Hm... Maybe she went there when I..." He trails off.
Aozora Suzume: "Yeah! She was next door to me."
Yukimura Yara: “…Wait, so who has a yellow card?"
Aozora Suzume: "Come to think of it, there's only one person left with a yellow card."
Aihara Ron: "And that is...?"
Aozora Suzume: "Mifune-san. But I don't think she did it."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "I don't think so either. But that means the place was locked to Kita-san too! So how'd her shoe get in there?!"
Yukimura Yara: "Mifune-san didn't seem like she was acting too weird… uh, except for the part where I ran into her and she seemed kind of. Hmm. Weird?”
Matsui Atieno: "...Wait!"
Matsui Atieno: "Hold on!"
Matsui Atieno: "....I'm... missing my card."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "......"
Aozora Suzume: "Your special card?"
Matsui Atieno: "...Y- yeah.... The rainbow one..."
Aozora Suzume: "But... all the doors unlock after a murder anyway, don't they?"
Yukimura Yara: “But, well… we still don’t know whether Kita-san… you know… after Hoshi-san or not, right?”
Matsui Atieno: "But... we still don't know... Yeah..."
Mr. Monty: Monty whirrs a little bit. "Hey, I already told y'all! I didn't know she was dead neither! I didn't open up them doors until y'all found Miss Hoshi!"
Yukimura Yara: “…Don’t you have cameras everywhere, dude? Does that mean she was killed… in the freezer?”
Aozora Suzume: "Or - oh! Maybe that was why Sally-senpai was so grumpy!"
Mr. Monty: "I dunno! Ain't that up t' y'all to find out?"
Yukimura Yara: “Ugh—! You know, throwing back the questions like that isn’t very mature of you, dude.”
Aozora Suzume: "Did something go wrong with the cameras, Monty-chan?"
Aozora Suzume: "But when I saw Sally-senpai she was all grumpy and sparky and malfunction-y and she said something about a bug, and I just thought-"
Mr. Monty: "You hush up now! --eep!" He pouts slightly before falling silent again.
Yukimira Yara: “Yeah, where /is/ she? You know, she was kind of the cooler one… for robots that tell people to murder each other, anyway."
Aozora Suzume: "I'm just saying because I saw Sally in the West building, just after seeing Kita-san."
Yukimura Yara: "Hmm. Maybe this is something to do with Kita-san’s shoe? Or… whatever Mifune-san did?”
Aihara Rin: "It certanly is curious that her shoe was so far from her body. I presume that she was not the type to leave clothing around."
Aozora Suzume: "Okay, so did anyone else see Kita-san before the whole 'Blah blah you're all doomed catch me if you can' announcement?"
Matsui Atieno: "No... I was lookin' for her though! But... Uh.. I couldn't... find her..."
Yukimura Yara: “Yeah, no, me neither. But… wait a second, Matsui-san, you were kind of busy, weren’t you?”
Yukimura Yara: “Because I could swear by the Creators that Monty-san said something about you being the mole.”
Matsui Atieno: "Yeah! Well.. Y'see, I thought like... Okay, so! I was just mindin' my own business n' stuff all day, m'kay? And like! I found these really weird papers? Near the Feudal Village set! I dunno how they got there or whatever, but like they were there when I woke up again! And they were all like! Oh, hey, look, Ya-sei-chan n' you are related! And I was like! Whoa!! I should show these ta Ya-sei-chan, she'll be so surprised! Because I was surprised! And I was like! Well, I should go n' find her so we can have a really cool sibling reunioninon!"
Yukimura Yara: “…a WHAT?"
Aozora Suzume: "...Wait a second. If Monty-chan didn't know that Kita-san was dead, how does he know who the murderer is?"
Yukimura Yara: “No, no, no, /you/ wait a second! /What/?!"
Aozora Suzume: "- Wait, what?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...Did I hear that right?"
Yukimura Yara: "The sibling… what?"!
Tsukioka Kazuya: "You... and Kita-san??"
Matsui Atieno: "I was confused too! But Rie-ko-chan gave me these papers or somethin!"
Matsui Atieno: "It's GOTTA be true, right?"
Yukimura Yara: “Rieko-chan is a fairy, and also, WHAT?"
Matsui Atieno: "These look pretty official..."
Aihara Rin: "Clarify by what you meant when, 'you woke up again'?"
Aozora Suzume: "Wait, wait, how did you two not know this?"
Matsui Atieno: "Rie-ko-chan gave me this really pretty apple and she said she was super proud'a me! And then I went ta eat the apple! And I was like! Whoa! This is makin' me kinda dizzy! And then I... passed out! And when I woke up again! The apple was gone! And the Rie-ko-chan note was gone, too! But I got these papers instead! And now Ya-sei-chan's my twin sister!"
Yukimura Yara: “No, no, no, wait, with the freckles and the… kinda lankiness, and the… whole good at weapons deal, and the— well, I guess that’s where the similarities stop, but. Aaaaagh. Heogoroth.”
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...What."
Aihara Rin: "Do you truly expect us to believe that?"
Matsui Atieno: "...But..."
Aozora Suzume: "Did anybody look in the infirmary to see if anything was missing?"
Yukimura Yara: “You ate an apple and passed out? What is this, some kind of fairytale we’re meant to believe in?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Okay, dude, hold up. You're saying you ate some apple and fell asleep like Snow... uh... Snow Blue, and then you were siblings with Kita-san?"
Matsui Atieno: "Okay, so it sounds kinda weird but! Apples are my favourite! And... yeah!"
Yukimura Yara: “…Uh, dude, I think they were siblings before that too."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "I mean, and then you found out. Whoops."
Matsui Atieno: "I was... really surprised, actually! Rie-ko-chan didn't talk ta me much for a long while! But... then she gave me some note about being proud'a me and I was like! Wow! I'm so glad!"
Yukimura Yara: “…Wait a sec, so yeah, that happened, but what about the part where you were still the mole?”
Aozora Suzume: "Wait, does that mean we can rule Matsui-san out as a suspect?"
Yukimura Yara: “…You’re ruling /him/ out and not me?!"
Aihara Rin: "Absolutely not."
Matsui Atieno: "...Right! Well... I was just told ta deliver some present or whatever! 'N then I went on my way ta look for some pretty plants ta make Ka-wa-ka-mii-sama feel better! And that's when I ended up at the Feudal set! And then... Rie-ko-chan, and sleep... And all that stuff!"
Aihara Rin: "This apple sounds fanciful. Being passed out sounds like a convenient alibi."
Yukimura Yara: “…Wait, wasn’t the Feudal Set where Kita-san’s shoe was?"
Matsui Atieno: "Uhh.... Yeah!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "So you were looking for plants in the Feudal set? ...Huh."
Yukimura Yara: “…So did you see her shoe? Or her?"
Matsui Atieno: "Nnnno.... I didn't see 'er at all."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "But you're a hundred percent sure you saw this Rieko gal."
Yukimura Yara: “And wasn’t she, like, a— a blue fairy?"
Matsui Atieno: "No, no! I didn't see her... she just... left me an apple! I was lookin' for her too! But... She's a slippery one, that fairy!"
Aihara Rin: "Further nonsense intended to confound the transpired events."
Aozora Suzume: "Mmmhmm, I do think we can rule out Matsui-san as a suspect."
Aozora Suzume: "I mean, Yukie-san showed us that moles really aren't allowed to murder, right?"
Rin Aihara: "...I am not convinced."
Yukimura Yara: "Uh, Matsui-san, this might sound like a kind of weird q, but.”
Yukimura Yara: “Are you sure Rieko-chan was… a fairy?"
Matsui Atieno: "...Uh! Yeah! I think so?? I mean... She might be a sprite er a brownie! But... I'm pretty sure she's a fairy!"
Matsui Atieno: "You can't just ask someone if they're a fairy or not, Ya-ra-chan...."
Yukimura Yara: “Because, like… a human doing that to you would be wicked convenient right before a murder, right?”
Matsui Atieno: "Err... I dunno. I never really thought about it like that!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Huh. Maybe someone pretended to be the fairy in the note and then left the apple there to knock Matsui-kun out. The same guy might've come back to give him those papers, don't you think?"
Yukimura Yara: “I guess it kinda comes down to… how do you pretend to be a fairy? Could you… could you tell us what she looks like, dude?"
Matsui Atieno: "She's about yay tall..." He holds his hands out in front of him, there's maybe a couple inches of space between his hands. "N she's blue! And she likes wearing flowery things! And she's got wings! They're kinda like butterfly wings!"
Aihara Rin: "...You are delusional, then."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "But you didn't see her this time, did you? So that doesn't matter."
Aozora Suzume: "Well there's only one person in here who's not one of us, right?"
Yukimura Yara: “Dude, that’s… kind of a wicked stigmatising way of putting it, Aihara-san."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...It's bullshit, but maybe that was Ashinano too. Unless, uh, one of you knows how to drug an apple like that."
Matsui Atieno: "Huh.... Right, she wasn't around anyway! It's kinda sad, methinks, but it's okay! I'm sure she'll be around!"
Aozora Suzume: "There's one person who I find a bit more suspicious than anyone else, but it's to early to say for sure. Who can we rule out completely then?"
Mr. Monty: Monty chuckles at Atieno's insistance. "Well, shucks! If that's all it takes to be believed, maybe I shoulda said it! Hyuk!"
Yukimura Yara: “…I mean, you can’t drug a robot."
Yukimura Yara: “I… look, Matsui-kun, I want to believe you wicked hard, but I don’t really get why someone would go to all that trouble to do that to you unless you were involved. Right?”
Aozora Suzume: "But Matsui-san can't have been the murderer! Because he was the mole and Monty-chan would've- y'know, done a Bando-san on him."
Yukimura Yara: “Right, but… you said something about a present?”
Matsui Atieno: "The present! yeah! Uhh, I dunno what it was for but I just took it to the talk showy thingy!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Ohhh! Is that the part where you bombed that set?"
Aozora Suzume: "...Monty-chan, can I ask a question?"
Mr. Monty: "I reckon course, dependin on the question!"
Aozora Suzume: "Well, uh, if you're telling the truth and you didn't know that Kita-san was dead, how do you know who the murderer was?"
Yukimura Yara: “…But… I think it’s still true that she— that the murder happened in the freezer. Just because moving h— the body… would be wicked hard otherwise.”
Aozora Suzume: "So how did her shoe get into the feudal set? Was that a mole thingy?"
Yukimura Yara: “Whoever did that to Matsui-san could have done that, but… but why?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "It's just... weird, because Matsui-kun went into the set with the freezer, didn't he? He delivered that thing, and then nobody could go in there while they investigated Hoshi-kun's murder."
Yukimura Yara: "Right, and do we know what that thing even was?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Nope. Maybe what he delivered was some sort of bomb. The whole reason the robot was there stopping us from going in there was 'cause he was cleaning up the aftermath of whatever it was, right?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...Or maybe it was also because Kita-san was already in the freezer by then, and so we couldn't even look in there to find her until after the robot was done cleaning up. As in, after the trial."
Aozora Suzume: "...A-ha!"
Yukimura Yara: "...Nice, Tsukioka-san!"
Aozora Suzume: "Wait! Wait! I don't think that she died in the freezer."
Aozora Suzume: "I think... Tsukioka-san, were you the mole?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "N-no way! I couldn't do sneaky mole things even if I wanted to, Aozora-kun."
Yukimura Yara: “…I’m not saying you are, but… if you were, now would be a rad time to say it. No judgment. We’ve just gotta find out who did this thing to her."
Aozora Suzume: "I'm just asking because I was thinking, yeah, that Kita-san's body was wrapped in a tarp. And I've got a SHARP MEMORY, y'know, and I remembered; the tarp's from the arsenal! Which can only be accessed with a green card, and everyone else on that floor is- uh, y'know."
Yukimura Yara: “But then… there’s Matsui-san’s missing card, remember?"
Matsui Atieno: "Haha, yeah..."
Yukimura Yara: “…Wait a second.”
Yukimura Yara: “Are you sure this wasn’t part of your… mole-type deal? Using the tarp? Or, or— delivering the tarp? …But wait, this whole tarp thing figures that it happened somewhere else anyway.”
Matsui Atieno: "Uhhh.... I don't... think so?"
Aozora Suzume: "There was, like, some really weird colourless keycard reader on the freezer, right? I bet it would have only been your special card that could open it, Matsui-san."
Matsui Atieno: "Yeah! That's right!"
Yukimura Yara: “So we know… that whoever knocked Matsui-san out must have taken his card, and used the card, so whoever knocked Matsui-san out must be the killer. …And maybe Ashinano-san. Creators…”
TsukiokaKazuya: "It's pretty complicated, huh? But seriously, I'm not the mole. I swear it on my key."
Aihara Rin: "Unless the story of unconsciousness is a fabrication."
Rin Aihara: "Matsui-shi could have moved Yasei-shi to the freezer. He was the only one who could access it."
Aihara Rin: "He has access to every room. The tarp, the indoor set, and the freezer... no one person could open all of those rooms without Matsui-shi's card."
Aozora Suzume: "Aihara-san... you're very eager to throw around accusations today, aren't you?"
Aihara Rin: "My theory is adapting as new information comes forth."
Yukimura Yara: “…Are you saying that Matsui-san killed her in the feudal set, then? And that her shoe got left behind from the, uh… moving?”
Aihara Rin: "It is possible."
Aozora Suzume: "Haven't we already proven that Matsui-san couldn't have been the killer? Or are we just gonna forget what happened to Bando-san?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "But the note, Aihara-san. Matsui-kun couldn't have typed it up!"
Yukimura Yara: “But if Matsui-san was the mole for Hoshi-san’s death… he could still have been the killer for another death, right?"
Mr. Monty: "That's right, Miss Yukimura!"
Matsui Atieno: "...I... ah... But..."
Yukimura Yara: “That’s /Ser/ Yukimura to you, metal knave. Or, you know, Lady of Rothlolien.”
Aihara Rin: "I may also point out that, with the rainbow card, Matsui-shi could have stolen the arrow from me while I practised."
Yukimura Yara: “Yeah, but… you had them in the… first place… sooooo..."
Aihara Rin: "I had four. The other six were in my bedroom."
Aozora Suzume: "It does kinda make sense, I suppose, but I can't be sure that it wasn't you."
Aihara Rin: "In a kyuudo match, only four shots are allowed. I practise only with four arrows, and the other six are spares."
Aihara Rin: "And do you think I would be so stupid as to leave one of my own arrows at a crime scene of my creation? Besides, I do not have access to any of the rooms linked to this case."
Yukimura Yara: “Yeah, but… this isn’t a kyudo match, or a game, or even… anything with a knightly code. It’s killing somebody. We… I’m sorry, dude, but we can’t trust anyone’s word alone. Not after…”
Aozora Suzume: "I'm just saying - I mean, I assumed that you were on the other side of the tower when I was by the West building, but I didn't actually see you."
Mr. Monty: Monty huffs, looking at his metallic wrist as if there were a watch there. "Time's money, ya know, and I'd say y'all are just about outta time!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...No matter where she died, can we all just assume she died before Hoshi-kun- oh."
Nekoda Kanna: "If the murderer doesn't- We- You can't find them, may I..." A pause.".. I be chosen in their stead like... Ah." Like Koya.
Mr. Monty: "Sorry, Miss Nekoda! 'Fraid I can't let ya do that."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Nekoda-san, I- I don't think it'd be good for anyone to do that even if it was possible."
Yukimura Yara: “Don’t you dare. Don’t you even /think/ that, dude!"
Mr. Monty: "I'd say y'all've had 'nough time t'figure it out! Monty just finds it funny how y'all believe everythin' ya hear, but that's none a Monty's business, hyuk!"
Yukimura Yara: “Aozora-san, you were… we were all on the right track, super hard, and… I… she… we… this can’t be for nothing… who do we believe?"
Aozora Suzume: "We've f-failed, haven't we?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Okay, hold it! What if our culprit's not on this list? Like, none of us?"
Yukimura Yara: “…You think Ashinano-san is… really someone different?”
Aozora Suzume: "Ashinano-san might be the one running the robots for the mastermind, right?"
Aozora Suzume: "I mean, they're a SHSL Engineer! It makes sense!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Yeah. I do think none of you is the one who knocked me out and kidnapped Mifune-kun all that time ago, alright?"
Mr. Monty: "Don't be so naive, thinkin' yer all pure white! I can guarantee ya the killer's in this here room... but if y'all really wanna throw away your vote..."
Yukimura Yara: “They can’t be one of us … they can’t — is what I’d like to think. But if this was all useless the whole time, and Ashinano had access to everything, and these whole rules were just some kind of fake, then—“
Yukimura Yara: “That’s it, then. We can’t believe the best.”
Tsukioka Kazuya: ".../Dammit!/"
Aihara Rin: "So it is over, then."
Aozora Suzume: "I... I'm sorry."
Aozora Suzume: "Amane-san... wouldn't have wanted us to die here."
Yukimura Yara: “You know, I don’t know what Kita-san would have thought."
Aozora Suzume: "Neither would Nekoda-kun nor Hoshi-san or any of the others."
Aozora Suzume: "I remember just before Onodera-san went to her execution. She said that she believed we could all get out of here."
Aozora Suzume: "We've really let them down, haven't we?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "We were so close. So goddamn close."
Matsui Atieno: "We didn't let anyone down! Even if... whatever happens, happens... Nothin's in vain. After all, I mean... We got this far... n' like... I think... Bein' able ta get here... No matter how much more we had left... I think... It says a lot anyway...."
Aozora Suzume: "N-no! I refuse to believe it! I-I can't fail them again!"
Yukimura Yara: “Matsui-san… I voted for you…”
Aozora Suzume: "We've got to keep looking on the bright side, right?"
Aozora Suzume: "I want to keep being hopeful right up until I die! I don't want Monty-chan to win in that way!"
Yukimura Yara: “No… it’s not okay. None of this is okay. It’s wicked… hopeless, is what it is. What do you think is going to happen to us?"
Matsui Atieno: "We'll be okay! Whatever happens, I think... Even if somethin' bad goes down... we've gotten this far n'... That's all that matters, right? We haven't given up yet! And! And I think we should keep going!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "I mean. There's a chance we might actually be right, but..."
Aozora Suzume: "Even if my death's only a few minutes away... I want to die in a way where Grandmother and Aunty would be proud of me. Monty-chan wanted to crush our spirits. I'm not very smart or very strong, and I can never win - but if we can keep holding onto hope, we win in an odd sense, don't we?"
Yukimura Yara: “/You/ haven’t given up yet, Matsui-san! /You/ haven’t! Have you been listening? /I voted for you/!”
Aozora Suzume: "Even if I die, Grandmother and Aunty are alive and there are birds singing somewhere out there and that's - that's going to be good enough for me."
Aihara Rin: "I believe that... facing my death with my head held high is the most I can do. If I am dignified in death then... then that is alright."
Yukimura Yara: “This is what happens when they die. The heroes. They think it means something, because that would be… that would be nice. But they still die.”
Mr. Monty: "This is real nice 'n all, but don't y'all wanna know the results?"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Alright, lay it on us. What's to lose, right?"
Mr. Monty: "Can't believe ya had them going with the apple story for so long, woo-wee!! I wouldn'ta bought that, no sirree... but maybe y'all were right not to..."
Mr. Monty: "He didn't do it."
Mr. Monty: "Though, I really like the irony a ya killin yer long lost sister! Golly, though, that plot twist's too soapy even for ol Monty!"
Mr. Monty: "Buuuuuuuuut since y'all voted for him, I guess we gotta do /somethin/ for him...!"
Matsui Atieno: "...? Huh? Really...?"
Mr. Monty: http://hh-studios.tumblr.com/post/110386597166/
((What happened to Atieno was canon although he was not voted as the culprit. Instead Monty asked the kids to vote for someone for more time and the most suspicious person was selected. You will go back in time for this point for another chance to guess the killer.))
Yukimura Yara: “Hey. Hey, Matsui-san. I know it, uh, must be hurting. Better than anyone, I guess. And if you want to talk about it… that’s… a thing we can do, alright? Once we save our own lives, together.”
Nekoda Kanna can't even apparently find solace in voting for herself, so she picks up something from her pocket, feeling quilty at not presenting it sooner. She had merely forgotten about it, perhaps, in some false hope she might justfully end it for herself in a selfish whim. Kanna smooths out the crumpled piece of fabric and throws it in the middle of the room, not meeting anyone's eyes. The floral omamori is recognizable, even if crumpled. "In the... The guard tower."
Yukimura Yara looks at Kanna carefully, considering the timing of this, but decides not to say anything.
Tsukioka Kazuya: "H-hey, now we've got another reason to get outta here. It'd be a crime to not be able to fix you up later, right? ... But anyway."
Aozora Suzume turns to the fabric and walks over to it, holding it up and squinting at it in thought.
Aozora Suzume her eyes widen, and then she sharply turns her head to Rin.
Aihara Rin: "What is that..."
Aozora Suzume: "Explain."
Aihara Rin: "Explain what?"
Aozora Suzume: "This. It's yours. I'm a SNOOP, remember? I know it's yours. You got it out of the machine. Don't think I'm stupid, Aihara-sama! Now explain."
Aihara Rin: "It is not as if I own the world's sole omamori."
Yukimura Yara: “…Yeah, because we all love going in for that traditional stuff. Right?"
Aozora Suzume: "But this is your omamori! I'm not stupid! I remember!"
Aihara Rin: "I received that thing weeks ago. I have not exactly been treasuring it dearly the entire time!"
Aozora Suzume: "You've been flinging around accusations this whole trial! You even accused me! Tell me, Aihara-san!"
Matsui Atieno: "... I... Ya-sei-chan.... The... arrow.... g...uard tower... She.... was shot from th... the guard tower...."
Aihara Rin: "That is insane! I cannot access the guard tower!"
[Tsukioka Kazuya uses Presence!]
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Not without this, you can't."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Hey, Aihara-san. Were you in the kitchen recently?"
Aihara Rin: "I was there this morning, for breakfast."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Yeah, that's where I found this, you know? I just... the only other guy that can go into the tower is me."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "And if Matsui-kun, the other innocent dude, is saying Kita-san was shot from there... I mean, like... I don't like saying it, but it's definitely possible you left it where it was afterward."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...Man, I'm seriously sorry. But with that thing Nekoda-san found, too..."
Aihara Rin: "I did nothing of the sort! I am not some common thief."
Yukimura Yara: “Aihara-san… we can trust that guy now… and from where I’m standing… I don’t think we can trust you wicked hard. Arrow-sniped, right? Like in that one video. Guess it wasn’t me after all, though.”
Aihara Rin: "If Matsui did leave it in the kitchen then anyone-"
Aozora Suzume: "If Matsui-san says she was shot from the tower, then - well, I mean, I don't think many of us have a good aim, do we?"
Matsui Atieno: "Th...e arrow. It's angle... It... was definitely shot from above..."
Aihara Rin: "What proof do you have that she was shot in such a way? Anyone could have planted the omamori in the tower."
Aihara Rin: "But that's-"
Aozora Suzume: "And as I said, I didn't see you. I mean, I assumed that you were on the other side of the tower, but that was only an assumption."
Aihara Rin: "This is lunacy."
Yukimura Yara: “Matsui-san’s right there, and he’s practically an expert, and we know he isn’t guilty, and even if we didn’t— I believe him. We’ve got to do that, right? Watch out for each other. And what have you done to watch out for anyone, dude?”
Aozora Suzume: "Aihara-sama can you just... be honourable, yeah? I mean, you're Mister Honour. I don't think your family would be proud of you lying until the end."
Mr. Monty: "And ya know what Monty thinks? Monty thinks it's time for a good ol vote! Y'all like those, right?"
Aihara Rin: "She was stabbed with the arrow- it-"
Aihara Rin: "...Fine, then."
Mr. Monty: "Go on and vote, now, hyuk!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Do we gotta make that many attacks on his dignity too? Shit..."
Aihara Rin: "It is over. Send me to my damnation, then."
Matsui Atieno: "....Aihara-san... I.... I know I've been... less than.... intelligent, I guess... But.... There was no way that... It could've been anyone but.... but you.... I.... I don't know w...hy.... But... Maybe it would've been better if you had.... killed me instead....... That would have been... easier for you, right? Not... having to deal with me... And my... antics.... I.... I didn't even get... to tell her that we were...." He bites his lip and hangs his head, voting.
Yukimura Yara: “Yeah, well. You know. I think I could’ve lost my cool here, wicked hard. Stopped believing in people, and knightly values, and… honour, I guess. You want to surrender those things, you do it on your own time. But don’t even think about making /us/ despair, you… heartless scrub!”
Matsui Atieno: "....You... framed me.... For the murder of... my own... sister?"
Mr. Monty: "Aaaaaaaaaand the votes'r in!! And y'all got it right on the nose! Or maybe on the head? Head a tha arrow, that is! Aihara Rin is indeed Kita Yasei's killer!"
Aihara Rin: "...So, I have been bested."
Aihara Rin: "I admit, I never did expect to escape this trial alive. Time and again you all have proven your prowess at this gruesome task, and I would be foolish to believe that I could succeed where the others had failed."
Aihara Rin: "But I did not kill for myself."
Yukimura Yara: “Well, then. Was it worth it, Aihara? Was it worth killing Yasei? She was… I… we…”
Aihara Rin: "You do not understand, I had no choice but to do it. I could not risk my families’ safety. I could not risk the safety of any of them. After Yabe-shi and Mifune-shi's families died I could not bear to see another event occur… I had to take action, even if it meant my own death."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "...Hey, Aihara-san."
Matsui Atieno: "....But.... what about.... wha..t... about my family....?"
Aihara Rin: "You have known Kita-shi for mere weeks. What is worth more to you, an acquaintance of that caliber? Or the ones who raised you and loved you for years?"
Aihara Rin: "...It is not an easy question to answer."
Aihara Rin: "If it is any consolation, I did not target her directly. She simply walked into my trap first."
Matsui Atieno: "Sh...e... was my twin sister. " There are tears welling in his eyes. "I... I didn't even.... get to tell her that..... S...he never even knew...."
Aihara Rin: "I stole your card and made my way to the guard tower. And waited. And Kita-shi arrived first. It could have easily been you. Or anyone else. But I had to kill someone."
Aozora Suzume: "Aihara-san... I guess you kinda saved our families in a way, too. Thanks to you, Grandmother and Aunty are safe. I just-"
Aihara Rin: "I... I am a good samurai. I put the needs of the many over the needs of the few. The lives of four are worth more than the lives of one. Or two. The lives of so many are easily worth mine. And perhaps even Kita-shi's."
Aihara Rin: "I am truly sorry for the pain I have caused. But I could not bear to wait any longer. I only regret that she had been found sooner. Because of that delay I... caused more pain than I had anticipated."
Yukimura Yara: “A samurai? You’re not even… you’re not even a human who can look at another human and feel guilt when you kill them."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "Aihara-san..."
Nekoda Kanna: "It's not worth it."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "You know, I meant what I said then. Uh, that you were cool. But... but as good of a samurai as you are, you still coulda done something else..."
Aozora Suzume: "Don't- we all considered it, didn't we? We all thought that maybe, just maybe, saving our family was worth it. Don't pretend you didn't!"
Tsukioka Kazuya: "But shit, it's too late to change that and it seriously just...!"
Aihara Rin: "I regret my actions, deeply. I deserve the death that is waiting for me. But... but you may go home to your families because of Kita-shi's death."
Nekoda Kanna: "You're disgusting. Hah... I know it better than anyone. There- There's no forgiveness."
Yukimura Yara: “Don’t call him that! Don’t even… don’t even listen, Tsukioka-san!”
Aozora Suzume: "And I know that the loss hurts, but Aihara-sama's already going to die. Can't we just - just be kind to him?"
Yukimura Yara: “You don’t get to tell me what I should be thankful for when the girl I… the girl I knew is dead!"
Aihara Rin: "A... a good-" Rin's voice begins to choke up.
Yukimura Yara: “He doesn’t get to tell me what I should be thankful for, Aozora-san! He doesn’t even get an /excuse/!”
Aozora Suzume: "Yukimura-san... don't think that I don't know loss. I understand that it hurts."
Tsukioka Kazuya: "You just... everyone... coulda been something better."
Yukimura Yara: “You… you could have been a samurai, dude. You really could have tried. Not this. She’s… she’s gone.”
Aihara Rin: Through tight vocal chords he speaks. "A good samurai is not afraid to die for what he believes in! He is not afraid to sacrifice himself for the greater good. For the ones he loves-"
Aihara Rin: Tears burn in Rin's eyes and spill down his cheeks.
Aihara Rin: "A good samurai s-stares death in the face w-without fear. H-he remains strong and loyal u-until-"
Aihara Rin: The words come out a sigh. "Until his final breath-"
Aihara Rin: Tears overcome him; he bites his fist, and stays silent, shaking, for a moment.
Aihara Rin: "……I shall see them again, someday. In another life. But… until we meet again… if they are watching… mother, father, Ryouta, Yukiko… I love you dearly, with all of my heart. I was so blind. My practice is not important. My training grounds are not important. My- my family, the people I love, they are important. I wish I had had the sense to see that sooner."
Aihara Rin: He shakes his head, wipes his eyes, and exhales. He looks up. "There are no more words."
Aihara Rin: Rin is calm once more.
Mr. Monty: "Well, if y'ain't got no more words, I got a few: It's execution time! Let's get goin!"
Mr. Monty: http://hh-studios.tumblr.com/post/110390077206/an-upshot-with-dignity-aihara-rins-execution
