Idolon Woods - Manor Arson

[King V]

"As things are now, we can't trust any of you! There's been a murder, and now the manor has been burned down! It's obvious that at least one of you is extremely dangerous! If you people want to leave this place, then turn the dangerous person in and have them punished!"

"If you don't know who the person is, then figure it out! You're not getting one step out of here until we see the criminal brought to justice!"

(Discuss who could have murdered Petelgeuse and/or burned down the manor in here. You will be unable to leave the manor until someone is brought to justice)

[Yuni Shingyouji]

So basically, we need to vote for the last trial, as well as investigate/vote for this one.

My vote for the last trial is Sova, sadly it's the only person I can think of. To be honest, there wasn't much evidence that linked to anyone, but he joined the "vampire hunting squat" almost rashly I heard, it just seems that the whole "frame Stein and bring his identity to light" is far too convenient for someone outside the alliance that was set.

I have no information about the fire, I was in the basement the entire time. Prior to that, I was gathering helpers for Yuri to gather Silver to forge weapons to fight off vampires and stuff.

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

"Y-Yeah! W-What Wilheim s-said! I d-don't want to go t-through the w-woods with a c-crazy person!"

[Chatt]

"I'm actually going to vote Hidematsu as well. She(?) fully admitted to not investigating the body at all, yet 100% knew where the key was. Not only this, but she was the only person on the alibi yuri gave us that had sufficient time to commit the murder as well. Along with that, she avoided the trial completely. Because of this, I would say Hidematsu."


"I know nothing on the fire, I was wandering around trying to convince people to commit double suicide with me ..."


*sighs*


"No one took me up on that offer."

[Funny Valentine [Silentgod]]

"Ms. Hidematsu did it?! I don't want to believe it, but she did have evidence Stein was a vampire before joining. In fact, that is how she got in. And there was a long period of time before she ran into us including us spending time to move furniture in the living room to see if there was a trapdoor leading in there. Incidentally there was one..."

"I didn't even know there was a fire because I was in the lab area trying to... well see if I can use the soul equipment to bring back my Hamon. I ran into Kanade while in there. I eventually went into the soul condensation room where it declared that the system was overloading. I panicked and thought it was gonna explode. You probably heard me shouting. I ran into that man by the gate and warned him. I tried to get him to help me warn the others, but he ran away. I then ran into Hidematsu who informed me of the fire and told me to not worry about the lab. She then ran upstairs while I tried to save everyone from the fire."

[Xaniks]

"I-I have nothing to say except that I was in my room the whole time..."

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"In order to give the other side, I will argue that it is not Hidematsu. She had no reason to kill the insane guy apart from the key which he had hidden in his underwear. The fact that the key remained in his underwear even after the murder throws suspicion off her. This would not have been her overlooking the keys as she had already guessed that he had probably hidden the keys in his mouth or his pants when Garcia searched us the night prior. The fact that there was a ring of keys at the scene also lessens my suspicion as she had been trying to find the insane guy for a while. There would have been no need if she already had keys. Also, I believe the documents left at the scene were from Stein's folder in his lab. I would believe that they had been stolen during the our second night in this mansion (Saturday), when Stein left his lab to turn off the television. I had been with Hidematsu all night and during the time, we managed to get into the garden where we met the insane guy."

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

"A-Asked me for help?!?! O-Only while t-telling me the w-whole b-building was g-going to e-explode! W-What would y-you expect s-someone to do? S-Stand i-in the b-blast r-radius?!?!"

[Yuni Shingyouji]

Let me say one more thing.

All day today, I only saw Sova during the whole thing where nobody was feeling well enough to move much at all. We played rock paper scissors for a while.
After that, I went to the Boiler room to discuss making weapons, just because I wanted new pretty knives. After that, I immediately scouted Efina to assist in lugging silver, then passed Kanade in the boiler room into the basement. I have performed a task down there for 30 mins since I saw her, which I believe she can testify was half hour prior to this incident. What I was doing was sewing something in the basement, that's a lot more personal though.

[Chatt]

"I would argue against that, Kanade. It appears to me that the trial did just what Hidematsu wanted. It lead to Dr. Stein's murder. The crime scene itself was set up perfectly to point out that Stein was in fact a vampire. The entire reason for the murder could have been to bring light to that subject, and then prove it while everyone was watching."

[Daiwa Scarlet]

"Anyone could have suspected Stein of being a supernatural creature if they had simply looked at the paintings and read the books in the study. Any person that had visited the torture chamber that had been open since the second day would have been suspicious of Stein. None of it points to Hidematsu specifically, aside from how he took the opportunity to test the effectiveness of blessed silver during the trial.
I guess I should also say, the weapon used to knock out the insane guy was probably a stun baton. Would anyone know where one might have been acquired?"

[Chatt]

"Indeed, but only Hidematsu had the right time frame to do the murder. Out of everyone, Hidematsu is the only one that I have found to have the time and knowledge to do this. Because they would have A) had to have gone down to the basement and B) Been in the right place at the right time. Hidematsu checks both of these.

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

-Kubotwo seems to have calmed down somewhat from his earlier panic-

"L-lets step away from the m-murder for a s-second. I-I have t-two other b-big questions."

"W-Who started the f-fire, or c-caused it, d-directly o-or i-indirectly?"

"I-Is the p-person who k-killed Petelgeuese the s-same a-as the o-one who s-set the f-fire?"

"J-Jonathan, y-you were the first to n-notice the i-imminent explosion and/or f-fire. T-That makes y-you the p-prime s-suspect! A-And if the t-two c-culprits a-are r-really one, then y-you a-also killed P-P-P-P....that g-guy."

[Chatt]

"Jonathan has a valid alibi in that he was with a group at the time. Every member of the group has vouched for him. although, if he somehow found a way to fool them and used the time he needed, he could have done it. He was the one who found the body, after all."

[Funny Valentine [Silentgod]]

Jan 10, 2017 19:23:23 GMT -8 Daiwa Scarlet said:

"Anyone could have suspected Stein of being a supernatural creature if they had simply looked at the paintings and read the books in the study. Any person that had visited the torture chamber that had been open since the second day would have been suspicious of Stein. None of it points to Hidematsu specifically, aside from how he took the opportunity to test the effectiveness of blessed silver during the trial.
I guess I should also say, the weapon used to knock out the insane guy was probably a stun baton. Would anyone know where one might have been acquired?"

"Stein gave them out but he took mine away when night time was up. I believe the same with Yuri. Not sure if anyone else was given them."

Jan 10, 2017 19:29:23 GMT -8 The City [EclipseZwolf] said:

-Kubotwo seems to have calmed down somewhat from his earlier panic-

"L-lets step away from the m-murder for a s-second. I-I have t-two other b-big questions."

"W-Who started the f-fire, or c-caused it, d-directly o-or i-indirectly?"

"I-Is the p-person who k-killed Petelgeuese the s-same a-as the o-one who s-set the f-fire?"

"J-Jonathan, y-you were the first to n-notice the i-imminent explosion and/or f-fire. T-That makes y-you the p-prime s-suspect! A-And if the t-two c-culprits a-are r-really one, then y-you a-also killed P-P-P-P....that g-guy."

"The fire started near the entrance based on how I found only that area on fire before it spread upstairs. I was at the opposite side of the building and the soul chamber being overloaded was being caused before I found out."