Idolon Woods - Manor Arson

[Yuni Shingyouji]

Tch, and this is what I get sticking my nose into the trial.

As explained, it's more that I was against Stein as a person and wanted Garcia to know that, of course I'd jump the gun during the trial. But there's no way I knew he was a vampire, nor would I care enough to kill someone and frame him.

Do you know what I would do if I thought Stein was a vampire?
I'd kill Stein.
Sort of like you did. Except I wouldn't need to murder someone else to do it.

Anyway, not mentioning the stun gun just sounds far too convenient to me. Why would you need the trial to murder Stein and test if he was a vampire? And then use said item and a ver, very loose evidence against me (due to withholding the information)? It all seems preposterous

[King V]

"It appears we have narrowed down the suspects for the murder, but what about the arson? Who set the manor on fire? Was it the same person who murdered one of the guests? We aren't going anywhere until I get a proper suspect for this arson."

[Yuni Shingyouji]

Yuno sighs as she begins to pet her knife, her hand bleeding as she does so, petting the blade. Her pupils, no longer visible, fixated on each person standing before her.

"This whole thing boressssssssssss meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, we've been at this for four whole days, who even cares? Alright, so fine, I killed the bug, why does it even matter? I had to do it, so I did it. I don't think it means much, does it..? Motives, motives, motives. Is that all you people care about?

Honestly, 4 days in and I might as well confess. You people would clearly have any situation down to the last detail in that time, and hey, it's stressful to keep up an act. It's not like anyone would vote anything unless they had every last detail regardless since there's apparently no time limit / need to rush, so why keep fighting?

Look, I'm safe. Just don't get in my way.
Who cares?

[Exusiai]

"My mind may still be dilluted from the smoke inhalation, so there are some things that may not be exact."

*Bringing his coat sleeve to his face, Ian rasply coughed into the sleeve, although it was difficult to tell if he was acting or not*

"When Yuri had noticed the smoke, it was a bit past 7:20 in the afternoon, going by Eastern Standard Time again.
The fire was said to have started in the kitchen, according to Yuri, yet the smoke was noticed even in the boiler room.
What I'm getting at is that it takes time for smoke to travel to the basement and second floor.
Simply put, there is a time gap between when the arsonist committed the crime and Yuri's account of smelling the smoke.

No one except the arsonist knows the exact time it took for the smoke to disperse to the other levels of the mansion, but given that when Yuri came to check, the fire had only started to enter the dining room and it took at least forty minutes for the fire to creep up to the third floor, we can give a range of how long ago the fire started.
Between the kitchen and second floor, there are about three other rooms, including the dining room. Assuming Yuri had seen the fire at the start of the forty minutes, the fire would then have spread to each room at a rate of slightly over thirteen minutes. This is without considering any other variables, such as the layout or dimensions of each room.
Because Yuri had testified that she had left to investigate the source of the smoke soon after it drifted down to the boiler room, we can assume not much time elapsed between noticing the smoke and seeing the flames.

It's not like the fire began with the kitchen nearly burned down. If the fire did start in the kitchen, then a certain amount of time would have to pass before it moved onto the dining room.
Using the rate earlier, the fire should have started around thirteen minutes before those of us in the boiler room had noticed the smoke. Given that I did not account for any details, there should be, more or less, a five minute buffer on top of the estimated time. This creates a ten minute period of when the arsonist could have started the fire, about a couple of minutes passed 7:00PM to a couple of minutes before 7:20PM.

It's certainly been a long time since my head has ached like this. I guess I was never meant to be good at math."

[John Dark Souls]

"*nods satisfyingly* Yes, yes, good girl. That is literally all you had to do instead of trying to put blame on anybody else. Hidematsu likes honest people. So its okay. Nobody cares about that Tilted Guy anyway, and anybody who does is beyond that gate and can't do anything to you. Hidematsu won't let them do anything to her favorite toy here."

[Karenina]

(Sorry it took so long, before  finally posting. I thought there was some errors, so I had to clarify, before this got written.)

I should have said this before. Sorry for my silence. Truth is, I had witnessed the culprit of arson commit the crime. In the light of that I accuse Osamu Dazai of setting this mansion on fire. Specifically the kitchen.

At some point, I was in the kitchen in search of silver to the group in the Boiler Room. Yuri had been there and left, so I figured the place got emptied and left into the Dining Hall. While being there, Dazai must have passed me in the Dining Room and went into the kitchen. There, I saw him throw oil around the kitchen, before he lighted it all on fire. I went back to the Boiler Room after that and not really realizing what I had seen.

Here is my theory for it all.

The culprit is Osamu Dazai. Luckily, no one died from the fire. The fire was set by some oil and matches to ignite it. The fire had most likely gotten rid of all the evidence, yet we know where they possibly could be taken from. There were some missing matches in Bedroom A so he must have been there at some point. As for the oil, one of the oil lamps were missing too, so it could be used. If not, then there had been oil in Equipment room, which also possible to get. Even the lamps from Boiler Room works too.
In any case, with all the needed supplies from the mentioned rooms, Dazai went into the kitchen and created the fire using matches and oil. All the evidence burned in the fire. The motive must have been either his suicidal nature or maybe destroying the work on the silver weapons.

[King V]

"So we have our suspects here. Let's see what the rest of you think. We'll have a vote to determine who stays here."

(Send your votes to the mastermind via PM)

[Yuni Shingyouji]

Alright everyone! I have come clean to you all, I am Yuno Gasai. I killed Petelguts. I kill those who are in my way.
Let's let that be warned.


I'm not a murderer though, however, so I will NOT confess to that. Allow me to elaborate for the two behind the fence!

Professor Stein, a vampire, but a heart of humanity himself. A great man, one I did not want dead from this ordeal. I simply wanted Garcia herself to understand, to see his true dangers, for both their sake.
Professor Stein is the man you guys believe in, but may he rest in piece. As a Vampire though, Stein did do something in the very same room that I did: he killed a person.

Professor Stein had drained a victim of it's blood, one that was tortured. The forture may have happened before or after, my theory is that the tortured person was the previous owner of the mansion. But hey, that's all guesswork!

What's important is that Stein himself took lives. He had to.
In retrosense, so did I. To survive. To protect those I love.

If you can find it in your hearts to forgive Stein on his survival instincts, I ask you to be the considerate person you are, and see that I, too, am not a murderer.
Isn't that right, Garcia?

[King V]

-Still sniffling and crying-

"E-Even if you thought professor Stein was a vampire, you didn't have any right to kill someone over it! There was no reason to murder someone, and even less reason to frame professor Stein for it! Professor Stein didn't deserve what happened to him, and you're a monster for pushing him to his death!"

-Bursts into tears-

[Yuni Shingyouji]

So what, pray tell, about the body Professor Stein killed in the same way that I did?
Does he, too, deserve no consideration to the circumstances?

[King V]

-After listening to all of the votes-

"So it seems we've reached a consensus, that Yuno is the murderer and Dazai is the arsonist. However... it seems a lot of you don't believe Yuno is dangerous enough to leave behind. I hope you're all ready to take responsibility for that choice when the time comes..."

"But regardless, we should move now. It's already dawn and we need to cover ground before it gets dark again. Now let's move."

-Wilheim unchains the gate and allows everyone except for Dazai to come out-

(Move here if you wish to leave)

[Chatt]

"Wow, so a murderer is allowed to go free? You people really are silly.

Oh well, have fun, Yuno!"