DAY TWO (morning)

[judgejudy]

DAY 2 (morning) Complex Population: 34 It's 8AM, and rather than waking naturally, you awake to the sound of an odd tone ringing through the intercom. As you wake from that deep, dreamless sleep that enforces curfew as always, Judy's voice speaks up a few moments after. "A death has occurred. Safety Protocol 6227-A is now in effect. Protocol now available on Complex terminals." That ominous message might prompt you to leave your room more quickly. You can check out the terminal, where a new file is available, but as you head into the atrium, you might notice something else. The viewing stage is open. It seems that someone was busy during the night. — This post is for the second day as defined in the schedule. This post is for investigation and general mingling before the trial that takes place in the afternoon IC. ic rulebook character statuses character profiles private conversations graveyard

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[puffing]

WAKING UP → APARTMENT #7.

[ eight o'clock in the morning rears its ugly head around the corner and Bigby is woken up in a way that jars him. what the hell kind of noise did he just hear through the intercom? it made the hair on the back of his neck and arms stand, and before Judy's voice passed on the bad news, he was already expecting the worst. it was only a matter of time.

when he properly digests the words, however, he's pulling himself from the couch and sitting on the edge, taking a look at his roommates to make sure they were all there and not missing or lying on the floor dead. ]

A death. I heard that right, yeah? Of fucking course there's a death.

DISCOVERY → VIEWING ROOM.

[ it didn't take long for Bigby to get to where all the commotion was. with his tie still hanging off his shoulders and his shirt half-buttoned, it was clear he didn't take a lot of time in getting dressed. not when the first eventful thing since waking up here has occurred. if only it was for better reasons. one good look through the glass separating the group from the dead body and that was all it took to have him scowling. anyone that's gotten to know him may expect him to try and break through immediately. it's the one time where it's justified after all.

Bigby isn't an idiot, however, and he can tell from a few taps of his finger that it was too thick to get through under conventional means. if he had his more... supernatural talents... that would be a different story. alas. he's certainly going to smoke a cigarette while he takes a look around his surroundings, all before resting his eyes on the motionless body of a young child. poor kid. ]

We need to get in there. Broken and battered as he may be, we need to confirm he's deceased. Anyone know his name? What apartment he was staying in?

AN HOUR LATER → COMMISSARY.

[ regardless of the murder investigation's results, Bigby wasn't going to stop there. he recalled hearing Judy talking about new information being available in the terminals and went to the one that he could first think of. the guidelines were digested with an incredible amount of skepticism, only equal to his frustration that this was actually happening right now.

it's the trial part that (understandably) has him worried. he studies as much as he can before taking a step away, and eventually asks questions to himself. feel free to try and answer or question along with him if you are nearby. ]

We're supposed to hold a trial and ― what, just guess who the fuck killed the kid? In the same day as the goddamn murder? And the trial is seven hours long. What are we expected to find out?

―This is bullshit.

discovery

[mitsubou]

His name was Charles and he was staying in apartment 2.

[That's what Mitsutada was told, at least, by Charles himself.]

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we can get in easily... but we shouldn't just leave him in there either. Any ideas?

[puffing]

Were you roommates with him?

[ he isn't going to immediately assume anything, but best practice is to always approach those "closest" to the victim. that usually applies to significant others and family, but roommates seem to be the best thing to go with for now. ]

Nothing yet. Whoever did this set it up to make sure we couldn't get to the body. And has access to the facility.

[ a fact he is far from happy about. ]

[mitsubou]

No, no! He took me to the commissary once and accidentally requested some potatoes. [Well, that's the story of how they met.]

We didn't speak much, but he told me his name and room since I was going to cook some soup for him but... [THIS happened.

Mitsutada frowns, obviously displeased with this whole situation. But, as upset as he really is, he keeps his cool at all times.]

How horrible... I wonder who saw him last, then?

[puffing]

... Okay. [ in terms of alibis, that's an interesting one. he'll go ahead and remove suspicion for the time being. ] Nice of you to do for the kid, but... hm.

[ yeah, it was a bummer, even for Bigby. he's seen enough dead bodies in his lifetime, but he was hoping to avoid that here. so much for that. ]

Good question. Did he mention having talked anyone else to you? Anyone that he may have known before coming here?

[mitsubou]

He didn't mention anyone, no. That's as much as I know... I'm sorry I can't be of more help.

[They only talked for a short while but, given their time together, Mitsutada could easily tell that--] Charles seemed like a difficult kid -- though, good at heart!

Even so, I don't imagine it'd be hard for him to make some people unhappy... [But enough that they'd want to kill him so brutally...?]

[puffing]

It's alright. Can't imagine he got by the last two days without talking to someone.

[ he is not particularly excited about pursuing each person on an individual basis to try and find out who has spoken to Charles, let alone confirming if they are telling the truth. why did Bigby even care so much? maybe because it was wrong on so many levels. who knows. ]

All kids are difficult. I'm hoping that there's a better excuse for murder. Not that anyone should have been killed in the first fucking place...

[ while he sucks at communicating with children, he wouldn't kill one to eliminate them from the picture. ]

commisary

[becauseimacoward]

[Dojima fully agrees]

A few hours isn't enough to solve a murder, even less when we don't have access to the crime scene itself.

...what game are they trying to play?

[That's what he doesn't understand. All this stuff to keep them alive and content, and then murder happens! Hell, why was the kid killed in the first place? And there'll be a senseless courtroom session later, apparently.

The hell, Judy?]

This mess doesn't make any sense at all.

[puffing]

[ oh, hello fellow detective. thank you for joining him during this intense bitching fit! ]

They're handicapping us for a reason. I want to find out what that reason is. I've played cat and mouse games with assholes before. There's always an agenda.

[ as if that wasn't obvious, what with the elaborate location and design of the trial system. ]

Everything was prepared meticulously. Nothing about this was spontaneous. If I could just get a better look at the body... We can't even tell if there was a struggle or not.

[ from one detective to another (do they even know this about each other?? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), this has to be beyond infuriating. he hates not being able to do his job. he hates that he has to trust the opinions and judgment of around thirty people, many of those with no proper place making a call on whether someone should live or not. ]

Like I said. Bullshit.

[becauseimacoward]

[Worry not, Bigby, your bitching fit is supported! Although Dojima is trying to talk without raising his voice that much, he looks visibly furious about all this]

I have the nagging suspicion the body was placed in that room on purpose. It's possible he was killed somewhere else, and then his body was taken in there by the culprit or Judy. There was a blood trail inside that room, although I couldn't see where it led. [And the fact that place is named 'Operating Theater' supports that, although Dojima doesn't know it]

No one was able to find an entrance! The problem with that is that if the culprit took the body in there, then the culprit knows something about that place most of us don't, and since Judy was ready to put in motion that protocol she mentioned, that could mean...

[...the culprit is working with Judy, but as Dojima said, that may be just a possibility. It could be possible the culprit simply found a way into the room, as simple as that, but Dojima has to consider all possibilities]