grimmoired | CHAPTER FIVE ; TRIAL

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CHAPTER 5 - WEEK 523 Narrators Remain ;

Wakey wakey, naughty murder children. It's a lovely Saturday, after all. Breakfast is served piping hot at its usual time and all of the evidence has been removed from the scenes of yesterday. No matter how you choose to spent your morning though, the clock will begin to chime the moment both hands reach the large, ornate twelve.

Before your eyes materializes a door...but not just any door. Unlike the door leading to the festival, this door sits primly and properly right in front of the foyer. Whether you exit the castle on your own or you feel a friendly, invisible push, you begin to walk under an arc of wisterias. Behind you, the clock continues to chime with every step you take.

By the time the time the clock strikes twelve, you've entered a beautiful garden. In front of you is a long table, 19 seats on each side. Around the garden are several glass cases containing evidence collected yesterday. As noon intensifies on the sun-shaped clock, you'll find Dragon at the head of the table, a glass-covered rose near her right hand.

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I know. ...but I also believe that accidents can happen, especially considering you only recently gained that strength. It's not proof of anything, but it's possible.

I don't believe you could accidentally pull a leg off... could you?

[God should he be careful with handshakes?]

Believe me when I say I did nothing to him or any of the others.

Trying to drag a body around, you might.

I've literally gotten kicked in the chest by Jae-Ha and that leg of his.

... Even if Eichi's got this ability you're saying, I have a hard time believing he could've done anything against a seasoned fighter.

[thank you Sanji, he looks a little relieved that someone is coming to his defense, at least]

...you're right. He'd have at least a few more injuries if he even tried.

[that gets a slight nod.]

Skill can often overcome raw strength, after all.

[AND AKECHI IS RIGHT HERE, with his features twisted in an unimpressed scowl]

. . . Eichi's been extremely weak as of late, too.

[a glance at his partner, then back to Sanji]

Particularly after what happened on Tuesday of the week there were no killings.

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[ Where is Akechi to defend his bf's honor??

Natsuo slides in here, looking kind of scared, but. ]

That's too much, isn't it? Suggesting he tore a person's leg off, but there's so many more injuries than just that. That's going overboard.

[ Tear it off and use it like a club on everybody else or something, idk how Jae-ha's leg works ]

I don't think he did. I just think he physically could have done it.

He's not the only one who could. Something like this...

Tiger and Dragon killed Dave. They'd have the strength to kill any of these people.

They would have. But they didn't kill all of them.

Nobody else would target more than one person, that's too dangerous. Which death looks like it could be done the easiest?

[ or, most probable ]

...I don't know? All of them were capable of defending themselves...

You ever seen that asshole jump? Eichi would have to ground him before he ripped the leg off. Super strength or not blondie over here doesn't really look like someone who'd do well in a chase.

Eichi would never catch up to him.

[They all know how easily Eichi gets out of breath.]

...Nico said that, that someone might have done something to Reyna to make her less capable of, um, of fighting. What if something similar happened to Jae-Ha...?

I mean, yeah it's possible— but Eichi's constitution wouldn't make it much of a fair fight even if Jae-ha was drugged.

[ He shouts over his shoulder to wherever Eichi is ]

No offense!

[ anyway ]

Since the leg was ripped off Jae-ha clearly wasn't knocked out cold. Even if Eichi had help it's pretty hard for me to imagine him ripping the guy's leg off like that. That's a tough thing to do even with super powers.

[Thanks, beautiful asshole Zelos-kun]

I think, perhaps...

[He doesn't necessarily want to bring this up, but...!]

After what he had to go through with Lady Ann, he'd be particularly cautious in regards to the well being of others.

[Eichi is a considerate person.]

..yeah I would agree with that.

...Does that affect whether someone is chosen as a blotter or not?

[He shakes his head.]

No, it doesn't, but the moral character of a person certainly suggests they'd behave in certain ways when put into such a situation, doesn't it?

[Like, leg-ripping or lack-there-of.]

I don't think he would intentionally disfigure a corpse. He's not that kind of person.

Oh, of course not!

[We're all trying our best here.]

But if that was an accident, wouldn't the remaining injuries be more indicative of enhanced strength, instead of use of a weapon?

[It's...confusing...]

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