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WinterCoat wrote:
Maria exhaled. "I believe that there is motive, yes."
"Kat has a motive to protect her revenue. Think about it: she owns the venue, and Exie is a cash cow. Imagine if people were to find out their favorite idol owed an exorbitant amount of money to a loan shark -- think about how that would destroy her image and potential profits. Exie's superfans do not even know about her mole removal, which just goes to show how important an idol's image really is! Furthermore, Kat would be able to know about something like Exie's debt if she was able to find out about her mole."
"Kat has a motive to protect her revenue. Think about it: she owns the venue, and Exie is a cash cow. Imagine if people were to find out their favorite idol owed an exorbitant amount of money to a loan shark -- think about how that would destroy her image and potential profits. Exie's superfans do not even know about her mole removal, which just goes to show how important an idol's image really is! Furthermore, Kat would be able to know about something like Exie's debt if she was able to find out about her mole."
"So she's protecting her cash cow. By killing a man said cow had motive to kill and then dumping the body in her own dressing room. And then letting her take the fall for the murder." Edgar dipped his drawing in coffee and threw it away, not bitter in any way it was all trash after all.
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WinterCoat wrote:
Maria exhaled. "I believe that there is motive, yes."
"Kat has a motive to protect her revenue. Think about it: she owns the venue, and Exie is a cash cow. Imagine if people were to find out their favorite idol owed an exorbitant amount of money to a loan shark -- think about how that would destroy her image and potential profits. Exie's superfans do not even know about her mole removal, which just goes to show how important an idol's image really is! Furthermore, Kat would be able to know about something like Exie's debt if she was able to find out about her mole."
"Kat has a motive to protect her revenue. Think about it: she owns the venue, and Exie is a cash cow. Imagine if people were to find out their favorite idol owed an exorbitant amount of money to a loan shark -- think about how that would destroy her image and potential profits. Exie's superfans do not even know about her mole removal, which just goes to show how important an idol's image really is! Furthermore, Kat would be able to know about something like Exie's debt if she was able to find out about her mole."
"And I suppose... you can prove that's how Kat feels?"
"We can talk about what-ifs all we want, but simply saying that Kat could possibly, maybe, know about Exie's debt and feels the need to protect her own revenue with murder... Is not enough to indict her." Light lets out a deep breath, mirroring the patriotic woman.
"Exie was found, acting strangely. The victim was found in a room only she could enter, and Exie has an excellent motive to end that man's life. These are the facts of this case. Kat couldn't have possibly entered Exie's dressing room without her key. And even though Endea entered the room, because in truth it wasn't locked at all, Kat would've had no idea it was unlocked, and would have had no reason to try the door in desperation, knowing full well there's only one key."
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KamiPanda wrote:
"By all means, explain how I did it, maybe I'll humour you then."
"Otherwise you don't have anything on me."
"You say that, since it was dark, it makes it less likely that you would be able to see the person fleeing the dressing room, but how did you get there in the first place if it was too dark for you to see anything?"
DootDootDoot wrote:
"So she's protecting her cash cow. By killing a man said cow had motive to kill and then dumping the body in her own dressing room. And then letting her take the fall for the murder." Edgar dipped his drawing in coffee and threw it away, not bitter in any way it was all trash after all.
"I never said she was smart -- besides, a lot of the prosecution's arguments rely on Exie herself not thinking logically. In fact, the crux of your case relies on her being silly enough to leave a body in her own dressing room. Why would anyone do something that incriminating?"
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"And I suppose... you can prove that's how Kat feels?"
"We can talk about what-ifs all we want, but simply saying that Kat could possibly, maybe, know about Exie's debt and feels the need to protect her own revenue with murder... Is not enough to indict her." Light lets out a deep breath, mirroring the patriotic woman.
"Exie was found, acting strangely. The victim was found in a room only she could enter, and Exie has an excellent motive to end that man's life. These are the facts of this case. Kat couldn't have possibly entered Exie's dressing room without her key. And even though Endea entered the room, because in truth it wasn't locked at all, Kat would've had no idea it was unlocked, and would have had no reason to try the door in desperation, knowing full well there's only one key."
"We can talk about what-ifs all we want, but simply saying that Kat could possibly, maybe, know about Exie's debt and feels the need to protect her own revenue with murder... Is not enough to indict her." Light lets out a deep breath, mirroring the patriotic woman.
"Exie was found, acting strangely. The victim was found in a room only she could enter, and Exie has an excellent motive to end that man's life. These are the facts of this case. Kat couldn't have possibly entered Exie's dressing room without her key. And even though Endea entered the room, because in truth it wasn't locked at all, Kat would've had no idea it was unlocked, and would have had no reason to try the door in desperation, knowing full well there's only one key."
"It's true, those are definitely facts of the case. Yet, one thing I don't get is why Exie's door would, under normal circumstances, be locked during a show, but Kat's -- the owner's office -- was unlocked? Seems a bit fishy to me!"
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WinterCoat wrote:
"You say that, since it was dark, it makes it less likely that you would be able to see the person fleeing the dressing room, but how did you get there in the first place if it was too dark for you to see anything?"
"Light from my phone. Helped me navigate, but it wasn't perfect."
WinterCoat wrote:
"It's true, those are definitely facts of the case. Yet, one thing I don't get is why Exie's door would, under normal circumstances, be locked during a show, but Kat's -- the owner's office -- was unlocked? Seems a bit fishy to me!"
"There's not much need to lock my door."
"Our main concern is overenthusiastic fans trying to sneak into dressing rooms."
"The main doors of the building are enough to keep out common thieves, but some fans are more motivated than that."
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"WE APPEAR TO BE AT A BIT OF AN IMPASSE HERE."
"PERHAPS WE SHOULD HEAR MORE FROM THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THIS BLACKOUT."
"I HAVE STILL NOT HEARD A SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION FOR THAT."
"YOU ARE ALREADY HERE, BUT FOR THE RECORD, STATE YOUR NAME AND OCCUPATION."
"...Katherine Black."
"I own the Venus House of Arts."
"YOU ARE TO TESTIFY ABOUT THE BLACKOUT THAT OCCURRED. IT NO LONGER SEEMS THE FUSEBOX WAS SABOTAGED TO CAUSE IT."
"IN PARTICULAR, TESTIFY ABOUT THE SIMILAR BLACKOUT THAT OCCURRED 2 YEARS AGO, AND THE DEATH THAT ACCOMPANIED IT."
"Well, alright then. There's really not all that much to say, though."
"I don't know what caused the blackout. The building's wiring should be just fine, even if things look a little rough."
"The previous blackout is unrelated to this one."
"Lucy died of natural causes, so her death has no relevance to Don's murder either."
"She had always been somewhat frail. That's probably all there was to it."
"Happy now?"
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Vesti and Lauren's Interdimensional Investigations
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"Hey, easy there."
"Let's see..."
"I was reasonably familiar with Lucy, sure. She performed at my venue often, alongside Exie and Endea."
"It wasn't a long blackout. Someone flipped the fusebox switch and everything was back to normal."
"Lucy wasn't... she wasn't on stage when she died. The performance hadn't started yet."
"She was found dead in her dressing room, which is where she'd been when the blackout occurred."
"Just like the current blackout, I don't know the cause. Maybe someone snagged a power line with a fishing pole? We never found the problem."
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He didn't seem satisfied though, deciding to press for more. "Where were Exie and Endea when the incident happened? Was Lucy alone in her room? Was it locked? Where were you? An' also, was there anythin' about the buildin' which was different 2 years ago than it is now?"
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"You're going to give me a headache, you old geezer."
"Yes, she was found in the same dressing room as the mobster, alright?"
"But there's nothing unusual about the room itself. It really is just a coincidence."
"The other two were in their own changing rooms, preparing. Exie was in one of the lesser ones at the time."
"Lucy was alone, yeah. Otherwise someone would have called for help. I was the one who found her in there, after it was too late..."
"The door wasn't locked. There were people around at the time, so there was no reason for concern."
"I was working at the computer in my office when it happened."
"Nothing was especially any different then and now."
"Are we done here? This is starting to feel like a waste of my time."
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"The evidence still points to Exie. Want to talk about 'coincidences'? How about looking at the girl who removed her mole, making her look exactly like her sister, then inviting that sister to wait for her in the room where the victim just happened to be found? Sounds a lot like a clumsy attempt to frame Endea for her crime to me, or are you going to say all of that was a coincidence, too?"
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"Also, isn't it strange that she died durin' her dressin' room of a heart attack of all things? Durin' a show, I can understand. But she was all alone when it happened. Can that really just be explained by a frail heart? Was there anythin' off in her dressin' room when she was discovered?"
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"How many questions do you have in that head of yours?"
Trying to calm herself, Kat lit a cigarette in the land of the dead and took a slow, steady drag.
"Her make-up artist had already left. Lucy was just doing some final checks."
"The door was unlocked because the make-up artist had left through it."
"I suppose Lucy didn't feel the need to lock it after. She was going to head out shortly anyway."
"They're only locked when in use but unoccupied. It's really not an unusual situation in that regard."
"I... can't explain her death any more than you can. Go ask a doctor."
The final question seemed to trip her, slightly.
"N-no, the room was how it always was. I told you before, it's perfectly ordinary."
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"Oh, that? I don't have any idea what that's doing there."
"It wasn't there 2 years ago, if that's what you're asking."
"It wasn't even there yesterday."
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"Where are you going with this?"
"No, there was nothing like that."
"The room was perfectly normal."
"You saw for yourself!"
"That they both died in there was merely a coincidence."
"If you can't prove otherwise, your persistent questions are pointless, and really getting on my nerves."
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"Er... That's just how it happened, I suppose."
Kat seemed quite evasive with her answer.
"Maybe that's not the real problem here!"
"This fraudster wants us to believe the room was just 'normal', but nothing about that shoddy building can be called normal!"
"What was it Charlie said? Something about building inspections?"
"He said it was like the venue hadn't had one for a while... whatever that means."
"Know what I think? Kat's hiding something!"
"Something about that room in particular, maybe!"
"Go have a look, knock yourselves out. You won't find anything."
"WHAT EXCELLENT TIMING. SOMETHING SIMILAR IS BEING DISCUSSED IN THE REAL WORLD AT THIS VERY MOMENT."
"...THAT WAS A JOKE. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TIME HERE."
"hahaha! very funny sir!"
Death gestured at the hourglass. Over in the real world, the judge Noxx was ordering the bailiff to have the room inspected once more, this time with the building's poor condition taken into account. Death snapped his fingers, and the scene jumped forwards to the results.
Originally the team's investigation hadn't uncovered everything, as the true scene of the crime was determined to be elsewhere. Now that they had a better idea of what to look for however, they had closely examined the walls and flooring of the room. There was a small, loose board near the floor in one of the walls, and when removed they found an exposed cable behind it, that sparked when disturbed by the movement.
"See! Shoddy workmanship. Charlie's not even a real technician and even he felt like things weren't right there."
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Southern Corn wrote:
"...I'm assuming that was near where she was found?" Pat grimaced. "Electrocution, huh... What a way to go out..."
"What?"
"You can't prove that."
"This is a court of law, and that's conjecture."
Joker wrote:
"Lucy's autopsy report shows no signs of foul play!" Kris replied. "If she were electrocuted by a live wire, surely there would be burn marks on her skin and clothes!"
"AN INTERESTING IDEA."
"FETCH ME A COPY OF LUCY WARNER'S AUTOPSY REPORT."
"er, yes sir, on it sir!"
The small ghost flew off somewhere, and returned with the requested document. Copies were distributed to both sides.
'The victim is Lucy Warner, a teenage female. Her body was found in the main dressing room of the Venus House of Arts. She died of a heart attack. She had a recent burn on her ankle, covered by an adhesive bandage, but no other injuries. The conclusion is that she died of natural causes. Estimated time of death is between 18:50 and 19:10.'
"NO-ONE BELIEVED THERE WAS FOUL PLAY INVOLVED."
"THE BURN WAS LIKELY ASSUMED TO BE FROM A PRIOR MISHAP."
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"...I can no longer hide it, can I?"
"You're right. Lucy was electrocuted."
"I only wanted to save on expenses. The upkeep costs for this building... sometimes it's hard to even stay afloat."
"I skipped out on building inspections, and tried to cut corners on maintenance."
"Sure the fixtures might start to look ragged, but so long as it all holds together..."
"...Unfortunately, that meant no-one found the loose cable until it was too late."
"I quickly realised my mistake when I walked into that room and found her dead."
"Blame would fall on me, and quite rightly too, so I... I couldn't go to jail, my family were counting on me."
"I covered the burn with a bandage, hid the wire behind a board in the wall and then called an ambulance."
"They said it was 'natural causes'. I'd... gotten away with it."
"From then on though, well, I couldn't have any proper maintenance done."
"If anyone found the loose cable, the truth would come out."
"I could do nothing but dig myself deeper into my hole, hoping it would just... work out, somehow."
"When the second blackout happened, I was terrified by what it meant."
"That's why I rushed to the dressing room."
"Sure enough, there was a dead man inside... Later though, I heard that he'd drowned. Maybe I was safe?"
"Now, though, I don't know anymore. All I can say is, I didn't kill Don. I wouldn't make the same mistake twice in a row."
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"Um, but wait... so you didn't bandage Don this time? Maybe someone dropped water on him to try and wake him up!! uhm..."
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NIKI_4829 wrote:
"WOW!!! Would you look at that??"
"Um, but wait... so you didn't bandage Don this time? Maybe someone dropped water on him to try and wake him up!! uhm..."
"Um, but wait... so you didn't bandage Don this time? Maybe someone dropped water on him to try and wake him up!! uhm..."
"No, I didn't do anything like that this time."
"The wire wasn't even out in the open when I entered the room."
"I assumed it hadn't been discovered and was still just as I'd left it."
WinterCoat wrote:
"Carcharo's ankle wound was patched up by you, though! Why would anyone try to hide that but the person who'd already gotten away with it before?"
"Let me turn the question around."
"Say I wanted to kill Don for some godforsaken reason."
"Why would I risk exposing what had happened to Lucy by killing someone else in the exact same way 2 years later?"
"I went as far as to let my building fall apart around me to keep the secret."
"I wasn't about to risk losing it all just to murder someone I don't even know."
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"Positive. No-one else could have known. How would they?"
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“Coincidences mean little. Kat has assured us that nobody would’ve known about the truth of that first, irrelevant death. How would someone have found the truth, to murder a man in a room he shouldn’t have been in? Nobody but Carcharo and Charlie would’ve even known about the meeting in that dress room in the first place.”
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