"The origin of the smell Tickery is talking about...must be part of something that caused the pool cart to be toppled over!"
"You mean...Tickery and I have a connective point in this?" Samurai asks
"Right...Punch, do you remember what you told me during the investigation...? Lock's body wasn't in the shed from 4:00 to 4:30 and we don't know how much longer after that"
"So wait...Locky's body...was in the pool cart?!" Tickery said taken aback
"It must be...what Tickery smelled must have been blood...and the reason the pool cart was toppled over was because Lock's body was transported from the pool to the shed!"
"Wait, Lock died of strangulation...where would the blood come from and besides, Lock's body had no blood on it in the first place..." Olive pointed out
"Well...not that we don't know of..." Beau says
"Huh?" Olive tilted her head
"Serenade...there is one thing that could have had blood on it...and who said it had to be Lock's blood? It could be our killer's"
Something that could have blood on it...?
Of course!
"You mean Lock's shoes, right?"
"Right, Lock's shoes could have blood somewhere on them" Beau nods
"Wait, Lock's boots never had any blood on them..." Hammer points out
"There's a good reason for that...the culprit switched their shoes..."
"But why? Wouldn't that incriminate them if someone noticed?" Tickery asked
"Maybe they just liked his shoes?" Punch suggests
Non-Stop Debate
Evidence Bullets
-Missing Shovel
-Monokuma File 3
-Olive's TestimonyOrion- What reason would the culprit have for switching their shoes for Lock's?
Samurai- Like Tickery said, if someone noticed...That would be it
Punch- Maybe because the culprit liked his shoes
Olive- What if...They wanted to confuse us about something?
Agreed!
"Hold on...check the Monokuma File...specifically the time of death"
"Lock was 3:45 and Zoom was 7:40...but what's your point?" Beau asks
"Remember what we just deduced? Lock's body was left in the pool cart...so maybe the killer wanted to confuse us on...when the bodies were put in the shed"
"You mean the order?" Nimbus asks
"Right, remember I was only one that saw Zoom before she died. I was left alone with her on the third floor so it would seem that I was most likely to kill her. After killing Zoom, what if blood got on Lock's shoes? Then the order of body appearances would be obvious to anyone. Switch shoes however and then you can say that Zoom appeared first and Lock was added later"
"That's....quite a convoluted way of going about just to confuse someone about the order of the bodies appearing in the shed, is it not?" Orion says
"There might be a deeper reason, maybe it was like Serenade said, they wanted to incriminate him..." Beau suggests
"I...I suppose that is logical..." Orion concedes.
"Now I'd like to talk about something a bit more in depth to this crime...why was Zoom killed?" Beau folds her arms
"What do you mean?" Hammer asks
"Well...Lock must have been for covering up the culprit's secret...so why kill Zoom as well?"
Now that she mentions it...why did the culprit kill Zoom?
Non-Stop Debate
Evidence Bullets
-Punch's Testimony
-RopeBeau- Why did the culprit kill Zoom? We should figure this out next
Grimdark- They must have had a pretty good reason...
Olive- But we still don't have that reason
Hammer- I wonder...Serenade you saw her last, right?
Serenade- Yes...she was pretty scared by Lock's body
Hammer- I guess we can't blame her...so if she was scared by Lock's body and you were last with her...
Samurai- She was by the shed door
Hammer- Hey! Don't steal my line, dude!
Zoom didn't have to be killed...but there was a big reason the culprit had to kill her...
Beau- Why did the culprit kill Zoom? We should figure this out next
Grimdark- They must have had a pretty good reason...
Agreed!
"I think there was a pretty good reason...she was in front of the door to the shed...she was killed because she would have saw the culprit!"
"So she was killed because the culprit was seen by her..." Beau said
"But...it wouldn't matter if Serenade was seen by her, right? Those two were searching the third floor together" Olive points out
"Which leaves one person...Grimdark!" Nimbus points to the changeling
"...hmph! So you honestly are trying to blame me for this?" Grimdark chuckled
"He isn't the only one that could have done it" Beau says "Hammer could have to..."
"W-w-what?!" Hammer stuttered out "I didn't kill them, I swear!"
"Why don't we start with Grimdark? If he could or couldn't kill them...that's up for us to figure out" Serenade says
"Don't ignore me!" Hammer said
Non-Stop Debate
Evidence Bullets
-Mysterious Note
-Punch's Testimony
-RopeOlive- I knew it! The culprit really is Grimdark!
Grimdark- Is that so...? Where's the evidence?
Nimbus- You were hiding in the pool if I remember correctly
Grimdark- Yes, I was...
Olive- So you left briefly...killed Lock...stuffed him in the pool cart...and tied his body up!
You got that wrong!
"Grimdark could have tied Lock's body! Not without this rope at least"
"So? What's the problem?" Olive asked annoyed
"This rope was from the storage closet on second floor...right Beau?"
"Yes, I checked and there was some rope in the corner and one of the ends looked like it had been cut"
"And you see...Grimdark couldn't risk going to the second floor, he might have been seen by someone...or go to the first floor to deliver a note"
"Heh, thanks..." Grimdark smirked
"So now...we move to Hammer" Beau directs the discussion over to the earth pony, half trembling
"C-c'mon guys, I didn't kill him! Or Zoom!"
"The only that answered the door to their room was Orion, you didn't" Nimbus says
"I...I overslept..." He simply stated
"That doesn't classify as an excuse!" Olive retorted
"C-c'mon, what do you expect me to say?"
Non-Stop Debate
Evidence Bullets
-Missing Shovel
-Olive's Testimony
-Tickery's Testimony
-Lock's BootsOlive- The only possible culprit left...is Hammer!
Hammer- B-butcI didn't kill them!
Olive- That doesn't classify as an argument!
Beau- Technically it does
Hammer- There has to be something...Something to say I'm not the culprit
Agreed!
"Those missing shovels could show that Hammer isn't the culprit"
"The shovels?" Olive repeats
"Right, one of the shovels was missing and that was what was used to kill Zoom but it wouldn't make sense for Hammer to use one of those shovels he had plenty of tools at his disposal!"
"D-drat..." Olive grunted
"See?! I'm not the one that killed the two!" Hammer yelled at her
"But...that means that there's nobody left to suspect...right?" Samurai asked
"I...I suppose not..." Orion said worried. Beau looked deep in thought.
"Did we consider...suicide?" she says finally
"Suicide?" Serenade repeats "You mean they both killed themselves?" Beau didn't respond. "Well that can't be the answer either...first of all, not for Lock due to that..."
Of course!
"He couldn't tie himself up and strangle himself...and as for Zoom..."
Of course!
"It wouldn't explain the missing shovels...Zoom couldn't have disposed of it if she died instantly"
"Hm...like I said, it was just a consideration..." Beau reminded them.
"But let's recap because I have a feeling Monokuma will be wanting us to make an accusation soon..."
"You got it ghost girl!" Monokuma agreed
"I prefer 'spirits'..." Orion smiled
"So the culprit had to be awake during night-time...and they went to the pool after giving that note to Lock, there they strangled him to death and stuffed his body in the pool cart. The next morning, the culprit took an opportunity to move the body from the pool cart to the shed...but how many of us could have done that?" Beau asked
"I...I think I know..." Serenade says as all eyes fall onto him. With everything that's been discussed in the trial...and with the explanation of what happened and the evidence provided...the culprit could only be one person here...
It could only be you!