//------------------------------// // Class Trial 4: Chapter 1 // Story: Dangan RomPonya // by Serenade-Stereo //------------------------------// The disturbing screeching that signalled we had arrived had sounded. The elevator doors slid open and everyone took their place. "Oh? Without my help this time? You guys are growing up so fast!" Monokuma yelled out. Half-sarcastic and the other half seemed genuine. "Anyway, as per usual I'll go over the basic rules for the class trials: You all pick a subject to discuss and then you try and find a killer through it. By then choosing a 'culprit' that 'culprit' will be seen as the 'villain'. At this point, you may start to vote for who you believe the true 'villain' is. If you are correct the 'villain' will be punished...but get it wrong. Everyone ASIDE from the villain shall be punished! Now get debating!" Serenade glanced at Tickery's portrait. It was the hands of a clock as her special mark whilst Digital...he has a smaller cross in the corner of his portrait. "I put that there since it was the 'DigiBot'" Monokuma explained. "Yeah, very interesting, anyway" Beau folded her arms. "Let's just get this over with" "But...with this kind of case...where are we supposed to start?" Olive asked "Well, have I got news for you guys!" Punch says almost to enthusiastically "What is it?" Hammer asked "I found this wicked machine in the mechanics room, check it, I recorded a video on the ElectroID" She clicks a few buttons and displays a switch on the wall. She flipped the switch and a small segment of the wall slipped away and a rod with a metal fist at the top came down. The video stops there. "...what was so wicked about that?" Nimbus asks "I just found it cool!" Punch smiled. "Hey, what's that keypad for that's next to the switch?" Olive asked. "It's a timer, it goes up to ten minutes" New Ammo: Contraption was loaded into Serenade's ElectroID "Okay...what next?" Beau says "I think a bit more information on the DigiBot would provide to be useful" Orion suggests. "Well? Mr Head?" "Sure. DigiBot was a project I was working on to get us out of here, he had a lot more strength than Punch, I made sure of it. Although, it's defences weren't great, as you guys saw" "What about the blood?" Nimbus asked "That's a mixture of a special fuel and food colouring" "Food colouring? Seriously?" Nimbus looked at him. "That's what helps make my DigiBot so unique! All machines I make are unique in their own ways!" "Well we should start off easy: namely, the murder weapon" Beau suggests "Right, simple enough" Samurai agrees Non-Stop Debate Evidence Bullets -Punch's Testimony -Incinerator -Monokuma File 4 -Hammer Rack -Head wound Punch- The murder weapon...is probably the easiest part of this... Samurai- It was a hammer right? Orion- There were two hammers laid out next to the DigiBot B- S-s-so, o-o-one of those w-was used to ki-kill the DigiBot? You got that wrong! "No...it couldn't have been either of those two hammers" "W-w-wha-?" B stuttered out. "Beau pointed out to me that the head wound on the Digibot was made by a medium sized hammer, however the hammers on the floor weren't the right size. One was to big and the other was to small" "But...where did the murder weapon come from?" Punch asked "That's really easy to tell actually" Of course! "The rack of hammers had three empty spaces on it, the murder weapon must have come from there" "Well then...the culprit is pretty obvious then..." Samurai smirks "Really? You think you know who it is?" Serenade asked rather surprised. "Yep, only one of us have experience with tools like hammers...Hammer Head!" "Y-you're accusing me?!" Hammer said shocked. "You're the Super High School Level Mechanic and you always carry around tools in that belt of yours. I highly doubt that a hammer isn't amongst them!" "W-well...yeah there is but-" "Well that settles it, doesn't it? Hammer's our culprit!" "Wait" Serenade interrupts. "We can't just blindly accuse him without any real evidence" "But...the...the hammer would-" "Yes, if that hammer had blood on it but there's also something else that shows that Hammer isn't the culprit..." Of course! "The head wound...it's placement is really important in this" "It was on the left side of the head...but what does that have to do with anything?" Samurai asks "Well...it proves that Hammer isn't the culprit because..." Of course! "Hammer is left handed" "So?" Punch simply states. "Why does that matter?" "Well, let's put this into perspective: if Hammer had attacked the DigiBot with his left hand, where would he leave the imprint?" "On...on the right side of its head" Samurai answers. "Right, but the wound was on the left so the culprit has to be right handed!" I'll cut you to pieces! Everyone was taken aback. It was actually Samurai objecting to Serenade's reasoning. "Now hold on a second!" He yelled. "Just because the robot has a wound on the left side of his head, doesn't mean the culprit isn't Hammer!" "What are you talking about, Samurai? That's EXACTLY what it means" "No way! For once, I wanna be useful in a trial! I can't let this opportunity get away!" Cross-Swords Evidence Blades -DigiBot MK1 Data -Two Hammers -Samurai's Testimony -Hammer's Testimony Samurai- Just because the DigiBot was hit on the left side of it's head doesn't mean Hammer couldn't have destroyed it! He carries the needed weapons at all time so there would be no reason to doubt! Serenade: But Hammer is left handed, if he swung at the DigiBot, the wound should be on the right side of the head Samurai- But that's easily explained. The DigitBot could just doge the attack! I'll cut that claim into pieces! "No, the DigiBot couldn't have simply dodged out of the way, it was switched off after all and Hammer is the only one that knows how to switch it on" "So? What's your point?" Samurai grits his teeth. "Well...why would Hammer turn it on in the first place? Since he's the only one that could switch it on, that would severely incriminate him" "But...couldn't it just be switched off after the murder?" Samurai argues "No, don't you remember what Hammer said when we first found it? He said it was beyond repair so the switch had to have been broken and therefore, if it was in off mode. Hammer isn't the culprit!" "O-oh..." Samurai simply said. "S-sorry, Hammer..." "S'alright, 'Rai!" Hammer gives a thumbs up "Well that was a waste of time" Beau says flatly. "Not really, we've come closer to finding the culprit since we found out that Hammer isn't" Serenade points out. "Yes but you people can't even tell who the obvious culprit is, that is seriously worrying" "Well if you know who it is, then say!" Nimbus tells her. "...the thief..." "Thief?" Orion repeats. "Oh I see...because the 'secret machine' that was stolen from Mr Head's room" "Exactly" "But...we don't know who the thief is..." Samurai says "You guys don't know because you let details escape you. I'll only tell you if things get dire but this is actually really simple to figure out..." "Well...we should move on in any case..." Serenade says, putting them back on topic. "But what now? We really don't know what to think about in this aside from 'whodunit'?" Hammer folds his arms. "Well...how about what happened to the murder weapon? If we don't know what happened to it we might not be able to find the culprit, ever!" Punch suggests. "Well, it's a start I suppose" Grimdark says. Non-Stop Debate Evidence Bullets -Incinerator -Contraption -Secret Compartment -Punch's Testimony Grimdark- So the murder weapon wasn't at the crime scene...so what happened to it? Punch- The culprit could still have it with them Olive- Wouldn't we notice that? Samurai- Not if they had it regularly! Hammer- It's not me! Samurai- Just making sure.... Nimbus- The culprit probably disposed of it somehow Agreed! "I think Nimbus might be right, after all, it was him that found out where it went. There's an incinerator in the physics lab on the second floor but it'll only ever turn on when something is inside it and when Nimbus found it" "It was on" Nimbus cuts him off. "Right, so the murder weapon was probably thrown down into the incinerator" "But...why would the culprit wish to dispose of it? It wouldn't exactly be out of place at the crime scene" Orion mentions. "Well that's true..." Serenade admits. "...maybe there was something on the hammer that would incriminate them" Beau suggests. Don't tell me...she figured this out as well "Something like a substance or a liquid that would unique to them to have on them would be something admirable..." Beau explains. "A liquid? Like what?" Olive asks. "Oil, sweat, things of that nature" Beau answers. "Well oil would only come from Hammer and we already ruled him out...so, sweat?" Grimdark says. "Y-y-y-yes, s-sweat would pr-probably incriminate the cul-culprit" B says. "On all days but this..." Orion says sorrowful. "Everyone aside from Beau had rushed to the gymnasium this morning, those not prone to exercise would be sweating, plus with Samurai and Punch on different levels of the building. Rushing to the gymnasium would make them tired and maybe even sweat..." "She's right...." Samurai admits. "But what if it was a substance and not a liquid?" Nimbus suggests. "That's true, if we could think of something like that then it could help us find the culprit!" Olive smiles. "But...what kind of substance would be able to do that?" Hammer asks. "Hmm...anyone got any ideas?" Punch says. I wonder...a substance that had the ability to incriminate someone? Does something like that exist? Of course! "Hey, Grimdark, do you remember what it was that you found in the art gallery?" Serenade asks the changeling. "Yes, there was some dirt on the floor...but what about it?" "What if it was dirt that was the incriminating substance?" "That does seem plausible...since we haven't had a reason to go to the garden recently then we shouldn't have dirt on our shoes or anywhere." Beau agrees. "That's...actually something I skipped over..." She skipped over it...? That means Beau doesn't actually know everything in this case. "Still...until we've narrowed it down to one student, we shouldn't accuse anyone" Nimbus says. "Yeah...even with these conditions, we still have multiple culprits" Hammer folds his arms behind his head. "Perhaps we should discuss something that was not established" Orion suggests. "Namely, the time of the murder" "True, t-the Monokuma Files d-doesn't say when th-the DigiBot was at-attacked" B looks down. "Hmm...I wonder..." Beau mumbles. Non-Stop Debate Evidence Bullets -Punch's Testimony -Contraption -Dirt -Hammer's Testimony -Samurai's Testimony Orion- We still have no time frame for when the DigiBot MK1 was destroyed Olive- But how are we supposed to figure it out? Samurai- Even without an exact time...we should at lead have an estimate... B- I-it must have happened du-during Night-Time Nimbus- Is there anything we could use to narrow down the time frame Grimdark- Yeah, I don't think '10pm to 7am' will get us anywhere Samurai- I don't there's anything we could use to narrow it down... You got that wrong! "That's a bit of an ironic statement, Samurai. After all, you're the one that provided a time frame for the murder" "Huh? I did?" "Yes, you told me that you went to the mechanics room at around 6:30am and the body wasn't there...so that in itself is a timeframe of 6:30am to 7:00am" "Oh wow! My information was useful! To bad I forgot about it though..." Samurai pouted. "Not so fast" Punch interrupts. "I don't think that's true!" "Why ever not?" Orion giggles "Because at 6:55am...I was in the mechanics room and the body wasn't there!" "What? Really?" Samurai says in disbelief. "Yes! And I stayed on the fourth floor until we were told to gather in the gymnasium an nobody else came up to the fourth floor!" "Hmm...weird..." Olive says. "But there was one other student on the floor that could have done it...and that's Samurai!" "W-wait, what?!" "It was you, wasn't it? You little shit, trying to pin the blame on Hammer!" "N-no way! You got it all wrong! I couldn't kill the DigiBot...well not that I couldn't, more like I wouldn't...." These two are just gonna keep bickering if I don't do something fast...here goes nothing... Double-Point Shootout Evidence Bullets -Secret Compartment -Incinerator -Hammer's Testimony -Two Hammers Punch- It was clearly Samurai that killed the DigiBot! Samurai- I would never do anything like that...for all we know, Punch could have killed it! Punch- He was the only other one on the fourth floor Samurai- Next to me, Punch was the only other one! Punch- I'm telling you, he tried to pin it on Hammer! Samurai- She's trying to pin this on me! Punch- So unless.... Samurai- Unless you could prove... Punch & Samurai- The culprit was hiding somewhere! I can connect those thoughts!