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Trial Part 2 begins and the results of the tea test are in! Gregson says the liquid in the soap was confirmed to be tea. He also says there was no poison in the tea! So case closed? Nope, it isn't that easy. Van Zieks calls Shamspeare back to the stand to testify how he was poisoned anyways. Shamspeare claims that he used the tea in Soseki's cup to make the ice coins and Soseki simply didn't put the poison in his own cup. But, this contradicts how Soseki's cup did not have a ring. That means Soseki drank he tea immediately. Van Zieks tries to get Shamspeare to change his testimony to say he made the ice coins out of the tea in the teapot instead and Shamspeare takes him up on it. Is this the first time Van Zieks was feeding testimony to the witness? I feel like he never did that before but maybe I'm misremembering. Shamspeare once again points out that he didn't eat or drink anything else that night so the tea must be how he was poisoned. The jury seems happy with that explanation. I was half wondering if Quinby would be a hold out but nope. Another six Guilty votes!

It's time for another summation examination! One big problem is we just haven't been able to show a way Shamspeare could be poisoned other than via Soseki's tea. Susato is of the opinion that we need to show another possibility to get out of this. Can we really do that? I have no idea how else Shamspeare could have been poisoned. From Juror No. 3 and Quinby we find out that blowing into a gas pipe can make gas lights flicker. We also find out that blowing hard enough can make the gas lamps and stove go out altogether. I guess that's what is happening to Soseki. Ryunosuke wants to check the mouth of the gas pipe in Shamspeare's room for poison! But, why would there be poison there? Van Zieks objects during the summation examination. Is he allowed to do that? For more evidence, Ryunosuke presents the skin prints showing that Shamspeare is trying to do something to the lamp. Is this really admissible as evidence? Van Zieks steps in and puts a stop to using the magic skin prints photo. It isn't admissible as evidence but that doesn't stop us from using it to manipulate 3 jury members to considering continuing the trial. For one more push, we also point out that Soseki's testimony earlier confimed that his gas stove mysteriously went out that night. That gets Fairplay on board for four Not Guilty votes. The trial continues!

We run into another problem. Testing the gas pipe for strychnine won't work. Even if there was poison, the poison would be long gone by now. Anyways, Ryunosuke makes it formal and points the finger at Shamspeare to accuse him of trying to kill Soseki! I'm guessing Shamspeare was also responsible for killing Ross as well. Van Zieks brings up a question. Even assuming the gas pipe was poisoned and Shamspeare tried to blow into it, there's still the issue of who poisoned the gas pipe. That's a very good question. Wait a sec, did Green figure out that Shamspeare was responsible for killing Ross and in turn placed a trap for Shamspeare? That's crazy but I don't see any other options. How would that even work? Van Zieks is trying to say that Soseki is the only one who would even think of putting poison on the gas pipe as a way to kill Shamspeare. Susato says we need to name the true culprit to turn things around. Ryunosuke points the finger at Olive Green! We're really doing this! Ryunosuke wants to call her in to testify. Van Zieks is cooperative as always and agrees to call her in but, we need to go on a one hour recess first.

During the recess, Sholmes finally shows up after sleeping in. He tested the bottle of poison that Green had and it turns out it was filled with strychnine. Oh dear, is Green really responsible for placing the trap? Gregson shows up as well. He gives us a copy of info from the files on the Selden case. Selden had a cellmate when he died. I wonder if that cellmate was Shamspeare. Considering how willing Shamspeare is to kill maybe Shamspeare is Selden himself who swapped places somehow. That's all the time we have and the Baliff calls us back in.

Trial Part 2 end!

I must say, I can not stress enough how shocked I was to find out how Green might be connected to all this as the culprit. She didn't even seem connected at all when the case first began. I mean I guess I still don't know if she did it but who else could it be at this point? Ryunosuke figuring out the gas pipe was poisoned seemed like a pretty big leap to me. How did he even think of the possibility of that? But, if that's the only other thing that Shamspeare put in his mouth that night I guess Ryunosuke has to go for it even if it sounds crazy. Somehow, it might actually be true!

The events around Green and the poisoning incident create more timeline stuff:
Feb 17, 5:00pm - Green gets hit by a falling knife while walking down Briar Road
Feb 20, 3:00pm - Green wakes up around here. We were told this at the end of the trial in G1-4
I think sometime here Soseki meets Shamspeare just before Shamspeare heads out. I'm not sure what time this is, though.
Feb 20, 8:00pm - Shamspeare returned home
Feb 20, 9:00pm - Soseki visits Shamspeare's room
Feb 20, 11:00pm - Soseki goes back to his own room
Feb 21, 1:30am - Shamspeare is poisoned by strychnine somehow
Feb 21, 5:30am - Ryunosuke and company meet Green at the hospital

Green said she took the bottle of poison from the hospital so she could only use it after she woke up. Not a big time frame but Shamspeare was conveniently out of the room at the time. Although, if he locked the door I'm not sure how she got in. Assuming Green is the one responsible for the poison, I am curious about whether she will be honest about what she did or not. Like is she okay with Soseki taking the fall for her actions? Maybe Green will try to pin everything on Shamspeare. Since her poison trap activated, she would know that he tried to kill both Ross and Soseki. So a lot of interesting questions that still need answers!
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