PROLOGUE : TRIAL

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... PROLOGUE - WEEK 037 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. Tick tock, Narrators. You have nine hours to deliberate. Welcome to your first trial post! Please see here for the OOC summary of events from yesterday's investigation. In addition, please be sure to vote! Please see the voting page on how to vote, as we will have two special things to vote for. Voting will close at 9pm EST/6pm PST! If you have any questions, please ask on our Discord server or ping us on plurk. Please direct pings for the NPC to Dana (decals), as she will be taking point for today's NPC, and the moderator team will be on deck for all other questions. full navigation. locations taken (statuses) stories (profiles) info & faq wishing well private conversations

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[alchemenace]

[ how deep are the puncture wounds? Same size both? And is there any sign of bruising anywhere on her??

Varian is ignoring all concerns for More Pressing Matters ]

You guys don't bleed ink naturally, do you?

[disclosures]

[Is there anything else interesting about the ink, or is it just purple and staining the armor?]

[themodsgrimm]

[Ann can see the staircase with its sparkles scattered everywhere! However, the mirrors will not be able to rewind and what Ann will see is the empty staircase.]

[toughchoices]

[She nods.]

Getting to sleep wasn't easy last night, but we drifted off at some point. I'm not sure exactly what time, though.

[asswipe]

We're assuming there's only one killer, aren't we? Maybe the person who [ugh] killed Gi-gan had an accomplice, and that's how they were able to cover so much ground.

[thesettingsun]

[Dazai is so annoyed that I accidentally removed access.]

[concasse]

[PICKING THEM BACK UP]

I am not about to have this goddamn argument with you right now!

[toughchoices]

He would have, yes. So I'd love to see if anyone has been bitten.

[function]

[ she's definitely spent some time in there! she is a battle bot, after all. is there any sort of discernible pattern to the arrangement? ]

[alchemenace]

[ Varian is starting to feel awkward about owning up to it. ]

[alttitude]

Hardly, she wouldn't have survived that way.

[PIRATES]

[randori]

Ion! Ion!

[ one of the Ions. He's not sure which one ]

Are you hurt anywhere? Where'd it hurt when you woke up? Did you feel sick? Smell like chloroform? Rope burns around your wrist?

[disclosures]

Capital punishment... it's illegal in most states now, but some of them haven't done that yet.

[It's probably a weird question to ask if that's what happened to him.]

That's why we moved to "Innocent until proven guilty". I mean, some people still see it the other way around, but they're usually not in the justice field.

[concasse]

Neh, Reyna-chan, you got anyone who could coordinate with your story?

[sanguinairy]

If he's forward enough to say he has one at all, I'm sure borrowing it for meals wouldn't be an issue.

[vigilantics]

If it is then I doubt the killer would be stupid enough to bring it with them.

[fragileprophet]

[He nods.]

Yes. I'm sure it's not uncommon between the lot of us given the nature of our situation, but I've found my mind wandering to dark and anxious places when I try.

[asswipe]

I'm not worried about them being murder weapons. I'm more worried about someone using them to avoid getting "blood" all over their other clothes.

[wagashis]

Her body's location might suggest more than one, as well. They went to some trouble with it.

[stuffing a body into a suit of armor sounds like it could be a pain, and he doubts that happened before she was dead.]

[thesettingsun]

Check for injuries?

...That would probably need to be a strip search, to be thorough, right? It'd bite your leg most likely.

[doublecrows]

[that sounds like a personal problem]

[randori]

[ POINTS AT HIM ]

I'M GOING TO YELL AT YOU LATER, SO STICK AROUND!!

[asswipe]

I don't know if we can use the mirrors to see evidence none of us found. But... Rebecca said she took five dresses on Tuesday. I'm hoping they're one and the same.

[disclosures]

We all have partners. We can't rely on our partners to be our alibis, because they could have been in on it too.

[nivation]

[ Veronica gets a flat look. ... A flatter look than Kyouka's usual, at least. ]

Yes. If no one admits to taking the letter opener, that will be the most likely candidate for the murder weapon.