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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[thesettingsun]

Not to mention that, if we assume that Gi-gan is the only one bleeding purple ink, all the blood came from her and not her attacker...

[They don't bleed, that's one thing about them.]

[alttitude]

They had to have been a very skilled dancer.

[ . . . ]

I don't imagine it has much to do with solving what happened to my Captain, but it's worth investigating another day to see how well everyone can move.

[vigilantics]

Yeah, that wouldn't be too weird at this point.

[randori]

You can lie about not knowing how to do something though?

[themodsgrimm]

Not as such.

[She tilts her head.]

It was orchestrated by one of you own.

[toughchoices]

[reyna is wearing legionnaire armor

but she'll agree:]

Even by my standards, the suits of armor in this castle look heavy.

[faceripper]

Excellent. Thank you. I'll return it shortly after cleaning it.

[ Which is ominous?? But at least he's being courteous-ish, I guess... If 2B doesn't object, he's going to head over to Sharpay next to ask her the same thing. ]

[vigilantics]

Exactly. So, we can probably cross that out.

A THING

[themodsgrimm]

[I hope ya’ll are having fun. Seemingly from nowhere, the Tiger appears, bearing gifts.]

Missed a piece of evidence!

[And she just, like, tosses a knife stained in purple ink onto the table with the Dragon. The action causes ink to splatter onto Rapunzel. Sorry. It’s…a stiletto knife. And then she vanishes. Peace, bitches.]

[wagashis]

It was suggested that someone might have been able to make the armor move-- which could have helped with getting her into the other suit too.

If her chest was punctured and the armor isn't, that must have come after she was injured, and it may have been... unwieldy, to maneuver someone into it.

[randori]

[ Dazai had the right idea for a strip search all along. ]

Right? She was stabbed in the neck and chest— that's gotta be from the front, or else you'll miss where you want to stab if you can't see?

[thesettingsun]

...

..........................................

I hate her.

[spondulix]

Was there anyone inside?

[fonlines]

[ since he's not asking out loud I am also not actually answering this, but see icon. They're quite sturdy! ... But are more likely to be used as a bludgeoning device than a stabbing one. ]

[vigilantics]

They seem more for decoration than actual, you know, wearing purposes?

[hairbrain]

But... She told me her abilities were affected, like all of us.

[ she could be lying.... but rapunzel's not gonna say that. ]

[hakodate]

[ DEADEYEING SO HARD ]

[asswipe]

What the fuck.

[JESUS.]

[psychedelica]

Sure. But there are some of us who don't even know what it is. We can discount Souji, for example.

[concasse]

Tiger-sama--

[how was this piece of evidence missed???]

Is that the murder weapon?

[thesettingsun]

She could have been lying.

[Never fear, Dazai's here to say it for you.]

And they might have only been partially reduced, not taken away completely like magic seems to have been.

[wantsitall]

[Well, okay. There's a talking skeleton asking for her shoe so she's going to take it off and hand it over to him. Here you go, Skeletor.]

[toughchoices]

...

[yeah reyna is judging the tiger so hard right now]

[spondulix]

...

Where did that come from? As far as I know, the tapestries never said anyone had a knife on them...

[themodsgrimm]

[anyway - ]

Some pieces only arrived today.