PROLOGUE : TRIAL

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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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[melancoffeea]

You're awfully calm.

[Considering all that's transpired, it's quite impressive.]

[vigilantics]

[ stephanie has a lot of conflicting feelings about this. you don't kill. it's rule number one, no matte what, taking another person's life isn't in your hands. that's not how they do things.

but she knows people who have. she's friends with them, even.

... ]

Do you accept hugs?

[alttitude]

I got what I wanted after one of the worst things I've ever experienced.

It's satisfying.

The rest of it - being told that I'm going to die tomorrow? A sooner deadline than I'm used to, but it's hardly anything new.

[wantsitall]

Because it was the least likely time I would see Jae-Ha. After dinner and before curfew, most people would have been elsewhere, too. It was risky but sometimes you have to take risks to win.

[wantsitall]

[A nod, and then she sees the Dragon ready to make her announcement.]

That's my cue...

[alttitude]

[still nonsense

jae-ha laughs a bit at that]

Good! That's all I ask. I don't plan on this being the last time I speak to you, but if it is... don't forget.

[spondulix]

I think I'm doing everyone a favor by telling them to stay away from that man.

[thesettingsun]

[He lets go of her, finally.]

Break a leg.

[...knock 'em dead would be inappropriate, considering.]

[alchemenace]

... I hope you're right.

[discardia]

I know.

I want to hit someone very hard, but I won't do that... so let me have this much. Please.

[ She feels... terrible. His captain didn't deserve this, Jae-ha didn't deserve this, Sousei didn't deserve this-- why was this whole game happening to people who didn't deserve it? ]

[unromanceable]

[ A curious tilt of her head. ]

Why do you dislike him so much?

[spondulix]

There was a person that got in my way several times who went by his name where I'm from, so I was wary from the start. And then it just turned out he's a practical child who just can't handle when things don't go his way. I don't like people like that.

[hairbrain]

[ no it's happening, she's a big baby and her eyes are starting to well up. ]

I don't care if you allow it or not! It's happening! So get used to it!

[ is he tired of rapunzel hugs yet??? yes?? well, have one that comes with a bonus crying. ]

[hairbrain]

What was it, Sharpay? What was worth it?

[ her fists clench!! ]

That kindness is exactly why you never should have hurt her! She didn't even--- she didn't even fight back, did she?!

[wantsitall]

...I suppose so. [Steph is the second person she would accept a hug from if only because she's been actually pretty tolerable. She doesn't make the first move since she's not sure she deserves that, but. She's open to it.]

That's what people do when they say goodbye, right?

[wantsitall]

[There's one more smile just for him before she turns to walk off, ready to face the crowd of questions.]

[wantsitall]

Something important. It doesn't matter to anyone else. [But she looks at Rapunzel when she asks the important question.]

She didn't, no. Not really.

[londonstar]

It was not. But it is an example of how wishes can consume you whole, make you do things that are not correct; irrational, even.

[ in relation to her question, he shakes his head. ]

I said vaguely. But I will do my best; I'd hate to be a failure.

[unromanceable]

[ ... ]

I was going to say it's a bit hypocritical to judge him by someone you know of the same name when you disregarded the same comparison about you, but if you don't like the person he actually is, I guess that can't really be helped. So, you're the kind of person who tries to stay adaptable and flexible with his plans?

[fonlines]

My name is indeed Ion, yes. One of the two present...

[ much to certain people's confusion and distress??? he beams, but his tone and expression both fade back to a more sedate, gentle level as he continues. ]

I believe there were talks to try to figure out how to differentiate us. And... ah, possible threats if we didn't do it before next week?

[doublecrows]

I'm not so naive to believe that I can stop every single person here who wishes to murder.

[he knows his limits. he knows what is realistic]

But I intend to do what I can.

[wantsitall]

Then all I can do from here is wish you luck. You might not have been so wrong to follow the path you were looking into when we spoke.

[vigilantics]

Yeah... yeah, it is.

[ so, sharpay will get a hug. it's not the most emotional one that it could be; there's no clinging or crying. but no one knows what will happen tomorrow, so the least she can get right now is a hug. ]

[spondulix]

Nobody is judging me for something that author Fitzgerald did. It's not the same thing.

[Shrugs!]

Which plans are you talking about? The Dazai from home? Because this one doesn't have any plans besides lick ink, apparently.

[melancoffeea]

[Satisfying. What a resilient character.]

It's too bad. I would have liked to see more of what the green dragon is capable of.