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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[hairbrain]

Worth having blood on your hands of an old woman who'd never hurt you?

[ ty if u do a musical number i will so join in. ]

[londonstar]

So have you. I may not be the Captain but... [ he nods ] You've done well; you're strong.

[doublecrows]

[. . . ah]

Is that so?

When you say it like that, it almost sounds as though you discovered a few things of note yourself.

[alttitude]

[why would he ever be tired of rapunzel hugs

he accepts her hugs and moves to run his fingers through her hair, trying his best to soothe her with soft noises]

Okay -

Okay. I'll accept that without argument. Thank you, Rapunzel, for thinking that I'm worth it.

[unromanceable]

[ Surprised, Monika hiccups a laugh she didn't expect. ]

No, no, that's not what I meant! Ahaha. I was just talking about the kind of person you are in general. You said you don't like people who can't handle when things don't go their way... so I thought you must be the kind of person who can adapt to anything.

[alttitude]

I... really love your way of solving things.

[hitting someone very hard... he would like to volunteer...]

But - sure, lovely miss Cardia. I'd give you everything that you wanted in the universe, if I could. So I hope you'll accept what I can give you now.

[alttitude]

I wouldn't mind more information on the nature of these links - or what exactly I'm supposed to be expecting. A peaceful death overnight? Someone slamming into my room with a butcher knife tomorrow? Magic to make me disappear forever?

... but I don't know if that's something I can expect anyone to do for me.

I'll keep searching for it myself regardless.

[alttitude]

Don't count me out just yet - I think the entire world would like to see that.

[your bigass ego, jae-ha,,]

[alttitude]

[don't distract him like this]

You think I'm strong? Really?

... I don't see anything particularly strong about what I'm doing - what I've done today. It's merely taking life as it goes, and now taking my life into my own hands.

[spondulix]

[Hmmph.]

I have my subordinate write plans for me. She knows how to calculate for any outcome. And besides, in business, risk is always involved, Even if I didn't have her, to just fall into despair when something bad happens is not a quality of a good leader.

[AND YET THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM IN CANON he's a giant hypocrite :///]

[discardia]

[ Jae-ha, no. You're already dying. Stop. ]

I don't think you should make claims quite that big, Jae-ha...

But this is enough. Thank you.

[ She has to treasure every hug she gets, she's still very much touch-deprived. ]

[hairbrain]

[ still going to blubber a little, sorry, jae-ha. ]

Why would anyone ever think otherwise?

[finethanks]

Do try to get along here, Fitzgerald-san. As for any rivalry you may have, you can show it with your own work.

[Eichi that's not—]

Here, though, it may be better to appear pleasant to others, or you'll become the aggressive one in the group, and set yourself as a target.

[spondulix]

I don't have any-

[SIGHS.]

Don't worry. I have better things to do with my life than deal with him. Don't worry. This will be the last time we have such a petty disagreement.

[unromanceable]

[ well meanwhile monika is just :) you know, her usual self. ]

That's true, isn't it? When you're a leader, you're expected to handle conflicts calmly and capably so you can keep the people you're leading safe. I may just be a high schooler who leads a club, but I still take my position seriously.

[finethanks]

That's the spirit. ♪ Now we can all get along, yay~. What a relief.

[melancoffeea]

Even so, you're to be executed tomorrow alongside the culprit. I admit that I wasn't expecting you to be eliminated so soon.

[alttitude]

Is that your way of saying you wanted me to be around longer? I'm touched.

[melancoffeea]

I said no such thing. You just seemed capable of handling yourself.

[wantsitall]

[It's fine if it's not entirely emotional. It's maybe better that way and there's even a return hug, so that's something.]

...thank you. For everything.

[wantsitall]

[I cannot believe this.]

How could you know she'd never hurt us?

[wantsitall]

[There's a very small, almost too-quick to see nod. Again, she can't explain them, but she's confident Akechi will figure things out from here.]

My plan was flawed. I expect yours to be better going forward. [The worst part is that she genuinely likes Akechi. Al, I hate this.]

[doublecrows]

[THEY COULD HAVE HAD IT ALLLLLL]

As of now, I don't have any concrete plans. . . [a small sigh, but he manages a smile, as sad as it is. fake sad, but like, you know]

But. . . I'll attempt to build some based upon our conversation.

[alttitude]

It's alright, I understood the subtext.

You really could spend some time being more honest.

[melancoffeea]

[Subtext? What subtext.]

I don't know what you're talking about.