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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[alchemenace]

Okay. Well. I'm going to start here, and, uh, I might faint? But this is purely for science.

[ hey if Varian takes out his kitchen knife to give himself a small cut on the arm does he bleed or is it ink ]

[alttitude]

[VARIAN,,]

Whoa whoa whoa!

[he bleeds!

and it's







blood!

surprise]

[alchemenace]

[ GOD HE IS SO BAD WITH BLOOD HES JUST GOING TO. LOOK AWAY WITH A WHEEZE ]

Okay, that. Cleared theory one. Um. Do you think I could convince Ion and miss Evans to get cut if I wash the knife? And also could someone else do it because I don't feel so good.

[resumed]

[...just...staring...]

You didn't think this through, did you. [Do you require an assist you absolute lunatic.]

[alchemenace]

[ Wisdom stat in the negative ]

I may have underestimate how good I am with blood, but it's fine? It's fine. Does anyone have a bandage.

[resumed]

[Give him a second to dig around in the pocket of his jacket and he pulls out a roll of bandages? Why does he have those? Please don't ask. But he hands them over.] Leave the stabbing to someone better with blood next time, okay?

Even if it doesn't explain the ink...

[alchemenace]

The-- other two options are. [ he's talking as he covers it up to not acknowledge the booboo ] That we bleed ink after death or that the "classics" tapestry changed their blood. Or, uh, I guess it could also be just Gi-gan and that's why hers was bleeding ink too? So. Three options.

[resumed]

So maybe asking Ion and Ms. Evans to stab themselves actually isn't a bad idea. I don't know how something like blood could change to ink, but I'm starting to doubt less and less in the magic castle. I doubt Gi-gan's blood was always made of ink.

[alttitude]

[oh my godddddd

Jae-ha is going to grab for the nearest clean cloth - he will tear something if he has to - in order to wipe down the wound and then apply pressure on it

he holds onto varian in case he faints]

- we'll look into it, you need to lay down and give me the knife.

[alchemenace]

No, it's fine, I don't need-- I didn't cut that deep, I just. I am not great with blood.

[ yeah they get that. but uh fine he will give over his knife for science

:( But but give it back later it's his science knife ]

[alttitude]

[ask nicely young man and he'll think about it]

If the sight of it makes you woozy, that still means you need to rest to clear your head.

... you've done well, now take what you've learned and bring it to everyone else, alright?

[he tries to channel mom to be a good adult :( ]

[alchemenace]

[ Varian doesn't have a mom he only has a disappointed yet overprotective father ]

I haven't narrowed things down much but... I guess...

[function]

I can.

[ Trust Her ]

[alchemenace]

[ hm ]

Oh, okay. Great. Thanks Toob.

[ ... ]

Ie.

[function]

I'm not going to purposely stab anybody else.

[alchemenace]

I ...didn't think you were???

[ he likes 2b??? ]

[function]

You hesitated.

[ shrug! ]

[alttitude]

... be gentle with them, alright?

[she can have varian's science knife - ]

Though I would like to have that back when you're done.

[function]

[ thank u for science ]

Got it.

[hairbrain]

--- Varian!

[ she doesn't have her healing hair why would you do this!!! ]

[alchemenace]

[ for science ]

[hairbrain]

Don't hurt yourself!! [ she knows you're bad with blood you moron :// ]

[alchemenace]

I wasn't going to start off with stabbing someone else.

[ he could have just offered his theory but he is a fool ]

[hairbrain]

You could have just mentioned the theory and someone else could have... gotten a paper cut, or something.

[alchemenace]

[ hm yes that would've been smarter ]

I don't think we have any paper outside our parchments, do we?