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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[faceripper]

[ Yeah Fane will gesture to Shirasu (with the knife), but he's talking to Jae-ha ]

Exactly! Besides, if I stab you, I may kill you completely by accident! I've not had time to study anatomy to the extent where I know non-fatal places to stab, you know.

[alttitude]

I can point out non-fatal areas.

[Gi-gan taught him those because she was a pirate mom who didn't condone murder.]

Is there a reason why it has to be on the Captain? I merely took your suggestion.

[vigilantics]

Whoever does it might mess up and severely injure you? Are you sure you want to risk both your life and Sharpay's like that?

[alttitude]

[He points to Shirasu:]

One of his skills was knife handling - and I doubt he'd want to kill me in the middle of a trial.

I've endured plenty. A few puncture wounds won't make a difference.

[disilluded]

[STOP GIVING SHIRASU KNIVES AND THE GO AHEAD TO USE THEM

STOP!!!!!

sousei's just

simmering, it's fine]

[nivation]

[ Someone's here to ask the obvious question: ]

Do you not want him to do it?

[ She points at Shirasu to clarify which he she means. ]

[disilluded]

[.........................ugh.]

I do not believe anyone should be stabbing anyone else at a moment like this, no.

[But also yeah... no...he doesn't want Shirasu to have a knife.]

[nivation]

How would you compare stab wounds with the evidence? The skeleton seems to have ruined the original point of comparison.

[ By disrespecting the dead. ]

[disilluded]

I do not disagree with the method or the plan.

But though it is disrespectful... it should be done on the body we already have, rather than put someone else and their partner at risk.

[Seriously.

Don't forget that part, because he sure isn't.]

[nivation]

[ Thanks for reminding her that she still has a mafia mindset, Sousei.

She flinches a little at that, and her eyes are downcast. ]

... You're right.

[ Her chagrin is noticeable. ]

[faceripper]

I have a name, thank you.

[ she's not wrong though and that part he doesn't object to ]

[nivation]

Fane. 180cm. 13.6kg. Is a skeleton. Abilities include being a sourcerer, wizardry including pyromancy and geomancy, and research skills and understanding of the arcane.

[ She recites that all from memory, so she knows it. Does that make her rudeness better or worse? ]

[faceripper]

[ definitely worse ]

I'm not impressed. That just makes you intentionally rude!

[nivation]

I do not want to impress you.

[ Just inform... that she knew. Sorry, even if she's not. ]

You disrespected her body enough.

[alttitude]

[Jae-ha's going to just.

Show up and gently place his hand on Kyouka's head to get her attention.]

He comes from a different place than we do, little miss Kyouka. Don't be too hard on him.

[Because he's like - proud of her, but also... it's ok, tiny not-murder child.]

[nivation]

[ She cares because Jae-ha cares.

But if Jae-ha is the one telling her to leave it, she will. ]

Okay. If you say so.

[ She'll follow his order abide his request. ]

[wagashis]

You do understand that being injured could be a liability for you later on, fatal or not.

[listen it's not like he's eager to stab jae-ha here, in public, excuse you sousei]

[alttitude]

Weighing it against my other options, I don't mind. It wouldn't be the first time I've continued moving with injuries.

[wagashis]

You knew her, didn't you? Doesn't that mean it's up to you to continue living now?

[this isn't the reminder you asked for but it's the one you're getting.]

Be a little more cautious with your own life.

[also he'd prefer not to prove the knife thing in public.]

[londonstar]

Truth be told, the person being tested does not have to be the victim. [ he shrugs ] But it does lower the chances of any variables, such as height and age differences, from getting in the way. The most desirable situation should be to replicate the situation with as much exactness as possible.

[ he pauses ] Besides, if you truly want to recreate the Captain's wounds on yourself, then you will most likely end up dying as well.

[wagashis]

[........

shirasu holds out his hand.

maybe fane should not have the knife after all.]

Then if it comes to that, allow me.

[faceripper]

[ He shrugs, then holds out the knife for Shirasu. He's actually not bloodthirsty, just. Practical. ]

If you insist, then here you are. Stab her, stab Jae-ha, I hardly care. Just be sure to stab with the knife first and the the shoe and vice versa.

[disilluded]

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