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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results of ink-licking

[thesettingsun]

So - Reyna, you can have your cloak back - so I think it might be worth noting, since we're talking about hallucinations, that consuming any of the black ink will make you hallucinate. The black ink from the confetti matches the tapestry ink.

The purple ink is fine? Apart from it being someone's blood now, but what I mean is that they're definitely different substances, distinct in both taste and ability to get high off of it.

[disclosures]

You licked them?!

[thesettingsun]

...Would I help if I said today was not the first time I drank ink here...?

[toughchoices]

[re-fastening her cloak, thanks Dazai...]

That's almost more concerning.

[selfinserting]

Wait, why did you...?

[partner please]

[randori]

Are you hallucinating right now?

[thesettingsun]

Yes. Mostly it's just messing with colors, though, I've been on worse trips.

[randori]

[ oh that's so cool. like pascal. ]

The same will happen if I lick my shoe?

[wearys]

Okay, so, avoid the hallucinogenic black ink in the future, great.

... And maybe the blood ink, that's messed up too.

So that means... what does that mean.

[thesettingsun]

Since someone [blame Fitzgerald] was wondering if the black ink and purple ink were just the same substance at different levels of dryness, I took it into my own hands [mouth] to determine that they are most definitely different.

[spondulix]

You didn't have to lick them. What's wrong with you?

[wearys]

So, you licked them just to find that out? Was there no better way to find that out?

[londonstar]

[ oh my god he’s definitely shaming dazai ]

Why would you LICK them?!

[thesettingsun]

Should I have asked someone else to do it for me?

[londonstar]

No one should be licking anything that looks suspicious, you fool. It’s common sense.

[asswipe]

[just




wearily closes her eyes.]

What was the point of eating the ink, again?

[thesettingsun]

Earlier in the week I didn't know that all our powers had been neutralized. I normally have the power to heal with ink. The ink dripping off the tapestry was creepy and warranted investigation.

[asswipe]

So you drank it like a slushie.

[ok]

[wantsitall]

Is this because of your ink blood thing?

[thesettingsun]

Yes.

[hi Sharpay hope you didn't mind him getting hissy cat in your defense earlier]

It's not a big deal for me.

[wantsitall]

[Why on earth would she mind? She's made it clear that Dazai's one of her personal favs.] But you're not hallucinating now, are you?

[psychedelica]

... In other words, any of our unconscious people could have been drugged and therefore not understand what happened to them?

[thesettingsun]

I've only had a little of that ink at a time, so I can't say if a higher dosage would cause unconsciousness or memory problems, but it's possible.

Personally, I wouldn't try to use this as a knockout drug, even if you had a ton of it lying around.

[finethanks]

Dazai-san~... Could you check this ink here?

[He's got inky glitter and sequins in his hands!!]

[thesettingsun]

[Well Natsuo licked Eichi's hands mid-request, so.]

I... think my intervention may no longer be necessary...