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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[spondulix]

[...]

Well. [He lets out a laugh. It's a bit of an uncomfortable one.] You've got the wrong person, old sport. I've never written a thing in my life. I'm an industry leader, not an author. And it's 2018 where I am.

[recoda]

[ Monika blinks once or twice. ]

That's so fascinating. I know the name is right! F. Scott Fitzgerald. You don't have a wife named Zelda, do you?

[spondulix]

[Now he's the one blinking.]

Yes, I do.

How do you know that? I haven't told you that.

[recoda]

It's a well-known fact about him. Everyone who knows his work probably also knows her name. His biggest novel was The Great Gatsby.

[spondulix]

...

[uhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]

What's a Gatsby?

[recoda]

[ ... ]

I guess that part didn't translate, ahaha!

[spondulix]

[???]

Anyways...that's nonsense. Just because that other Fitzgerald also has a wife named Zelda and has a book like... [He waves it off, trying to save face, but it's clear he's affected by the information.] Whatever. It's just a silly coincidence, that's all.

[recoda]

You're right, I'm sure it is. I'm really sorry to have bothered you with it!

[spondulix]

Exactly. [He grins.] Anyways, Monika, don't listen to that nuisance, alright? He's too much trouble to deal with.

[recoda]

[ She only laughs. ]

If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were trying to do me a favor, or at least what you think of as one.

[spondulix]

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

[recoda]

[ 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.

[recoda]

[ ... ]

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?

[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.

[recoda]

[ 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.

[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 :///]

[recoda]

[ 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.