grimmoired | PROLOGUE : TRIAL

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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.

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Excellent.

[ Which is a weird thing to say, but look. It's progress?? ]

We need to borrow their shoes in that case.

I think you're right. I'd rather not accuse anyone without knowing if that's even fitting.

[ He nods, and being terribly, terribly direct, he heads right on over to 2B first. ]

Excuse me, but I'd like to borrow one of your shoe for a moment.

[ He. Doesn't explain why. So hopefully 2B overheard, I guess!! ]

...fine.

[ give her a moment to sit down and take off a knee-length boot. ]

Excellent. Thank you. I'll return it shortly after cleaning it.

[ Which is ominous?? But at least he's being courteous-ish, I guess... If 2B doesn't object, he's going to head over to Sharpay next to ask her the same thing. ]

[Well, okay. There's a talking skeleton asking for her shoe so she's going to take it off and hand it over to him. Here you go, Skeletor.]

[ Well! That went better than he expected, all things considered. He's very much about this, since it means he doesn't have to waste time. ]

And thank you. I'll return this shortly.

[ And he's just going to head over to do some comparisons ]

[ yall... ]

... It's not like I'm against checking every option, but I think killing her with a shoe would be difficult. She was old, but she seemed capable.

She was an ex-pirate. Lady was damned capable.

[So yeah, he is also doubting the shoe angle here]

I just want to make sure we can exclude it. I've been trying to think of other things that can puncture, but...

[ options are limited here. ]

It's fine, Cardia-chan~! Do what you gotta.

[Listen, Sanji is more than happy to be wrong here]

... Thank you. I'll try not to delay the trial with it.

[ fane is already gone to steal shoes and maybe a leg tbh ]

Sharpay couldn't have in a million years.

[This is not just based on the fact that Sharpay is his favorite.]

But 2B is an android. That gives a certain advantage in speed and power.

... Right. I didn't consider that.

[ what the FUCK is an android??? ]

Not to mention that, if we assume that Gi-gan is the only one bleeding purple ink, all the blood came from her and not her attacker...

[They don't bleed, that's one thing about them.]

But... She told me her abilities were affected, like all of us.

[ she could be lying.... but rapunzel's not gonna say that. ]

She could have been lying.

[Never fear, Dazai's here to say it for you.]

And they might have only been partially reduced, not taken away completely like magic seems to have been.

But it wouldn't make sense for them just take away some people's abilities and not everyone's.

They like to mess with us.

[exhibit A: that whole knife thing]

It's a risk to them too, though.

Is it really? Do you honestly think, even if we were at full strength, we would be able to seriously hurt them?

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hairbrain - 2018-06-09 20:27 (UTC) - Expand

[ Don't worry, Fane's here to be rude ]

And she could be lying, as could all of us. Why, save for a few cases, the only person who truly knows if they've lost their abilities would be the person themselves. It's incredibly simple to lie about and not be caught.

Sure, but wouldn't they still be listed on the tapestry? And why would they just take away some people's abilities amd not everyone's?

Why drag all of us into some sort of pocket dimension where we're meant to do this?

[ He shrugs ]

I can hardly answer why, but considering how nonsensical the entire premise of our being here is, I'd hardly exclude it completely.