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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heels 👀

[faceripper]

[ After stealing some shoes to test them against Gi-Gan's wounds, Fane has something to share! ]

Well, with credit where credit it due to Cardia's suggestion, I have something quite interesting to share! These rather... uncomfortable looking shoes have a heel that matches the wounds.

[ He holds up Sharpay's (surely fashionable) stiletto heel for everyone to see. It's been cleared of whatever might have stuck when he put it into a corpse, since he's at least polite-ish. ]

—Ah, yes, and as promised, you may have your shoe back. [ He's looking at 2B as he says this. Apparently Sharpay can't have hers back yet. ]

[randori]

[ whyyyyyyyyyy ]

No way! Maybe— maybe she was stabbed with the knife first, and then someone wedged that shoe in there to make it fit?

[ expanding the stab wound... how gross, but it's better than somebody kicking Gi-Gan in the throat? ]

[faceripper]

[ He cants his head lightly ]

Why do that? It would make far more sense to do the opposite, since the knife is less identifying than these odd shoes.

[randori]

To make it look like she did it!

[ not saying that sharpay did it- but somebody else to frame her ]

[faceripper]

[ He sighs ]

Now, are you saying that because you genuinely believe it, or is it a belief born out of naivete? Someone murdered that woman, and without knowing any of you, I would simply assume that all of you are quite capable of it. Why, it's hardly difficult to kill someone.

[ fane, ]

[randori]

It's— I want to believe it! It's hard to kill someone! And make it as complicated as this!!

[discardia]

There was that knife too, right? It's... I mean, the heels can't just be the only thing--

[ SHE FEELS SO BAD. ]

[faceripper]

[ He looks at the shoe in his hand and hums thoughtfully ]

Perhaps? How did the knife match her wounds? I doubt it would be easy, and in fact, it would be rather gruesome, I would think, but if you were knocked down and had the full weight of a body upon this point, I imagine it could definitely puncture a neck rather easily.

[disilluded]

... It is not conclusive, but it is something to keep in mind.

[His brow is definitely furrowed though because how... did Sharpay kill Gi-gan like that if that's really what happened?]

[faceripper]

Is it not?

[ He sounds genuinely curious, since like, good enough for him. But Fane is also from the land of ye olde crime and punishment, so this is definitely good enough. ]

It's far more conclusive than anything else.

[disilluded]

I won't deny that it is far more conclusive than anything else we have.

But why give us the knife then?

[What is it for? Why is it here?]

What was her motive in doing so? How did a young teenage girl civilian get her into that suit of armor? There are too many questions for me to call this trial done over something like that.

[faceripper]

[ Fane does pause to consider what Sousei says, but it's followed with a sigh ]

If that is the case, then we've still a great amount of work to do. I suppose I can entertain the idea that there is more to it, I can also answer your first question with an observation in turn. We can hardly guess at motives, since we're all perfectly strangers to each other. Perhaps there isn't a motive. Perhaps whoever killed that woman simply enjoys killing. It's not as if we would know.

[hakodate]

The knife seems easily explainable enough. Confuse the issue, take our attention away from the details that are more important.

Like how she got into the armor. Of the things you've mentioned, that's the first one I'd worry about.

[axilium]

[jan waltzes in late]

... Wow. People sure are getting creative here.

[faceripper]

Unfortunately so. Why can't a murder just be straightforward? Why, statistically, the vast majority of you are going to die, so there's little reason to delay it.

[axilium]

Well, that's how we humans are. We're utterly nonsensical.

[faceripper]

[ He sighs dramatically ]

So I have been discovering... I find myself baffled by each new thing I learn.

[wagashis]

The knife does still look like it matches the entry point... it's a bit long, but from the stains, it doesn't appear to have been-- ah, inked to the hilt. It's also suspicious that we were apparently unable to access it at the time.

[it hasn't been like, shoved in the wounds or anything though, so.]

[faceripper]

[ He brings a hand to his jawbone thoughtfully ]

Have you tested it against the wounds directly yet?

[wagashis]

Not directly, no-- but since you've done the previous testing, it might be best for you to continue. You'll be able to compare the two in more detail.

[faceripper]

[ i'm glad fane has become the corpse stabber ]

[ He nods ]

Then I'll do that. Perhaps it will clarify this idea of whether it was some sort of cover-up or not...

[ At which point, he's going to go find Waver, since he's the one that still has the knife. ]

Now, if you'll let me borrow that, we can try and clarify all of this absolute nonsense.

[wantsitall]

[She honestly looks surprised by that and she looks at Fane curiously.]

You're keeping mine?

[faceripper]

Oh, for now, yes. As I've found something interesting about it, someone else may want to conduct a further investigation if the idea strikes them.

[ He looks at it, then back to her ]

Is that all you have to say about it?

[wantsitall]

Yes? [Mostly because she's not sure what to say and she's looking at her shoe uncertainly.] Keep it if you must but I want it back later. It's one of my favorite pairs.

[faceripper]

I've no intentions of keeping it, don't worry. It isn't as if they're practical for... Well, anything.