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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[spondulix]

And where did you go, after your conversation?

[wantsitall]

I went back to my room and that was when I met Jae-Ha. We spoke, and he wanted to leave to stay out past curfew but it was too dangerous. He'd promised me he wouldn't so that he would stay safe.

[psychedelica]

And you're saying you two both just stayed in after that, as far as you remember? [ hmm. ] Are you sure you weren't telling him to stay in so he wouldn't catch you in the act?

[ rather than accusatory, he just sounds matter-of-fact. he wants to figure this out, dammit. ]

[wantsitall]

[She turns to face him, quiet for a moment like she's trying to compose her thoughts.]

Of course not. I wanted him to stay because I was afraid he would get hurt even if he said he would be fine. We're partners, aren't we? Wouldn't you protect yours?

[psychedelica]

What I would do is irrelevant. You're under suspicion right now, so I have to work with the assumption you're willing to kill these people.

[wantsitall]

I have an interest in staying alive. Why would I kill someone and risk my own life, or his?

[psychedelica]

Because those two [ gesturing to Tiger and Dragon ] offered you something worth more than your life. Or his. Immortality? Wealth? Power? Revenge? There's a thousand things any human would kill for.

[wantsitall]

I don't need any of those things but I can bet you at least half the people in this room do and wouldn't even hesitate.

[doublecrows]

I immediately returned to my room, and remained there for the rest of the evening. Tenshouin was there with me.

I don't know where Evans went after we parted.