CHAPTER 1: TRIAL

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... CHAPTER 1 - WEEK 134 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 Tiger at the head of the table, a glass-covered rose near her right hand. Tick tock, Narrators. You have nine hours to deliberate. Throughout today's trial, the snow continues to fall as it has all week, though it's gentle and soft. Instead of tea and crumpets, today's snack bar includes the makings for s'mores, including sharp metal skewers. A fire could be built, should anyone have anything flammable. Additionally, every now and then, the howls of a group of wolves will penetrate the silence that occasionally falls on the the group...and sometimes even in the heat of the moment. Welcome to your 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 Danielle (entrappings), 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

Comments

[asswipe]

[ah, yikes.]

... Soo-Won was blond. That would mean the dark hair could belong to the killer, couldn't it?

[varas]

If there was a scuffle, it would explain some of his hair being - [ idk ] - torn off or whatever.

[ Yikes, indeed. ]

Sounds like he died violently.

[toughchoices]

Was there any other evidence of a struggle?

[She frowns, thinking it over.]

When people put up a fight, they usually have some sort of defensive wounds, or their clothing gets messed up.

[varas]

[ this is hitting super close to home thanks reyna ]

I dunno. A slit throat just feels very gruesome to me. It's hard to imagine it as a dispassionate act.

[toughchoices]

Slit the throat properly, and the victim will bleed out quickly - there are important arteries there.

It does require you to get up close and personal, however... Risky, if the killer thought that Soo-won may have been able to overpower them.

[varas]

I didn't know the guy. Like, at all. Did anyone?

[doublecrows]

Yes, that was my supposition as well. For what it's worth, the dark hair is about as long as my arm.

[asswipe]

We should measure it against all the people with darker hair in the room. We're not going anywhere if we don't start narrowing the possibilities down.

[doublecrows]

[he nods]

I believe that to be a wise course of action, Veronica-san. It'll give us a place to start with suspects.

[asswipe]

Let's get to it, then.

[—after strip searches, presumably.]

[doublecrows]

[why is every murdergame like this!!]