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

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dave in a bush

[axilium]

[belph is here, and not to shitpost. you can all breathe a sigh of relief now.]

Hey. Last week, Gi-gan was shoved into the armour—because Sharpay had killed her before curfew and needed to hide her corpse.

... Maybe it's the same for Dave. He could've been murdered before curfew, and then the killer tried to hide him in the bush. It was brought up that the snow could've covered up any footprints if done early enough, too.

[doublecrows]

There were footprints leading to the hedge maze as well, partially covered by snow. I think that is a possibility.

Why deposit the body in the bushes, and not the well itself, though?

[axilium]

... Didn't want to risk the possibility that the well would interpret that as a wish request?

[toughchoices]

That's fair. You never know what sort of nonsense this place is going to throw at you.

[doublecrows]

[a sharp inhale, and a small sigh]

Ah, yes. I suppose I hadn't thought of that possibility. I presumed only the tokens worked for grating wishes at the well.

[axilium]

If anyone else has tested throwing other things into the well for science, it'd be helpful to know.

[doublecrows]

I certainly haven't.

[not after FACE FULL OF SCARS]

But I'll ask for someone to speak up.

[wagashis]

I think most of us have learned to leave the well alone, by now.

[doublecrows]

[HELLO SHIRASU, Akechi is ~mysteriously scarless~ now. huh!]

After what happened to us all this past week, that's. . . fair.

[wagashis]

[HOW NICE FOR AKECHI]

I suppose some did get luckier, but most have at least had some warning.

[doublecrows]

[DAMN RIGHT IT IS NICE FOR HIM]

I would hope those with warning would be more careful in how they pursue their wishes in the future.

[vigilantics]

There was a leaf in the foyer. It kind of looked like it was from the maze.

[resumed]

Instead of a leaf from the bush or something. Which means...someone went to both locations?

[vigilantics]

Maybe. It'll be easier if we knew how long that leaf's been sitting there.

[resumed]

That'd be a little harder to find...but I guess if it was still wet from the snow it wasn't sitting there for long? [What did the leaf look like.]

[vigilantics]

Someone stepped on it, so it was pretty worn down.

[resumed]

Maybe it trailed in from the bottom of someone's shoe then. We already know someone was walking through the snow from the maze to the castle, but there might be mud or something that would've made it stick.]

[vigilantics]

Hm... yeah, maybe. It honestly might have just stuck from the snow alone.

[hairbrain]

[ hmmmmmm. ]

What Steph said. Wouldn't it be risky for them to hide the body with the minotaur?

[axilium]

This was by the well, though. You wouldn't have to go through the maze.

[wagashis]

He was deep enough that you had to dig him out to know it was him, wasn't he? If there were a chance someone would stumble upon his body, it would make more sense to hide him well.

I think it's likely.

[axilium]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Doesn't seem likely that he just casually fell into the bush after being killed.

[wagashis]

Assuming the snow theory is correct, it also let the environment do their work for them, as far as obscuring evidence.