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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[disilluded]

[This time, he will do so without complaint, sighing softly.

He strips!

He has bruises, but the sort that are a few days old from sparring with psychos like Yams and Souji; no cuts!]

[faceripper]

[ Since this is not the first time he's seen bruises, he does have to comment... ]

I'd like to note, it may not be the wisest idea to be fighting each other through the week.

[ But, hey, no cuts. Sousei is good to go ]

[disilluded]

[And, dryly:]

Yes, I rather imagine you are correct.

[He wasn't expecting Souji and Yamato to be CRAZY PSYCHOS.]

[okitactless]

[this is what he gets for not looking at the icons]

[faceripper]

[ like father like sword i guess ]

Then I hope we can collectively agree to stop this practice. I fear it may muddy our results.

[disilluded]

It is given that we should avoid what will muddle results, but considering the situation, learning self-defense is also of utmost importance for those who cannot defend themselves well.

[psychedelica]

[ after he's helped out akechi, hikage is coming over to sousei. ]

Hey. Were you training with him? [ gesturing over his shoulder at akechi... ]

[disilluded]

Yes, I was.

[Simply!]

He wished to learn how to defend himself further in this place.

[psychedelica]

... Did you ever cut him?

[disilluded]

I did not cut him, no. We were training with poles; they would not have cut the skin.

[That said--]

However, he did trip and fall at one point during our sparring. He may have cut himself then; I did not check that closely, as our session ended briefly after.

[Because Sousei is a hardass who honestly doesn't care if people cut themselves while practicing.]

[doublecrows]

[HEY. . . . . . DON'T RUIN HIS COOL IMAGE]

[disilluded]

[why would he ever preserve your image, loser]

[doublecrows]

[DICK >8(]

[psychedelica]

All right. There's something we should check, then.