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

[alchemenace]

Fane's is kind of, um, personally annoying? He really prides himself on his memory of details. [ amongst. other things. ] I think it's most likely the curse is something that the victim themselves would personally find aggravating. So. Personalized curses?

[discardia]

We can't really ask each and every person what would be the most problematic thing for them... but that's likely how it is.

[alchemenace]

Knowing how this place-- and, um, the wishing well specifically-- works, that seems the most logical possibility.

[ but zia is personally subscribing to the other theory that it's related to items fuck u varian ]

[doublecrows]

Well, it isn't as though we'd know Fane-san's curse unless he told us. [hm] That may make it more difficult to sniff out.

[alchemenace]

I think a curse is pretty difficult to sniff out in general.

[doublecrows]

Indeed.

[a breathless chuckle]

I suppose we should keep an eye out for anyone behaving strangely.

[alchemenace]

Hopefully this curse is the kind of behaving strangely that's obvious.

[doublecrows]

That would be ideal. And maybe a bit too simple.

[alchemenace]

[ awkward laughter ]

Oh, definitely.

[ saVE THEM ]

[doublecrows]

[please have mercy on them tiger-san and dragon-san??]

[selfinserting]

I-If it were obvious, wouldn't we have noticed by now?

[faceripper]

For all we know, perhaps it's terribly ironic. [ He waves a hand with a dry laugh ] I'd hardly be surprised if one culprit through their teacup in the well, and their "curse" was for something—say, a hair—to end up at the other's murder.

[alchemenace]

You really think the well would be that convenient to the rest of us?

[ varian would like to believe this so badly ]

[faceripper]

I don't think it gives a damn either way.

[ but no fane doesn't actually believe this either but it's shitty enough to be like. sure why not. ]

[alchemenace]

Well, there's nothing wrong with keeping it in mind.

[ like everything else. ]