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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[varas]

[ Seeing the cast, Ann's eyes go briefly wide, and then narrow again. Her chest stutters for what feels like the millionth time that day, lifting and falling in shallow little bursts. She thinks, sorry, Shiho -- ]

Don't bother wasting time.

Just... bring it over here.

[psychedelica]

[ Hikage grabs the cast with a stiff face, bringing it over to her. ]

I hate liars. [ thrusting it towards her. ] Show me.

[varas]

[ Wordlessly, with a muscle in her jaw flexing, Ann removes her boot and slips her foot into the cast.

It's a perfect fit. ]

[psychedelica]

...

[ he's only annoyed that it took this long. just like last week, his hunch from several hours ago was right... ]

It's her.

[discardia]

... Wait--

[disilluded]

... Takamaki. What is the meaning of this?

[varas]

Sorry. I guess I was the wrong person for you to trust after all.

[ By now, her wheezes are mixing with the beginning of actual tears, and she swipes impatiently at her eyes. ]

[disilluded]

[His eyes close slowly.]

... So it would seem.

[Really, he doesn't have anything more to say to her than that.]

[doublecrows]

[. . .]

[awkwardddddd]

[varas]

[ Her eyes flick over to him, a cold sneer around her lips. ]

What? Nothing to add... partner?

[doublecrows]

[fucking]

[freezes]

. . . excuse me?

[toughchoices]

...Takamaki?

[Reyna is staring at her openly.]

[sanguinairy]

[REYNA....... ANN... DAMN. He doesn't have anything to say here to either of them but he does give Reyna a quietly sympathetic look.]

[toughchoices]

[tmw you think someone might be cool but then it turns out they tried to frame you for murder apparently??

this is why reyna has trust issues]

[holybind]

[ Zelos nudges her lightly with his elbow. ]

You were right.

[ About it being wrong. ]

[toughchoices]

...

[She nods once.

Gods, she hates being right.]

[varas]

I didn't frame you, Reyna-san.

[ please believe her!!!! ]

[toughchoices]

Then why was my hair in the maze along with yours?

[resumed]

[A lift of an eyebrow.]

Seriously?

[function]

You could've saved us a whole lot of time.

[faceripper]

Honestly!

[ he's with 2b ]

What a complete waste of time! It's as if, shockingly, the hair at the scene was in fact that simple!

[ i, christy, am sorry fane's like this ]

[londonstar]

Lady Takamaki....

[ not this again. he does his best to hide his disappointment ]

May I ask you a question?

[varas]

Yeah.

[ That's all she can say, struggling for breath as she is after her outbursts. ]

[hairbrain]

Ann.... did you really?

[ she looks so sad. ]

[wearys]

-- Well, fuck.

[ that's all he's got. ]