grimmoired | CHAPTER 1: TRIAL

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.

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Shut up!

[ Her voice cracks like a whip. Following it, she wheezes desperately for breath, panting. It's a moment before she can speak again, but that didn't compromise any of her own fire. ]

You know how this really went down. Stop trying to save your own skin!

Do you... Um, do you have any evidence that he was involved, or...?

... No.

[ Nothing hard, nothing beyond a shadow of a doubt. Only her own personal testimony. ]

... How did it really go down, Ann? If you're accusing him of being your accomplice, you gotta have some kind of proof.

Stop throwing accusations around!

[he has to stop for a breath as well, when he's done yelling]

You're covering for her, aren't you? Reyna-san. Her hair was found at the scene, too.

Did we find cuts that could have matched the branch on anyone besides you, Akechi? Refresh my memory.

[he opens his mouth to say something--]

[and then suddenly snaps it shut without answering]

Is this...

The curse?

(no subject)

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That's what I thought.

doublecrows - 2018-06-17 00:57 (UTC) - Expand

... It might have been one of the Ions. It was inconclusive either way.

No, it wasn't. Don't add more names to this mess.

thesettingsun - 2018-06-17 00:41 (UTC) - Expand

...excuse me?!

[did you, uh, did you just say what she thinks you said, akechi]

[SORRY REYNA HE'S TOO BUSY ARGUING WITH OTHER PEOPLE]

I never agreed to that!

[ SHOUTING BACK AT HIM

LOUD NOISES ]

You tried so hard to frame someone else - someone innocent - and they still would have figured it out!

... it's over.

Edited 2018-06-17 00:31 (UTC)

SHUT UP!

[yelling that loudly, voice reverberating in the area]

It's not over until-- [a gasp, and he clutches his chest] U-until. . .

[it's not over until he gets his revenge]

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Hey, you need to calm down. If you're innocent, getting worked up isn't going to solve anything.

[just gives a breathless chuckle and shakes his head, like he doesn't have the air for words]

Do not accuse my partner, Tenshouin.

[THIS JUST IN, AKEICHI IS CANON, THEY'RE MARRIED]

[he shoots Waver a sharp look, but he's having trouble breathing and ergo having trouble talking right now, oops]

Hey! [And just like that while he was defending Akechi's ass, he's whirling around to snarl.] Reyna would not have been involved. She was framed by someone else!

Edited (I missed a sentence???) 2018-06-17 00:35 (UTC)