grimmoired | CHAPTER 1: TRIAL

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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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. . . yes. Thank you, 2B.

[but he's breathing shallowly, one hand pressed against his chest]

That's a sound display of logic. Unlike what everyone else here is saying.

...not to mention, if you were her partner you would have known how the minotaur would chase us. I can't really picture someone else willingly going back for another encounter with it.

Considering he looked like he was about to die running from it this time...

[ SHE'S TRYING TO HELP ]

Maybe we should run him through some endurance training when this is over? [There's. Almost a grin. Sorry, it's still a little funny to him.] But he was struggling to keep up with his half of the body when we were carrying Soo-won out, too.

He was completely exhausted by the time he got back to the room. I scolded him for not being in shape~.

I guess average humans weren't exactly renowned for their stamina.

And yet look at his physical reactions. Logic may say one thing, but it is very possible that the Akechi Goro we “know” is not the true Akechi Goro, but a simple mask.

Otherwise you wouldn’t be so nervous, now would you?

But how would any of us really know that? Including Ann. I've been warned about people here since the very beginning.

Or he could be shocked someone randomly decided to point a finger at him when we thought we'd figured it out.

Does that really look like simple shock to you?

[ ... that's fair but ]

I'm not an expert on body language.

It's fear. Like Waver said: someone who is telling the truth has no reason to feel fear. Not to this extent.

Inconclusive. We have actual planted evidence from Lady Reyna, yet she has not wavered once. Someone telling the truth has no reason to feel nervousness. Lady Takamaki cracked— and Akechi is on his way there.

I'm not sue that I agree with that. If a finger were pointed at me, I'd grow quite nervous myself. After all, there's no "law" here. There's a group of people and votes. A mob mentality.

For a detective, isn't that frightening?

Not in the way I see it. A detective should be able to prove to us, without a shadow of a doubt, his innocence. An foolproof alibi from himself or his partner, for example.

And, a detective would know better than anyone how to plant evidence in order to cover up their own involvement. Have you never read a murder mystery, Tenshouin?

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You'd be surprised what people'll put themselves through to save their own skins.

[ Not an accusation, just an offhand comment. Zelos has little investment in whether this guys innocent or not. ]

...true. [It's a thoughtful expression because Zelos isn't wrong, and yet.] That's a very long time to keep up an act like that. But I think you make a good point.

Pretending to be something you're not can be a way of life for some people. Turns less into acting and more into their actual reality. Don't believe everything you see and hear, kid.

[ Zelos don't impart cynicism onto strangers?? ]

[...hm. Given he's finally started being comfortable about parts of himself he was pretending didn't exist, that makes Zelos's point even stronger. He's giving him a slow nod in response.]

So then it becomes a question of which one we're supposed to believe. Him, or her. I get it. [Ann's singing like a canary and Akechi...well. He has his own thoughts on the detective that makes this whole thing conflicting. Sharpay was pretty willing to own up to her crimes when she was caught, too.

This is stupid.]

Who you believe, who you'd rather keep around— either works. By the end of this very few of us are likely going to be entirely innocent. Might as well vote based off your gut since there's not really a moral high ground to take.

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She isn't your partner. Why wouldn't you present evidence that pointed to someone else, if Takamaki is telling the truth?

[self-preservation y'all.]

Ah, one more question, while we're asking them-- just how did your face clear up? I've been wondering.

His face has got nothing to do with the trial.

[oh, well. Sanji chimed in]

. . . yes. That's true. It has nothing to do with any of these murders.

[Still kinda hoping you die in the lady's place but hey.

Thanks for that.]

[HEY, LOOK WHO HE'S ATTACHED TO!!!]

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