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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[psychedelica]

All of you, shut up! We have twenty minutes to figure this out. We shouldn't be screaming at each other.

[ he slams a hand on the table to gather everyone's attention. ]

We know Ann matches this footprint exactly. She's admitted to poisoning the teacup, too. According to Akechi, she's a thief, so she probably picked that lock.

According to Ann, Akechi helped her do it, and threw the teacup in the well. That got them both cursed and put them in this condition. [ gesturing to the wheezing teens. ] She says he planted the rest of the evidence to throw us off, too. But she could just be covering her ass.

... If you want my suggestion, we should vote for Ann. We know for a fact that she was involved. Everything else is her accusation. If we have to, we can clean up the rest of this mess after the official trial.

[disilluded]

... I agree with this.

[Though he loathes it.]

Whatever Akechi may have done, risking his innocent partner over accusations is foolish.

[It's bad enough that Ann's--]

... The rest we can handle after the trial.

[resumed]

...I also agree, but what about Ann's partner, too?

[psychedelica]

That's something we'll have to deal with either way. If we vote Akechi, we'd be killing Eichi.

[asswipe]

And if we vote Ann, we're killing Magnus. Someone innocent will die, no matter what.

[psychedelica]

So we might as well make sure we get at least one person we know with certainty is guilty. Ann is the logical answer.

[disilluded]

[Yeah thanks, he hates it.]

... What can be done? Someone must be voted for, as long as we are within the confines of this game.

[... He hates it.]

This is disgusting.

[resumed]

[He just casts a glance at Sousei.] You understand my point of view on things better now, I hope. [This is pure misery that no one asked for.]

[disilluded]

[shut up nico

nobody asked you

Sousei just levels a flat look on him--and then turns away.]

[wearys]

That's certainly my concern, but... it is what it is at this point.

[varas]

[ Ann simply glances over, sorrowful. ]

... sorry.

[wearys]

Hope it was worth it.

[ like this sucks but there's nothing he can do to make it suck less. ]

[resumed]

Magnus. [It's quiet but also an acceptance. After all, it was the same kind of situation he'd had with Hazel. Stolen from the Underworld and brought back to life without knowing if she'd be able to stay at the end. Maybe that's just how things are.]

Who are you voting for then, in that case?

[wearys]

Akechi. Maybe out of self-preservation? I should vote Ann, she deserves it, but maybe I'm telling myself at least she didn't have a meltdown like that guy.

[ squints into the abyss ]

[discardia]

...

[ Wow, she's just going to look miserable. ]

Handle... how...

[disilluded]

... Locking someone up is an option. If we kill him on our own, we are putting his partner at risk still.

[vigilantics]

It's bad enough that we have to kill anyone at all. Let's not turn this into a lynch mob, too.

[discardia]

[ A small nod. Yeah, let's not do this. ]

[disilluded]

Correct. Killing him on our own would not be justice--it would be playing into this disgusting game.

[fonlines]

If his talk of justice was at all real-

then he owes us answers.

[ which is to say he doesn't disagree with the idea of trying to lock someone up. ]

[axilium]

Yeah, I'd really prefer the option that doesn't involve slitting more people's throats?

[psychedelica]

[ cardia... his tone becomes just slightly less harsh. ]

We can kill him, or we find some way to quarantine him. That, or he proves his innocence to us.

[discardia]

Please, we can't just-- kill him-- this is bad enough as it is!

[function]

Agreed.

[axilium]

... Yeah. That's pretty much what I'm thinking.