grimmoired | CHAPTER 2: TRIAL

The Story Continues...
CHAPTER 2 - WEEK 232 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 Dragon 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 sound of flapping wings can be heard as a strong wind occasionally blows through the garden knocking everything disarray. Narrators may even begin to find themselves floating above their seats, airborne and flowing. Instead of s'mores, today's snack bar includes...happy meals? That's right. Several red boxes with yellow arches will line the tables filled with either a cheeseburger or chicken nuggets, french fries, and apple slices. Inside every box will be a bobblehead with a likeness of either Dragon or Tiger.

Welcome to your trial post!

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[ Monika breathes in and out slowly. She's much calmer than before. ]

It seems that way. But, you know, I never really liked stories where I knew from the start how the ending turned out.

And do you think the ending here is predetermined, Monika?

In a sense. Lots of death, of course, but...

[ a slight tilt of her head. ]

Do you think characters in a book get to decide whether or not they have a happy ending?

No.

They're fictional, after all. Their destinies are only determined by the author who writes them.

[ ... ]

I've heard about authors who find that when they've been writing their characters for a while, those characters kind of take on a life of their own. And in the end, even the author is surprised by the outcome.