CHAPTER 3 ; TRIAL

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... CHAPTER 3 - WEEK 329 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 delightful, delectable scent of freshly brewed coffee will linger in the air though there will be no coffee present. Instead, today's trial snacks include...finger foods. 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

Comments

[axilium]

... He was a pretty strong guy, right? In terms of fighting, that is.

[sanguinairy]

He was, yes. He was strong and very intuitive, so he could adjust his technique fairly easily depending on who he was facing.

[axilium]

Kind of a weird person to target, then... It's like with Dave. A target who was noted to be skilled in their tapestry and even had their weapon on them—didn't he?

[sanguinairy]

He didn't. It wasn't in our room, either.

[which i forgot to ask about and Souji was just too frazzled to notice. UNHAPPY!!!!!]

[axilium]

Would he have had it on him before, though?

Because if it only went missing after his death, then his killer must have taken it—which still brings up the question of why they went after an initially armed man.

[sanguinairy]

He wouldn't have left the room without it, so...

[Honestly Hijikata probably even took his sword to the bathroom, rip Kanesan.]

He also wouldn't have hesitated to defend himself regardless of whether or not he was armed.

[axilium]

[hijikata why]

... So he wasn't targeted for being weak or for making enemies, then. Do you... [he pauses.] ... Do you think he might've been targeted because he didn't seem to socialize much?

[sanguinairy]

[HE HATES THIS!! His brow furrows briefly.]

...It's possible. [Anyone who's requested to kill would likely avoid those they've come to like, after all.] I can't think of another reason why anyone would target him, if targets aren't dictated by our hosts.