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

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[londonstar]

Including Hijikata?

[faceripper]

[ He nods ]

Yes. It seems that if this dagger was used, our killer—or killers, since I don't want to discount that possibility—had access to it before Thursday evening.

[thesettingsun]

If it's a Blotter kill, there have to be two selected at minimum, right?

[faceripper]

[ A nod ]

That's what's been indicated, at least. [ not that he trusts the Crafters to not pull some shit ] ...Do we know when they are chosen as Blotters?

[londonstar]

[ well we have one known blotter here so he'll just turn to akechi. ]

Hey, Akechi. Do you mind answering this for us?

[doublecrows]

[Goro Akechi: resident Blotter expert. . .]

Monday morning.

[londonstar]

And technically, you could have done the kill anytime before Friday, with as many victims as you and Lady Takamaki could have handled?

[doublecrows]

[he pauses to consider this question, blinking a few times]

I suppose? Neither of us thought about it, truth be told.

[fonlines]

[ this actually did happen and anyways Fitz wasn't as reticent maybe with Ion so ]

My partner offered confirmation about the same thing, so if you cannot believe Akechi then you may believe me- they were taken aside on Monday, and... well, it was simply assumed that the kill was to take place on Thursday evening.

So with that knowledge, perhaps any time, really, would be considered 'acceptable' for a kill.

[doublecrows]

[. . . a nod]

That's correct.

[londonstar]

I believe the both of you, that is fine. Thank you for the information.

[ he nods. ]

[asswipe]

Tiger said that she can't force the killers to stick to a specific schedule, so... That sounds about right. Any time is "acceptable" as long as you run it by the Crafters first.