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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[resumed]

Well. Skilled with a katana is one thing that's very specific but the katana wasn't exactly what killed him, is it?

[disclosures]

The dagger was used for that, but somebody used it to cut off his fingers.

... For some reason.

[resumed]

I can only assume the katana was meant to be used and maybe the dagger was backup. But you don't have to be skilled to use a dagger properly either which...puts us at square one.

[disclosures]

You just kind of... puncture with it? Weren't all the wounds pretty clean?

[resumed]

[He holds up a hand and moves it in a stabbing sort of motion.] You have to apply some force, but yes. And the wounds were clean but they were still pretty deep and present.

[disclosures]

If we assume the katana was meant to be used, they probably had some skill with it, or else they wouldn't have it at all.

Or used it at all.

[resumed]

I don't know. I could probably use a katana if I tried? It's just like a normal sword in a way. [Lmao no it's not, but whatever.]

[disclosures]

We could all try swinging it.

[resumed]

...sure, why not? What do we have to lose here? You know. Besides everything.

[disclosures]

We don't have that much time left and there's no prints on it either.

[okitactless]

Nico-kun...

[IT'S REALLY NOT do we need to have sword lessons on top of self-defense lessons now]

[resumed]

[A very gentle raise of his eyebrows. Yes, Yasusada?]

It's just a thought.

[okitactless]

I don't think Mesa-kun is anything like an uchigatana... [That said, he... doesn't know that much about anything besides Japanese weapons?? Aside from some Intrinsic Sword Knowledge.] Will you show me how you use him?

[Sometime later, obviously]

[resumed]

[A nod.] Yeah, of course. After this if you want.

[londonstar]

No, but they'd still be involved and therefore count as a culprit. They could guide us to the real killer, should we find them.

[ a pause ]

[resumed]

You think they'll rat each other out? Like Ann and Akechi. [Last week was just a bunch of confessions, so =\]

[londonstar]

Lady Takamaki told us of Akechi's participation in an attempt to redeem her sins. However, some are more selfish, and will do anything in order to live another week.

[resumed]

So you think they'd be quiet in order to save themselves. Or, potentially, shove their partner under the bus and get away clean.

[londonstar]

Yes, exactly. Although that could also backfire if people deem them more... "acceptable" to kill.

[resumed]

This whole thing is a game of risk then.