CHAPTER 3 ; TRIAL

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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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Re: DECISION;

[hairbrain]

[ a look of slowly dawning horror vrosses rapunzel's face as she processes all this. ]

No, no, there has to be some mistake, Yasusada is innocent, he didn't do anything.... He can't be... This is all wrong!

[asswipe]

[oh, jeez.]

Rapunzel...

[hairbrain]

I can prove he's innocent! We have to redo the vote.

[asswipe]

I know he's innocent, Rapunzel. But— They're not going to allow that...

[hairbrain]

But he'll die....

[ yes, that is what happens. ]

[okitactless]

[...Well, okay, now he has two (2) regrets, oops.]

I'm sorry, Rapunzel-kun... I said I'd protect you...

[hairbrain]

[ time for hugs?? time for sad hugs. ]

And I said I'd protect you. I'm so sorry, Yasusada.

[okitactless]

[TIME FOR SAD HUGS and he looks truly apologetic.]

No, it's my fault... I should've listened to you. [She warned him that people would suspect him, even if he'd mostly asked out of a desperate need for a solution.] I didn't mean to put you in danger.

[He'd just been thinking of Okita.

...You're right. Okita-kun's destiny can't be changed. I won't let it be changed... not by anyone!

As always, he'd just been thinking of Okita.]

[hairbrain]

It's okay. You just wanted to protect him.... I can understand that.

[ besides, he wasn't the only one acting crazy. natsuo..... ]

I won't--- no matter what happens, I won't abandon you. We're partners.

[okitactless]

[He looks like he wants to argue, but in the end... what can he say? She's right--and with how strong her emotions are, how much she craves justice, he knows insisting on taking the blame won't accomplish anything. It's not fair of him to say he's fine with it, either, not when her life is at stake too.]

Just stay safe for me, okay? [He won't be able to make sure of it, but... all he can do is hope that everyone else will do what he couldn't.]

[alchemenace]

... Princess...

[ hm. yike. he puts a hand on her shoulder. ]

It's. It's too late now. It's already done.

[hairbrain]

There has to be a way to change the vote--- something---

[ ripunzel. ]

[alchemenace]

Princess, please. You know there isn't.

[hairbrain]

It isn't fair. He's innocent, he shouldn't have to die!

[toughchoices]

[Rapunzel's horror snaps Reyna out of the worst of her anger at Waver - she doesn't trust herself to speak, just yet, but she puts a hand on Rapunzel's shoulder.]

[hairbrain]

We have to redo the vote, he's innocent, we can't end things like this!

[ give her a bit she's... processing.. ]

[toughchoices]

[She waits, to see if she'll finish processing it on her own... but when she doesn't seem to, she speaks up, her voice soft.]

...Rapunzel, they won't let us redo the vote.

[hairbrain]

But he'll--- Yasusada, he's going to die! He's innocent!

[concasse]

[Sanji is empathizing hard with that shock right now.]

... Rapunzel-chan...

[What the hell is there to say?]

[hairbrain]

We have to redo the vote... we have to.....

[function]

...

You should be more worried about what's going to happen to you tomorrow.

[ harsh, but that's democracy, babe. ]

[hairbrain]

Don't you feel the same way I do? About Monika?

[ distraught!! ]

[function]

...

She's already dead.

[hairbrain]

But losing her.... it hurts. You can't worry about your own situation when you're thinking about her, right?

[function]

. . .

With the information we gained today about the "Other Side," I don't know.