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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[alttitude]

[after an icy exchange here is jae-ha, bringing the katana. he's careful to hold it with the blanket around his shoulders so there's no fingerprints on it, after akechi's lecture last week]

Look familiar...?

[sanguinairy]

[too bad he doesn't have any of that ice for his burns

IN ANY CASE, he'll hold his hands out for the blanket sword bundle.]

May I?

[Obviously if it still has its sheathe he'll be able to identify it pretty quickly, but even without that he could probably identify it by the tsuba and pommel alone.]

[alttitude]

[it has no sheath! it sure is just a fucking naked katana swaddled in a blanket lmao

someone get jae-ha another blanket

but no, consider this your mod answer that this is not kanesan izuminokami kanesada

jae-ha waits patiently because he still doesn't speak sword]

[sanguinairy]

[SOMEONE GET THIS SWORD SOME CLOTHES

But yeah he'll shake his head after determining it isn't familiar.]

This isn't his... I don't know where it might be, then.

[The Case Of The Missing Toddler Sword.]

[alttitude]

[somewhere in the ocean blue, hori is crying extra]

... ah.

... then whose is this?

[axilium]

Maybe the killers requested it. I doubt something of that quality would've been hidden in the armory for weeks at this point.

[alttitude]

It could be...?

Though we have a few sword users here, don't we?

[axilium]

We do. The choice of an eastern sword in particular stands out... but there's too many possibilities to infer that I don't know if focusing on that would help.

[alttitude]

It's worth considering - it was only a recent discovery in the armory, wasn't it? It looks better looked after than the rest of the ones found as well. The killers may have requested it, but I'm still interested in what it exactly it was used for.

[who is deda by sword]

[vigilantics]

It would be easier to cut off someone's fingers with a sword instead of a knife, if it happened in one go.

[alttitude]

.... I would hope it happened all in one go.

[that's just

cruel otherwise]

[concasse]

Yeah, but if a sword user used their own blade, it might be easier to get a match for it.

[Basically they could just as easily want something else to hide their blame.]

[asswipe]

They may have gotten it from the well, or the Crafters themselves. We could ask who's familiar with that style of sword, but I doubt everyone would tell the truth right now.

[concasse]

Tch, right? We got at least three of us ready to kill, I doubt anyone's gonna put their necks on the line, even for the truth.

[alttitude]

It would depend on if anyone's missing their sword - though I'd hope that such a thing would be mentioned earlier rather than later.

[like a bad frame job

AKECHI WAS FRAMED-style]

[concasse]

[Given how these trials usually go?

yeah, fair point.]

Who normally carries a sword on em, anyway?

[okitactless]

[raises hand]

[sanguinairy]

[I CAN'T BELIEVE KANESAN CONTINUES TO BE A SOURCE OF TRAUMA FOR HORIKAWA

Anyway that's a good question, mod-ha would he recognize this sword at all]

[alttitude]

[mod-ha wants you to shut the fuck up

can you imagine if it was nagasone kotetsu lmao!

anyway, no he wouldn't!!!!! whoa!!!!!]

[sanguinairy]

[when are you going to let me live

ANYWAY SINCE KONDOU'S GHOST ISN'T BEING IMPLICATED-- He helplessly shakes his head after giving it another look-over.]

I don't recognize it.

[alttitude]

... troubling.

Thank you, Souji. We'll keep looking.

[sanguinairy]

[A small nod.]

Thank you.

[okitactless]

[BARGING IN WITH COFFEE to ask, would anything in particular stand out to another sword? Any signs of recent cleaning, any scratches, any evidence it was writing bad poetry, anything at all?]

[alttitude]

[is yams peering over jae-ha's shoulder or what

anyway it looks like they tried to oil it in the armory yesterday!! as per the summary. nice job, armory team. so that's a sign of recent cleaning lmao]

[okitactless]

[yes

Also, keyword here is "tried"]

...why is it such a mess?