CHAPTER FIVE ; TRIAL

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... CHAPTER 5 - WEEK 523 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 Dragon 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, cookies and cakes will be served as your trial snacks, along with hot cocoa...served in sippycups. 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 Dana (decals), 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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[disclosures]

Usually we took out all of the people who wore gloves.

... But there were stained gloves that were found. We probably shouldn't do that.

[selfinserting]

Even if we found stained gloves... Wouldn't it be a waste to fingerprint anyone with gloves? They can't have, have left anything on the hilt, could they?

[disclosures]

That's true enough. Okay, we'll take out everybody who normally wears them.

If the finger prints we end up with don't match then... I guess we've cleared some names.

[asswipe]

Yeah... Even if we don't get a match, at least we can safely cross some people off the list.

[londonstar]

Not only that, but I don't think we should print Magnus or Nico. Neither of them would want to harm Reyna...I'm sure of that.

[asswipe]

Yeah, I'm on board with this. I think Magnus and Nico would sooner slice their own legs off than hurt Reyna.

[disclosures]

Okay, then our list is...

Kyouka
Eichi
Dazai
Hikage
Stephanie
Veronica
Shirasu
Belph
Natsuo
Okita
Ion
Rebecca
Zelos
Sanji

[randori]

I didn't do it, so you can cross me off the list.

[ helpful! ]

[psychedelica]

That's not how this works, moron.

[disclosures]

I want to believe you... but anybody could lie about that.

Give me a reason you couldn't have done it.

[londonstar]

[ HE'S JUST SHOOTING NATSUO A LOOK LIKE ???????? ]

[psychedelica]

Some of these people don't have the physical strength to fight. It probably wasn't Ion, Souji, Eichi or Stephanie.

[ a beat. ]

But I think we should fingerprint Reyna or Jae-ha, too.

[disclosures]

Okay. With revisions. We're going with:

Reyna
Dazai
Evan
Hikage
Veronica
Shirasu
Belph
Natsuo
Rebecca
Zelos
Sanji

[wagashis]

Agreed on all counts-- though I'm not certain that Rebecca, Veronica, or Belph would be able to accomplish that, either...

[sorry partner, he likes you, but you're not great at fighting.]

But we can't shorten the list too much, I suppose.

[thesettingsun]

Um, I think it would be safe to say that Kyouka didn't do it, considering her reaction to the announcement?

[she freaked the fuck out]

[disclosures]

Okay. Let me revise the list.

[asswipe]

... No offense to them, but Eichi and Souji aren't exactly in prime condition. I don't think they would have had the stamina to make as big a mess as the one we found.

[disclosures]

I'm just working with what I've got. Give me a sec.

[nivation]

[ Kyouka looks visibly stricken and also slightly murderous(?). ]

I would kill myself before I killed Jae-ha.

[disclosures]

Dazai said the same thing, so I took you off of it.

[holybind]

[resumed]

[He's just going to step in...]

Anyone who can't see that is foolish. [But the list has been edited so he's just going to hover in case she needs him.]

[sanguinairy]

[JUST GOING TO PUT A GENTLE HAND ON HER SHOULDER...]

[finethanks]

Kyouka-chan.

[That's the warning before he places a hand on her shoulder...!! It's affectionate, an attempt at comfort.]

Don't worry. I'm certain everyone understands that now.

[concasse]

... I don't mind getting my fingers printed, but...

At the time, I was wounded. Reyna-chan could've beaten my ass twice over.

[So maybe stick him on the "maybe" list???]