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

Comments

[randori]

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

[ helpful! ]

[psychedelica]

That's not how this works, moron.

[finethanks]

He's the type of person who would blurt a confession though, you know? I think I'd like to agree and save some to print those more likely.

[psychedelica]

He's smarter than we think he is. We established that last time he died. Acting like an idiot so no one suspects you is an easy trick.

[randori]

[ he dropped a chandelier on himself? where was he being smart ]

[finethanks]

Well, if you'd rather print him and consider me innocent, then that's fine, as well.

[He's just saying Natsuo is his precious angel??? Who can do no wrong?? Why waste!!]

[randori]

I don't want to waste it on me!

[ do you think he can do a murder like this? him?? ]

[psychedelica]

It's not a waste. You're on the list of suspects, no matter what you say.

[disclosures]

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

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

[randori]

I was helping Steph with her objective, so I can't be a Blotter.

[selfinserting]

...That's not a reason.

[disclosures]

... What was her objective?

[alchemenace]

... Were you?

[ he sounds very dubious ]

[randori]

[ rolls all the above into here too bc I don't want 234876 threads ]

I did. I stayed out during curfew all night and made sure nobody went in and out of the second floor.

[alchemenace]

... So, wait, her objective was to make sure nobody went in or out of the second floor?

[ ???? ]

[psychedelica]

[ Hikage looks skeptical. ]

... That's not her objective, is it?

[randori]

No. It was to get somebody to stay out during curfew so they could potentially be a victim. I can't be a victim and a Blotter at the same time.

[psychedelica]

[ he's silent for a moment... then he sighs. ]

All right. He's not lying.

[randori]

Of course I'm not!

[ So you can fingerprint some other people's fingers ]

[asswipe]

That's... How does that excuse you from being a Blotter, specifically? And just so we're on the same page, I'm not saying you did it.

[londonstar]

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