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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[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

[psychedelica]

-- Hold on. I asked Dragon, and she said the culprits are still alive. Take Reyna off.

[disclosures]

With more revisions:

Dazai
Hikage
Veronica
Shirasu
Belph
Natsuo
Rebecca
Zelos
Sanji

We're at nine.

[axilium]

[okay let's do this

fingerprinting everyone's index finger ig]

[themodsgrimm]

[Of the 9 index fingers Belph takes fingerprints from...

...not a single one of them matches any of the five prints pulled from the dagger.]

[psychedelica]

[ Hikage wrinkles his nose. ]

Forget it. Print the dead ones, too, Belph.

[concasse]

Oi, wait.

Something for all of us to keep in mind.

Reyna-chan was drugged somehow.

That opens up the list of potential suspects up, I think.

[fonlines]

Who would you suggest, then? Even if drugged, it's clear she still struggled to an extent.

[ and the other bodies? ]

[axilium]

Are you kidding me...

[ugh fine]

Which ones?

[psychedelica]

... I can do it if you don't want to. [ a pause. ] Reyna and Jae-ha.

[psychedelica]

[ it turns out Hikage is indeed doing it!!

He's printing the following people:

Jae-ha
Reyna
Souji
Eichi ]

[themodsgrimm]

[Of the four prints Hikage has taken...

...one of the five prints on the hilt of the dagger matches Reyna's.]

[psychedelica]

... Reyna was using this to defend herself, maybe?

[ someone go check the dagger and wounds... Hikage will do it if he has to. ]

[randori]

I didn't do it??

[ hey ]

[asswipe]

... Good. We can add more people if none of these turn out to be a match.

[prayer circle for this list, though.]

[selfinserting]

...I don't mind if, um, you want me to, but - I've been wearing gloves for weeks.

[disclosures]

Thank you for reminding me, I'll take you off.

[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.

[disclosures]

I can say I didn't do it, but would you believe me?

[wagashis]

You could certainly still have been involved, but I'm not entirely sure you could successfully fight someone like that.

[disclosures]

Do you remember when we played "lift Steph" when she still had both legs? I couldn't lift her then and I can't lift her now. So.

[axilium]

[it's okay, he knows his weaknesses.]