CHAPTER SEVEN ; TRIAL

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The Story Continues... CHAPTER 7 - WEEK 711 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. The garden is strangely silent and there are no snacks today...it seems as though you'll be left to your own devices. 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 or sooner if the game ICly elects so. 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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Yasu, Magnus, Reyna, Nico

[okitactless]

[Adventure text here!

Aaaand as soon as they arrive, Yasusada's going to take a minute to absorb their surroundings, then turn back to the group with a frown.]

What's a pirate?

[HE'S NOT THE SHINSENGUMI SWORD THAT DROWNED OKAY DON'T LOOK AT HIM]

[wearys]

[ no, no more ocean!! no more pirate ships!!

but at least they don't have to go into the water. ]

-- What do you mean, "what's a pirate"? It's... a thief. On a boat. That steals from other boats.

[resumed]

[He looks...excited...RIP.]

Sanji's a pirate! [This doesn't help.] But yeah, like Magnus said, they're people who have boats and they pillage villages and steal their goods and conquer the land. [He glances out toward the water.] I guess maybe this means now we're pirates.

[toughchoices]

[Reyna looks less than enthused - but she also doesn't look like she wants to get into why. And yet...]

They also kidnap people from their homes and throw them belowdecks.

[bitter? reyna? never.]

[okitactless]

Oh!

[Did Sanji tell him this? Quite possibly, but Yasusada never claimed to be smart, okay. Don't expect much from the sword that stood around flushing a toilet for hours.

He blinks, looking at Reyna with wide, concerned eyes.]

Eh-- Sanji-kun kidnapped someone? [He's getting distracted]

[wearys]

[ nico... adorable.

reyna... why is that so specific. ]

No. Well, maybe? Who knows, but that's what pirates do. They also say arrgh and avast ye mateys, sometimes they wear a lot of eyeliner.

[resumed]

Johnny Depp doesn't count as a pirate, Magnus. [But he shakes his head.] With Sanji, I don't think he did. He just cooked a lot. [He likes Sanji...but he sombers up a little when Reyna mentions that.] We should be careful with them though. If we're here, we're probably not alone. We should find the captain and see what we can find out.

[toughchoices]

No, not Sanji. But Nico's right - we need to be careful. Sanji and Jae-ha are okay, but most pirates I've met, they're not...

[Very nice.]

Let's go find the captain.

[okitactless]

Jae-ha-kun--

[IS A PIRATE TOO??? he wants to ask, but then he remembers Gi-gan, and. Yes. They should probably focus on their tasks.]

--right. We'll have to give them the fake names to get to them, won't we? [And maybe they can split up to go find the cargo hold on the way...? But he doesn't propose that just yet, wanting to get a better look at the ship before making any plans.]

[wearys]

[ sticks tongue out at nico.

but okay. focus. ]

Yeah. Should we decide our names now, so we know who... we are? Or are we just winging it when we get to the captain?

[resumed]

[He does it back?? Shut up Magnus.]

We should figure them out before we get there. Otherwise they might know we're lying and we can't hesitate. Luckily they don't have to be too extreme.

[toughchoices]

Pick your names now, then. I'll be Julia.

[it's a common roman name let me live]

[okitactless]

[...

...

...he doesn't know any Western names off of the top of his head]

Uh-- Kiyomitsu? [HE JUST SORT OF looks at all of them uncertainly... look it's the first thing that came to mind] If you have a better idea that I can pronounce, I'll use that.

[wearys]

I'll be Jimmy.

[ he's. used it before so it's easy.

glances at yasu. ] What about Will Turner?

[ someone just shove him into the ocean. ]

[resumed]

[sIGH. That's better than "Kurt" so he lets it go, though he nods.] Will would work fine for Yasusada. And I'll be Edward. Everybody remember each other's fake names.

[And with that...he begins to walk.]

[toughchoices]

[...will, huh.

Onward they go! ...it's not difficult to pick out the captain; he's dressed in flashier clothes than the rest of his crew. Reyna nods to him discreetly.]

There. Shall we?

[okitactless]

[Okay well

Yasusada absolutely cannot pronounce "Will" to save his life, but he might be able to manage "Turner", so despite making internal distressed pompom noises, he follows without protest.

He just won't. Talk. To the pirates. That's his greatest contribution here tbh.]

Lead the way. [He says softly--mainly to Reyna, since she seems to know the most about this, but Nico and Magnus are free to step up as well.]

[wearys]

[ regret.

he should absolutely let reyna be the one that does the talking, but. no. he's going to call out on their behalf, to the captain. ]

Ho, there, sir! Might we speak with you?

[resumed]

[Ho? He just LOOKS at Magnus because what?? But he nods along, keeping his sword at his side and greeting the pirate captain.

The captain's looking at them skeptically but Nico's chiming in.] We have a slightly odd request regarding your ship.

[toughchoices]

[ho there...

reyna, at least, has a decent pokerface, so she doesn't bat an eyelash at magnus's dialogue choices.

The pirate captain sizes the four of them up.]

Whaddya want?

[Well. Here goes nothing.]

My name is Julia; my companions are Will, Edward, and Jimmy. We're looking to book passage on your ship.

[The captain squints at them and waits to see what else the others have to say.]

[okitactless]

[Yasusada



nods firmly.

And also stands just behind Reyna, because she is quite obviously the most competent one here.]

[wearys]

[ ho is what people said back then, probably!! better than yo? maybe? or sup?

he... also just nods.

ho was all he had. ]

[resumed]

[Give him a moment to just...step in.]

We seek something far off and our own ship has been damaged. [He's also reaching into his pocket though, pulling out a wish coin.] We have an offer to trade as well. This coin is beyond valuable.

[toughchoices]

[The pirate captain takes the coin from Nico and bites down on it.

...

Seems legit. He pockets the coin.]

Welcome aboard, but no funny business. Women are bad luck on ships. [So he doesn't look too happy about having Reyna here, but hey, money. It's fine.] Don't go riling up my crew, now.

[He strides away, leaving them with clear access to the ship.

Reyna kind of looks like she wants to murder him. She'll show him bad luck!]

[okitactless]

[They're doing great.

At least Yasusada can sense danger, and he gently touches Reyna's arm, offering her a small smile in an attempt to calm her down. Don't murder the captain immediately...]

Where to first?