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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[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?

[wearys]

[ reyna no killing ]

I guess below deck to where they keep the cargo?

[ half-whispered so no nearby pirates catch on. ]

[resumed]

[The captain leaves with Nico's coin and he frowns a little, but there's something glinting on the deck. Stepping forward, he swipes up the key left in the captain's wake and pockets it, nodding at Magnus's suggestion.]

We should check there but split up into smaller groups? It'll help us cover more ground.

[toughchoices]

That's a good idea. How do we want to split up?

[Asked quietly as the head down to the cargo hold.]

[okitactless]

I can look for the spinning wheel.

[Taking cues from them, he also speaks quietly--and it's probably not a surprising suggestion. He can't sew, and while he wouldn't be averse to wearing a dress, it'd probably take too long for him to change out of all of his clothes...]

[wearys]

I can look for... [ hm, dress or materials for the fake dress. dress sounds easier. ] the dress? Who's going to wear it, though?

[resumed]

Uh. You? [It's not going to be him.] If you're looking for it it should be you, Magnus. [He thinks though...] I can look for the materials to sew something up. I should still have some thread and a needle in my pocket.

[toughchoices]

In that case, I'll see if I can track down some weapons. They're bound to have some around here somewhere... and they'll come in handy if we're discovered.

[worst case scenario she can knock out some pirates and steal their swords]

[okitactless]

[Look at all these useful, competent people

Yasusada's already got his sword, but he isn't going to argue against more weapons, especially if Magnus is going to be too busy being a pretty princess to help them fight their way off of this ship.]

Alright. Should we decide where to meet back up?

[wearys]

[ opens mouth. closes it. he did this to himself, didn't he. ]

All right, I'll... wear the dress when I find it.

[ everyone else is a better fighter, so he'll let them do that while he's pretty, he. guesses. he's glad no one will have a camera on hand. ]

Near the spinning wheel?

[ do they need to shove pirates into it? ]

[resumed]

[There's a closed-lipped smile.]

Good idea. We'll grab out things and meet you there. Hopefully the cargo hold won't be too large. [He nods to himself and begins to walk.] Don't take too long, okay? And try to yell if something happens.

[toughchoices]

[Reyna nods.

May all the gods have mercy on these pirates' souls, because she's off to raid their armory. Aaaand a roll of the dice has determined that she will indeed have to knock out some pirates to do that, so, uh.

Hm.

Anyway, a the others may hear a bit of a thud and a dragging noise as she does that. But hey, it's probably fine? Nobody is calling for backup so she probably managed to sneak up on them.

She'll reconvene with the others at the spinning wheel in a bit.]

[okitactless]

[It's fine? It's fine. These aren't Sanji and Jae-ha pirates, they're dumb NPC pirates, so there is absolutely no problem with any of this.

For his part, Yasusada's off to go find the spinning wheel! And a coin flip has decided that Yasusada's got to do a little bit of fighting too--but since Yasusada is hardly subtle, let's just let him knock out one pirate and leave him there in the hall. It's like a sword breadcrumb trail or something.]

[wearys]

[ this is fine. fine!! fine.

magnus manages to slip down and start opening cargo without any fighting. where would a feather dress be? maybe a nice trunk. he hopes it... fits. over his clothes, too.

when he does find it he finds it... doesn't. it'll only fit his lean frame minus shirt and jeans. so he has to steal a handbag to put his regular clothes in and. gets caught. in his boxers, while putting on the dress.

ignore the thump you hear from magnus tackling a pirate in his boxers, thanks. ]

[resumed]

[And while all of that is going on, he's busy scouring the cargo hold with anything he can find. It takes time, but he eventually comes up with a few ripped flags, some netting, and a sail.

It's not a perfect dress by any stretch of the imagination, and it's most likely going to fall apart the moment someone wears it, but it counts.

He gets ambushed about halfway though, so while the rest of the group hears thumps, they'll also hear a yell of a pirate before a thump and then some silence.

He doesn't waste time in case back-up gets called and he wraps up the dress, hastily sewing before shoving the supplies in his pockets and running to find the spinning wheel.He won't be the first there, most likely, but he's making an effort.]

[toughchoices]

[SUCCESS. Reyna's got a plethora of weapons - everyone can take their pick as she darts back to their prearranged meeting point. She's uh, got a bit of blood on her but it's fine! It's... fine.]

Nico! [Thank goodness, there he is. Does he still have his Stygian iron sword or does he need an assist? She's got plenty to pick from.] There are one or two on my heels - are you ready to knock these pirates into the wheel?

[Any of their allies who needs a weapon will get one tossed their way as they arrive...]

[okitactless]

[Yasusada's done his best to guard the area until they can all convene here, but he definitely heard all those thumps and bumps and yells, and when he sees one (1) Reyna and one (1) Nico, he figures this part is in good hands.]

I'm going to back up Magnus-kun!

[Since it's kind of mean to make him fight pirates in his undies and somehow shuffle all the way here in a feather dress--but he takes a second to snatch a dagger from Reyna, just in case, and takes off back down the corridor, darting past her opponents. Hopefully they'll get distracted by him and leave her and Nico with a clean opening to take them out.]

[wearys]

[ thank you yasu because magnus is now. running in a feather dress hoisted at his waist. he's doing his best, but there are definitely some pirates on his trail. there's feathers flying. ]

I think they know we're doing some weird shit!

[ is what magnus shouts when he finds yasu. ]