CHAPTER SEVEN ; TRIAL

[themodsgrimm]

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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[vigilantics]

This is so cliche.

[ but towards the middle is good.

eventually, there will be what looks like a broken knife in the path. ]

Three!

[selfinserting]

[He bends down to look at it.]

...Too bad we probably can’t use this. But - this means he’s probably close, right?

[vigilantics]

... yeah. Luckily and unluckily.

[ she looks around. ]

Where to?

[selfinserting]

[He’s about to answer, when the sound of footsteps that aren’t their own start up nearby. Hm.]

...I’m gonna guess that way.

[vigilantics]

... stay behind me.

[ she's going to very slowly creep up towards it, using the like. trees and stuff as cover?? and sure enough, they can spot tim curry through the foliage. ]

[selfinserting]

[He’s absolutely obeying and staying behind her. As they see him, he whispers to her.]

What do we do?

[vigilantics]

Stay here for now. When I do the signal, come out.

[ and she then steps out of the trees towards the pirate, without telling evan what the signal is. ]

Sir! Help, I was just robbed!

[ tim curry immediately just. holds his sword out. ]

[selfinserting]

[He’s about to indicate that he doesn’t, in fact, know the signal, but then she’s gone. He trusts her, at least, so he’ll watch to see what she’s going to do rather than immediately follow her.]

[vigilantics]

Sir... please... I am feeling so faint...

[ she's pretending to have a case of the vapors? tim curry will lean towards her, like he's unsure whether to stab her or not. unfortunately, he gets too close, because steph is going to promptly fucking punch him in the face, making him drop the sword. ]

Evan!

[ apparently the signal was his name. ]

[selfinserting]

[Almost as soon as the sword hits the ground and she yells his name, the sword is flying away in a sudden gust of wind, right into his hand. As he runs towards the two of them—]

Hold his arm!

[time to ride this wave of adrenaline far enough to cut off his hand before he remotely thinks about what he’s doing!!]

[vigilantics]

[ you know, holding onto an arm that is about to have a hand cut off it is probably going to be really gross in regards to blood spray, but steph does not have time to think that through. she's just latching onto tim curry's arm with all of her might.

luckily, she has great upper body strength. ]

Now!

[selfinserting]

[It actually takes a fair amount of precision to hit the wrist directly, and given that he’s never handled a sword before, he absolutely doesn’t have that skill. That means that as he swings the sword down with as much force as he can, he’s probably getting the hand and a bit of his lower arm, too. Gross.

As soon as they both get blood splattered, he seems to realize all of a sudden what he’s done, and promptly drops the sword.]

...Oh my god. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.

[Stephanie, please drag him away from this very unhappy pirate now.]

[vigilantics]

[ luckily, steph is used to running on adrenaline. the pirate screams in pain after his hand is sliced off, and honestly, steph #feels it because she has been there, done that.

still, she takes him being distracted to push him away from the two of them, before turning around to grab evan by the hand. ]

Run!

[selfinserting]

[It doesn’t connect given that he’s still Dead, but her trying to grab his hand at least prompts him to start running.

tim curry is definitely flying backwards and hitting a tree for some reason!]

...Didn’t you fall over the last time you tried to run in that?!

[vigilantics]

It's fine! We're good!

[ SHE IS IN A LOT OF PAIN RIGHT NOW BUT THEY NEED TO NOT DIE ]

[selfinserting]

If you need me to lift you up, I can, I don’t even have to touch you!

[while they relive escape from monkey island.]

[vigilantics]

Sure! Just-- look at the map!

[ WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING TO ]

[selfinserting]

[In a moment, Stephanie will find herself lifted off the ground by a strong gust of wind, floating alongside him as he sprints.]

Not far!

[In fact, he sees the X on the ground within a few minutes. But, um.]

...We don’t have a shovel.

[TIME TO DIG WITH THEIR HANDS he’s starting immediately!!]

[vigilantics]

[ .... this entire thread is so cursed.

but steph will!! start digging too!! ]

Why.

[selfinserting]

I should have grabbed some of the wood or something... Sorry, Steph.

[It’s fine though, they’ll just keep digging!!

...And then fall through into an underground cavern, as one does.]

What—?!

[Luckily, before they can hit the ground, they’re being suspended by air.]

[vigilantics]

Whoa!

[ thank god for evan's powers. steph's is so useless for adventuring. ]

Evan, I love you.

[selfinserting]

[He goes a little red as they drift to the ground, looking around at the cavern.]

T-Thanks. I, um, I love you too. [But...] We just have to look around, right? Until we find the chest.

[vigilantics]

Yeah. Hopefully this won't be too hard.

[ they're already covered in dirt and blood, so. it truly cannot get any worse. ]

[selfinserting]

Yeah. Let’s, let’s not split up just in case, though. I don’t trust this.

[But he’s moving to look around regardless, frowning.]

I don’t see anything yet. You?

[vigilantics]

No, nothing yet...

[ and after what is probably a long while of searching: ]

Wait, Evan. Look over there.