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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[disclosures]

Not unless it's for a contest or something like that? Usually they'd stop at like... a foot? Maybe a foot and a half?

[She shrugs!]

I didn't grow up by the beach.

[discardia]

I've never been to a beach. But we'll just have to do our best.

[ okay, they're apparently going for the grimm record of sand castles here. ]

[nivation]

[ Kyouka comes back with all the wet sand she can carry and starts piling it on top of their sand creation and makes sure it sticks. It gets higher and higher, way past half her height. ]

I live near a port, but I never got the chance to go to a beach. Even... like this, with these circumstances.... to experience it... is nice.

[ It could be worse. ]

[disclosures]

I moved from New York to be closer to the beach... That's what I told myself for a long time, anyway.

[She'll go and comes back with some more wet sand, piling it on top.]

I promised Souji I'd show him my beach if we were allowed that much.

[discardia]

[ Cardia's very carefully shaping the tower/castle into some manner of... block as it grows higher, but she nods as she works. ]

I think Souji would like it. But I agree with Kyouka. Even with the situation... this is nice.

[nivation]

Especially if his healthiness remains... he should see and experience the beauty.

[ Let Souji go somewhere sunny, sit on the beach, look at the ocean, collect some seashells.

Kyouka steps back once it reaches the proper height. If building a castle helps everyone return, there's no holding back, right? ]

I'll look for seashells.

[disclosures]

[Then Rebecca's going to keep on adding more sand to this "castle".]

Yeah. ... And I really hope he gets to stay healthy.

Of all the places we could've ended up, I'm glad it was the beach. At least it's nice here. [Even if it's not her beach.]

[discardia]

We're doing what we can. All of us-- maybe that's what they meant by teamwork and trust.

[ but she'll move over to help Kyouka with seashells to make it look pretty. ]

[nivation]

[ Castles have to look pretty!!

As soon as she finds some, she'll put them on the more castle-looking parts that Cardia shaped. ]

We're doing our best. Is this getting close?

[disclosures]

[This looks... about four feet!]

Yeah. I think we hit the height requirement, now all we have to do is embellish it.

[She'll stand and start carving some details into the top of it.]

[discardia]

[ And Cardia will place a little, spiral shell on the top of it.

At which point, a key appears at the base of the castle.

Which is great and all, except now the ground is rumbling, another (much larger) castle is rising up and--?! ]

Ah. There's more.

[nivation]

Someone, grab the key—!

[ Kyouka backs up, super paranoid. Even if this bigger castle probably puts their sand castle to shame, it doesn't have as much heart for the work they put into it.

People come out and beckon them to go inside, and Kyouka looks like she trust none of of these bitches. ]

Do we listen to them?

[disclosures]

[ Rebecca snatches the third key. And now they have all three keys! For... For whatever it off they're looking for! ]

Where else is there? Maybe there's something we're supposed to use these keys on.

[ So she'll start walking forward. ]

[discardia]

[ As it turns out, it's very strong encouragement to enter the castle and find the heart, and Cardia looks like she trusts none of this, but.

She'll head inside.

AND SHALL WE JUST SAY WE FIND A CHEST, COMRADES. ]

[nivation]

[ She will follow the two and will try to shank anyone who looks like they're sus

but YEAH I'M GOOD WITH SAYING THEY FIND ONE (1) CHEST WITH THREE KEYHOLES.

hooray!!! ]