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grimmoired2018-07-28 08:34 am
themodsgrimm) wrote in grimmoired2018-07-28 08:34 am
CHAPTER SEVEN ; TRIAL
CHAPTER 7 - WEEK 7 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 (
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I'm guessing neither of you are fireproof?
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[ a beat. ]
Don't fall in.
[ thanks hikage ]
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[but okay, carefully proceeding...]
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she is seriously struggling with this. she genuinely looks tired. ]
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provided nobody falls into lava, it is just as simple as crossing over the bridge. they pop out onto the other side into what looks like a forest - AKA standing room! Instead of trees, there are gigantic mushrooms of every size and color growing around them.
Hikage stops and stares for a few seconds... but he does look back at Steph soon. Despite how he acts, he's worried. ]
... Come here. I'll carry you on my back.
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Hope these aren't hallucinogenic, or whatever.
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No, it's okay-- I'm fine.
[ she is.... the wheezy yeet. ]
Let's just get through here.
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[ he didn't come this far to fail, dammit!! for the moment, he lets her go, but he does give her a sharp glare that says he's going to hoist her up the moment she starts looking extra wheezy or yeety.
The footsteps continue through the mushroom forest! There doesn't seem to be anything particularly dangerous here, at least. Where do they go... ]
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or until they find the key. whichever comes first, ig.]
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hold on she has to rest against a mushroom. ]
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[ he slows to a stop when he notices her falling behind, turning towards her.
they may notice something sparkly hanging from the gills of the mushroom against her head... ]
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[belph will just wait to see how long it takes for them to notice.]
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Give me a second.
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[ walking over to her... also not noticing the key... he's too concerned about his partner!! ex-partner. ]
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[ oh wait.
key.
she grabs it. ]
...
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[ ... WHATEVER!! ]
Why the hell didn't you grab it?
[ BELPH!! He shoots him a Look, then starts stomping off after the footprints again, apparently ashamed...
either way, they don't go on much longer before forking, and the ends of each fork are visible a cute little cottage and an imposing castle. Hikage looks at each one, then back over to the wheezy Steph. ]
... We're not making you walk around a castle.
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[LISTEN..........]
Cottage it is, then! Hikage's protectiveness wins out.
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[ ... although she's. frowning at the cottage. for some reason she doesn't trust small houses in magic land hm. ]
Let's be careful?
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[ you're the worst, Belph. Hikage's protectiveness continues to win out, though... he looks over at Steph, then shakes his head. ]
Leave this to us. You should rest for a while longer.
[ as he finishes, he starts walking up to the cottage, putting a hand on the doorknob... ]
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anyhow, he walks up with hikage.]
Maybe you should just, like, kick the door down.
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not standing as close to the cottage as they are. she doesn't trust it ]
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[ he just turns the knob like a normal person?? And he's immediately greeted with a cute, rustic interior, and --
inhuman screeching as a crazed little girl with blonde hair runs straight at him, clutching a knife in both hands. Immediately, he fumbles for his gun, but he's so taken off-guard by the sight of her (the unfortunately familiar sight) that she drives the weapon straight into his thigh. ]
--Gggh...!!
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[well, belph is definitely reacting according to instinct now, and the thing is? after being stuck with shirasu for weeks, and the general... everything behind murder castle, he's been getting desensitized to violence, so.
his first instinct is to stab the girl with his knife.]
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[ well, steph is immediately rushing towards them too. it is more than a little unfortunate that she was so in the back now considering she... would have the best reaction time out of all of them...
but she's going to run to hikage to like, help him with the fucking knife in his thigh. ]
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