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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[wagashis]

You realize that saying so makes it more likely to be difficult... it's one pickaxe in an entire forest.

[the cougar was kind of a pain, also?

but he's moving forward, keeping an eye out for this pickaxe.]

[melancoffeea]

[Steph's fake leg suffered the most in that encounter.]

We've been lucky to have found so many this quickly. [He frowns.] With these many trees, searching from higher ground won't help either.

[vigilantics]

[ it's chewed on after she threw it, but at least it still works as a fake leg. ]

Should we split up for a bit and if someone finds it, just yell very loudly?

[wagashis]

...I suppose it would be the best way to cover the most ground. I'm not certain it's the best idea to go alone, though.

[there are COUGARS, APPARENTLY.]

Try not to stray too far?

[melancoffeea]

[Regrouping will be a feat if they split now, but it seems they've no choice if they'll save time.]

We'll meet back here, then.

[vigilantics]

Right. See you soon.

[ AND SHE'S OFF ]

[wagashis]

[jae i'm sorry but i want to be mean to sandalphon one last time.

shirasu isn't finding Shit so maybe their local angel friend will be the finder of the last holy pickaxe?]

[melancoffeea]

[After everything is said and done, Sandalphon is the first person back at their rendezvous point. It looks like he returned empty-handed.]

[vigilantics]

[ she will also return! with nada. well, almost nada. ]

I think I found the cottage?

[wagashis]

[shirasu arrives about the same time, to make this easier! but he too is empty-handed.]

Well, at least we'll know where to go once we find that damned axe. I saw no sign of it.

[melancoffeea]

I found it. It was on the dwarf's back.

[Said in the flattest tone ever.]

Shall we? The cottage awaits. Since it's in a clearing, I can take us there quickly.

[vigilantics]

Oh. That was convenient.

[ well that's. something. ]

Yeah, let's go.

[ she will point in the direction they need to go!! ]

[wagashis]

...it's always like this, isn't it.

[he's really tired, you guys.]

Very well. Let's finish this quickly.

[but if they're traveling, he'll be a cat again because it's easier. poof, kitty.]

[melancoffeea]

Become a cat again.

[It's fine if Shirasu doesn't want to, but this will make it much easier on Sandalphon, who beckons for Stephanie to come close—then takes her into his arms as a flash of white light bursts from his body and blankets the woods. The light recedes to reveal six white wings sprouting from his back.

Time to fly!]

[vigilantics]

Oh my god.

[ that's it that's the tag ]

[wagashis]

[he's a cat so there's nothing from him but a slightly startled meow?! what the heck, sandalphon.

i'm assuming he's holding steph and steph is holding shirnyasu here bc that's easiest and if that's the case he is probably clinging for a moment there.]

[melancoffeea]

[Reaching the clearing takes virtually no time, given that it's easy to spot in an otherwise thick forest. As soon as Sandalphon's feet touch the ground, the wings disperse into innumerable particles and he sets Stephanie down. He approaches the cottage, waiting for Shirasu to take the lead again.]

[vigilantics]

[ hold on, let her... put shirasu down... because she was clinging to him this entire fuckin ride because he was a poor defenseless kitty cat in the sky.... ]

Well.

[wagashis]

[he's going to shift back as soon as he's put down and pretend the clinging never happened.

time to inspect the cottage! he's a fuckin ninja so probably he can identify secret entrances? give him some time to inspect the building, checking here and there...

and then there's a quiet aha from him as the door materializes and opens, and they're all compelled inside so the door can slam behind them.]

[melancoffeea]

[This part is simple enough. Sandalphon gets to exploring the inside of the cottage once the door shuts behind them. Perhaps Stephanie and Shirasu will, finally, have more luck with finding what they're looking for than him this time.]

[vigilantics]

[ and after a while of searching-- ]

Chest!

[wagashis]

-finally.

[shirasu straightens up from wherever he was searching with a relieved sigh. chest!!]