TRIAL I

[lesmodsalouette]

Trial

Today is going to be a loooong day. You knew that pretty shortly after waking up, didn't you? On the plus side, it means you've had some time to process the death of one of your own, or leisure time at the very least. But come midnight, the clocks in the castle all strike out in unison again. This time though, you barely have time to clutch your head before you're transported elsewhere.

Yes, you're coming in your pajamas if you were already in bed.

The place where you find yourself is obviously not the castle, that much is obvious from an immediate look alone. The look is very circus fair meets hell, minus any actual fire (for now). The walls, the lighting, the atmosphere is different, reds and purples and exposed rock face all together with furniture that should belong in a courtroom, and a carnival, not a caldera. It's a stylistic choice, for sure.

Seating consists of various stools on the outer ring, the layout suggesting that the preferred way to conduct trial is to free mingle towards the center, unless you're partaking in food and refreshments. A veritable bounty of a spread is available for you to partake as you like. There's even an entire table's worth of chocolate, cut out in various animal shapes for you to enjoy. And yes, alcohol too, because a banquet without the finest wines isn't a feast at all.

Even with all the food there's plenty of space for all of you, but do be careful around the pit in the center of this room. How deep does it go? Where does it lead? There are other unanswered questions to answer, and you've been tasked with finding out who murdered Tia. The Witch of Ruin demands a show and unfortunately you are his captive actors. He presides over all of this from a balcony above, the best seat in the house.

(( OOC: Welcome to your first trial! You'll have 7 hours (until 8 PM EDT/5 PM PDT) to vote one (1) person guilty of murder. As this is scapegoat style, a correct vote is not necessary. Please remember to vote unless otherwise discussed with the mods, as that is our AC for this game ))

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[smdr]

[ she looks at him blankly for a second, as if she's unsure how to process that first part, before she looks at the Clownshow (TM). ]

Surprised that someone got offed? Not really.

[ it happens. ]

What about you? Feeling the paranoia and suspicion settling in, or is that still with the sheep in Snoozeville?

[fourtuity]

[ can't believe this is a ho call now ]

[siffriend]

[ Honestly.




Guns don't seem like they exist in ISAT so this is a whole lesson Siffrin's learning. ]

... Did you... intend to go to bed with it?

[uiscebeatha]

That's probably the next logical step at this point.

[ Now that people have been frogged... ]

[allrounder]

She was kind, but rather serious. Smart as well, and I have no doubt she would fight back in the event of an attack.

[ He hums thoughtfully. ]

A dragon as well.

[ probably not relevant but he thought meeting another tiamat was cool okay ]

[lesmodsalouette]

[ The hats have tips that bells would normally attach to. There's three tips per hat! ]

[divineth]

[HUH.]

Verily? Just as the selfsame Tiamat of the dragon star...

[vivens]

[ CLOWN TO CLOWN COMMUNICATION!? ]

[fourtuity]

But the romantic drama...

[ let her have her small joys in life wow ]

[divineth]

[Ah, speaking of-]

Yoru and I did speak of heightened emotions this week. Hath anyone else experienced this?

[arbalestrier]

Anyone who threatens the safety of the group. For example, by taking someone hostage, or engaging in terrorism... there are many hostile acts that would qualify.

Of course, I will also use it to defend myself.

[antemeridian]

What does that accomplish, though? Unless someone has already proven to be someone that Tiamat would distrust on sight, and they thought the unclear identity would give her a moment of pause...?

[ more than showing their face would? (how are they wearing this hat, help) if someone was jingling at her ominously homura thinks she'd rather just leave immediately regardless, rather than stick around to figure out who the clownsuiter in a jester hat is, but. ]

[remainsilent]

[ His logic is sound and he approves ]

[allrounder]

The dragon of eld, indeed! Though I must say her demeanor was quite different from the one that was imprisoned on Azys Lla.

[ in other words, how many tiamats are out there? ]

[siffriend]

Mira and Isa are all about that kind of stuff, too...

[ ... okay look, ]

I don't think you should say you're popcorning it. He might get annoyed. It's better to sit on the sidelines and experience it with a companion.

[distain]

Glad you could rejoin us.

[Literally it is not his fault.]

It was with the hat? If things started in the theater, then it might have been dropped.

[distain]

Yes. Now you only look like you fell out of a tree and not like you slept in one.

[remainsilent]

[ He is looking over at dragon, but not commenting ]

[whileaway]

To warn them, or even to trick or track them.

If the hunted heard the bells and were associating that with the hunter, then the bells stopped, it could cause enough confusion to get the upper hand. Or slipping the bells onto the hunted in order to give the hunter a better idea of their position...

[uiscebeatha]

...Now that you mention it...

[ It's been subtle for him, but... ]

[baebladie]

[ Blade is trying to wrap his head around this all the same. ]

I can't say I'd understand. They could've easily thought the latter or the suddenness of this person's appearance in that state would catch her off guard.

[ ...the more he thinks about this, the more ridiculous this seems to get... ]

[vivens]

[ comes back to this— ]

I can see the idea of her being attacked or wounded in one location and then dying in another.

Given that there has been a reported six bells found over all with two of them being dented but the dented ones being found in two different areas, it could support this theory fairly well.

[fourtuity]

Then I'll silently share popcorn with someone while watching.

[ yeah that's the lesson to take from all this ]

[arbalestrier]

[Siffrin is learning way too much from this weirdo...]

No, I didn't intend to sleep at all. I was outside, watching for suspicious characters.

[siffriend]

[ it sure is siffrin loves helping teens ]