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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[antline]

No, thank you.

[the guy who brought it si InsectFan001 online come on (no)]

[littlegentleman]

[I, personally, will cry??? Junior's face goes completely pink.]

Does it...? I've never heard of such a thing.

[It sounded completely illogical, but...he liked it, anyway.]

Thank you.

[simulacres]

Thank you.

[arbalestrier]

No, not that I know of.

[oh wait, there was one thing maybe?]

The crystal, I suppose.

[allrounder]

I truly hope so.

[whileaway]

[There's a dreadful lack of sweets here!!! He's improvising.



(Yes, he just eats it by the spoonful)]

The vial would have been from him. I figured it may be useful to keep on me, considering it is two doses of a powerful analgesic. As you can see, mine is unused and untampered.

[antline]

Do you need help, Ayaka? I feel you are stressed...

[distain]

[Oh? This might be the first time she's seen him discontent.]

Maybe so. But wouldn't they also see no issue condemning an innocent for a crime they didn't commit and calling the process fair?

[oncefallen]

Of course. But there is always the possibility that the culprit mentioned something incriminating earlier in the week before we were made aware of the Witch's plans for us.

For example, I told G'raha and Break when we first arrived that I've never used a weapon before. I would have had no reason to be deceptive at that point.

[snakeblood]

I've been mostly sleeping all day here. So... all the time?

[ And just... rotting in bed, staring at the ceiling when he's awake. ]

[diel]

[ well, he was trying to give the jar away anyway... dejected doggy walking off. ty for your time sir ]

[spotsalone]

[ YEP. ]

When the situation calls, yes. Would you mind showing us, then?

[simulacres]

I wonder what his standards are.

[ but sure, she'll let it pass. ]

[littlegentleman]

I can manage more than one...but I can't grow much faster than I already am, I don't think...

[Help, he is perplexed.]

Even if I got stronger, I think I might need help of tools to demolish a wall...

[coldseep]

That makes sense. Mmm...

( On behavior... )

It's hard with everyone's emotions being a little extreme, but... Mm... I mean, even with all this going on, I didn't chase anyone down. That's not really my nature. So there has to be someone who'd get that mad... or persistent... or sadistic... if they really did chase her down that far...

( ... )

... But I don't think it was her who chased them. Because it seemed premediated... and I don't think she's that type of person.

( So someone smart enough to at least pick out the sollerets, cut off bells, or... huh... He is just a dragon.

As for the physical profile... )

As for everything else... I think what Urianger and G'raha said about trying on armor works. It should be someone who can at least fit the shoes on. And lift the sword...? And break glass?

( He's not even halfway through the evidence and he feels there's a lot to keep track of, )

[divineth]

Verily, I hope to hear statements such as these.

I will also be forthcoming in that I have mentioned mine own combat capabilities to several others.

[He's a squishy magic user, but like.]

[fourtuity]

Oh, those are painkillers, right?

pspspsp

[siffriend]

[ Hours of this... Siffrin's a night owl, but frankly it's been a lot. Okay.

Let's see. Stool to be stood on, clearing throat-- ]

Um, sorry. But I wanted to... make sure we were all on the same page, about this. I think it started in the mirror hall and moved out of there, but I don't know why it would.

[ Siffrin actually has not been there themselves! Not too fond of looking in the mirror, actually. You get tired of it. They also seem... a bit better at public speaking right now! Or they're at least starting to get to the point of wanting to go to bed that they don't care to feel nervous. ]

Is there something in there that could've caused a fight? Or... to get someone to take advantage of another person in the wrong place, wrong time? If The Witch didn't let any of us know before Tia was found, about the conditions of freedom.

But, um. I'm pretty sure... That it started there, and then ended in the Observatory somehow. By herself or with someone else.

cw underage prostitution/sex, abuse implications

[thesharpestroy]

[Oh! She was being sarcastic, but she'll let him take it as genuine if it gets him to calm down.]

I'm not supporting violence. But you did blunder straight into that one by talking shit, so...little warning.

And yeah, twenty-first-century update: grown men asking about teenage escorts is all kinds of fucked up.

[Maybe Shiv shouldn't be the arbiter of how grown men should behave around women and children given the shit going on at Waystar Royco, but they don't know that about her.]

[simulacres]

Oh, so you didn't confess to anything earlier this week.

[antemeridian]

It does not seem that Tiamat was simply taken by surprise and knocked out quickly, judging by how spread out the damages are, so yes, I imagine they must have been able to fight her well enough to eventually get a good hit in.

[ the evidence is so weirdly spread out, though... ]

[the_obedient_servant]

[They forcefully bat the hand away.]

Do not. Touch me.

[simulacres]

I see. So we might have to account for the fact that maybe they could have taken a dose of it after the fight.

[ she'll take the vial, just to make sure that it's full/unopened. ]

[remainsilent]

[ a book on architecture. ]

cw underage prostitution/sex, abuse implications

[cleansheets]

[ Angelo breathes out harshly through his nose in the background, as if to say 'and since when did anyone care about that?' but he's not going to say anything because he doesn't disagree that it's messed up. ]