bellelurette | TRIAL I

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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It's no more unfair than the system humans created to trial sinners in most worlds, is it?

We have rose scented soap in the laundry room. Maybe elsewhere, too. I'm not sure, but considering the theme of this place...

Maybe...? Then again, she had a stab wound. I don't know.

Did you look inside of the solleret? And shake it out for potential debris?

Sure, sure.

[They gesture towards Siffrin.]

Edited 2025-03-15 22:44 (UTC)

Is this really the time to ask?

[ wiggles his fingers! sorry, holding hands with randos isn't his thing. ]

Anything else?

Could I see the knife?

Aye, and that would explain wherefore we have not found any obvious footprints and the like.

[Seriously though what is this stuff?]

Yup, gotta be careful with dosage!

[ Since Break has them here, can she see the color of the analgesic doses? ]

Yeah. Same. I live in a place where we're all pretty comfortable with each other, so while the reservation makes sense, it's not what I'm used to.

[ did you see the way brad and cain immediately stripped in each other's presence, ]

That said, I don't blame them for it. And I also don't think you should feel bad about being comfortable. It's just different.

Could I see your blades?

[As Urianger says, there was ample time to clean them. However... knife in pillow? Hello? It truly pays to be prepared.]

Indeed it does. But I have not heard word on any similar substances discovered elsewhere...

[ It's okay, Siffrin has! ]

... More like a dagger. I usually have one, so... I can tell that much. Like a triangle.

[ They'll uh. They'll make a little triangle with their hands. Not an equilateral one, one that's more wide at the bottom than it is at the top. ]

Something like that. Nothing super-wide.

[The grains are so small that it’s hard for it to prick, but examining them closely will show they’re a bit translucent like glass.

They smell like metal.]