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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[thesharpestroy]

So somebody decided to attack her with a fucking sword or whatever then throw her off the building?

That’s gotta rule out a few people. Me and Chara for one. I can’t see the kid being able to shove a grown-ass woman.

[littlegentleman]

Not necessarily, if one of us got the right leverage and she was already wounded.

[He's just saying...]

[thesharpestroy]

Why are you trying to be counted as a murder suspect, kid?

[littlegentleman]

I'm not...

[He looks a little embarrassed now, though.]

I just thought it would be helpful to note.

[siffriend]

[ (You think Bonnie would disagree. They could probably shove The King off the top of the House, if they really tried. Not that any of you would let them.) ]

... There's balance, and all... but you're probably right.

[simulacres]

Why are you putting yourself in the same category as a child?

[ you're a grown ass woman, shiv. ]

[thesharpestroy]

Only in the sense of “if I tried to shove someone off a cliff, I’d be fucking dead.”

[simulacres]

Then I think we'd put a lot of ourselves in that category, right?

[ like, she gestures at the other girls. ]

But Tia was telling me about how before she came here, she was fighting off nobles. I'm guessing she was trained to fight people, even though she didn't look that different in build.

[perfectpower]

You can say that but I don't trust anyone here. The innocent people are probably tellin' the truth, but the killer has every reason to lie about their capabilities.

[She does have a point about Chara probably not being able to physically do it, but he won't say that out loud.]

[thesharpestroy]

You’re telling me a killer would lie about being able to murder? Holy fucking shit.

[That’s sarcastic surprise.]

Tia’s not made of cotton candy, though. How many people here do you think could reasonably manage to push her?

[perfectpower]

Honestly it's pretty easy to push someone down some stairs, even if they're normally strong. It's a great way to get rid of guard without riskin' injury to yourself.

[He. He might have done it a few times before coming here. Several times in fact.]

But if she's fighin' back, maybe not so much.

[the_obedient_servant]

I think I could.

[Rip to Shiv but they're different.]