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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Promenade of Reflexion

[oncefallen]

Break and I walked out of the ballroom into quite a scene-- every mirror along the Promenade was shattered. In front of some of the mirrors were broken shards splattered with blood [He brought some with him if anyone would like to look!], with more of them towards the end of the Promenade near the theater and fewer near the ballroom. Likewise, there were a few droplets of blood on the floor near the theater, seemingly indicating that whatever encounter may have occurred started in the theater.

There was one thing that was quite interesting, however. I also found a few candles scattered about on the floor as if they had been dropped haphazardly. From what I can tell, they seem to be the same type as are found elsewhere here-- lit by magic rather than by actual flame.

[And yes, Vanis is absolutely sitting here saying all of this with a glass of champagne in hand.]

[thesharpestroy]

Jesus Christ, how many places did this fight fucking go?

I guess that explains the glass on Tia. Think our murderer got cut too?

[caporegrimme]

Maybe. I heard Tiamat had cuts on her hands, so the splattered blood on the shards might be from her, but without knowing for sure there's always a chance one or more of those is the killer's blood...

[thesharpestroy]

Too bad we can’t do a magic DNA test.

[dumbface]

A what?

[thesharpestroy]

DNA’s like…the weird little molecules that tell you whose bodily fluids something is. New discovery from my world to solve murders

[dumbface]

So it's like fortune-telling but with medicine. [ and actually accurate

looking over at yoonhee ]

[snakeblood]

[ You want to be prescribed misfortunes? ]

[dumbface]

[ just tell a reverse misfortune, gosh ]

[snakeblood]

[ Talismans for some kind of luck will cost a lot, got money? ]

[dumbface]

[ does he look like he has money ]

[oncefallen]

It's possible, but there was far less blood in the vicinity than I would have expected for the amount of broken glass. It wouldn't hurt to rule it out, however.

[siffriend]

[ ... The line of events seems easy enough, um... ]

So... It it started in the theater, then... went through the hall, and then ended up in the observatory?

[ Siffrin isn't good at remembering directions. But that only made him make sure he knew where his favorite spots were and how to get to them, coincidentally two of the rooms involved-- ]

Um, I don't know. The mirrors... and the theater are beside each other, and then you have to pass the stairs from the theater to get to the observatory. There wasn't any blood by the entrances either, from what I remember.

[ Just... around Tia, and on everyone but him... ]

[oncefallen]

None at all? Not even a few drops?

[Odd...]

[siffriend]

It might've gotten washed away because of the rain, but it was just around her. And on the others.

[ But!!!!!! Not!!!!!!!! Him!!!!!!!!! He doesn't get it either!!!!!!!! ]

[oncefallen]

Hmm... I think that's worth keeping in mind as we consider all of this.

[whileaway]

When we arrived in the Promenade, Chu Wenshan was asleep in the middle of the room, if we wanted to keep note of that type of information as well. [Break is of the opinion that it was noteworthy, at least.] He was in the area least affected by glass, as the mirror shards were concentrated along the edges of the room.

[dumbface]

That guy sounds suspicious.

[ that's you ]

[fourtuity]

Um. What's your name?

[ look she's fucking losing her grip on reality already. ]

[dumbface]

Chu Wenshan. [ flat............. ]

[fourtuity]

[ looking into the camera like she's in the office. ]

Thought so, thanks.

[dumbface]

[ clover's so real ]

[whileaway]

[truly, realest of them all]

[whileaway]

It's a wonder he wasn't tripped on or covered in glass.

[dumbface]

[ even he can tell he's being asked something here (if indirectly), but he lifts his shoulders, shrugs, and shakes his head. ]