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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Comments

[simulacres]

I'm not sure, but the fact that they placed those candles next to me makes me feel like it might have been on purpose.

But I don't really understand why they would bother to cover me up in the first place.

[oncefallen]

There were candles in the Promenade as well, only they were scattered on the floor rather than placed. Perhaps whoever was setting them up around you was interrupted and forced to flee down the Promenade.

[simulacres]

But what's the point of candles? It's not like the place didn't have any other light source.

[caporegrimme]

Set something on fire, perhaps?

[Scarlet gives somewhat of a restless glance at Ayaka when he says that, because if it was for that then Ayaka was in danger. Cardboard backdrops probably would burn]

[ocenon]

I'm not sure whether the candles are actually capable of being used to light things ablaze or not. They seem magical in their construction.

[fourtuity]

The, uh, magical candles can't be used to set stuff on fire, if that helps? I dropped them before and didn't burn the room down!

[simulacres]

What a relief.

[oncefallen]

Candles are frequently used in rituals and performances. From the way you described the state of the theater, it sounds as though someone may have been trying to set up one of those two things.

[simulacres]

And he said that this is some sort of magical ritual for him. So does this mean that they wanted to involve us all in it?