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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[ That's the way it goes- ]

...To wear it?

[ Blade repeats it, not because he doesn't understand, but to think about this for a hot second. ]

It feels risky and stupid to wear it. [ Bluntly. ] But, it can obscure someone's identity.

What does that accomplish, though? Unless someone has already proven to be someone that Tiamat would distrust on sight, and they thought the unclear identity would give her a moment of pause...?

[ more than showing their face would? (how are they wearing this hat, help) if someone was jingling at her ominously homura thinks she'd rather just leave immediately regardless, rather than stick around to figure out who the clownsuiter in a jester hat is, but. ]

Edited 2025-03-15 19:35 (UTC)

[ Blade is trying to wrap his head around this all the same. ]

I can't say I'd understand. They could've easily thought the latter or the suddenness of this person's appearance in that state would catch her off guard.

[ ...the more he thinks about this, the more ridiculous this seems to get... ]