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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[simulacres]

They're uh, called Command Spells.

[ she covers one hand over the other. she wishes she could hide both, but that's impossible. ]

Someone put these on me before the Grail War.

[perfectpower]

Command spells? So they command you to do stuff?

[simulacres]

The opposite. If I use them, I'm supposed to be able to control my Servant.

[ her eyes flicker over to saber, and then back to her hands. ]

Though I haven't had a connection with Saber since I came here. These are probably nothing more than strange tattoos.

[perfectpower]

...huh.

[He is trying to process this because it's similar to how the Sage and the wizards work but still different.]

So is he your only Servant? Or are there more?

[simulacres]

Um... technically there was another Servant that I made a connection with? She was having issues with her Master, so I was just helping out.

[whileaway]

[Fascinating... Would that make him little more than a chain?]

Does your contract together come with anything besides the ability to control and a mark to prove the connection?

[simulacres]

Uh... I give him my magical energy? I think that's about it.

[whileaway]

That doesn't sound like much of a drawback to having another person under your control-- unless there was a cost when you run out of 'magical energy'?

[simulacres]

If I were to run out of magical energy, I guess I'd probably die.

[ocenon]

They're to be used on me, actually.

[ hello, he's here, just making sure nothing's amiss :) ]

[perfectpower]

[Looks between the two of them, hoping this isn't some kind of sex thing.]

So if you're the Servant, what is she? The Sage?

[simulacres]

I'm... I'm his Master.

[ that's the first time that she has said that to anyone other than saber himself, actually. ]

[thesharpestroy]

...is that really what they call it?

[simulacres]

As far as I was told, yeah. I'm his Master and he's my Servant and we're fighting in a war for the Holy Grail.

[ THERE'S NOTHING SEXUAL ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

[the_obedient_servant]

[vivens]

[ squints. ]

[thesharpestroy]

There's magic that lets you tell men what to do, huh...

[Hmmmmmmmmmm.]

[simulacres]

I don't think that has anything to do with gender.

[ocenon]

Only certain Heroic Spirits that have been summoned in attempts to find the Holy Grail! Gender has nothing to do with it!

[ there's even concepts in their war!!!!!! it dragged them into a dream world a few days ago! ]

[antemeridian]

[ She has learned so much about her roommates' love lives (???) this week apparently. ]

[fourtuity]

[ bdsm???








look be glad she didn't say her intrusive thought out this time ]

[thesharpestroy]

[THANK YOU. She can't be the only one thinking it.]

[cleansheets]

[ dw girls, he's right there with you. ]

[snakeblood]

[baebladie]

[ So it's like that, huh..... ]