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

[siffriend]

Imbue it with magic to make it move... Start a collection... or you could even leave it places to scare people. My animals are very realistic.

[ Actually, all their carvings are! This seems to be one of the few things they're Proud Of. ]

[calamitish]

[ me like my brain is empty i can no longer type as i stand in line for food.

ish sighs. ]

Can you make any kind of animal?

[siffriend]

If I've seen it, I can. And I've seen a lot.

[ So yeah, basically. ]

[calamitish]

Not a snake, a bird.

[ he waves his hand and siffrin will receive exactly one cigarette. ]

There's tobacco in the salon anyway. You just need to do the work of rolling it yourself.

[siffriend]

Thanks. I'll be sure to do that next time, and I'll bring you a bird, too.

[ Yippee!!!!!!!! Friendship points with Yoonhee, here they come. ]

KICKS BACK OPEN

[siffriend]

[ ... And here Siffrin comes a little bit later!!!!!! Hi. ]

Um. So. I wanted to ask, if... we could vote for ourselves. If we don't want to accuse someone else of it, but we don't know who it could be.

[ Not wanting to add another innocent life to the pile, see. ]

[calamitish]

Really? You'd sacrifice yourself over someone you barely know?

[ in the interest of time i am going to ratshake ish to get a reply that doesnt involve a long back and forth. ]

I'll let it slide this time. But if people keep doing it that'll be boring, so —

[ tldr; you are allowed to self vote unless told otherwise, be free! ]

[siffriend]

I'm used to doing that.

[ Very, very casually. But Siffrin'll nod!

...

And keep this information to himself (for now?). It doesn't seem like... the time to bring it up. Bye again, Witchypoo... ]