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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Given the amount of time we had to investigate, our culprit had ample opportunity to clean their blade if it saw use.

[And clearly a blade was used, given Tiamat's stab wound. Something else to check for, maybe?]

It's not a guarantee. I also wouldn't be stupid enough to bring such a weapon to court. However... there might be signs of use.

[If it will delay them, though, she won't tarry too much with those details.]

Edited 2025-03-15 22:25 (UTC)

[LEGIT...]

'Tis worth a cursory examination, at the very least.

If... the weapons are clean, or relatively clean, we...

[ he trails off for so long that it sounds like that's it. BUT IT'S NOT because the rest of his words spill out like a flood: ]

Weshouldsmellthemtoo.

[ he says we, but he means you guys bc soupie will never do another sniff check ever again. ]

For traces of cleaning supplies and blood?

[ A pause. ]

Given the candles, I would suggest checking for the scent of those as well, but I must wonder if those are scentless.

We have rose scented soap in the laundry room. Maybe elsewhere, too. I'm not sure, but considering the theme of this place...

So if someone smells noticeably like roses, that implies they cleaned themselves off recently.

[But who...]

We can probably narrow it down to weapons... hands and sleeves... shoes? Feet?

[Someone who smells like roses....]

Our friend with the temper smelled notably of perfume, but I wasn't particularly planning to stay near when he was riled up. Someone else may also have cleaned up, considering how many people were either covered in blood or soaking wet when they woke up.

[ ........... yes, Angelo smells strongly of roses and everyone who's been standing near him would know this. ARE YOU SUPRISED, WHEN HE'S SO OBSESSED WITH THEM....... ]