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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[thesharpestroy]

[Funny. There's a band called Guns N' Roses where Shiv is from.]

Interesting combo of cologne you've got there. Got an explanation for the gunpowder and the roses?

[ocenon]

[ Doesn't say that loud to interrupt Shiv because, like, reading the room for a change: ]

That's the name of a "rock" band, isn't it? I heard some of their music for the first time before we all arrived here!

[arbalestrier]

[He slung the musket behind him again after armor check was done, but he can also take out the packets of gunpowder he showed to Ayaka when she did the pocket check. Shiv can open them up and check if she wishes, it's literally just grains of gunpowder.]

At 2037 hours last night, I concealed myself within one of the rose bushes to determine if there were any suspicious individuals roaming the area. I had my musket with me, along with a pistol. That is likely the source of both scents.

[thesharpestroy]

...well, that'd do it. You pass out in the bush?

[arbalestrier]

Yes. It was quite painful when I woke.

[He says that as expressionlessly as he says everything else.]

not actually here

[divineth]

[sir,]

[the_obedient_servant]

[They snort.

Funny little man.]

[antemeridian]

[ sir? ]

[fourtuity]

[ rose...bush... ]

Uh, wow? You better not have looked any of our skirts.

[ god what is today ]

[arbalestrier]

[???]

Am I not supposed to?

[is Clover wearing one right now?]

[fourtuity]

[ help??? ]

...Yeah, don't look up skirts?

[ she is, in fact, wearing a short skirt. ]

[arbalestrier]

[fklsdlfk i think i misread your initial tag but this is fine]

Understood, I won't look up skirts. But I suggest you take measures to protect yourself as well.

[fourtuity]

[ NO IT WAS JUST TYPO CITY SORRY kjasldjal ]

What, just don't look up from the ground and it's fine!

[ oh my god she's never gonna look at a rose bush the same way ever ]

[arbalestrier]

[NO IT'S OKAY it's funnier this way]

...That would be rather difficult. How would I keep watch if my field of vision was limited to the ground?

[can't believe he just ruined rose bushes for clover]

[fourtuity]

Uh, lemme rephrase then: patrol all you want, just don't be a voyeur? There's no way someone hasn't warned you before.

[ why is this even something she's trying to explain help ]

[arbalestrier]

Hmm...

[She's kind of right, even if Kaname hadn't quite lectured him on the specifics of not peeking under skirts. But...]

It's not an issue, then. I'm not a voyeur. I have no interest in your undergarments or your personal affairs, provided you aren't inflicting bodily harm on civilians or engaging in terrorism.

[fourtuity]

[ terrorism what? why is this her day today. but at least he seems to understand? maybe? she doesn't even wanna clarify at this point. not at this cursed ass circus. ]

...Well, as long as you get it—yeah, no issue. Thanks.

[arbalestrier]

[Clover is so valid... In any case, he simply nods back at her and goes back to standing around and listening to everyone.]