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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[dumbface]

He's my doctor. [ and friend but, y'know. details aren't his thing! ]

[distain]

Your...doctor? You have one personally on call?

[She knows another person like that but won't judge by his measure.] And none of the information on your plaque bothers you in any way?

[dumbface]

I don't know if he's on call. He's kind, so he wanted to treat me. I don't even have a way of repaying him, and he's gotten into a lot of trouble because of me. [ he actually does look a little sad over this, but if it isn't obvious?

showing emotion is not his forte. ]

If you mean the memory loss, then no. There is one thing about it that bothers me, but I'll figure it out eventually.

[distain]

[It isn't, but wasn't this a rather emotional week for everyone here?]

And what is that? A lot of things bothered me more than they usually would, these past few days.

[dumbface]

[ slowly, and again... sadly. ]

I don't remember my brother's face.

[distain]

I see. I've never had siblings, but I don't know my mother's face... yet I think about her all the time.

[Because he seems very sad about that, even being kind of flat and cold the way she can be:]

How were you feeling last night?

[dumbface]

[ blinking a little, like he's not used to being asked that question. ]

Wistful, or a little restless.

[distain]

Restless... I guess it would make sense to wander, then. [Collapses this down into sword convo below now!!]