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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[oncefallen]

Miss Ayaka.

[It's soft, but with enough firmness to it to hopefully command attention and snap her out of it.]

[simulacres]

[ well, it's not like she's going to snap and get violent at vanis, but it does take her a while to get enough of her bearings. once she does, she takes a breath in... and a breath out.

how dare she be losing it around so many people? one person has died, they've convicted another to also die, and then andrew is...? ]

I'm... I'm fine.

[ she really isn't, but at least she can talk again. ]

[oncefallen]

I'll get you some water.

[And he's off before she can say that she doesn't need it. It's been a long several hours for all of them, honestly, and while he doesn't experience emotions the same way humans do, that doesn't mean he can't comprehend them all the same.]

[simulacres]

....Thank you.

[oncefallen]

[He returns shortly, a glass mostly full of water in his hand. He'll wait until she looks steady enough before he offers it to her with a slight smile.]

Here. I wasn't able to find any ice, so I apologize for it being less than entirely cold.

[simulacres]

It's fine.

[ she takes the glass of water in her hands, drinking it slowly. ]

Thank you, really.