TRIAL II

[lesmodsalouette]

Trial

At least this time you were given ample time to wreck your sleep schedule before the clocks gong at midnight (no apologies for such little sleep in the first place withstanding). The carnival looks just as you remember it, with the banquet and drinks refreshed. The spread is the same as before with two new additions: a platter of cute cupcakes that might remind you of someone, along with baozi of all types.

Like before, mind the pit in the middle and settle in to vote out the guilty party for the death of Siobhan "Shiv" Roy. With the benefit of experience, maybe this will be a little bit easier? With the mood weather lifted, there won't be any floods at trial at least.

(( 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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[antemeridian]

That is indicative enough of the sort of person we are looking for though, is it not?

But with the time remaining to us...

[whileaway]

[ so real bestie 💅🏻 ]

[siffriend]

[ By the stars thank goodness for fellow loopers--

Homura's getting a small, thankful nod. ]

[distain]

I suppose I already have. But I'm not particularly afraid to die, either.

[siffriend]

[ No wounds, no scrapes, and only citrus. ]

[whileaway]

... That could be. With whatever manner makes it the most ironic.

[caporegrimme]

Nothing is decisive, but at some point the circumstantial evidence is too much to brush aside.

[Hmmmmm...]

This could be settled if we could at least do a cursory comparison between the dagger and the wound on the body, but...I guess we won't get to have that bit of certainty.

[diel]

Didn't you say...? Earlier you said if they'd been the one attacked, and it was self-defense, that you wouldn't - !

[ he jerks his arm away, revealing the stained wooden buck in his hand. but it's clenched tight in his fist and he won't give it over. ]

[coldseep]

( though he isn't happy about any of it, he won't argue. )

Thank you. This is what I wanted to hear.

But that proof still sounds shaky. If Cain doesn't know, why is Siffrin suspicious?

And they were sleeping in the Solarium, right? There's plenty of dirt there.

[divineth]

...I understand. The time limit doth make for rushed conclusions.

[And he hates it.]

I do believe thee, as the others do.

[diel]

Do you care more about the truth than about us? We didn't choose to be here.

[perfectpower]

[He crouches down a little by Siffrin. Smiling a little, he offers his hand out in the scissors formation, like Siffrin had showed him.]

It's alright, y'hear?

[the_obedient_servant]

There are very few people in this room who would put their life on the line for another.

Narrowing it down to those who would let an innocent die in their place is narrowing it down to everybody in this room, except for perhaps a couple. The stakes are unbelievably high - the reward is limited only by one's imagination and faith - and the cost is someone they have only known for two weeks.

[uiscebeatha]

[ ohhhh his name is angelo......


Nodding in corroboration, though. Lines up with his memory. ]

[cleansheets]

Would we need that? The murder weapon was in the corpse and they had theirs by the time we all woke up.

[spotsalone]

I did say, yes.

[ He doesn't press for the buck. He thought he saw some exchange between Siffrin and Yoru earlier, but he's not interested in coming between that. ]

Is that what you'd like to do? Vote for ourselves?

[divineth]

[He lowers his head.]

...Nay, I do not. I wish this had not come to pass, not without more certainty.

[perfectpower]

Then you're a fucking fool.

[He lets out a huff of annoyance. He doesn't like seeing that kind of an attitude in people.]

Hopefully you live and learn.

[uiscebeatha]

[ Cain just grins at that. Maybe, when they're not in front of everyone else, he'll tell him about it. No answer. A treat for later.

He chuckles. ]

So long as we share a bed. Yeah.

[coldseep]

Several thousands years of experience. You?

[perfectpower]

[diel]

Just don't vote for him.

[stygiomedusa]

[:gaspflame:]

[siffriend]

[ They can't.

But all they need to do is survive, week by week, and hope that The Witch lets the rest of them go. They don't want to hurt anyone. ]

... I didn't do it. That's all I can say, even if you won't believe me.

[arbalestrier]

He's the only one with a recent injury that would be relevant.

[Cain's stab wound seemed to have been explained, so...]

Everyone sleeping there should have dirt, then.