TRIAL IV

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Trial

Another Saturday, but this Saturday is your last Saturday. If everything holds, if everything works out. After all you've been through, are you capable of being an optimist? The carnival calls regardless, furniture arranged around as they always are with banquet table and pit in the middle.

This week's new offerings are: a fluffy loaf of a certain type of rye bread, a hearty beef stew and an assortment of fresh pies with candied fruit and cream.

For the last time, find out who killed two of your own: G'raha Tia and Sariel.

(( 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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[coldseep]

( Yep! A lot of blood, so the wounds must be really big or really deep... or both. )

cw: self-harm discussion

[baebladie]

[ Yeah, probably either/or, right? ]

What did you use to make those injuries? A knife? A dagger?

cw: self-harm discussion

[coldseep]

( He thinks on this, because he's not an expert on things that are the domain of humans - weapons, in this case. )

... A knife, I think. It had the long, sharp edge.

( He thinks that's the difference? Right... )

It was a really big one. ( Since, you know, going for the feel of big dragon talons. ) If you want... I can ask Ish to bring it here, since I just took something from the Mars room. I can... also take off my bandages, but it might be messy.

[baebladie]

[ Well, it is what it is... ]

May as well have Ish bring it here.

As for the bandages, we'll get to that after the knife.

[coldseep]

Mm... Let me ask.

( He'll hobble off to ask Ish! pls wait warmly. being productive like this is probably better for him than depressionrotting on the floor, at least )

[baebladie]

[ After the whole knife grabbing, Blade folds his arms. ]

...One more thing:

The bandages. Let me see the wounds. I'll patch you back up after.

cw self mutilation injuries / gore

[coldseep]

All right.

( Hwyl will begin to unwrap his wounds!! It will take a bit because there's a lot of ground to cover, but here's what we've got when unbandaged:

- His forearms have been skinned, extending to close to the elbow. On one hand it extends close to the wrist, and, on the other, it extends over the wrist, a little onto his hand/lower palm.

It's not the skinning of someone who knows how to skin an animal (where you make an incision and wrap the cut around, then slowly separate the skin from muscle with a knife). It's more like how you'd skin a potato - uneven and unpractised. There are some parts where it seems like enough of an "island" of skin was left over and he just pulled at the skin, and ripped it right off.

The angle of the knife strokes / carving, as well as the rips and tears, are consistent with someone doing these things to themself.

- His upper arm has several large, deep gashes in it nearly enough that he might as well have taken out a huge notch in his skin. The angles are consistent with what would be self-inflicted injury.

- Near his neck (almost dangerously close to something vital), and close to the top of his chest, are other significant gashes. The angles are consistent with what would be self-inflicted injury.

- Portions of his upper chest (rip his beautiful smooth titty) and his stomach have been skinned. Same deal as his arms - peeled like a potato; just pulled off in some places. Also consistent with self-inflicted injury.

One thinks this may also be responsible for his depressed mood, because this dragon is LOW ON BLOOD !!!!!

If I forgot anything Blade is looking for please smack me and I will gently add it )

[baebladie]

[ That's fine.

It's exactly what he was looking for...

As promised, he will help re-bandage Hwylyrn right up. ]

[coldseep]

( that's so ominous

thank u homie )

[coldseep]

( And he's back! ok so i'm no knife expert but i googled some big medieval french knives so let's go with:

He presents Blade a full tang knife, probably still just soaked in Hwylryn's blood since it's not like he washed it (not sure if it would have tried 100% yet or not, but whatever its state, it matches the timeframe Hwylryn gave for the injuries).

It has a blade that measures 10 1/8" long, a handle that measures 5 1/4" long, and an overall measurement of 15 3/8". It's Really Big. )

... Here.

[baebladie]

[ Looking right at the bloody blade, and nodding at him. ]