WEEK TWO - TRIAL

[hellscapes]

Hello, deadlings. Wow. Just...wow.

You may have been wondering what you could possibly do in the aftermath of yesterday's beek. Your demons weren't entirely helpful, and it seems that there were no answers to be found. But on Saturday morning at 11am, you'll soon hear a sound coming from the dock. There's a large ferry waiting for you, and even if you resist you'll eventually find yourself compelled to climb aboard and set off on a short voyage. The islands around you look fairly blurry, but you don't go very far before you stop at a slab of land with two large buildings stationed. The Execution Bar is locked tight and you won't be able to head in that direction. Instead, once again, your feet navigate you to the building on the right as the door creaks open.

Inside is a bar. It's dimly lit in several places, but bright enough for you to see each other and navigate without running into the furniture. Tables and chairs are scattered around in front of the bar counter, and the floor is far less sticky than the bar on the other island. Stained glass windows decorate the walls depicting images of humanity's suffering, and concrete crosses and tombstones are gathered in the corners. The bar itself is fully stocked with all types of alcohol and mixers, along with an array of bar food to help keep your energy up.

At the head of the room lounging among the statues of saints and the Blessed Virgin are Blue Hawaiian, Cosmopolitan and Midori.

Above them hangs another hand-painted banner, sloppily thrown together.

CONGRATS ON YOUR TRIAL!
12pm - 9pm
Vote or suffer eternal damnation

You can try to leave, but the door to the bar has been locked. All of the windows are reinforced, and there isn't another way out. You've been called here for one reason...let the misery begin!

Hello, and welcome to your third trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about this week's murder! Characters will have time to examine the body of the victim and explore relevant locations.

There will be a mod-tag break between 4pm EST/1pm PST to 5pm EST/2pm PST. While the trial may continue and players can tag each other, mod-led threads such as questions and investigations will be on hold.

Finally, we have a voting page for characters to vote on the culprit! Please be sure to read this page carefully and that your vote is in by the time trial finishes (9pm EST/6pm PST).

Good luck, and have fun!

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Comments

[teufelshund]

Oh? Under the demon drinking age here, or just not interested?

[eleusinia]

[ STOP THIS ]

...Thanks for looking out for me last night, by the way. You know I didn't actually mean any of that, right?

[reignite]

[ returns pomcerb to him, here is baby. ]

..Thank you again, Zagreus.

[hellscapes]

Sure, sure~

[ they make him a drink. it turns more purple the more the ice melts.

"what about the taste" i have picked this for looks alone ]

[hellscapes]

[ hehe

there's no non-human matter in the head injury. it's the entire top of the head - it is a very big wound. his hair is wet with water as well and blood. the shards vary in size, but most are pretty small.

there's nothing on the back of the head that isn't just part of the Head Bashed In wound. ]

[hellscapes]

Yeah.

[engineers]

[ cool. okay.

moving on. how about the lower half of the body? is he missing any more limbs. are there more glassy cuts on his leggies? does he have both of his shoes. the little things. ]

[hellscapes]

I think no one here has ever met a cat before, so they don't know that you can leave them alone.

Or that cats eat dead bodies.

[ontrend]

I figured that was probably, you know, this place talking, but...

[he pats her on the shoulder]

...glad that's all it was.

[greatvalue]

It's what the scrolls say. If we went with the second half of their name, it'd be Sunset. Not Sunny.

[He pauses

and squints at the bird. Hello????]

You partied with him when we were in jail?

[greatvalue]

I didn't say anything.

[BUT HE'S LOOKING.]

[hellscapes]

[ there are similar cuts with varyingly small shards of glass on both legs.

he still has his shoes on! ]

[bookpapers]

[itto.... lavi will pat him on his good arm in return,]

Thanks... Go easy on me, yeah? I'm still a little shaky from Thursday.

[hellscapes]

[ the blood splatters look like they came from kind of everywhere. it's possible that they came from the body, but there are splatters spread out away from the body itself, too, amongst the glass and the water and the dead fish on the ground.

the hole in the tank is a little larger than ryo, enough that he could slip in there if he wanted. water continues to drip, and as he looks at the glass he'll notice a large smudge of blood in a vague shape. sort of round, with four or five oblong streaks.

anyway while those two are doing that, harrow turns over the body and she gets a good look at who it is. it very much looks like a person, hair matted with blood at the top where the head is bashed in. the body is wet to the touch, but any further details may need to be examined in a different body investigation.

however, she and the other two will immediately recognize this person as Nameless. ]

[birdeater]

[ wow just like his girlfriend ]

[engineers]

[ he'll very carefully remove his pants to check his legs bare, too, and check the bottom of his shoes for any specific debris! is there glass? are they like, the same shoes he usually wears? "does lbx pay attention to shoes" no but unfortunately we've had too many feet checks for him to not notice if he's wearing high heels or something.

is there anything in his pockets, also?

i cant believe there's a second nameless while this is happening. ]

[hellscapes]

Yeah. Malibu Sunset, Sunset, Sunny. Sunset's still better than Malibu.

[ is this even important. ]

Yeah, how did you think he got that hat?

[reignite]

[ JDHFKDHJGD STOP ]

[hellscapes]

Hehehe.

[ >:) hehehe ]

[outsidebones]

[lol crazy.]

...It appears to be! One of you must carry it back. This is quite interesting, don't you think?

[saves it for body investigation, but she will take some pictures of how the body is laid out. can i get some more detail on how it's laid out? was it bundled up in something? is there anything beneath it, like glass or anything?]

[hellscapes]

[ his bare legs make it easier to see the various cuts and glass!

the whole body is wet, so so if there ever were any debris on the shoes, it has probably been washed away. they look just like his usual shoes!

his pockets are empty. ]

[eleusinia]

[ belatedly, chiming in: ]

She's named after a flower!

[hellscapes]

Oooh. Those are still not black!

[ but they accept it ]

[engineers]

[ is he going to jumpscare me and turn into an octopus???? also, if he turns him over, what about the back of his legs? anything unique there? back of his neck? back of his shoulders?

i guess unfortunately he'll also check his feet without shoes too. any glass/cuts there?

also im so sorry to ask about the bruises again but i just want to make sure - are they like, consistently round? or (mumbles) a shape. and then, in terms of being interconnected, are there any that interconnect across - like for example, one that starts on the front, one that's on his side, and wraps around to the back? ]

[greatvalue]

... Most of the time, yeah.