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

[hardrocklife]

Round bruises, interlinked...

Like chains?

[bookpapers]

It ain't even 'bad' anymore. Just straight up tired.

[IT WASN'T EVEN FUNNY THE FIRST TIME <-- lavi's thoughts, i thought it was funny tho]

[reignite]

It possibly could be.

[ ... ] It's a red bracelet, so if it comes up...

[astika]

[see he can say that kind of shit because he knows zagreus doesn't care "chandra would also say it to someone who'd get offended" anyway]

Yes, that's a luxury for most.

[astika]

[shoots you]

[preordain]

[ it's fine, if the situation was reversed he wouldn't have helped either of you.

does his phone still fucking work can be take a picture still. mods.

either way, he is going to compare his foot with the wet print. size comparison.... can he go towards the onsen or is that a separate invest team thing. ]

[awol]

I was thinking of something like that.

We had a lot at our disposal on Wednesday. Can't rule out that the killer took a few things to assist.

[reignite]

[ NO? BUT DON'T MENTION KILLING HIM EITHER? ]

[engineers]

Taking one for the team, I guess...

[ he appreciates it thank you son ]

[greatvalue]

[He nods...]

If I was an idiot who planned to kill someone despite knowing what happens to those who get caught, but can't throw a punch, then someone who also can't throw a punch is a tactical decision.

[astika]

[look when you're both beings used to dying and coming back to life what's a little comment about death or two]

[voidshift]

If it's true that it transforms to scare people, would they even have that much control over what it was doing-? Or just... took advantage of it being creepy?

And in that case, think the shape it took would say anything? Assuming it is actually a horrible octopus and not-- I don't even know how else this would happen.

[polyglotti]

Oh, so they were trying to get the octopus to eat him?

[Why vore. Why this.]

[reignite]

[ she'll kill you both herself at this rate ]

[greatvalue]

Why didn't he tell me about this?

[HE LOOKS AT THE BIRD LIKE?? BETRAYAL??? Like the bird isn't normally full of secrets anyway.]

[astika]

[she'd be valid]

[refate]

[ he's gonna get his pipe out to pack some hash into it, so that he can join jingheng in stress/cranky/tired smoking ]

Unfortunately. I just don't want to have to cut the poor guy up more than he already has been, if it's impersonating him and doesn't return to its own shape.

[greatvalue]

Like beating a dead spiderhorse...

[hellscapes]

[ there doesn't appear to be anything amiss when harrow looks through the hole. however, yeah, this is the octopus tank.

wouldn't it be funny if i said that ryo's phone doesn't work. no, it's fine, it can work since he wasn't in there for long. he can take pictures. comparing his foot size...he will notice there's actually two sets of prints. doing a comparison, he will see that one set of prints is reasonably larger than his, and the other is very obviously smaller. he cannot go to the onsen, that is a separate invest team.

but you guys can at least see where the blood trail actually leads toward if you want. you can't invest that area, but you can get a general sense if that's a thing you want.

the body does not magically sprout tentacles. ]

[bookpapers]

...Spiderhorse?

[refate]

Please don't jinx us into having something as horrible sounding as a spiderhorse next week.

[teufelshund]

[ a baby... ]

Well, I don't have any soda or juice on me right now, but I've got... let's see.

[ reaches into his coat pocket and takes out some loose pink starbursts and a sealed pack of those messy powdered sugar mini-donuts. ]

Would any of this be enough to buy me one of those box seats?

[anothen]

[ he's glad people have a small funny despite all seriousness ]

Lost somewhere as decisive and important evidence... I'll have to trust you all to find it if it comes to that.

[outsidebones]

[i'll leave it for mephisto and ryo to follow that blood trail so she will just look around the area of the tanks for anything unusual - such as anything that could have been used as a weapon or to weigh the body down? anything that seems like it isn't in the position it should be in or doesn't belong?]

[greatvalue]

Yes.