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

[engineers]

[refate]

[ this is why he kind of likes you and sunny.

anyways i'm coming back here now bc y'all bullying at the evidence check: ] Can I swing by the aquarium real quick to check the smudge's size?

[eleusinia]

So basically we're screwed if one of you decides not to come watch us?

[ but she takes... ]

Ooh, cute. How did you know?

[hellscapes]

[ the drag marks seem to stop and start every couple of feet or so, strangely enough. the puddles seem to follow the drag marks. they and the puddles seem to start in the general direction of the aquarium. the blood drops sort of follow a similar trail of heading off into the tunnel, from the bar, but seem to be going towards the residential district...

the drag marks continue on inside the bar and inside of it seem to change shape...?

the glasses on the bar have a little bit of liquid left at the bottom! both liquids look kind of transparent. one smells a little bit like mint. the other one doesn't have a strong smell. the one that doesn't have a strong smell also has a little bit of a red smear around the rim of the glass.

the persephone glass... smells a little bit like orange. the dregs are bluer than the ones on the bar. but when she takes it to sniff, she'll find out that the glass is... wet. :( ]

[hellscapes]

We kind of don't have a choice to show up, lucky you.

[ is it lucky. and they lean down a bit and grin ]

I'm good at what I do~ Plus I know what women like.

[


do you ]

[awol]

[ i hate this. also im sorry for my 5,000,000 questions.

he's stumped and will check to see if it is shaped more like... a palm pressing down (only) instead of fingertips/knuckles/fingers idk im grabbin at straws. my last look. otherwise he's not going to linger over it, he will just bring it to everyone later and like. maybe something will come up that we can hopefully compare the marks to (or not! screams!)

he will carefully turn nameless over to check his back as well for these same marks and/or anything else that might appear on his back at all, checking shoulders, lower back, etc. any other bruising or scratch marks or anything.

he'll shift back up to his hair finally and will manipulate it carefully to have a look at the bashing wound. does it look the same as the other body's if he goes to compare? does it still take up the entire top of his head per the report? ]

[hellscapes]

[ yeah. it is shaped more like a palm pressing down, that's a good way to assess it.

looking at the back, he will find there's shards of glass on him but there don't appear any other marks, bruises or wounds. looking back at the head, it does look about the same as the other body's. it's bashed in, bloody and very big coming from the top. ]

[hardrocklife]

Looks like the blood trail goes towards the residential district...

[so they both seem to come from the aquarium, with the water-drag-marks changing / maybe stopping in here, and the blood trail continuing through here, towards the residential district?

what kind of shape do the drag marks change into? do they keep going? zel will keep following this trail.]

[awol]

[ someone broke nameless' ribs trying to give him cpr babyyy shark doot doooo doot dooo doo doooooo im delirious. thank you.

sweet nameless........ frowns so much. he will turn him back over once again (i'm sorry for the flipping and flopping but it is very gentle, jingheng is strong). but also like on that note from above that was a joke




if he places his hands on nameless' chest in a cpr-esque fashion.



do the bruises line up? as though someone tried to crush the sternum/ribs during cpr? ]

[hellscapes]

[ well.



when jingheng places his hands on nameless's chest in a cpr-esque fashion...




...they do line up. his hands match up pretty damn well. ]

[reignite]

Good to note. I found a drink that smells a bit minty... the other one is a bit harder to say.

[ would she be able to smell the red smear.. is it metallic? like blood? or some other kind of scent? or is the smell of alcohol too overpowering to be able to tell?

for a quick moment, she will take a close-up photo of these two drinks side by side and angle to snap a shot of the red smear just in case. but this is definitely evidence to take back. she has white gloves on with her uniform so she's handling all of this with gloves on, don't worry.

after that, I assume enough of a little bit of liquid means Uriel can go ahead and just. sip whatever is left of the one that smells a bit like mint. i'm sorry to everyone. ]

[awol]

[ he will just. pull his hands away.

and then very carefully lay nameless' hands over his chest and just. smooth his hair back a little. ]

Maybe accidents do happen.

[ he will just... find something to cover this body up with very gently, whatever is available, and will pick up his drink to go report back. ]</smalL.

aquarium...2

[outsidebones]

[harrow went back and took better photos of the footprints and smudge.]

[outsidebones]

[feet...2! harrow is going to compare the photos she took with these feet plus nameless #1 and #2.]

[hellscapes]

[ me coming back from break like: surely i didnt open any tags

no i did. anyway ]

Sure. C'mon.

[ this somehow happens even though they're at the bar don't question us. anyway how is kon checking the smudge we're doing this here ]

nameless body #2 report

[awol]

[ lin jingheng just whistles loudly and sits on one of the tables to give his report. ]

The body I investigated from the aquarium was likely our Cosmos. On one wrist was the black ribbon he arrived with and on the other was the red bracelet Uriel mentioned earlier. That aside, the entire body was wet with all limbs in tact and blood centered on his shirt over his chest, but no open wounds large enough to match save the bashing on his head, which matches the other body Lu examined.

[ he sighs. he hates talking. ]

Of note, he had the faint scent of alcohol on his breath when I was checking his head over. There was some bruising on his neck, could have been done with hands by the looks of it, smaller than mine.

[ he takes a long drag from his cigarette because then: ] But there’s something more important to note. I checked the bruising on his chest—broken ribs, sternum, and bruising all in line with someone trying to perform CPR on someone else.

[ and smoke. ] Discuss.

[ontrend]

...waaaait, wait. So it really was an octopus that was getting examined earlier? But he's still got his head bashed in? And he - his breath smelled like alcohol? ...and CPR? You mean - someone tried to help him?

[...]

Anyone who was with him when we all got locked in - was he drinking that night...?

[eleusinia]

[ help why wet? like, a different kind of wet than it would be from just having liquid in it...? the stem is wet? please have mercy on me. ]

Minty? It was probably the—

[ she was about to make a comment on the drink but then she looks over and sees uriel drinking. oh n ]

Oh that's ironic I think that might be the drink that makes you lose your self-control.

[astika]

[looks at the theatre group]

... I assume Micah wasn't indulging in drinks during lockdown on Thursday night.

[which is a question/statement for his curfew group mainly]

[refate]

[ help. everyone post-break just "oh god what did i leave running."



anyways he's going to compare the smudge to his own hand to see how big it is, and also mark a piece of notebook paper with a gel pen to take down the general width/height of the thing, for hand check comparisons. ]

[toyska]

[Nah y'all can discuss this time, he just sips his drink and nods in acknowledgment of LJH's efforts]

[selfdestructs]

I don't recall seeing him drinking, we all just watched a movie before passing out.

[onlythans]

"CPR" being what, precisely?

[CRP? someone was leveling carpenter? squints]

[awol]

[ he's gonna actually sit down here with childe and sip another drink. he's done talking for the next century actually. ]

[failbo]

Um, if he was having that drink I kinda doubt it's just...a pointless thing that happened. I wonder if he having that one may have led to...he doing something he shouldn't have.

[It's a total loss of impulse control, after all]