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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[refate]

[ he feels the "or else" in this and just nods. mood. ]

Then let's keep going.

[hellscapes]

[ it doesn't look there's anything but the broken bits of... like, a chair. a coffee table. the TV. nothing that wasn't in this room last night.

they move on to check vacant rooms one by one! and find them to be untouched. ]

[firstandgreatest]

[ poking at his arm. WHINING. ]

Do I really gotta ... ?

[ontrend]

[kuranosuke's outfit this week - beret, wig, makeup, choker, top, shorts, boots! he will cooperate with the strip check and remove the top, a padded strapless bra, and his boots, figuring that the rest of what he's wearing doesn't cover much anyway. he does not bother going behind guy fieri and does not care who does the checking.

there's some bruising around his waist and chest - it's not super gross and painful looking, but it's not especially light, either. it's mostly one long, thick, big-looking bruise that looks like something wrapped around him and held tight. there's an extremely faint bruise on his ankle in the same place as the one from last week that looks like it's much further along in the healing process - you really have to squint to see it.

his nails are still intact, and there aren't any obvious cuts or bruises on his hands.]

[outsidebones]

[yeah sorry not participating over here.]

[preordain]

[ yeah he is sitting nowhere near here ]

[engineers]

I wasn't really either - just in snatches.

[ this octopus sucks ] But... I'm not sure. We know that Cosmos' own hands were around his neck at some point in time - or, the hands of the octopus duplicate were around the original's neck, and that the octopus lost an arm at some point in time, and both heads were bashed in. The octopus version had bruises on his body all over, while the regular one did not - just the impact bruise of the CPR.

It'd help to be able to establish a timeline.

[failbo]

......

[Well, Filbo had no intentions to cooperate much, but, uh, he also is this really big blue creature that doesn't have more clothes or accessories than a mayoral sash made of fabric that isn't even tightly held against his body, so even if he doesn't step forward, it's really easy to see he doesn't look like he has any injuries at all.

He's pristine, yeah]

[awol]

[ this lil whiny baby wow. looking at this sad broken arm.

waves his cigarette. ]

Be prepared to be checked if anything is absolutely inconclusive. But I won't disturb that for now.

[ makes executive decision. ]

[voidshift]

What, did they just-- break things in here and move on? Let's go outside. We can search the furniture more if we need to after.

[out to the hot spring part! with caution as usual, to avoid stepping in Mess. is there anything apparent as he heads outside?

since a handprint was mentioned before he's keeping an eye on the walls as well, just in case.]

[awol]

[ that's fine he's letting it slide for now. just waves a hand. ]

[awol]

[ fuckin wet rat ass. leaves him alone For Now. ]

[firstandgreatest]

[ his whole midriff is bare anyway so you can probably see most everything

at this conclusion though he does a fist pump and a YESSSSSS before he can think about it being the broken arm and immediately yelps ]

OW!

[bookpapers]

They said two sets of footprints led to the onsen, right? Might be where they fought, if the octopus was still alive then.

[Lavi will cautiously follow Rynlan out as well, and crouch near the edge of the spring to peer into it, to try and see if there are any Objects at the bottom... or floating...]

[ontrend]

[ghkjhjghg

looks over with concern from where he's stripping]

Dude, take it easy, don't hurt yourself!

[preordain]

[ sneeze ]

[onlythans]

I do wonder about the hands around his neck. If a larger hand wanted to leave a smaller mark, could they not put theirs over his and squeeze, just the same?

The fact that they seem to be from his own hands might not exonerate others quite as much as it might seem at first blush.

[greatvalue]

If it wasn't there, maybe it's something they couldn't afford to leave behind. Like a personal weapon or whatever.

[awol]

[ hey there. pardon his briskness.

how old does the bruising around the waist and chest look? he'll examine it carefully. any... sucker marks by chance? out of curiosity? or does it just look solid all the way around?

if the bruise on his ankle is in the same place as the one from last week, he's just going to note it down and move on.

we love an intact nail, very cute, yes yes. if he looks underneath is there anything in the nailbed, under the nail itself, or around the cuticle? any less-obvious cuts or chips or perhaps fast globs of redone polish? ]

[hellscapes]

[ they head out to the hot springs, finding nothing more out of place until they are outside. no handprints on the walls on the way. outside, their surroundings do look a bit disheveled.

rynlan will have to side-step some puddles!

lavi checks in the water, but there isn't anything floating in there. ]

[voidshift]

[thanks he hates this, but. given his name's on the feet And hands list... hi, he's here, looking very uncomfortable.]

...Lavi did this last week.

[outsidebones]

Is it possible someone attacked...Cosmos, thinking they were attacking the octopus?

[awol]

[ dumps blue jacket on top of even if he's wearing his fluffy jacket. don't catch a fucking cold loser. ]

[firstandgreatest]

[ he jumps ]

Ya' keep sneezing! If you're gonna get me sick again, you gotta tell us!

[reignite]

[ fortunate that Uriel is preoccupied with holding Persephone, the bar remains as how it is.

but thank you for your service zel and unservice blue. ]