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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[anothen]

[ this is zagreus

upon stripping to his underwear, zagreus has some cuts here and there which have mostly become light scars, maybe a bruise or two smaller than the last week, but in the end it's just zagreus. ]

[psynchronise]

[ hey look i gave him a cute outfit this week. nice. he looks comfy.

seeing as he's on the suspect list he'll do this without any real complaint.

there's no major injuries -- no big cuts or large bruises anywhere on his body or anything that looks especialyl violent. he was useless on wednesday. he does have a smattering of lighter bruises and some lighter looking scratch marks that i'm just gonna save time and say look a few days old at this point. a couple of the bruises look a little bit toothy. ]

[selfdestructs]

[ dva is dressed casually, simple shorts, t-shirt, and her usual zip up, also the crocs, ofc. anyways. she doesn't really both with guy fieri, this is fine.

her hands are calloused and there's some old scars around, but nothing super crazy to note! the only fun thing is a cut on her left ankle, that looks about a week old. ]

[voidshift]

...don't think those were like that last night.

[he's heading over to investigate the plants and rocks, careful of puddles.]

[bookpapers]

[Lavi will ask whoever's looking at him for assistance taking his clothes on and off... He might be a little slow, but those clothes are coming off, baby.

There are bruises over his abdomen and chest, some old and some fresher. There's also a bruise on his chin, somewhat dark, and a few more on his neck. There's a bandage wrapped on his left side right above the hip, and more bandages wrapped around his right arm and right shoulder. There's also another bandage on his left shoulder.

For his legs, he's got a thin scar on his upper left thigh.]

[engineers]

[ nods... ]

I think that's possible. It might explain why they attempted CPR, too, trying to rectify the mistake.

INVESTIGATION REPORT: Bar

[hardrocklife]

We're back from the bar.

Looks like the octopus was there. There were wet drag marks on the floor that seemed to change into footprints. They seem to lead from the aquarium, through the bar, where they change shape and... pass by the bar counter, as well as where a drink was left on the floor.

There was a trail of blood drops too. Seemed to start in the bar and lead outward, towards the aquarium or the residential district... the tunnel leading in that general direction. They don't exactly follow the drag marks, but there's some overlap.

There were two glasses left on the counter. They only had a little liquid left in them. Supposedly, one was a drink that makes one lose all impulse control, and the other was... water, maybe. The latter had a red lipstain on it. A third glass was on the ground. It was... wet, even on the outside, and had a smudge on it. Its contents were... according to Persephone, the "persuasive" drink.

We managed to keep the remaining contents of the third one away from... [a glance in uriel's direction.] Any stains or smudges on those glasses should still be intact, too, if any of you want to examine them.

bar

[hardrocklife]

- glass (was on bar counter, empty now, contained Inner Peace drink)
- glass (was on bar counter, empty now, contained water?, has lipstain)
- glass (was on the bar floor, bluish contents, smells like orange, has a smudge, wet on the outside)

[awol]

[ shut the fuck up pixi i'll kill you myself i refuse unless u actually did this in which case im sad im not here tomorrow.

anyways lin is here and will take a look over everything. he will be looking for injuries or bruises that could have been caused over the past 24 hours, which will rule anything from the boat race out (also he was there so he can probably account for all the bullshit trouble childe got into, that's gross)

anyways, anything on his knuckles that looks fresh at all? irritation around the hands, palms that looks recent?

he waves a hand at the mini seelie when it blurbles too close and makes a tch sound. ]

[greatvalue]

It'd save us time.

[reignite]

[ Uriel is suffering the loss of impulse control so anyone can check, she doesn't give a f*ck. she will undress to whoever wants to check her. she is dressed in her formal elegant uniform (right) clothes with white combat boots.

at a glance, there are some extremely old scars here and there (dated YEARS old) but otherwise, she seems to be free of anything new. no bruises, no cuts, no strange writing on her skin that reads "TIS I, THE MURDERER." ]

THE WILLFULLY DISOBEDIENT LIST

[awol]

- itto (injured)
- harrow (is harrow)
- ryo (is ryo)
- mephisto (throws him)
- ljh 2 (also throws him)

[preordain]

Wait, so the octopus was there as an... octopus... and then turned into the human shape? At the bar?

INVENTORY CHECK

[anothen]

[ Cerberus starts barking a storm with his three heads for attention. ]

Hello, we're here to check pockets and items. You know, the weekly usual at this point. Same with the possibility of items from home being delivered. Better to keep our sharp and blunt objects in a row.

[voidshift]

[his hands are clean! he always wears gloves, so they're free of dirt and marks, including under his nails. he has faded, healing cuts on his forearms, which are no longer bandaged this week. no chipped nails, no knuckle irritation. there are slight calluses that look a little more fresh on the undersides of his hands. the left arm has a Lot of preexisting scarring, largely scratch and bite marks that look more or less human sized, but nothing fresh.]

[ontrend]

...what the hell? That makes the timeline even weirder.

[bookpapers]

[he manifested blood nice...]

...Think I found the trail.

[just to be sure, he'll check the other puddles too for any slight pinkness?? also are the puddles all grouped together in one spot or are they like forming a trail]

[cavaliered]

WEAPONS

[anothen]

[ submit the weapons here with links if applicable ]

[astika]

[glances at uriel to see how she is, but—]

There was the only the drag marks at first? That is, there weren't two sets of footprints leading from the aquarium to the bar?

POCKET POCKETS

[anothen]

[ other stuff in here, yeah list the weapon you submitted just so i don't get confused ]

[engineers]

[ peeks in here ... let dad help.... ]

Hey, Lavi. Can you tell me about where your bruises came from?

[ what's different from what he might've seen on thursday when they got back from cyoa? ] And, you'll have to unwrap your bandages for me, too, alright?

[onlythans]

CHATTER/PET THE DOG

[anothen]

[ idk ]

[hardrocklife]

That's... what it looked like, yes.

It may have also had a drink while it was there.