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

[anothen]

[ hello is your gun damaged? if he were to look at it from all sides, are there dents. does it smell fishy. ]

May I check if you have bullets?

[ HE KNOWS WHAT BULLETS ARE ]

[bookpapers]

[Lavi is doing his best not to drip on anything important looking, but he'll also take a page from Rynlan and look around more?? ARE THERE ANY LIKE SCRATCH MARKS ON THE GROUND OR SOMETHING]

[ontrend]

Sizewise, though, maybe? I've got lipstick in my makeup kit - we can have everyone apply some and then take a drink from different glasses to compare smudge sizes.

Although it's not my lipstick on the glass they found, so you have to consider that not every lipstick is gonna smudge the same way. Some of it's better at not smudging than others.

CATHERD TIME

[onlythans]

[Whoever thought it was a good idea to give Thancred a whistle? Regardless he's got one, which is also why a sharp trill rings out through the assembled denizens of the trial bar.]

All right. We're growing short on time and tossing about idle theories larboard and starboard is only going to have us going round in circles. Why don't we all take what we know and start walking through what we think happened?

The sequence of events from the night of the murder, beginning to end as best we can. Where and how do we think this all began?

[awol]

[ he just watches this and then smooches him on the forehead very quietly before getting back to work. he's nyoomin. ]

[hellscapes]

[ the lipstain is red.

the smudge is ... kind of round? almost like a perfect circle. huh.

yeah two of them are empty now :( :( so sad :( ]

[preordain]

And everyone else who hasn't?

[anothen]

[ hello is your gun damaged? if he were to look at it from all sides, are there dents. does it smell fishy. ]

May I check if you have bullets?

[awol]

Whoever did this is a nightmare person.

[ontrend]

Do we need someone to like... smell it?

[hellscapes]

[ goodbye zagreus they will wait. ]

[firstandgreatest]

[ is it definitely a lipstain



i guess itto might not know this. DOES IT SMELL OF ANYTHING. does it have sparkles. is it actually blood.

is the perfect circle a fuckin' sucker shape. ]

[anothen]

[ HELLO, does her sword look used recently? Any scuffs or scratches, maybe dents, both on the blade and the hilt, the handle, etc? BLOOD? ANYWHERE? ]

[engineers]

[ ♥ ]

[psynchronise]

[ nah, no gun damage and it doesn't smell fishy. ]

It's in the evolver. Hang on.

[ if he's allowed? he'll unload a single bullet from the chambers and rotate the rest to show zagreus it's all empty now. ] It came with one bullet, this one.

[anothen]

Very cool.

[ Does her sword look used recently? Any scuffs or scratches, maybe dents, both on the blade and the hilt, the handle, etc? BLOOD? ANYWHERE? ]

[teufelshund]

Are we certain that it's lipstick and not blood?

[bookpapers]

[it does yeah!]

[engineers]

I've gotten Lee Junhyeong to participate, and Headmaster Faust as well. I'm sure Harrowhark would be willing to participate if you would, too.

[ sorry harrow he's got to throw you under the bus a little here ] Last week, Four refused to participate, and ended up being the killer. I'd rather be safe than sorry.

[selfdestructs]

[ there are no dents or crazy dmg! just some scratches from like general handling. and no fishy smell! ]

Sure, go ahead!

[ one whole bullet! ]

[ontrend]

[JUMPS at the loud noise]

Whoa, that's definitely one way to get someone's attention!

[...]

I feel like the aquarium had to be in the middle of it? 'Cause like... the glasses at the bar don't make sense if whatever went down in the aquarium happened first. You wouldn't just sit down and have a drink with someone when a killer octopus is on the loose.

HEAD INJURY RESULTS

[anothen]

[ ah ]

None of these are quite exact to the injury on his head, I'm afraid. Sword handles such as Miss Gideon's and Lady Uriel's may be able, but they're too narrow to match. The size is more similar to a chainsaw, but the nature of the injury isn't. Well. It isn't messy enough. Fortunate for him, honestly.

[reignite]

[ it's basically in the same state as last week. no blood. ]

[outsidebones]

We know a good deal of blood and destruction occurred in the onsen. It is quite possible the murder took place there, although the real Cosmos was found in the aquarium, and the false one also had its head bashed in. So perhaps the false Cosmos was killed in the onsen and the real one in the aquarium, but for what reason I am uncertain.

[even though they aren't bad yet.]

In any event, at some point in the night, the aquarium glass was bashed in. A bloody handprint was left on the glass. The octopus or a body was dragged into the bar. Three drinks were had - the impulse control drink, the persuasion drink, and a glass of water.

I would guess that occurred before whatever happened in the onsen.

[engineers]

[ nods ]

Exactly what I meant. And... did anyone know about that, before today?