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

[preordain]

[ GLANCES OVER TO THE HECTIC SHIT HAPPENING ]

It sort of seems like a waste of time now.

[ he'll take the coat off at least. ]

[toyska]

[(upside_down) thx]

[anothen]

[ ALL OF THIS... IS A LOT he is overwhelmed by your merch ]

Err... May I pat you down, Sir Faust?

[outsidebones]

Perhaps we've reached the point where it is worth considering motive.

[she's chewing on her lip quite hard.]

Earlier, it was proposed an accident could have occurred. The octopus mistaken for Cosmos by someone under the influence of the drink that damages your impulse control.

If that were to be the case, what would we propose to do about it?

[selfdestructs]

The octopus did chase Lulu, Kon, and myself all the way to the onsen...so it wouldn't surprise me if it was from that. And if so...that would mean the real Cosmos died in the aquarium.

[toyska]

[Welp. He comes back and shakes his head slightly.]

[voidshift]

That's the one that was also... wet on the outside, wasn't it?

[this is progressively more fucked up]

[outsidebones]

[look i'll tell you that she got distracted and ain't doing shit.]

[anothen]

[ cerberus eats the seelie

jk ]

May I pat you down, Sir Childe?

[onlythans]

[he can do it if asked, yeah, and assumed report accordingly]

[voidshift]

Nothing but the furniture itself. We came back to go through it a second time, and we checked the other rooms of the onsen.

[bookpapers]

[i forgot to say that he's drenched help, he wipes at his face, probably smearing the make-up]

Just smashed. But we saw some scratches on the floor too, kind of shallow. I looked in both pools and didn't see any arm or tentacle, and Ryn searched the hot spring area and the waiting room.

[anothen]

Hello, Lady Uriel. Do you mind turning out your pockets? To be fair and clear.

[preordain]

[ that's fine because he wasn't planning on going further than this. ]

[cavaliered]

Are we actually saying the octopus crawled out of the tank, drank a persuasion drink, and was like go murder a man? Because that's what implies.

[greatvalue]

[... hm.]

If they bit their lips, then they'd still have an injury if we checked their mouth. Right?

[teufelshund]

I don't think that's necessary. You're welcome to take my coat and examine it for yourself, and I'm happy to turn my pockets inside out.

[refate]

[ where the FUCK is this limb at ]

Worth having something to reference, at least. [ looks at the end table ] We'll have to see if any of the bigger weapons are a match or not.

[ontrend]

So like someone got smashed into the furniture instead...?

[struggles to visualize this. not kuranosuke, me.]

[greatvalue]

Uh... Lu Bixing, I think?

[firstandgreatest]

[ just to confirm

- first glass is minty, has no other marks/smudges/big pink lipstick stains on it?
- second glass is water/unsmelly, has a red blood mark from a mouth?
- third glass is orange-y, has the sucker mark? ]

[bookpapers]

That'd make sense, since we found his notebook there. Did we check his pockets? The first body -- the octopus didn't have anything in his, right?

[tearduct]

[He looks too, tired. Since he hasn't put his shirt back on yet, he gives it to Ryo and takes the coat to put it on instead.]

Probably.

[polyglotti]

You're mostly right, but there's two problems here:

First off, we all curfewed together. If Lavi and Micah both woke up in the same place, the fight never would have made it to the aquarium or the onsen. Micah is a bit naive, but by now I think he understands what 'waking up when everyone else is asleep' means. The fight would have happened in the theater, or there would have at least been evidence in the theater.

Second, I think Lavi is still too injured from Thursday to have done a murder.

[outsidebones]

It could be worth doing. Though I would like to state now for the record that I do have an injury in my mouth because when I need to collect my own blood for various reasons, I draw it from there.

I did not open it on Thursday, so I suspect it will not look suspicious, but I would like to clarify. If need be, I can produce the vial of my own blood that I keep in my room in order to confirm my explanation.