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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BODY

[hellscapes]

[ Directly across from the bar on the other side of the room sits a large sacrificial altar, bathed in a brighter light and easier to see than the rest of the room. Judging by the lump covered with a white sheet, there appears to be a body there.

Please reply to this comment if you would like to examine Nameless's body. ]

[engineers]

[ alright well. here's lu bixing, off to very carefully investigate, with gloves and all, his personal device projecting a screen over his hand so he can make observations while he works.





i really hate that i have to write this first. does nameless have all of his body parts as far as we can tell. what's noticeable at first glance? ]

[hellscapes]

[ hahahahaha

no he does not. guess what's missing! (it's an arm.) (that's not a joke.) ]

[engineers]

[ thankfully lu bixing has currently lost the memory of the fact that every goddamn trial is an arms race so this is just normally horrifying. thanks!


im kidding (or am i). which arm is missing. is it missing entirely from the shoulder joint? from the elbow? does it look like it was neatly cut off or sawed off? what's the condition of the remaining arm. IS THERE AT LEAST ONE ARM? I DONT TRUST ANYONE ]

[hellscapes]

[ the left arm was severed right at the shoulder and the wound is jagged and bloody.

the body still has a right arm! it looks pretty bloody and cut up. ]

[engineers]

[ great. okay. thanks!

are the cuts on the left arm concentrated in any specific places? hand, forearm, upper arm? are they varying in size or consistent? do they cover the front of his arm only, or the back of it as well? what about the rest of the torso, what's that looking like? ]

[hellscapes]

[ the cuts are on the right arm. the left arm is gone. on the right arm, the cuts vary in size and are scattered all around the arm and hands. there is glass embedded in them.

the whole body is wet, and so the shirt is sticking to his skin, but there are some red spots and small tears scattered across it. ]

[engineers]

[ SORRY I CAN'T READ THATS WHAT I MEANT i got distracted by arm gate. okay. are these teeny tiny little pieces of glass or big chunks?

is there any glass embedded in the spots with tears and red spots on the shirt? he will very carefully remove this Wet shirt. and. does it smell like chlorine as he pulls it up? or Sea Water? or fish. does it smell like fish.

what's the state of his torso under the Wet Shirt ]

[hellscapes]

[ there's a mix of glass shard sizes. some cuts have little bitty shards, but there are a few slightly larger pieces of glass embedded in the skin.

lu bixing removes the Wet Shirt. it doesn't smell like sea water, but it does smell faintly of fish. underneath the shirt, the torso is sporting some similar cuts to the arm, with similarly varied bits of glass in bloody cuts.

there is a bruise on his chest. ]

[engineers]

[ he's not octopus slimy is he? is this bruise a suckermark bruise? about how big is it? he will use the device as a measuring stick for scientific accuracy but (mumbles) big medium small is also acceptable. what's it shaped like? where is it on his chest?

are the torso cuts also random in placement? ]

NAMELESS OCTOPUS

[engineers]

[


IS IT DEAD ? ]

[hellscapes]

[ yes it's super dead ]

[engineers]

[ can i look at it's mouth? what's the octopus's mouth situation like. is it a beak? can he open it? is there anything in its mouth? ]

[hellscapes]

[ it's an octopus mouth! so i suppose that is a beak, yes. he can finger this octopus hole i guess. there is not anything in it. ]

[engineers]

[ no blood or anything in its mouth? ]

[hellscapes]

[ there is not blood in it's mouth. ]

[engineers]

[ how large are the suckers on its remaining tentacles? ]

[hellscapes]

[ the biggest ones are about a 2 inch circumference, getting smaller down the tentacle! ]

ACTUAL NAMELESS BODY - WEAPONS

[anothen]

[ with this list of weapons on top of his mind palace of childe's weapons would any of these match the head injury on Nameless? ]

[hellscapes]

[ going by this list of weapons, nothing is an exact match. Gideon and Uriel's sword handles could have possibly done similar damage, but they seem a little too narrow for it, and Childe's chainsaw is about a similar size, but would clearly have ended up messier than what's there. ]

[anothen]

[ this is in consideration with all ways to try to match to the head injury, right? including the flat side of the blades, all angles of these pointy and/or blunt things? me running here to be thorough ]

[hellscapes]

[ yes that is correct. ]

[toyska]

[Hi he's here to double-check The Real Nameless's body rq. Is there any blood on or near his mouth? He'll carefully open it if needed. He's just wearing his regular gloves not fancy science gloves]

[hellscapes]

[ none blood ]

[toyska]

[(upside_down) thx]