WEEK THREE - TRIAL

[hellscapes]

Hello, deadlings. We're right back at it, huh?

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 Bloody Mary, Malibu Sunset and Rosé. With them is also a cut-out of Guy Fieri, dressed as a (sexy?) samurai with a bunch of cool flames cut out of construction paper glued to his back as he walks away from an explosion. He is also holding a sign that says "YOU CAN SOLVE IT!" However, there are now paper tears glued to his face as well.

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 fourth 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

[hellscapes]

If you keep insisting on it, I'll throw it in the trash.

[ they will eat it on their own time, MAYBE. ]

[ontrend]

[checking out the scroll from zagreus's body! what's obvious at a glance, other than that it's just half a scroll? anything written on it? stains? liquids? etc?]

[hellscapes]

[ wild tarantula gesturing ]

Yes. It's one of our many disagreements.

[ IGNORING THE TARANTULA BEING OFFENDED ]

[hellscapes]

I figure someone will take it off my hands when I'm done.

[astika]

[damp spot???? god. i know you're not going to be nice to me but can chandra tell from looking at the spot why is it damp. is this water.

that aside, going to move from the arms to zagreus's hands? do they look injured + bruised up like he was punching stuff + anything under his nails?]

[toyska]

Ah, fair enough. [Hey him too] Well, as long as it's not allies with that first octopus, I'm sure it'll go on to do great things.

[live your little spider dreams buddy]

[preordain]

Ah.

May I ask for it?

[psynchronise]

[ siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip. ]

I'll probably be back. Thanks Malibu.

[hellscapes]

I would still appreciate them. Or are you saying I'm not enough?

[psynchronise]

[ roomie privileges. he's going to nose at zagreus' phone. is it locked? ]

glass shards

[hardrocklife]

[hey, let's look at the glass. how much glass is there? any blood or other distinct stains, marks, stuff mixed in with the glass bits?]

[hellscapes]

[ when kuranosuke begins to examine the scroll, he will see that it appears to be ripped in half? the remaining half that he has has a list. ]

[nascens]

[This tarantula is full of so many opinions. He just nods slowly.]

I see. I guess a good disagreement or two helps to keep things interesting, at least.

[greatvalue]

[he nods!]

Right, yeah. So you don't have to worry about anyone losing their nerve or whatever.

[engineers]

Do not harpoon evidence.

[ please

although when lu bixing looks up and sees the boat and.... whatever that is... he mumbles, ] That better not be the octopus.

[ can the octopus traverse islands? who knows. he will turn his attention back to the footprints and pause the video he's taking to snap pictures of them separately. they're indistinct footprints, but how many sets? are they people footprints or are they tiny animal footprints, is that much easy to tell? do they lead anywhere?

he'll snap a picture of his foot near it as well and then very carefully pick up the cloak. ]

[hellscapes]

[ they consider this, and glance over in? akira's direction?

then assess their flowers. they probably have enough for two arrangements, so... ]

... Sure?

[hellscapes]

[ it looks like water and not blood by looking. chandra can have that much.

the hands don't look injured and there's nothing under his nails! but. his right hand looks relaxed... except it is positioned in a peace sign.

yeah. ]

[ontrend]

[what the heck...

how jagged is the rip? does it look like it was done haphazardly by someone just ripping and tearing however quickly they could, or does it seem neater, like they took their time with it and/or did a nice little folding thing first to tear along that line?

he also turns it over and checks the back to make sure there's nothing there.]

[hellscapes]

[ nosy...

anyway no, the phone is not locked! but its home and lock screen is a picture of cerberus. ]

[cavaliered]

[oh ok i'm stupid i misunderstood where we are. anyway.

there's a rat on the boat and gideon pulls out her sword.]

Definitely harpoon it. [no

she'll yell out to the someone on the boat:] HEY. PADDLE OVER HERE.

[greatvalue]

[that is not the only thing he did and he knows it]

[psynchronise]

[ sweet cerby .....

anyway, time to snoop. sorry zagreus, he'll keep your secrets unless they're related to your murder in which case everyone is going to know your secrets.

what apps are there? notes app? messages? what's he hiding... ]

[teufelshund]

[ IT ALSO WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN REALLY FUNNY IF HE GOT BLOWN OFF SO I WASN'T GOING TO COMPLAIN ]

I can't imagine.

[ not snappy, just. tired. ]

[engineers]

Haha, okay, okay. I'll grab a drink and give Malibu theirs, and be on my way. Murders to solve.

[ they get a little salute too! im not going to start a third thread but malibu gets a cookie also. ]

[hellscapes]

[ there's no blood or any other kind of marks on the glass shard. but the glass itself is pretty dark! otherwise it looks like shattered glass. there's maybe a handful or two of it. ]