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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[engineers]

[ nods, tho he points to kura bc that's a good point. ]

There was none on the rest of it, either. It could have even been too long, and potentially dragged in a puddle of beer we haven't found yet.

[engineers]

I agree.

[hellscapes]

[ so kuranosuke and rynlan enter the house, they're hit with the scent of burnt metal. inside, they will also see that the house itself is a bit of a wreck! several of the data machines are damaged, and there are items all over the floor from both machines, the house itself, and assorted mess.

what would they like to do first?

ljh, meanwhile, begins to run after the tiny bird. she quickly runs toward the beach where she soon spots a dead and still possibly on fire hamster.

she opens her little bird mouth, and begins to scream in her high-pitched voice, body shaking as she worries. ]

[teufelshund]

True!

[psynchronise]

So it's more like it just swiped through the beer at the bottom of the cloak?

[ontrend]

That also depends on how it'd end up draping. If it was like, beer on the ground, and the bottom of the cloak touched the ground but the rest of the cloak piled up on the bottom parts, not necessarily? Depends on how much liquid there is and how thick it is.

[teufelshund]

Kneeling could work, though I agree there would probably be more if they were falling or sitting.

[reignite]

[ frowns some more. even observing all the findings come to light, she looks confused. what even happened that night..

but, she nods at that. ] Since beer seems to keep coming up, it's worth a try.

[eleusinia]

I know you aren't, but you know people are going to grill you on stuff like this. I'm not having someone get on you just because I trusted you, you know?

[ontrend]

...

[uh. the fuck.



kuranosuke's going to go check out the desktop computer over on the right. is it functional? is the screen on? if it is - what's onscreen?]

[cavaliered]

If they were kneeling it wouldn't be on certain parts of the bottom. It'd be not-wet the part that rested on backs of their legs?

[idk how physics work though we are probably overthinking this]

[engineers]

[ cute... he grins at him. hehe ]

Only if you want to. I'll come up with some compensation for it - I don't have any money, but I could at least make you a good meal afterwards.

[engineers]

[ but he LIKES solving it by himself

no im kidding he'll go ask ]

[hellscapes]

[ there's a sigh and they lean an elbow on the counter to prop up their head. ]

We tried asking if any of the others would trade with us, but no such luck. We update each other through each trial though. [ a gesture to their phone that's laying on the counter. ]

[awol]

Some weird bird just ran out of a house. Pursuing her to see why. Kuranosuke and Ryn exploring the house she left.

[greatvalue]

Vaguely salty, but still alcohol? Or just salty?

[engineers]

Okay. Be careful - and be nice to the bird, okay?

[refate]

[ no this is right ]

There'd be differences in where it soaked in. Even if there was enough to bleed into the entirety of the bottom of it, less would be where the legs were in the way if they were kneeling.

[ but we are still probably overthinking it ]

[voidshift]

[what the fuck!

he pulls out his phone to take a photo of the state of the house before they touch anything. is it still well-lit enough to see decently in here with the condition it's in, because he's going to start checking out the items all over the floor. if it's dim in here he's using his phone flashlight and just having his hair tentacles hold the phone for him.]

[eleusinia]

[ she just lets out a sigh ]

Okay, that was kind of a low blow, but I just really don't want someone to get on your case because you did something dumb or embarrassing and won't explain what it was. You know?

[awol]

[ what the entire fuck is this. he's going to text someone rq voice to text and pursues her i fucking guess to the beach where she's screaming, slowing down as he approaches her. ]

Hey—screaming makes it worse.

[ he frowns! a little. ]

The hell happened? Why did you run from that house?

[engineers]

[ he holds up his wrist and gives it a little wriggle to show his friendship bracelet. ]

Sure thing.

[hardrocklife]

I don't know... I'm not sniffing it again.

[awol]

[ there's def no response ]

[cavaliered]

[good answer]