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

[engineers]

[ cool ok. lu bixing watches the other two and like closes his eye for a long moment at the realization that itto likely only has the stick because its the one he was impaled with. he summons the patience of a teacher and resumes his investigation.

also it's hard to tell the size but are they similar like - in gait? were they walking next to each other or are they spaced far apart vertically and/or horizontally? also you didn't answer my where did they go question. :(

was there anything under the cloak? does any of the sand look like it was disturbed to the point that something could've been hidden?

once he's done with that he'll take a quick look down the beach to make sure there's nothing else in the other direction (the opposite way that itto's going) down to the end of the beach! he'll move his camera thataway too and use the zoom function to make sure we're not missing some piece of incredibly relevant things (arms) sticking out of the sand (are there more arms)

and then heading back to gideon. ]

Okay, okay. Let's be nice to the animals. You attract more flies with honey than you do with vinegar, you know... [ jesus. ] I'm not sure if he'll come in for us, since it's been impossible to get close to them this entire time.

[ he does wave, though...? ] Maybe he'll talk to Popcorn.

[cavaliered]

I can't walk on lava, which I know is shocking. [she says, idly.] But there has to be something on that boat, right? What if the rat stole evidence?

[this is such a bold claim. yelling over to itto:]

Itto! I need your harpoon!

[firstandgreatest]

[ he'll check out the feetie prints a little more too then. were they like. running. are they. human. or animal. or whatever. all the animals are backing up and talking about hate crimes (being hit with a net or getting beans thrown at you) so itto is looking around for any like. physical evidence too just in case. ]

Hate crimes?! What are you guys talking about?

[ he will just. yeet the harpoon over to gideon. its fine. i hope it doesnt hit her. ]

[hellscapes]

[ lu bixing looks closer at the footprints! they do not really go anywhere, it looks like there were simply people chilling here side by side. maybe wind obscured the direction the feet came and went because it was not relevant and the wind sensed that. thank you wind you are so kind and considerate.

there is nothing hidden under the cloak and no sign of anything being hidden in the sand. he looks around and uses the zoom function on his phone and finds that there Not Really Anything in the opposite direction that itto is looking.

when he waves at the boat rat... the boat rat continues to look fearful. also because gideon is threatening its boat... it's in the lava... it is afraid...

the feetprints near itto also look human, and do not seem to have been left with any urgency. the only evidence he can see of a potential animal crime is that one of the distant houses has a door slightly ajar...

he gives his harpoon to gideon. oh n ]

[engineers]

[ help

we are three seconds from a diplomatic crisis here. lu bixing will let this considerate and convenient wind go, thanks wind, and focus his energy on ratgate and the fact that gideon has a harpoon. ]

...Can I try to talk to it first? And if it won't come in after a few minutes, then you can try to pull it in.

[ he's negotiating with people who are like this every day of his life. "like the rat" no like gideon. anyway.

he's gonna go to the edge of the dock to get as close as possible to this marooned creature and put on his absolute best, most convincing, warm and kind Lu Bixing The Prime Minister Who Helps Refugees And Frightened Children aura ever: ] Hey, hey...hey there, it's going to be okay. Do you need to come in to shore? Don't worry about them and focus on me.

[ this rat sucks but he's too nice to leave the rat and also gideon is right there might be evidence in there. ]

[cavaliered]

[the harpoon gun hits gideon in the arm because i rolled an 11. ow.

i'm sorry this investigation is going to take 84 years because gideon is stupid. please, tell her to go look at the animal house and not focus on the boat rat.

anyway she shoots the harpoon at the boat because there's no way talking to this dude is going to work.]

[firstandgreatest]

[ he does not say sorry for hitting her in the arm shes a big girl and also she beat the shit out of him on thursday for helpfully stabbing her girlfriend so this only seems fair

he'll go look at the animal house since everyone is out here committing hate crimes against graham ]

[hellscapes]

[ lu bixing tries to reason with the hamster but it is too distressed to do more than its distressed wiggles.

itto considers heading to the house over there, but when he tries, rosé calls out: ]

Leave that to another group! I want to get back and make sure no one is messing with my flowers, okay?

[ all those pets the npcs are babysitting cannot be trusted, and i as a mod am Very Subtle.

anyway gideon shoots a harpoon at a little boat in the lava. it punctures the side of the boat. so the boat

begins to sink

in the lava ]

[engineers]

Gideon Nav.

[ the dad voice is so real he's so disappointed

grab the rope off of the harpoon and start trying to pull this terrible boat towards the dock and their ferry before it fUCKING MELTS THIS HAMSTER ] If there was any evidence in the boat, we're going to lose it anyway! Put your arms to use and pull!

[ anyway are we done??? already if we aren't able to chase after the animals??? hello????????? ]

[cavaliered]

Talking to it wasn't going to work!

[SHE HATES THAT TONE THANKS

it's fine. she's going to pull the boat to the dock with her big strong arms. the hamster is unimportant. the boat is already on the lava, it's not going to set itself on fire as long as we get it over here! that's how this works right mods]

[firstandgreatest]

Damn, you already lost my spike, don't lose my harpoon too, dude!

[ hes rushing over to help pull the rope to the dock too. hes got a cast on so hes fine now, probably. im sure. ]

[hellscapes]

[ everyone reels in the boat as it slowly floods with lava... the boat does not catch fire but the unimportant hamster certainly does.

upon dragging the boat out of the lava they will find that Graham is dead. ]

[engineers]

[



i have no response for either of you except this icon. that's it ]

[cavaliered]

Oops.

[anyway

she's going to look through graham's pockets. does he have pockets]

[firstandgreatest]

... Oops!

[ should.




should he give graham cpr .............. yeah i think instead of anything useful hes going to give graham cpr ]

Hold on, little guy!

[ HE WAS ON FIRE ]

[hellscapes]

[ gideon rifles through an ON FIRE dead hamster's pockets. there is nothing in his ON FIRE pockets.

itto attempts to give CPR to an ON FIRE AND DEAD hamster.

i

don't even know what to say, here. ]

[engineers]

[ he's grabbing the back of gideon's collar and the back of itto's... collar? what ever that weird s&m gear he's wearing is and pulling them backwards like two naughty puppies by the scruff of the neck. he's stronger than you might expect??? its the adrenaline mom energy or its the sheer universal stress of dealing with gideon and itto specifically.

in the You're Grounded Voice: ]

No. [ to gideon: ] Check the boat from right here. [ to itto: ] You aren't even doing CPR right. Don't burn your face.

We. Are. Leaving.

[cavaliered]

[waugh

she will check the boat for anything, though. please have mercy on us.]

[firstandgreatest]

WE GOTTA SWEAR TO NEVER SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS HAMSTER GUY.

[ then his phone dings. ]

Uh, and lemme go! I gotta look for snakes!

[ he will wiggle free and. look for any evidence around here of. snakes? SCORPIONS. OR SPIDERS. ]

[hellscapes]

[ lu bixing saves gideon and itto from further burns.

gideon checks the boat. there's a shallow pool of lava in it, but it is otherwise empty. he was just a hamster with the clothes on his back..... driven from his home..........

itto looks for snake evidence. there is no any snake evidence on the beach. or scorpions or spiders. ]

[engineers]

[ unbelievable ]

I am not complicit in this.

[ however he is not a snitch because he's from the eighth galaxy so you know

anyway he will release itto to investigate for poisonous creatures and go text harrow back and also like. close this poor hamster's eyes. rest in peace, little buddy. to rose: ] I need a very stiff drink when we get back.

[cavaliered]

[she's unconcerned about the hamster. like whatever this place is a fucking nightmare the hamster isn't real

also she mutters skull emoji skull emoji skull emoji to her phone as they head back.]

What did we even find?

[firstandgreatest]

They were some footprints heading into the animal houses and they were all talkin' about someone being bullied out of town ... ? And one of the doors was open!

[ he looks.



at the dead hamster. ]

Oh, I guess it was that guy ...

[hellscapes]

[ lu bixing denies that he is an accomplice to this crime. and rosé looks at him like ????? because they're not the one that bartends... they do not know how to make a stiff drink.

gideon denies that the crime ever happened, but the hamster definitely was real.

itto ponders this dead hamster.

and then i guess we go straight back to the trial bar! ]