WEEK FIVE - TRIAL

[hellscapes]

Hello, deadlings. Ready to work double-time?

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, Cosmopolitan and Midori. 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. And he looks ready to fall apart.

The second, fresher Fieri is also still here. Why.

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 sixth trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about this week's murders! Characters will have time to examine the bodies 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

[murderofwoes]

[ the entire room is full of dead people? it's fine. ]

[onlythans]

[counterpoint: can rynlan "schroedinger's baby slut crop top" dawnslight's sheer force of tsundere overpower even confidence week's influence.]

[cavaliered]

[WHAT HAPPENS IF SHE DOESN'T

she wipes it on her clothes probably.]

[firstandgreatest]

[ i bet the candy mind palace fucking owns its way better than a bunch of feet just flying around in there

ANYWAY THANK YOU ill probably be back later please be proud i didnt lick shoes ]

[engineers]

[ new chart idea who would wear the baby slut shirt and who wouldnt ]

[psynchronise]

[ perhaps he would wear it and rock it, but not because you want to see him in it. b-baka. ]

[firstandgreatest]

There's melted ice cream on the bottom of his shoes, so should probably check out that place too, right?

[hellscapes]

[ the candy mind palace looks like this

i am so proud of you for not licking shoes ]

[teufelshund]

They're crunchy corn chips from America with an obscenely high sodium content! Also very good with nacho cheese, though I'm afraid I don't have any of that with me.

[ holds them up for approval? throw? ]

[onlythans]

[there are so many tongue-related things i could say here but i've tortured gideon enough this week so i will refrain]

Nav.

[psynchronise]

[ would ljh wear the baby slut crop top, discuss. ]

[hellscapes]

[ it's just going to continue to feel like it burns and her skin will turn reddish. wash your fucking hands ]

[psynchronise]

[ very seriously: ]

I think I will get whatever she gives me.

[hellscapes]

[ zelgadis picks up the burnt wool. and the glass, which makes it clear to him that this is a broken test tube. the top is still mostly intact. there is a cork in it marked E. also the fire smells a bit like wine.

since he's looking real close at the ground, he also notices that one of these footprints has something pink in it!

the biomes are all side by side along a straight hall, so the back wall and side walls between them aren't glass - they're just walls that are pretty well hidden with trees/plants/etc. but there is no damage to any of those. the only glass wall is the one all the way across the room that looks out on the 'guest area' of the 'zoo.' from a distance, it does not appear to be broken.

lu bixing inspects the prints! it looks like there are two foot sizes at play here. and so much movement that it's hard to get a good measurement. he can try, but he psychically knows that the ranges might be pretty wide.

the footprints move over the very disturbed dirt and then do indeed lead him to the impact/blood spot, yes.

from closer up, the window is not broken. however there is some kind of smudge on it. none blood on the walls or glass over here either.

looking at the dirt near the impact spot, lbx finds a phone! ]

[engineers]

[ only in lbx's dreams ]

[hellscapes]

[ while several of the wounds are deep, none of them appear to be anything that could be counted as fatal. it looks more like the sheer amount of stabs caused him to bleed out. ]

[psynchronise]

[ sweet dreams, lbx. sweet dreams. ]

[selfdestructs]

[ that's my boy ;o; ]

[onlythans]

[there's more of us than there are of him, we could just put him in the crop top]

[psynchronise]

[ thancred just wants to see him in a crop top. and his coat. understandable, have a great day.

("a man is dead")

a great day ]

[refate]

[ rubs face into her in his sneepy toddler mode. ]

[cavaliered]

I promise to not to vom on you.

[...]

Ow. [her finger is red. someone help.]

[outsidebones]

[great. and when you say the stabs look rough, does it look like they were made with something other than a straight blade?

is there anything on his back besides the stabs and blood?]

[preordain]

[ rest in pieces gideon we will always remember your three lost fingers ]

[hardrocklife]

[...

he's gonna try to get a closer look at this pink thing. what does it look like.]