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

[gloomist]

It's easy.

[ she looks so offended. ]

[engineers]

[ oh, hello rock ] Oh - we should tell the others to check the ice cream parlor, then. Did you find whatever started the fire...?

[ thinking...

for the L though, now that he has a picture of it, is it okay to scrape a little bit of a sample with his crab multi tool into one of the fast food baggies wax paper things? he can't really go sniffing it considering he's got a big mask on so we'll bring it back to evidence...

in the meantime he will take this spudger thank you. ]

Here, I found a spudger - we should see if we can find his tool kit, too, I think that's what it's from.

[ my NERD!!!!

is there anything else in the dirt that is so very uneven? ] We should check the treeline, too, just to be safe...

[polyglotti]

[She winces at this description. It sounds absolutely awful.]

There has to be a reason for it, right?

[ragesqueaks]

[ patting date on the head from his perch. ]

Good luck.

[psynchronise]

[ date gained +1 eyeful of grizzled man abs. ]

Thanks, I think? I'll keep that in mind when cross referencing.

[outsidebones]

I suspect the reason was to kill him, so he would die.

[ragesqueaks]

[ glancing up at flapjack nesting on his head. it's okay. ]

I think so. [ a pause. ] I'll keep him with me until you guys are done.

[teufelshund]

[ hm. ]

I suppose that's true, depending on where this all took place. Hopefully we'll figure that out faster than we did last week.

[hellscapes]

[ lbx tries to scrape a sample off, but fails! looks like the smudge is from the other side of the glass.

but he has obtained spudger!

lbx may dig around more in the dirt if he likes, but he does not find anything more in there. enjoy your dirt. ]

[polyglotti]

[>T]

I meant a reason for so many stabs in the first place, obviously it was so he would die.

[firstandgreatest]

Extra dead, I guess?

[teufelshund]

[ still no weapons. ]

[outsidebones]

He died of blood loss; none of the injuries alone would have immediately ended his life. It wouldn't require extra viciousness - merely intent to ensure the job was done.

[polyglotti]

It still seems excessive. Especially if he fell down at some point, you would think that would be proof enough that he was dead.

[outsidebones]

If you are already planning on murdering someone, it doesn't especially matter to me whether your method was cowardly or not.

[polyglotti]

That...may be it, yes.

[preordain]

Just because someone is down doesn't mean they're dead.

[outsidebones]

There will likely be a lot of blood in the location he died. Any other place blood is found may indicate this wound.

[greatvalue]

[looks at itto talking about the ice cream shoes

frowns a lot]

But no bruising... Is it possible to tell the difference between a burn that happened before and after death?

[hardrocklife]

Not sure, exactly... Something over there smelled like wine, though. [nodding to the smoky fire spot.

and he'll just walk over and grab one of those baggies and rub the pink goo off on it. there, evidence collected.

looking at the smudge on the glass...]

Should we check the other side?

[greatvalue]

I don't know why I made it past the first three chapters.

[Those are so many hours of his afterlife he will never get back.]

He imprinted on her. The baby is his [ugh] soulmate.

[polyglotti]

I guess not. And if they had to be thorough...

[outsidebones]

If he was burned shortly after death, there shouldn't be much difference. However, the location of the burn was such that it appeared whatever burnt him, he only touched with this fingertips. As such, I find it harder to believe he burn occurred after his death.

Did you have a theory?

[tearduct]

If it isn't an accident, and you've got the guts to decide to do something like that, at least respect him enough not to get him in the back.

[engineers]

Wine?

[ O: ] Did you find any test tubes over there, by any chance...? [ he'll show him the pieces of the one he collected with the L on it.

and then nods! and looks a little excited but mostly in the way of let's-go-discover-something excited. ]

Let's.

[ mods i have to ask did it look like an L from this side (so the side this smudge wasn't made on?) slash if they do go outside and look at the glass where the smudge was made, does it look like an L in reverse? or is it the other way around? i drew a picture of this on my window with a dry erase marker if you need a picture explanation. method rp


also can he now take a sample if they're allowed to go to the other side, ]