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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[engineers]

[ help okay ]

I'll come look at them when I get back.

[psynchronise]

[ THERE'S A REASON FOR IT.



he ruffles her hair carefully, avoiding the bandages. ]

[engineers]

@engineer001 liked this message.

[murderofwoes]

They mostly still joined in to the festivities.

[cavaliered]

I know you're not. Kore, it'd be extremely fucking obvious if you killed with a scythe. I'm not accusing you of anything, God.

[psynchronise]

[ there is no faith in this chilis. ]

[cavaliered]

The L burned

[greatvalue]

Vampires don't sparkle or call their body glitter the [AIR QUOTES] skin of a killer. Seriously, who came up with this?

[firstandgreatest]

Least it doesn't look like he died in the ice cream shop. That'd make it way worse.

[ why????

he'll snap a pic of the trail - is there any .... footprints in the ice cream that are discernable enough. otherwise, he'll go check out behind the counter to see if there's anything. ]

[outsidebones]

[she's just staring him after he asks that question like she's waiting for him to pull out a baseball bat and try to club her.]

[murderofwoes]

A fool you read three novels from. I cannot believe you.

[ hunter. you read this. ]

[hellscapes]

[ there's more powder on the ground than on the window, but not by a whole lot. like there's enough to maybe take a small sample of. if they so desire.

lbx may compare fingy prints! he leaves a nice tidy print, but these powder prints are a little smudgy so they're not perfect. but they are perhaps a bit bigger than his own? maybe the same size? definitely not smaller.

and yes, there is a fingerprint at the end of the tall upper bit, and another print at the end of the shorter horizontal bit. ]

[engineers]

[ looks into the camera like this is the office ]

@engineer001 liked this message.

[ dad speak for ill deal with this when i get home ]

[psynchronise]

[ he's not going to club gideon!!! ]

[cavaliered]

[she scrunches down a little like a cat that's annoyed she's getting Pet but she doesn't knock him away or anything.]

Quit it. [she says, but does nothing. he has one whole right.]

[hellscapes]

[ when thancred comes back to check and looks at the stab wounds on kon's back, he will notice that there doesn't appear to be any sort of angle of entry. rather, it looks more like the wounds are straight in and out rather than slightly angled up or slightly angled down to adjust for height. ]

[outsidebones]

[ONLY because he noticed harrow was watching.]

[hardrocklife]

[Zel's just standing here awkwardly while Lu Bixing's dealing with Gideon. He puts a hand on his shoulder. That's rough, buddy.

I'll be nice and say it's the hand that wasn't touching mystery goo a few tags ago.]

Come on... Let's go back.

[psynchronise]

Qutting it.

[ the grumpiest six foot tall teen. ]

[selfdestructs]

I guess that is a positive. Just made this place a mess, instead.

[ are there any gloves near by and if not, is there a scoop?? because the plan is to have her dig through these containers, to make sure there's nothing stuffed into the ice cream. ideally she won't have to risk cold fingies for this, but she will do what she must. ]

[eleusinia]

It's called accountability! Aka, covering my own ass. I know you wouldn't, but, you know. [ beat ] We thought that about some of the other murderers.

[onlythans]

[Interesting. And the edges are messy — is that messy like the blade was serrated/jagged, or messy like just lots of blood everywhere?]

[psynchronise]

[ she caught him, his head petting is a ruse and as soon as no one is watching, he was going to bring out the comically large mallet.

and he'd have gotten away with it too if it weren't for harrow's ever watching eyes. and the 15 other people in the area watching this happen ]

[engineers]

[ that's fine

looks into the camera like this is the office and closes his phone after liking the message. ]

...yeah, seems like we better quickly. [ but he will go ahead and take a sample of the extra white powder! thank you! ] I think we're ready, Midori.

[hellscapes]

[ and midori will nod and lead them back to the trial woooooo ]