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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INVESTIGATIONS

[hellscapes]

[ Once you have requested a location, an investigation sub top-level will be posted below this comment. ]

FOREST BIOME

[hellscapes]

[ being carried by shadow, midori leads them from the ferry over to the hallway outside all the biomes!

there is some blood on the floor outside of the forest biome. good choice! ]

[hardrocklife]

Looks like we chose right.

[how's this blood look? is it a pool, drops, streaks, splatter? is there a trail for us to follow?

looking around the outside of the biome, is anything else immediately out of place about this entrance/hallway space?]

[engineers]

[ lu bixing makes a little agreeing noise, frowning intensely for a moment and going to pull up his personal device's camera, snapping a picture of said blood. also - is there any outside any of the other biomes? ]

Yeah. [ great. is there any sign of smoke or fire in the actual biome entrance at all, or anything obviously out of place on first glance in that direction? ]

[hellscapes]

[ it's not a pool or splatter, and isn't a streak either. it's more of a trail of blood drips, from a little ways down the hall and cut off by the door.

there is indeed some smoke coming out from under the door. not a lot, but... nothing else out of place in the hall. ]

[hardrocklife]

[can we see which direction that blood trail came from? any biomes or other locations that way?

anyway, he'll pull up his scarf over his mouth and nose, and give lu bixing a chance to make any preparations he wants. nodding to the smoke, then to him.]

Ready?

[engineers]

[ he nods, reaching into his bag and fiddling around for a moment, feeling around and jk tuuri has a cool mask she's gonna share, thanks tuuri

he flashes zel a thumbs up! let's go.

what's on fire

also are there any like obvious paths or ways to go in the forest biome, like footpaths or areas that are disturbed or anything beyond Being On Fire? ]

[hellscapes]

[ the blood seems to pass any other biome doors rather than lead towards them.

they open up the door and are immediately hit with smoke to the face! the fire has not taken over the whole forest somehow, and is pretty contained to a spot near the door.

there's a sort of clearing in the middle of the biome, surrounded by trees, since the biome is designed to look like a forest from certain angles. it's the ideal forest gazing spot! but there isn't a clear path, just dirt.

dirt that is disturbed. ]

[hardrocklife]

[he closes his eyes while smoke hits him in the face. cool.

then he'll walk on in and... might as well start by looking at the fiery elephant in the room. how much fire is there? what all is burning in this spot, as far as he can see?]

ICE CREAM SHOP

[hellscapes]

[ bloody mary is just going to stand outside of here and read a book. you guys deal with this.

the first thing they'll notice is that there's a thin trail of red liquid that seems to be starting from inside the ice cream shop and leading towards the biomes outside the ice cream shop.

the second thing they'll notice is when they go inside the whole place is a mess. the toppings are knocked over and there's melted ice cream all over the floor. ew... sticky. :( ]

[firstandgreatest]

[ quick, what flavors!!!!!!!

anyway he'll head on in ... how thin is that thing trail. like a drag mark or like someone was bleeding and walking or what. ]

Woah. Someone really went bull-in-an-ice-cream-shop on this place!

[selfdestructs]

[ sticky...

while itto checks out the sus red trail, she's going to wander over to the ice cream cases, is there still ice cream in them? or are they empty... also checking for like any hidden messages or hints, like if kon spelled out something with ice cream or toppings on the glass/counter. (i hope that makes sense. help. ]

This being a place of interest does not surprise me, because it is ridiculous. [ she expected this from kon, tbh. ]

[hellscapes]

[ rum raisin... no, it looks like a lot of flavors.

the thin trail is bright red inside the shop! it does look like it could be from someone bleeding and moving to the outside of the store, yes.

for dva, there's still ice cream in some of the cases, but some have been overturned and thus ... they are walking in sticky ice cream floors. there's no hidden messages spelled out in the toppings, just sad sprinkles overturned, but there is some red splattered on the counter in a way that isn't consistent with strawberry syrup. ]

[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. ]

[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. ]

[hellscapes]

[ it's a good thing he's looking for footprints otherwise they would've missed it by stepping in it! wowie! it does look like there's some very messy footprints in the ice cream leading outside the shop. it's a complete print, but it was made in melting ice cream, so the shape is a bit off...

there is a scoop dva can use! there's nothing stuffed in the ice cream though. she can painstakingly check out the remaining flavors that aren't on the floor for this. ]

[firstandgreatest]

Feet ...

[ he'll take a pic of it and then put his own big feetsies next to it? can he get a sense if its ... well ... probably smaller ........... HOW MUCH SMALLER. Or is it too fudged up to tell. ]

GIFT SHOP

[hellscapes]

[ cosmopolitan seems to be letting flapjack the bird hang out on his head as he leads rynlan and thancred off the ferry and into the gift shop!

what would they like to do first? ]

[voidshift]

[gift shop time let's go...

he's being cautious as he steps in, just in case there's anything on the floor, but if the path is clear and nothing on the way is visibly out of place, he would definitely like to check the kigus.]

[onlythans]

[Same, to start with, but specifically on the lookout for bloodstains, scuff marks, that sort of thing as we go in!]

[hellscapes]

[ as they wander into the gift shop, there will be a few things they notice right away in the room. first of all, there appears to be a large pile of kigus thrown around on the floor. second of all, not too far from the entrance there is a slightly visible questionable stain, along with a black and yellow item crumpled up nearby. ]

[voidshift]

[cool he dislikes both of these!]

Thancred, could you-?

[nodding to the questionable stain and item! he's going to the kigus, and will start going through this pile.]

[onlythans]

[Sure, why not, Thancred "questionable stain and beefucker item investigator" Waters is on the case.

Let's get the item out of the way first once he's closer, if he looks at it without touching it is he able to determine what it is by sight?]

[hellscapes]

[ rynlan can examine the pile! there is. a lot going on here. there are just many kigus all thrown around and bundled up, but as he digs he'll find different ones of various animals. there appear to be a lot of rodent-themed ones though the longer he digs. there are some small-sized kigus of lil guys like a mouse, a bear...a hamster...and there are some larger ones including a rabbit, a squirrel, a deer and some others.

meanwhile, thancred can look at the item on the ground!



it's a bloodied bee kigu. enjoy your beegu. ]

[voidshift]

[ok so we burn the hamster kigu (no)

he's sorting through them while he digs, seeing if any appear to be used/worn compared to others or otherwise out of place? besides, you know. the bear in the middle of all the non carnivores. is there anything weird about that one?

if these discarded kigus have pockets he's giving them quick pats to be sure (and if any are crumpled/rolled he lays them out.)]