WEEK ONE: TRIAL

[retellers]

WEEK ONE: TRIAL (38 remain) Rise and shine, gremlins. Hopefully you found it in you to make and eat breakfast, despite yesterday's news. At 11am, everyone will receive a message on their PHS, simply stating: empoti enp emporium. by the strike of twelve. Shortly before 12pm, every participant will feel compelled to move towards the Emporium, if they aren't already there. No exceptions! Though they will have to navigate around shelves and merchandise and the like, everyone will fit neatly inside the room. Once all the participants are present and the clock strikes twelve, the doors lock behind them. Three of the Leaders are there with them: Swan, Tiger, and Goat. Tiger speaks. "You have nine hours. Try not to stab each other during them." ༶•┈┈⛧┈｡o°✥✣ 　　 ✣✥°o｡┈⛧┈┈•༶ Hello, everyone, and welcome to the second trial! For the next nine hours, the characters are expected to discuss among themselves, ask questions, examine the bodies of the victims, look over the evidence found yesterday, and revisit locations as needed in order to find the culprit(s). There'll be a one hour break from 5-6pm EST, where no mod tags will occur. Before the trial is over, please remember to place your character's vote over on the voting page. Voting will close at 9pm EST/6pm PST, and will serve as our activity check for the week, so please be sure you get your vote in before it ends unless you have contacted us previously. If you have any questions at any time, please let us know by pinging us on Discord!

NAVIGATION locations ₓ˚. statuses *+:｡ ic profiles :ₓo ic rules ･ﾟﾟ･｡ audience requests murder proposals ｡✧o private conversations ･ﾟo｡ curfew ･ﾟ✧ memories

Comments

[reconnective]

...something that I thought was kinda weird was that the t-shirt said "I love New York", but it had a heart instead of the word love. It was also pretty big, so...I dunno. It didn't seem like the kind of thing you'd find here.

The hair was in one of the shelves that was knocked over, so it probably got caught when somebody ran through.

Also, anybody know who Sasuke is?

[robopriest]

...

Sasuke?

[HUH?]

[reconnective]

Yeah. There were a couple of keychains we found near the door. Um...Samantha, Karen, Reginald, and Sasuke. I wasn't sure if anybody recognized those names.

[robopriest]

That seems random. I'm pretty sure nobody has those names, here...

Were they scattered, or in a pile?

[reconnective]

Kinda scattered. It might not mean much since all of the keychains were knocked over, but those four were separated from the rest and bunched together.

[soulus]

That shirt was part of the scavenger hunt last week.

[reconnective]

But didn't all of the items from that hunt disappear? [...wait.] So it's possible it's somebody's from home. Right?

[sacredchants]

There's a place known as New York where I'm from, but I wonder how many others here it overlaps with.

[infreefall]

There's a New York where I'm from, too, but I've never been there. Would something like that show up for us if we don't have any connection to it, besides being from the same world?

[soulus]

It's possible. The nova that time was responding to our presence.

[reconnective]

Then maybe we should do another clothing check for people's extra outfits and stuff. If that'd help.

[infreefall]

What, really? So that means it belongs to one of us, or...?

[soulus]

If nova took shape that time based on our memories, even something you saw in fleeting could have appeared.

[In other words, if this and that are linked, then the shirt doesn't necessarily belong to anyone.]

[infreefall]

...So we can't just assume it's connected to someone in particular, then. That's going to make this a lot harder.

[papasha]

[His brows go up at "I love New York" shirt.]

A souvenir shirt?

[reconnective]

[imagine how his brows went up when he saw it yesterday, sir!!]

Uh huh. Yoshizawa put it with evidence yesterday, but...it looked like it'd fit a large person. [...] If you want to go look at it, it's probably here.

[papasha]

[This makes him frown.]

I see. I suppose this doesn't look good for me considering I had been in New York, does it?

[evocationary]

[ lup, who has been standing next to blanca/basically leaning against him for the past ten minutes, speaks up while looking at her nails: ]

Could be someone trying to frame you. I wouldn't worry about it.

[reconnective]

...not really, no. [:(] So far I think you're the only one who has been there.

[dawnblushed]

It doesn't necessarily mean anything. Last week, when we were gathering nova, a shirt like that was something that Rufus, Ange, and I were told to find. So we know a shirt like that existed in this realm already.

[robopriest]

I've been to New York a couple of times. [He gives a shrug.] And honestly? I don't see you as the type to buy something as cheesy as that.

[siblingless]

... Isn't that normal for commemorative shirts, though?

[I ♥ Tokyo shirts are normal, so.]

But it is strange that it was found here. The shirts in the Emporium only have pictures of a castle on them.

[reconnective]

I've never seen one before, but it was more like...weird that it was New York when this place definitely isn't New York.

[siblingless]

Right... No one mentioned owning a shirt as their item from home last week, did they?

[reconnective]

Not that I remember, but last week we were pretty scattered, too.