WEEK TWO: TRIAL

[retellers]

WEEK TWO: TRIAL (35 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: This is your reminder to be at the Emporium by 12 PM. 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: Wolf, Rabbit, and Fox. Fox speaks. "... Third time isn't the charm, as it turns out. You have nine hours. We'll help with what we can, as before." ༶•┈┈⛧┈｡o°✥✣ 　　 ✣✥°o｡┈⛧┈┈•༶ Hello, everyone, and welcome to the third 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!

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INVESTIGATIONS

[retellers]

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FORT

[retellers]

[ Fox takes them to the Fort! They don't have cool teleportation or void portal powers like some of the other Leaders, so everyone has to walk there. ]

Here we are.

[exercisms]

[Ugh, gross, walking.

Just looking at the fort. Here we are. It's big. There's nothing that stands out from the outside, right?]

[infreefall]

Thank you for coming with us, Fox-san.

[ now, to work! anything off at first glance as ochako heads inside? any footprints, blood marks, anything out of sorts? ]

They said they didn't find much yesterday, so we'll have to make sure we're thorough and try not to miss anything.

[reconnective]

Thanks, Fox. [it's echoed but he nods in agreement to what ochako says. since mob's taking the obvious route, and ochako's taking care to look for prints and marks, he'll head inside and begin to walk ahead to make his way up toward the top, checking the ceiling and walls as he goes.]

The fort's pretty big, so I'm not too surprised. We have a little more time today though so we can cover a lot of ground.

HOWLING ROSE

[retellers]

[ Wolf also makes everyone walk. These leaders are lame. Wolf does not step unto the boat and just gestures ]

Go ahead.

[dianxias]

[ wolf, you're so helpful!!!!

anyway! after a nice brisk walk. ] Let's try to cover as much ground as we can. I'd like to check the hold, first, if that's alright.

[ so, he's heading down that way... last night, he and someone in pc land had to take a lap, and part of it included looking through the hold and taking stock of what was down there in case something happened. let me tell you, that was a pc tag that did not age very well.

would anything be immediately noticeably missing? let's check the ammunition first, and then the other variety of items...!]

[recrowns]

Very well, I'm headed upward.

[to which soo-won's going to check all the masts of the ship!! is there any evidence that someone's been setting to climbing or anything like that, any marks on the wood or blood splatters on it]

[lionson]

[While those two are doing that, Shiro is going to inspect where the body was found. Starting off with the footprints of blood, he'll put his foot next to one and compare the size. He's also going to compare the spacing between the footsteps to his own walking stride, to get a sense of how fast the person was walking away as well as maybe an indication of stride length.]

SWAMP

[retellers]

[ Off they walk to the... swamp. ]

Well... here we are.

[siblingless]

Thank you, Fox-san.

[THE SWAMP... GROSS. :(

First thing's first, were the footprints preserved?]

[canned]

Are you sure this is okay, Kasumi? I can go in alone if you want.

[he's checking around the shore, particularly for any signs of a struggle like broken branches, blood, disturbed plant life, etc...

also, is the boat still where it was?]

[retellers]

[ ... There's a boat? That's a genuine question.

But unless you all went trampling in the swamp yesterday after investigation, we'll say the footprints are still there.

There are no broken branches or anything. ]

PUB

[retellers]

[ here they are at the pub! Wolf once again stays outside because if they can't drink what's the POINT. have fun kids ]

[uhhhmagic]

Even just seeing this place makes me sick now.

[UGH. Okay. Walking in? So how is everything scattered around, are there any scuff marks on the floor that look like people had been fighting? Or is the furniture just tipped from where it was earlier?]

[evocationary]

Right? I'm not hungover but I feel it.

[ she's following after. she definitely pats wolf on the shoulder as she goes in. she's gonna go look to see if the mugs are still sitting around. ]

[retellers]

[ the mugs are still there because no one put them in evidence. one is empty, one has about 1/5 of beer left.

There are scuff marks on the floor! It looks like a fight that magically missed everyone in the pub just like the raven blood did, almost like a kind of murder convenience due to some things being planned before an entire party showed up

also i forgot this is important wolf goes :| ]

PORT

[retellers]

[ I have no idea who's coming but sure, they're at the port. ]

[reconnective]

[here they are! fox said there was nothing in the ocean, but sora's going to immediately wade in the water anyway to check the shallow areas by the docks and around the ship if he can.]

Wanna check around the other boats? Someone might've tossed a weapon in there.

[stillnot]

Yeah. Be careful.

[ she would like to help him with the wading around but - he's right that it's better to spread out! so she's just going to one-by-one go down the dock and hop into each boat to look around in them. anything stashed away in here? ]

[retellers]

[ Sora wades in the water and, as predicted, finds nothing.

Clementine finds nothing. ]

CYGNUS ROOM

[retellers]

[ They head over to Laine and Ange's room and, by the power of convenient npc magic so that we didn't have to steal Ange's PHS, they get in.

Where are you looking? ]

[sacredchants]

[ LOOK. sometimes...you just. wanna take a peek when no one else is looking to maybe hide some evidence or something? they're unbiased(?) and she's willing to SNOOP.

but let's take a look-see in some drawers (ange's first) for anything that could be amidst? what are secrets in this room or no secrets. ]

Thanks for coming with me, Alphinaud.

[arcsplainist]

Of course.

[ While she checks Ange's, he'll go ahead and start looking into Laine's chest. ]

I've been curious to see how you are at work, after all.

[retellers]

[ In Ange's storage is: a doll, some kind of gadget, and a sapphire.

In Laine's storage/general side of the room, probably is... a bunch of sugary snacks like candy, oreos, marshmallows, and oh some fruit (looks like Laine wasn't COMPLETELY unhealthy), and what looks like a space cop uniform. With gloves, because gloves are everywhere. ]