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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HAND CHECK UPDATE

[riegan]

(FOR MY SANITY say this occurs before the strip check. Thanks.)

Results are in. The gloves are a fit for Jeanne, Alyssa, Yoshizawa, Sora, Izumo, and Ange so far.

[siblingless]

All the pairs were the same size?

[WHY... WHY DO YOU NEED SEVERAL PAIRS OF GLOVES.]

[showyourself]

[sometimes people have hundreds of gloves why would you judge that]

[siblingless]

[you do not need hundreds of murder gloves.]

[showyourself]

[what if they were deeply concerned their cursed hands would kill everything they touched what about that huh]

[horologia]

Vezda-san, Riegan-san, and I were talking about that earlier ... it's possible some might have just been intended to distract us, and the bloody pair is the important one- but we also shouldn't jump to conclusions.

[reconnective]

Well if you think about the whole thing with the blonde hair last time? That's not a bad thing to keep in mind.

[all those fake hairs...and one real one to focus on.]

[horologia]

[ the blonde hair was removed from the realm. blonde was an imposter. several imposters remain. ]

Mmm. I feel we should try to better divide our time this week, though. We already have somewhat better ideas what might have happened, though, admittedly, it isn't very much of an improvement...

[ why murder at all u_u ]

[reconnective]

Yeah, me too. We're at least linking some of the locations together and where people might've gone, so we're doing way better than last time. [are they...]

We just have to keep at it and not be afraid to point things out. [so thank you homura.] You might have a point. Those papers in town seemed like they were just a distraction, too, but I wonder if maybe the blood on the paper came from the blood on the gloves before the gloves were thrown out? Could be another link.

[horologia]

I... it's possible, perhaps? How would we be able to tell, though? I'd imagine all of it was dry by the time we found it, right...?

[ or was there enough noticeable difference they could establish a path taken? ]

[siblingless]

Oh! That's a good point. We did have the same issue last week, didn't we?

[bisouled]

... Not to be paranoid or anything, but a few of those are the same people from last week's suspect list.

[ just saying... ]

[horologia]

The... blondes, right?

[ dislike, but not a bad point. ]

[bisouled]

[ a nod. ]

I think we should probably keep an eye on them. No offense meant - we're just stuck here until we figure something out.

[siblingless]

Unless I've forgotten something, wasn't Zaidelle-san's hair too short?

[bisouled]

... The details are sort of fuzzy, I'll be honest.

[ memloss games...... ]

I feel like you're right, though. So... just Jeanne, then?

[discernments]

Yes, feel free to keep an eye on me.

[ Jeanne seems fine with this. ]

[assistance]

Thank you!

[ SUMI IS THE ONLY VALID PERSON IN THIS PLACE ]

[assistance]

I just want it on the record that I was wrongly included in the suspect pool last week!

[bisouled]

Oh, you were? Sorry.

[ it's not her fault but she's gonna apologize anyway. ]

[horologia]

... So far? Is there, um, someone who didn't have their hands checked?

[yamantaka]

[ maybe blondes don't have more fun?

maybe they're just murderous? ]

[recrowns]

... the gloves were taken from the Tailor's....

And then distributed around the port, fort, swamp, and ship, correct? I agree that the bloodied pair might be the only one we need to focus on - in the swamp, along with where the spear and such were discarded, yes?

I'd like to suggest that we compare footprints, glove sizes, and the size of the costume all together and see if any of those lists generate the same suspects.

[exercisms]

Um. . .

Wouldn't it be possible to wear gloves that are too big for you?

[canned]

Um, do we know if the gloves would have all fit Mister Laine too? He was always wearing them.

Maybe he tried to leave a trail for us to follow? [glove breadcrumbs??]