WEEK SIX: TRIAL

[retellers]

WEEK SIX: TRIAL (22 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: Please go to the Emporium at 12. 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. Wolf speaks. "Nine hours. You know what to do." ༶•┈┈⛧┈｡o°✥✣ 　　 ✣✥°o｡┈⛧┈┈•༶ Hello, everyone, and welcome to the seventh 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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snoo-woo

[discernments]

[ She is so calm and so okay. She clears her throat for attention. ]

Soo-won's lower body was sandy, so I imagine he was at the beach at some point. There seems to be what may be a bullet wound in his left leg, on the upper half.

Soo-won's neck is broken. There seems to be some kind of print on it. It's oval-shaped and was about the size of my hand, give or take. [ Take it with a grain of salt, mod said. ] As he was in the form of a snake at death, I wonder how that affected how his wounds appear now, but that's something to consider.

I think any other wounds he had are older ones or from what we all received at the beginning of the week, but - he never really mentioned when he was hurt to me, so I can't confirm that.

I may have missed a few things because I am not medically trained. [ And it hurts to think of the person she knows who was. ]

Um, he had a few things on his person. Some photographs, painkillers, his PHS, a Dragon Scale. [ Does she know it needs to be capitalized? Who knows? ] Bow and arrows and a kitchen knife.

[papasha]

Thank you. [He pauses for a second.] I'm sorry.

[About what happened to Soo-won, he means.]

[discernments]

Weren't you close to him as well?

[ There's a brief pause before she manages a facsimile of a smile. ]

If he was splintering, it was necessary. I knew that it could be anyone, and so -

What we must do is finish this so they can all come back.

[papasha]

[He hesitates as if he's uncertain of the validity of what he thinks because he never exactly asked, but:]

I suppose I was, in a way, yes. It looks like he had been splintering to me...

I don't like that it happened to him--it shouldn't have--but I also understand things could be much worse if someone hadn't removed him. I think our focus should be on the other two.

[discernments]

[ why can't you ask a question, blanca ]

Mm. I suspect he would prefer the focus to be on others rather than himself, too, so I do not mind moving in that direction even if -

[ ... ]

Even if I would simply like to know.

[uhhhmagic]

[do not make him have a public feeling, jeanne]

Seemed like he knew what was coming, so. Probably whoever did it didn't drag it out or anything.

[discernments]

[ she will not because she will be fine. ]

Mm. I certainly hope that was the case. Even if— He, at least, deserved something quick.

[cuedoves]

... Can I have the pictures and the scale?

[ hm. also: ]

If he was in snake form at the time, did someone... smash his neck with something?

[uhhhmagic]

Like, bringing something down on him as a snake?

[Gesturing like. Slamming something.]

[cuedoves]

Yes. Won is a capable fighter, so it makes sense for someone to take him out like that. Especially if he wasn't himself.

[ since it's going around that he's splintering... ]

[uhhhmagic]

Speaking of - do we have any clue how or why he was a snake? I know someone had animal powers [llama. frog.] But I didn't know snake was one of them. Those were flower powers, right?

[discernments]

Yes, of course.

[ She hands them over. ]

That's what I thought. It'd be easier to break a snake's neck, but I don't know what... would be that shape.

[cuedoves]

[ he's still rude so he doesn't thank her, but he kind of nods and takes them... ]

Oval shaped.... could it be the butt of a spear, or sword?

[sacredchants]

If he was shot, it could also be the butt of a gun.

[dianxias]

[ jeanne....

xie lian's keeping his distance for reasons, but. he looks deeply sorrowful, and bows his head. ]

...Thank you for your hard work, Miss Jeanne. [ softly. ] I am so sorry.

[discernments]

... I will be all right, Xie Lian. If he knew it was coming, just as -

[ She cuts herself off and offers a sad smile. ]

Thank you for your hard work, too.

[dianxias]

[ he gets it. xie lian returns the look, mirroring her sad smile. ]

...I think... he would probably say, that it is alright, to not be alright.

[arkitect]

...I cannot think of anything which has been mentioned that would match such a shape, nor any objects in the area where he was said to be found that are similar.

[his mouth's pulled into a frown, below his mask.]

'Tis possible that someone may recall something of the like, however.

[so if anyone has any idea... send them all help.]

[discernments]

[ She nods. ]

Even if the wound size grew with the the body, I'm still at a bit of a loss. I was thinkingif maybe there were some piece similar in all the games over there, but I haven't played very many of them.

[arkitect]

If it grew with the body, then the end of a weapon may work, as another suggested... the ends of some firearms are generally more squared, I believe. But a hilt could fit.

[axecessory]

[ she cants her head. ]

That's it? He should have a flower. [ it wasn't in his room... ]

[horologia]

... What did his flower do?

[axecessory]

Oh, he had a lotus. It should turn someone into a frog.

[discernments]

Do you know if he had it on him when you saw him on Thursday?

[ She mirrors the head tilt. ]

[axecessory]

I only noticed the sword, but... if it's not on him, he should've had it in his room. And we didn't find it there.

It wouldn't surprise me if he'd used his RSVP already because of the rule. But the flower's pretty valuable, so I feel like he would've carried it?