WEEK TWO: TRIAL

[gatonina]

TRIAL

▽ FULL NAVIGATION ▽ LOCATIONS ▽ STATUSES ▽ IC PROFILES ▽ IC RULEBOOK ▽ MURDER PROPOSALS ▽ PCS ▽ CURFEW ▽ AUDIENCES ▽ CAMP STORE ▽ REPORTING

POPULATION: 36 Rise and shine, Camp Gatonina. With yesterday's announcement weighting on your mind, you are left to your own devices for the entirety of the morning. The 7:00 AM bugle call will announce breakfast as usual, and those who still manage to retain an appetite under the current circumstances are free to make their way over to the mess hall in order to grab a bite. It is not until 12:00 PM that something changes. Coming as a surprise to none, given your past experiences, your body will move of its own accord towards the Mess Hall. You are powerless to resist. The Mess Hall doors will lock once everyone is inside, and for some reason — your vision will momentarily blur before everything snaps back into focus. Winter Wizard, Purple Heart and Black Shadows will be seated at a table by the enclosed bulletin board. Their bunnies will be beside them, dressed impeccably. They share a look, visibly uncomfortable, before they rise from their seats. "So it seems one of your own has been killed. Now's the time to work together and find the responsible party." "Nine hours remain to discuss and locate. Still have time." "We'll help you as much as we can from our end, too, so... Good luck." Well, you know the drill by now. - - - Hello, everyone, and welcome to the third trial! We'll go over a few notes briefly as we will be playing this trial a bit differently than other games. While there was a mini-investigation on Friday, today is the day participants can really dive in to investigate areas in the game setting, check over the body and review evidence that they find! Please see the toplevels in this post for more information. To help with the ease of the trial and for IC mechanics, only one location may be visited at a time. One of your NPCs will also be accompanying you on these visits. Most importantly, before the trial is over, please 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. Please also be sure to read the voting page carefully.

Comments

[vigilantics]

I'm trying really hard to not just say they're some weird asshole.

[unanswering]

We have plenty of reason to hope it isn't someone different-!

[it'd be nice if there's just one person out there stabbing?]

But we'll see what comes up.

[wowcool]

[Just smiling as he wanders over.]

You should eat one of these yourself, Asch!

[unpredicktable]

Right. Let's make sure to cover every possible thing, this time.

[getdrekt]

You're welcome.

[none of these cupcakes said "happy wedding" on them so they survived and that's the only reason.]

[fishingforcompliments]

[bless you, zia

but ... flayn nods. strip check will happen when the invest crew returns, then!!]

[getdrekt]

No, thank you. I'm not hungry.

[unpredicktable]

... So let's hope he managed to aim well enough.

[extracrispy]

Only if we somehow build a rock magnet before some other nutjob decides to use them as garnishing for their psycho art installation.

[swordflash]

[Blessed cover. Zenitsu pulls on the jacket, minimizing his shaking when Lili's hand brushes against the sensitive bump and he flinches.]

Ouch!

[That's where the gun hit him. Right there.]

[getdrekt]

There's chocolate and vanilla.

Escha assisted me, hence the large number.

[unpredicktable]

Yeah. Let's hope so.

[axilium]

Maybe. Could just be that someone got the drop on him, since... [he winces] it's pretty unclear what exactly was used to kill him or which of his injuries came first.

[recrypt]

Maybe they were afraid of being caught by something small like fingerprints, or something. They could have kept the weapon instead of tossing it somewhere where people might find it.

[unpredicktable]

[ ? ]

Got a theory?

[ not that it explains why they'd gently put the rock in hikage's pocket but ]

[slobjection]

You don't want to help with the case?

[wisterin]

It's possible they only cared enough to hide the exact type of wound. After all, it doesn't narrow too much down, even if we can tell it was tampered with.

[unpredicktable]

Used something else and then the rock, I'd say. The wound was bigger than the rock by itself, so it's most likely they were trying to obscure what made the original one.

[unpredicktable]

First time I'm ever rooting for being a dingus, then.

[wowcool]

[Just as cheerfully.]

If you don't, not that I think you would, people might think you're going to poison them. Even a few bites will do.

[gatonina]

[well! the gun was in the water, so no signs of if it's been fired recently. sad. however, there's nothing weird about it and if akira opens the chamber he'll find that it's empty. no ammo. lucky zenitsu...

and this is about all for this group!]

[getdrekt]

My apologies, but I'm afraid I don't care about it at all.

[voidbreaker]

Nope.

I'm just saying if the weapon was something you can't get rid of, or... I dunno, something unique enough it'd be obvious? Then you might want to obscure the entry wound. If it's a kitchen knife then who cares, everyone's had at one at some point.

But if it's a specific blade or something out of the ordinary then that changes things.

[unpredicktable]

What, are you trying to say you don't normally put murder weapons on people's memorials?

[ the bats are judging ]

[survivaltricks]

[none ammo. . . hmmmm. . .]

[Akira stands, wobbling a bit on his feet as he almost bumps into Zenitsu thanks to NO DEPTH PERCEPTION but he catches himself at the last minute]

Yeah. We'll make sure the next group checks out the residential cabins.

I can't tell if the gun was fired recently because it was submerged in the lake, but there's no ammo left.