WEEK TWO: TRIAL

[gatonina]

TRIAL

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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

[concasse]

... We also have 40 minutes left.

[Just speaking up quietly.]

I'm not saying you gotta spill your guts now or at all, but right now we're on track to throwing names out randomly.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . breathes out sharply, lifting a hand to touch his eye bandages in a dramatic anime fashion]

[. . .]

Guy's story doesn't make sense to me. The path to the cabins might've been shorter cutting through the forest, but. . . navigating through all that brush would've been even harder than taking the long way around.

His boots are covered in lake sand and forest debris, too. I don't think it's that incriminating when he said he stayed by the lake and cut through the forest, but. . .

[it's all he has]

[chaoticlootral]

For what it's worth, I was thinking the same thing.

[survivaltricks]

There are marks on his gloves, too. Dark marks. They smell like sweat and wood, so it's also not anything incriminating, it just--

It doesn't make sense.

[he does NOT look happy]

[chaoticlootral]

The downside is, uh, if he did do it and he wears gloves, fingerprinting isn't going to help much?

[concasse]

... We had no idea fingerprinting would be an option.

So if there aren't any fingerprints, maybe that's just as incriminating.

[okitactless]

[stares in 2B]

[ruffboi]

So, let's fingerprint him. See if it gets us anywhere. If it doesn't, we can use it on someone else.

[survivaltricks]

He has gloves. I don't think it'd get us anywhere at all.

And Majima was also in the forest area, so I don't think we can rule him out.

[menially]

[...]

Logic it out if you need to. I've told you the truth about everything.

Just know that I'm not part of the team you mentioned earlier.

[survivaltricks]

[nods at him]

Yeah. I know you aren't.

[which is why he isn't sure and wasn't even sure he wanted to bring it up]

[unpredicktable]

I'm surprised you're not just outright saying you didn't do it.

[ it's an odd way to answer that accusation? ]

[menially]

[He shrugs.]

People were also surprised I went and put rocks out on memorial stones. What can I say.

But no. I've been telling the truth.

I didn't kill Hikage.

[fishingforcompliments]

...he had a very difficult time balancing. He may have... taken the route through the forest so that he could catch himself against the trees if he were to fall.

[she doesn't seem entirely convinced by what she's saying - but she figures she should at least bring it up]

[survivaltricks]

. . . he could have.

[that's actually a good reason for him deciding to take the forest!!]

And he did tell me he tried to use the trees for balance.

[fishingforcompliments]

...so... maybe.

[maybe he's in the clear??]

...but if not him, who?

[survivaltricks]

I don't know.

[HE'S GOT, LIKE. NOTHING ELSE]

[fishingforcompliments]

...

[they didn't even get distracted by dowry talk this time and they've still got nothing at the end. flayn is really not cut out to be a detective. maybe she should have read more mystery novels instead of romances in the village library.]

[disreguarded]

[ ... :c ]

Yeah. I think you might be onto something.

[survivaltricks]

I don't.

[and he says that honestly]

[shortfornow]

His balance issues could be an effect or they could be from being near a loud sound like an explosion or a gun shot.

[survivaltricks]

I thought that, but I asked 45 if he was having hearing issues and she said he wasn't.

[shixiong]

[ really, really, really don't like this. you can see it on his face.... guy... ]

The marks on his gloves, and the missing bark, too.

[survivaltricks]

Mmm.

[but that's all he says. he is trying to steel his expression but he looks so unhappy]

[shixiong]

[ yeah. yeah, him too. ]

...I don't want to think it could be true, either.