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

[gatonina]

[the bullet was just on the edge of the imprint, nowhere in particular. the body shape itself is sort of large and flat as if the body fell while bleeding and stayed down, and the fuzzy imprint has maybe like a small break here or there, likewise with the tiny one. beyond that there isn't anything too extraordinary about them.

also yes steph can have gloves and uno eye that's fine.]

[daifukus]

Not that I recall being spoken of.

[ the heck is the fuzzy imprint. is it a bear butt? a new forest creature? did hikage try to shoot bunnicula and fail?? ]

I don't see anything that could indicate such except for these markings. [ but none shoe prints?? he will be squinting around the perimeter for either hikage's or any sign of their incredibly sus murderer ]

[vigilantics]

Can I see the casings?

[ honestly because just looking between tonbo and wwx, steph is uh

pretty sure she is the only one familiar with bullets here. so. ]

[givethemhell]

[SHE IS CORRECT. He gives the casings a curious look but he knows next to nothing about guns and lets them futz around with it.

Instead, he'll just inspect the areas around the perimeter of ox cabin again. Any shoes or footprints or other missing eyes or suspicious trails or perhaps a signed confession by the killer?]

[gatonina]

[there are no footprints when tonbo and wei wuxian check. but as steph is looking at the casing (for what?), wei wuxian will notice there's something kind of sticking out of the grass between the ox and the winter wizard cabin that he might want to check out.]

[daifukus]

[ gently deposits the casings at steph since she knows more about this than the both of them. otherwise, while wwx's off looking down, tonbo will be looking up for any suspicious looking things in the area above them.

... or. you know, since they're at the bonfire, in the general vicinity? the cabins roofs! idk. up. ]

[vigilantics]

[ anyway she is looking at them. do they still seem to be in good shape? what is the size of them? like, handgun size? ]

[givethemhell]

[HE WILL GO CHECK OUT THIS THING STICKING OUT OF THE GRASS!! What is it, can he tell without picking it up... i hope it kills him on the spot.]

[gatonina]

[there is nothing up, but tonbo can look around anyway! steph will find that the casings seem okay and are the size that would fit into a pistol, more or less. as wei wuxian heads for the grass, he promptly explodes.

just kidding but what would that be fucked up or what?

anyway, he'll get to see that in the grass by winter wizard's cabin there's...a small pink canister? okay, sure. it may not look too familiar to ye olde though by sight alone.

purple heart is also just. sitting nearby watching this happen so there's that.]

[daifukus]

[ bye wei ying.

but since bird watching didn't pan out I guess Tonbo's gonna go hang out with Purple Heart because he's not seeing anything else? i hope he's just fucking blind and missing something all together ]

[vigilantics]

[ in theory steph could look at it because she is not an olde but also, wwx is the one looking at it and not her. it's fine.

but steph will give the area another look around in case there are other items they missed? walk the rest of the way down the trail she was following since she stopped following it to check out the EYEBALL ]

[givethemhell]

[why would you tease me with this, mods.

ANYWAY he'll, hm. HE WILL. CALL OVER STEPH because he doesn't want to touch something he's unfamiliar with.]

I've found something else over here! Whenever you're done... [WALKING DOWN THE TRAIL.

If he toes at this canister will it explode and take his foot with it. He might try to nudge it just a little.]

[gatonina]

[tonbo can have a sit and purple heart will...pat him on the shoulder. you tried. steph can look, but as she's walking she'll see something yellow sticking out of the grass between ox cabin and winter wizard's cabin. the trail itself seems to lead back past the fire and toward the store and to the lake, not quite reaching the store itself.

wei wuxian kicks the canister over and is greeted with a nice picture of a very happy stork on the label. and that's it. hm.]

[daifukus]

[ he's still sneepy and not at his best so tonbo gets a pass for this week. he also gently knocks against purple heart's shoulder, clearly ready for another nap despite being the one to make the request? it's fine, the kids have it covered. leave grandpa alone to his rest ]

[vigilantics]

[ what the fuck is this yellow thing. she will check it out. ]

Can you bring it over?

[givethemhell]

[He'll give one last glance around the area and look at the cabin and also look at the sky in case there is cloud writing or something idk I DON'T TRUST ANYONE

but then trot on over to Steph after picking up... this stork can. Here take it.]

Mm, here! It was over by Winter Wizard's cabin, in the grass.

[gatonina]

[good night tonbo. purple heart's going to wave a hand and just start slipping small rosebuds into tonbo's hair to go with the other flowers growing there. why? why not, they can't do anything else right now.

meanwhile, steph will pick up this yellow thing and find that it's a pull tab of some kind. like a paper one that you pull on and break off of an object. wei wuxian presents the stork can after confirming the clouds hold no secrets. looking it over, steph might be able to tell that this tab was at one point attached to this can, and that it's been pulled opened and emptied of its contents.

the stork continues to stare up at them happily.]

[daifukus]

[ can't believe tonbo's gonna go full Rapunzel by the end of the trial. ]

I suppose there's no specific direction you can point us in for a voucher, hm?

[ he's mostly joking but wow he misses clue vouchers all of a sudden. ]

[vigilantics]

[





if she sniffs it what does it smell like. ]

[givethemhell]

[I'M LOSING MY MIND SORRY YALL anyway yeah he doesn't even have anything to contribute he's leaving the stork with her and just doing one last sweep of the area to see if they've missed anything else.]

[gatonina]

[SHOVES AKI IN THE FUCKING DIRT.

anyway! steph can sniff the can and I hope she's not inhaling too deeply because it smells a little bit like lingering smoke. not exactly like woodsy smoke from the bonfire, but more like the smoke you'd smell after fireworks. wei wuxian's gremlin eyes scan the perimeter, and as he looks once more, he'll spot something small and gray on the ground next to the bonfire. assuming he goes to grab it? it's a shred of gray plastic that's begun to curl in on itself, and slightly blackened on the edges.

as for tonbo, purple heart shrugs.]

As much as I'd love to reward you for bribery, my hands are tied. You'll have to work together to solve this on your own.

[daifukus]

Alas. If only.

[ kicks the team into high gear so wwx can pick up the thing and do the summary ]