w2 trial.

[adjourn]

—THE SECOND TRIAL—

Once again, at 9 AM sharp, a familiar bell tolls to alert the hour. You've become familiar with the flow of things, haven't you? You know what tod o — find your answers before the final ring chimes. Even if you try to avoid it, eventually your legs will bring you towards where you know you'll have to be. The courtroom doors swing open, welcoming.

Come by again, and it looks just like last week. Take your seat on any one you wish, and peruse the table lined with (non-alcoholic) refreshments and snacks. The same sign, promising a lunch break. And of course, your observers, sitting by the jury's seat shuffling about a stack of papers. Ask your questions and they will answer.

The judge's seat shows the same message as it has always done: "GRANT WE THINE JUDGMENT — ABSOLVE THEE THINE GUILT," and the same, strange, incorporeal form stays seated at the high seat, hand resting unto a gavel's handle.

"Today we will be investigating the cases of: Akeha, Valvatorez, and Vicious. Court is now in session."

The same blue, translucent field prevents you from leaving freely once you're in. You know the drill, don't you?

TRIAL RUNDOWN

• Trial for these three cases (Akeha, Valvatorez, Vicious) will last 9 hours. Characters will have time to examine the bodies of the victim and explore relevant locations.
• Mod break will be at ⏰【1:00 PM PST】.
• Characters must vote for whom they believe to be the guilty party by ⏰【6:00 PM PST】. Voting is mandatory. With the last part of trial live, we will be accepting the submitted FINAL ANSWERS as everyone's collective vote!
• The judge is flavor text. Do not try to talk to them.

GAME INFO ✨ STATUSES ✨ RESERVES ✨ APPS

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LOCATIONS (ROOMING) ✨ PRIVATE CONVOS ✨ GRAVEYARD

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CYOA ✨ CONFESSIONAL ✨ MURDER PROPOSALS ✨ MOD REPORTING

Comments

[notbymyside]

[Good job getting over your bite-fears of Crowley, Sebastian.]

Given the similar positioning of Akeha and Valvatorez, they might have the same killer. Vicious sounds like he didn't fit that pattern though, which means either the previous killer tried to do the same thing and things went wrong, or that there is a second killer there.

Either way, be on the lookout for clues that potentially link Akeha and Valvatorez's murders.

[phaselockandload]

I wonder why someone would go and kill two people. You'd think one is enough to get your wish granted.

[Did something happen later after Akeha was found, perhaps? Did Valvatorez see something he shouldn't have?]

[notbymyside]

We won't know the exact reason 'why' until we investigate further. There are reasons to murder beyond 'I want to win'.

[emptied]

... It's the less people there are, the more likely it will be that your wish gets granted, isn't it?

[eusford]

I guess the better the results you make the more likely you get your wish granted?

[unbested]

Right... That's what I thought too. And we know they didn't kill Mr. Valvatorez until later, after we found Miss Akeha and told everyone about it, so... if there was really a fight in the cathedral like we think, they might have been injured at the time we made that announcement...?

[notbymyside]

That's...certainly possible. Was anyone acting strange at that first announcement?

[unbested]

I-I don't know. I didn't know it was something I'd need to pay that much attention to...

[notbymyside]

I didn't think to check either, it's alright.

[eusford]

Uh...

We all looked fucking miserable?

[notbymyside]

That does not surprise me, but I meant physically.

[Emotional damage does not count.]

[eusford]

[ SHRUGS ]

[phaselockandload]

I wouldn't say anyone was acting strange. The reactions were more or less what I had expected.

[She can't blame anyone for their reactions, that's for sure]

[notbymyside]

Was there anyone missing entirely?

[phaselockandload]

Several, in fact.

[It could be they just were in other places of this land, but Maya names them anyway:]

While I was there I didn't see Daniil, Jeanne, Koji, and you.

[notbymyside]

[Me, wholeass forgetting that the first body announcement went up while I was at work.]

It doesn't mean they are in fact guilty, but it could explain a lack of a reaction if the killer was not there.

[phaselockandload]

[ango with the self-incrimination]

Correct. It's not like I went all over the place to gather everybody, anyway.

[notbymyside]

[You caught him, vote him out (no)]

Right.

We can look for some clues first, and if they point towards any of those four then we can question them further later.

[Ango will be charitable and include himself, since he did technically miss the first body announcement.]

[unbested]

Daniil and Koji were... I think stuck in a virtual thing like what happened to Vicious and me the day before? When they came back, it was after we told everyone about Miss Akeha. Though I guess I don't know exactly when they left...

[discernments]

I do not mind if you find me suspicious for not being around when I should have been.

[emptied]

Was anyone moving strangely at that time?

[unbested]

I don't... I don't remember. I guess... it could be someone who wasn't there, too.

[emptied]

Well... Two people had an excuse not to be there, so they're out.

[okidoke]

If that's the case, then that prob'ly clears Daniil-san. [also because char's not here oocly.] I don't think we were even around when Akeha-san was found, 'cause we were stuck in some weird testin' place, and we didn't get out until... just before Valvatorez-san was found.

[unbested]

Ah... Yeah, that's true. I told him about it when you both got back.