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]

[His hands are covered in blood when he comes over to ask a question:]

May I borrow a screwdriver?

[adjourn]

You may.

[ Ango is granted a screwdriver. ]

[notbymyside]

Thank you.

[Off he goes to mutilate a corpse!]

[adjourn]

[ Yah king go screwdriver that body ]

[notbymyside]

[Much later, he comes back-]

Thank you for your assistance. If I may trouble you again, can we have some soap and water? To prevent cross-contamination of the clues, you see.

[adjourn]

[ Welcome back, Ango. Mort/Fleur seems to be, uh, having some trouble. They stare at Ango for a while, before their motion just kind of -- jumps, as they hand over some soap and a bottle of water. ]

▓▓ ▓▓▓rse, Ango. I hope thi▓ will ▓▓.

[notbymyside]

[He stares for a moment before hesitatingly taking the provided soap and water.]

They should help, yes. Are...are you alright?

[adjourn]

[ A pause. ]

▓▓▓, it seems we ▓▓▓ being overload▓▓ try▓ng to load unnecess▓ry assets.

[adjourn]

[ SLAPS MOIST-KUN IN THE BACK LIKE THIS IS A HICCUP? ]

[adjourn]

[ IS SLAPPED ]

▓▓▓▓▓! Such violence is unnecessary.

[ Ow! ]

[eusford]

Do it harder, Mama!

[adjourn]

Shoo! Go back to your flirting!

[eusford]

I'm not flirting!

[adjourn]

Mama's eyes see all—sometimes. Most of the time. Only when Mama is interested. Point is, Mama sees all, Crowley. Do not lie.

Now shoo!

[notbymyside]

[CONCERN]

Percussive Maintenance does work in some cases. But you would have to be a machine for it to work.

Are you a machine?

[adjourn]

Not in the strictest sense of the concept. We are "parts" in a way, but we are not "machina".

[notbymyside]

...

[...]

Are you four the code running within a computer, and we're all in a computer simulation somehow, and this is why everything keeps going strange?

[Look. He has to ask because he knows people in his world with abilities similar to that exact thing, which is why he's suddenly so tired.]

[adjourn]

We are simply made with the programming needed to "assist" you, but we are unable to —

[ And then they get frogged. Ribbit. ]

[notbymyside]

...so we are in a simulation of some sort. Understood.

[HE'S SO TIRED]

[adjourn]

[ Ribbit!!! And poof back to normal. ]

[adjourn]

Clearly, you still need to clear your throat!

[ Pats more, but not super hard, just heavy like any mother that thinks their child can take it. ]

[adjourn]

Our throats cannot be "cleared" in the strictest sense of the word —

[adjourn]

[ keeps patting their back. ]

[adjourn]

[Sighs heavily.]

[adjourn]

[ ribbit. ]