( TRIAL - WEEK 1 )

[abhoth]

At exactly 11:30 am, all residents who are still asleep will be jolted awake by a sharp, burning pain that spreads across their whole body. A simple look will reveal no visible injuries, oddly enough, and the pain will fade away as soon as they're properly awake. Those early birds who are already up and about will feel nothing — except maybe a strange, mysterious sense of relief as they go on about their business. Lucky them. Moments later, an announcement will come through the static-filled PA system: "This is Craftly speaking. My apologies for the rude awakening [not really], but your presence is required in the Dining Hall. Our first trial is about to begin. Please do try to be there before noon. My staff members have simply too many duties to tend to, to be escorting each and every one of you out of your quarters. Good day." And true to his words, anyone who doesn't make their way to the Dining Hall before noon will be dragged kicking and screaming regardless of where they've sequestered themselves. Sucks to be you, huh? Upon arriving there, however, residents will be given the menu, one copy of the rulebook, one pencil, one notepad, and a cheque folder. Lunch and dinner will be served at the appropriate times, and appetizers, desserts and beverages (of the non-alcoholic variety) will be available throughout the trial. All you have to do is ask one of the faceless men, and your food will be delivered to you in ten minutes or less depending on what it is. The Dining Room itself looks about the same as it does any other day — save for the fact that the lights have been dimmed. Why this, you ask? Because the projector is now in use. Transparencies containing each resident's profile will be displayed on the pull-down screen, with one of the staff members rotating through the images every minute. The profiles of the deceased are included, and if current discussion deems it necessary to focus on one particular resident, anyone is free to ask the faceless man to pause on the appropriate profile for a while. A small area has been sectioned off with a transparent, plastic curtain right next to the pull-down screen. Its use will become rapidly apparent once the victim's corpse has been wheeled in. Anyone who wishes to step into this area will be asked to wash their hands in the kitchen, and they will be given a pair of latex-free gloves and a hairnet by a staff member who is stationed nearby. Residents are required to dispose of both items before returning to the dinner table; a trash bin is available outside of the curtains for this purpose. Evidence found during the investigation, on the other hand, will be displayed in the back of the room. Two, long tables have been taken out of storage for this occasion, and any items found by the residents on Friday will be displayed here for further examination. Finally — a clock above the pull-down screen displays the current hour. Please do remember you have until 9:00 PM to figure out whodunit and cast your vote. ( victim ) Welcome to our first trial! Characters will be given nine (9) hours to discuss everything related to the investigation to hopefully solve the mystery behind this week's murder. No one will be allowed to leave the Dining Hall without explicit permission from the Innkeeper (and only then to take a tinkle), and all characters must cast their vote before 9PM EST. You may do so on this week's voting page. If you have any questions or doubts, shoot us a PM or a PP over at yuggoth. ( quick navigation ) voting | profiles | menu | locations | ic rulebook

Comments

dave objects to this about as much as i do, but

[parodeity]

Okay. Someone probably has Jason's key, so we need to search people for that, although it's not my biggest concern because whatever.

[ he should care more. it's his room. but. ]

The piano wire was in my professional opinion here [ PROFESSIONAL AS WHAT, A CHILD SOLDIER? ] wrapped around from behind. I think someone's gonna have scratches on their arms or elsewhere, 'cause there's blood under Jay's fingernails. So. Let's do a check, yeah? Get this shit done and dusted. The arms or hands are the most likely place for that kinda scratch, if he was tryin' to get someone to let the fuck go, unless it was his own blood from the wire, but like. I think he would've tried to put up whatever retaliation he could've.

So.

[disinterested]

In other words, you want us to get naked.

[just say it, dave]

[splinten]

[Dirk in SHORT SLEEVES, because murder is a business matter and a t-shirt is a business shirt (as compared to tank tops, which are for partying)]

Might as well start with the three people whose room he was found in. A full strip-search would preferably not be a thing.

[nowyouseeit]

[DAVE. . .]

It'll become your biggest concern when this whole stupid charade is over, y'know? Why can't we look for it while we're searchin' for injuries?

[holds out his arms, which are completely uninjured, btw. well. freshly injured, he has some old scars around his shoulders from ooooh nothing big just some childhood accidents or something!! (read: gunshot wound scars)]

oh dear god

[crushcard]

[ does wearing long sleeves make him suspicious???? ]

I have no scratches on me. [ HE'LL ROLL UP HIS SLEEVES, THAT'S ALL. ]

[inventurous]

Dave, that probably should be a big concern.

[ TRY TO CARE MORE ]

But that's a good idea, we can have everyone roll up their sleeves or remove their gloves to check for marks.

[lohengrins]

[ percival doesn't know what subtlety is. he also doesn't really care, so that shirt of his is slipped off without a word. ]

Not a scratch.

[godly]

[Reasonable enough. Light has long sleeves so he rolls them up for everyone to confirm. No marks on his arms or hands.]

[breaksouls]

[Velvet takes off her cloak and she is wearing little enough clothing as is for this to almost be a full search. There's nothing new, her arm is bandaged up as always.]

There.

[rextenebrae]

That sounds reasonable.

[ Nothing on his hands or arms here. ]

[18x0]

That makes sense.

[Rolling up her sleeves! There are some very very small scars on her left wrist,
but they're obviously not recent.]]

[dva]

You know we all had this itch thing, right? Just noting before you all freak out.

[ If anyone looked at Hana, they would have noticed she had some scratches earlier in the week from the itch. They rake down her forearms with only a slight skin break. There's a collection of marks down the back of her hands too. All look like it was between a day or two old. ]

If the piano wire was used, would there be blood evidence? Did anyone check the area?

[perceptions]

[Mira does as the others. The only thing of note are some thin scratch marks around her neck. But nothing is on her hands or arms.]

[g101]

[ hajime's hands and arms are clean, and it's easy to see because she went for short sleeves too. she still throws her arms up in the arm so they can be inspected though???? ]

Spiiiiic 🎵 and span 🎵 Not like his fingernails! That's soooo weird. I wonder, I wonder...

[vitamin_a]

Looking for injuries is a good idea, but if someone was wearing gloves or long sleeves and Jason tried to scratch the murderer's arms or hands, it'd be hard for Jason to draw blood

[It's way more difficult to scratch someone when there's clothing in the way, after all]

If there's someone here who wasn't seen wearing long sleeves or gloves before and is now wearing them then they should be priority here. Pay special attention to the hands and fingers, those are the most likely areas where Jason could have scratched someone.

[Apollo has no injuries at all]

[pinesfortruth]

Why is everybody getting naked when we should clearly be starting with the people from room 111. [Dipper wears short sleeves and he is not getting naked. fuck y'all we all know his noodle arms would never be able to strangle anybody. also he is 12 and hiding his face in his hands because WHY]

[forlease]

[ Arms aren't too offensive. Ryou will roll up his sleeves too. There's an impalement scar on his left hand and a knife wound scar on his upper left arm, but nothing recent. Other than that he just has pale noodle arms. ]

[intolerable]

[ Fair enough. She rolls off her gloves and pushes up her sleeves, which have no markings whatsoever. ]

[ninjay]

I'm only doing this because it seems like everyone else is at this point.

[ he sounds exasperated? you guys didn't all have to get so into this when there are three obvious suspects here but WHATEVER. whatever.

anyway he has to shove his big ass poofy sleeves up because his outfit is stupid, and there's nothing fresh on his arms. ]

[elbowdeep]

Good idea.

[ so he says, but he's notably reluctant to actually roll up his sleeves. he adjusts his glasses, shifts his weight back and forth on his feet idly, an awkward, nervous energy to it, ]

Just a thought. Not certain we'll need it, but... He was a bigger guy, wasn't he? Being strangled like that - you resist with your hands mostly, but by now there might be bruising on a leg or foot.

[digestion]

[ Ah.

Well, he is actually covered in thin (clean) bandages, over his hands and head, but. Kamui is pretty cheerfully pulling them off.

The only interesting thing about him is his pale ass skin. ]

rest in pieces

[fauxtetsu]

[ JSYK I have never regretted playing this man more than I do this very second.

But also... I got promises to keep. ]

Next time, just be a little more straightforward that you want people to roll up their sleeves and just those involved.

[ ...Yeah, he took his shirt off immediately. Three words: abs for days. But also, no wounds, so Nagasone put your jacket back on before someone get offended. ]

joins the bandwagon

[restlessgods]

[ why are you asking a small lady on a wheelchair to do this

but anyway since everyone is doing it, she'll be a good sport and roll up her sleeves. She has very pale, thin skin, with the tendons pretty visible.

Someone needs to eat more. ]

[curedham]

[before L'Arachel starts having a meltdown about abs she's going to take her gloves off, and her dresses are mostly basically sleeveless anyway so there's nothing to roll up, but she's clear!]