WEEK FIVE: TRIAL

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W̴͍̎E̴̝̊E̸͚͝K̸͕̿ FIVE: TRIAL

Rise and shine; you know how Saturdays go. Even if you'd rather sleep in, you'll find yourself waking up and getting out of bed. Once you're out of your room, a door appears down the hallway, compelling you to walk towards it. Upon entering, you'll discover a room that's familiar if you've gone exploring this week or possibly from even before then:

EMPORIUM (THE REALM)
The exterior of the building is welcoming, with windows lined with various eye-catching trinkets, ranging from stuffed animals to t-shirts. After stepping inside, the very first thing that will greet guests is a statue made out of L*gos. Yes, the black bar is somehow there.

The interior is filled with row upon row of shelves filled with different items. There is a collection of stuffed animals, ranging in size from small enough to hide in your pocket to some as big as a toddler. There's a wide range of other toys as well, like dolls, L*gos, puzzles, and more. Different display cases show off pins, lanyards, keychains, sunglasses, jewelry, and other accessories. Participants may even find one of those keychains with their name on it...?

If you consider it a typical souvenir item, it's here. Cups, shot glasses, pens, t-shirts, hats... Everything is stacked neatly, proudly displaying the silhouette of a castle. There are also now items featuring tigers, rabbits, goats, swans, wolves, and foxes. However, there is no one at the cash register, so it seems like participants can't purchase anything.

There are a few tables in here behind room dividers. One is labeled 'Evidence' while the rest are covered in white sheets. Elsewhere in the room is a table with pencils and slips of paper for voting.

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Welcome to your sixth trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about the murders. Characters will have time to examine the body of the victim and explore relevant locations.

There will be a mod-tag break between 4pm EST to 5pm EST. While the trial may continue and players can tag each other, mod-led threads such as questions and investigations will be on hold.

Finally, we have a voting page for characters to vote on the culprit! Please be sure that your vote is in by the time trial finishes 9pm EST. Voting is mandatory in this game.

Good luck!

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█ LOCATIONS █ STATUSES █ PROFILES █ AUDIENCES
█ REPORTING █ PRIVATE CONVOS █ MURDER

Comments

[supremity]

[ all of the NPCs get a little bit of a greeting, hua cheng inclining his head to cetus slightly, while tanhua comes around to check on both aquarius and virgo. he doesn't lunge or scream at or creep up on virgo, today, and instead sniffs briefly at them before sitting at aquarius' feet.

to aquila, with some brief amusement at the bird picking: ] Bad luck, getting three on your shift again.

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Yeah, seriously.

[ they glance over at the body tables and then shift a little, wing wrapping around themselves a little more. ] Maybe one of us is the problem...

[supremity]

Easy as it would be to agree and say as much, I doubt it. The same happened to my group - both triple murders happened on my weeks, and my luck is exceptionally fantastic.

Sometimes, that's just what happens.

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Huh. Guess that makes me feel better. Orion'd say we're cursed by crows, or something.

[ they sound disgruntled at that, plucking a feather off of their eagle. ]

Means you guys're gonna be busy today, though.

[supremity]

Crow mouths, and all that.

[ he knows the phrase. ]

En, we will be. A lot of ground to cover, especially if the mountain is involved in any way, based off the dreams. Plenty of places to throw evidence or bodies, unfortunately for us.

[guestservices]

Yeah, definitely.

[ they prop their chin on their knee as they bring it up where they're sitting. ] Don't waste your time. Don't think I gotta tell you that, though.

[supremity]

No better time than now to have distractions, I suppose, but it seems we've finally learned to behave ourselves at trial start. No more wasting time.

[ but he inclines his head ]

I'll return to you with questions if needed.

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[ they salute lazily and resume plucking the feathers out of the eagle plush. it's like half bald already. ]

I'll be here.

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[good morning hua cheng, aquarius is going to glance at him before letting a gloved hand reach down to pet tanhua's head and behind the ears. no screaming little fox, be good. good pets for good foxes.]

[supremity]

[ tanhua will not scream, and instead will settle his head there for pets, making soft crabbing noises. good fox for good pets. ]

Can't say I'm surprised that things escalated again, with us getting closer to the approximated end.

[guestservices]

[good baby.]

To tell you the truth, I'm not really surprised either as much as I wish I could be. Three is still a lot to handle though.

[supremity]

It is. But we did well to stay on top of it the last time, so ideally we will be able to do the same, now.

[ even though they have fewer people now... it's fine it's fine they'll do all they can. ]

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Maybe! We'll have to see how things go, make sure people stay on target...stuff like that. [they are not entirely sure, but here's hoping.] But it's still early.

[supremity]

We have much ahead of us still, en. [ a brief pat to aquarius' shoulder. tanhua stays right there, hanging out for now unless hua cheng leaves for invest or something. ] We're already getting rolling, though, so I have an... optimistic feeling about today, at least.

[guestservices]

[they allow it. they will keep petting tanhua as well.]

Check back with me halfway through the day and tell me how you feel. [it's a little bit of a joke, but. let's hope things go smoothly today.]

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[virgo tenses up and stays very, very still when tanhua sniffs at them, then relaxes when he goes to sit at aquarius's feet.]

[supremity]

[ you live for another day. ]

[guestservices]

[unfortunately for everyone.]

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[cetus nods back in acknowledgment.]