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!

N̸A̵V̴I̶G̶A̶T̴I̴O̸N̷.̷

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

Comments

[preowned]

Oh, I should point out that the dead can send send tickets to us. They do need them, so I hope they won't do that, but it is something to keep in mind when counting tickets.

[ he holds up three tickets of his own though before anyone asks. ]

[outsidebones]

Did they send one to you?

[preowned]

Clementine tried to send the one I gave her back to me. I sent it back, and she thanked me because they need it for healing but she felt bad about never returning mine.

[ so his three are the two from last week plus one from this week ]

[outsidebones]

Ah, I see. Well, another area of concern. One of the purchased three ticket items is unaccounted for.

[mustbepurged]

Um, actually... I know who bought that one.

[She looks over to the dead bodies, hesitant...]

Emet-Selch bought the other RSVP letter.

[outsidebones]

...Ah. Then that is accounted for.

Estelle, in that case, we will need to know what it did.

[mustbepurged]

[She nods.] You're right.

It gave the user the power to take on a "monstrous form" for 30 minutes. If it was used, it would have been ripped in half.

[evocationary]

[she

makes a face.] Ah. Okay. Well, if he used it, I know what he looked like.

[mustbepurged]

[??]

[evocationary]

It's - a whole thing. He had a... uh, final form? True form? I don't know. I've seen it. Not here.

[mustbepurged]

[??? ??]

O-oh, I see...

[her face says that she does not.]

[mustbepurged]

They can? [:o]

I suppose if it fits in an envelope, anything can be sent in either direction...

[preowned]

Mmhm, so we should keep that in mind.

[overruns]

That rather complicates counting tickets on our end.

[ if they can send and receive tickets without anyone else knowing ]

[preowned]

Anyone sending from our end should at least get a witness for it.

[outsidebones]

As Bradley pointed out, more than one witness. And one who would not necessarily lie to protect you.

If anyone would like me to accompany them, I would do so gladly.