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

[outsidebones]

...Ah. That is confirmation, then.

[she does not elaborate.]

The red spots - burst blood vessels?

[unsaid]

Perhaps so, but I believe one more familiar with the human body ought confirm.

[jiji can know all the detailed ways that a body can be sliced but the little extra bits of how it functions elude him]

[supremity]

En, strangulation can cause the blood to gather in the eye. Emet-Selch's possible case was extreme - this sounds like the norm.

[unsaid]

There was not a great amount of blood that gathered from his neck, though the cuts did bleed - at the very least it was not enough to leave a pool.

Strangulation may be the cause of death, then.

[malewife]

With the wounds on his neck paired with the red spots in his eyes, it is likely.

[supremity]

Most likely, if that is the case, as the rest of his injuries in general don't sound as if they'd be particularly lethal. Even with the wounds from his trip.

[outsidebones]

A head injury, however, could cause it as well. Between the head injury and the cuts on his neck, I would say those are accounted for.

[supremity]

With the location of where he was struck on the head, especially, it is a possibility as well. [ depends on how hard he was hit..? closer to the temple wouldn't need to be as hard since thinnest part of skull but. that's cardori science. ]