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

[outsidebones]

This makes sense to me. In which case, Sylvain's killer was wearing those clothes.

Why do you believe the mountains to be connected? Mollymauk's theory about the changing footprints could possibly be connected to the clothing that was stretched and worn.

[evocationary]

It might not be Sylvain, but there was the stuff on the tree saying "bar" so I figured it was connected? Unless we think Emet was the one in the bar, since he had a hit on his head too, but he doesn't match the wires...?

The changing footprints and the clothing that's stretched makes sense though.

[outsidebones]

Bar and 'SK.' I wonder what 'SK' would mean, here? Simulation Room, but they didn't finish drawing the R?

[evocationary]

Maybe. That'd be related to Emet-Selch, right, then? I guess I didn't find his razor on him.

[outsidebones]

Yes. Though we thought the bar and mountain were related to Sylvain...I suspect there has been a lot of doubling up of spaces.

[ashenvaliant]

... There's also a chance more than one of the dead were involved one way or another.

[outsidebones]

In what sense do you mean, Yuri?

[ashenvaliant]

It's a stretch, and not one I have evidence for. But there's always a chance a possessed killer could've been targeted by someone as well. It could explain the overlap in spaces, perhaps.

But I'm just throwing things at a wall suggesting it.

[toesies]

"SK" could be a name, too, but...

[One, it had a question mark. And two, that would be too convenient? Maybe? Squints.]