suitedreams | WEEK FIVE: TRIAL

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

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...Not to speak ill of the dead, but [ immediately does that ] Sylvain was a skirt-chaser, to say the least.

He has mentioned upset women.

He did seem to have a level of success, yes.

Chasing is not the same as succeeding.

[this attack on a dead man.]

[ he will not laugh he will not laugh he will not laugh ]

I don't claim to know how it all worked for him, but... he must've succeeded sometimes, I'm sure. He has the charm.

He was charming enough. Kind of like a big red puppy.

Oh, I'm not arguing that. He was very charming.

Charming, but you know how dogs like to shove their noses into someone's privates to greet them? Kind of like that.

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I don't see the appeal [because she is a big lesbian] but he never upset me, either [because she is a big lesbian.]

[ his face says "gee i wonder why" ]

If all our tastes were the same, the world would be very dull indeed.

If upsetting the women is succeeding, then I'm doing it wrong ...

Oh, the women were undoubtedly unhappy, but he still seemed to find people who were receptive to his flirting, so it almost seems like it cancels itself out.

[ scrubbing his face ]

Yes, he has broken a few... [ ... ] many hearts. Though he's been on better behavior here. Maybe maturity has come with his age.

Well, sluts can settle down. Good for him if that's the case.

[ he doesn't want to call sylvain a slut........ ]

Mm. He did fight in a war for many years, so I think he had more important pursuits than his next romantic partner.

[ don't worry, it's not derogatory. ]

War does change one's priorities. [ he would say murdergames also do, but, uh. he was an NPC, he saw plenty of relationship drama spiral during his job. ] But we will simply keep it in mind while we investigate all three murders - considering it sounds like all three had relationships, or experience with them, to speak of.

Yes. I am not sure if someone was compelled to murder him, or if they had their own reasons for it. Either way... motive is something to keep in mind when we have three dead.

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What matters is if this may have a part in his death, but seeing that the other two had relationships we will need to investigate further and see if anything connects.

[ why must i come here to cover sylvain

inb4 being a slut is a clue anyway ]

[ the wedding cold feet is a clue because both dead femblems are afraid of commitment, nailed it ]

...Yes. I do wonder why someone would kill Sylvain specifically. Who would have had reason to see him dead, if not for his philandering? Because I do not think he was excessively flirtatious here.

[jiji is curious to know if philandering is punishable by death

but he doesn't actually ask,]

... well, it prompts the question on if the person who killed Sylvain Jose Gautier was wholly in control of themselves.

There are three bodies, after all.

[ death to playboys ]

Yes, I wonder that as well. [ he looks very tense before he forces out a harsh sigh. ] I suppose there is no way to know unless we find all the killers.