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

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[there it go. anyway, in the pockets bradley will find...an antique locket and also claude's room key. otherwise, his pockets are empty!

the wound is, in a word, fuckin massive. it's very huge! it's jagged! it's kind of all over the place in terms of sizing and the edges, but it does go all the way through. ouchie. looking at it, bradley will also notice there is...dirt? in the wound? and also a bit of dirt all over claude himself. weird.]

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[When you say a bit of dirt, how much and where? Is it concentrated anywhere, or does it seem more like he got pushed to the ground?]

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[it's not concentrated, no, it's...everywhere. there's only a bit around the wound solely because it's mostly blood there, but there's dirt pretty much all over his body, yeah.]

[battling]

[Got it.

He's going to look at Claude's arms and hands now. Anything interesting about them? Anything off? Does he still have them? Are they broken?

Is there anything underneath Claude's nails? Does he have any defensive wounds?]

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[well. yes he still has his hands, thank you for checking. they don't appear broken or damaged, but there are faded burns on his arms. bradley only removed the shirt, so he will see that claude's still wearing black gloves that he'll have to remove. since he's checking his nails, i will assume he removed them at which point he will notice there's blood on the right glove.

nothing under his nails though. the hands are pretty clean.]

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[Moving down the body, does it look like anything happened to his legs?

If not his legs, his feet? Do the soles of his shoes also only have a little bit of dirt? Is there blood there?]

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[he's wearing brown pants so it may be hard to tell, but upon closer investigation he just looks. dirty. there's really just dirt everywhere, but there's no blood! likewise, there's no blood on his shoes, there's dirt in them and probably in his socks, too.]

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[It's just dirt. Everywhere. Dirt.

He's going to move him enough so he can see if Claude was lying or sitting in a pool of his own blood.]

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[everywhere dirt!

anyway no, he doesn't seem to have been lying or sitting in his own blood, but since bradley's looking in the back he'll see the same large wound in the back from where he was injured from the front. there's also a lot of dirt on the back of him.]

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[I guess. We will look into these socks to see if there is dirt in them. there probably is. But sometimes you want to be sure.

And then after that, a check to his head, looking for any bumps or bruises.]

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[you know, yeah, there is likely dirt inside his socks and shoes. so that's fun.

there are no bumps or bruises on his head though.]

[battling]

[Good to know. Good to know.

We might come back later. Thanks, mods.]