WEEK SIX: TRIAL

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W̴͍̎E̴̝̊E̸͚͝K̸͕̿ SIX: 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:

MAIN MEETING HALL (VILLAGE)
Should anyone venture inside, they'll find a number of long benches set up against the walls. At the head of the building are two chairs, a sun and a moon carved into the back of each. The area in the center is wide open, allowing plenty of space to move around and while decor is lacking, hanging from the walls are several blank scrolls. There's also a large (blank) scroll above the two chairs in the back.

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 seventh 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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[on her face, there's a small cut on her cheek. it looks healed over though, not really standing out much. there isn't anything else off about her face, and when he checks her eyes they appear normal. or. like. as normal as a dead person's eyes look.]

[preowned]

[ i assume this is the same cut that has been on her face

but he will open her mouth and check in here. anything? ]

[guestservices]

[that's likely.

inside her mouth there is still nothing. all normal here.]

[preowned]

[ okay, he will move to lift her head up gently so he can run a hand through her hair (like the top of her head) and check the top of her head for anything like bumps.

he will then check out her braids. first, the one that came undone to see if there is anything here?? is the ribbon still here. does it look like it was just jostled from the movement that happens when you are murdered??

after, he will undo the braids to run his hands through them too in case anything is there. ]

[guestservices]

[there are no bumps on her head, nothing unusual on the scalp or anything of the sort. her hair is okay as well, but the ribbon is missing from her hair. undoing the braids, tsuru will be able to run his hands through her hair and find nothing usual there either.]

[preowned]

[ also are her ears ok i am being paranoid now

either way, he will move down. tsuru is going to remove her cardigan and then her shirt as carefully as possible, and then just fuckin

shake them. does anything fall out. he will dig through any pockets that may be there after to be thorough. ]

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[the ears are fine, stop.

anyway so tsurumaru removes the cardigan and her shirt. there are three tickets inside her pocket, and she also seems to have her gun on her.

also, now that tsuru's moved these, he may notice a few things. namely, her hair ribbon is wrapped around her right hand!




also her left hand is missing. i'll let you deal with that before giving you anything else.]

[preowned]

[ oh. well. hm. he will set the tickets and the gun aside for now.

so the missing hand. how does the cut look? where exactly does it start, like right at the wrist or more above? is it a clean cut? jagged? what does the area around it look like? bruising or anything? ]

[guestservices]

[it's a clean cut. it's right about at the wrist, yes, but there's nothing that sticks out about the area around it.]

[preowned]

[ well!! if he peeks in the wrist hole is there any secret messages in there.

if that is a no and i hope that is a no, he is moving up the rest of the arm, he is checking for any bruises or other marks that might be on it until he goes up to the shoulder. there's blood here from the initial comment so. how does this look.

he will like lift her arm and move it around to check for these things too, and while he has the arm away from the rest of her body, he'll check her left side. what's happening here. ]

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[would that be fucked up or what if i said there was like a scroll of paper in the hand hole. anyway no the wrist is fine beyond that. there's nothing really off about her arms. he can move the arm around and it seems like it's all in tact. no bruises, cuts, etc. looking at her left side there doesn't appear to be anything major either.

he finds what looks like a healed over gun wound in her shoulder. since he's facing her head-on, he'll also notice she has a healed over wound on her stomach, but what looks like a wound in her torso.]

[preowned]

[ so the torso wound is not healed over? is there blood? also, what part of the torso exactly? front? the side? does it look like it could be a type of blade wound since he'd at least recognize that even if he can't get more specific. is the would like something was stabbed into her or is it like a slash type of deal.

he will also do the same look over on her right side that he just side for the left. ]

[guestservices]

[there is a torso wound that is not healed over, correct. it's maybe a little bloody, but as he takes a closer look, it looks like it's in the front and...the wound is actually comprised of a few puncture marks. they're slightly bloody, more stab than slash-like.

her right side is okay.]

[preowned]

[ I SEE..... (i don't)

how big are the puncture marks? if he measures them against his fingers, is there any they are closer to in size or are they even smaller than that? how many is a few?

he is going to take her jeans off (sorry) and look to see if there is anything that stands out obviously from the front here after. ]

[guestservices]

[they're not terribly big. they're smaller than the tips of his fingers and there's about three of them.

taking off her jeans, he will see there are some bruises around her thighs and her knees.]

[preowned]

[ nooooo

what size are the bruises? is there any sort of pattern to them? do they look like older bruises or that they are fresh ones? if he looks down the rest of her legs is there any other marks on them or just that?

he will also take off her shoes if she is wearing them?? also socks if she is??? if there are shoes, is there anything that stands out from them? bloody soles? dirt? he will also look at her feet to make sure they are okay and uninjured and that she has them. ]

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[varying sizes! there isn't really a pattern, but they do appear to be fresher bruises. there's nothing else that sticks out about her leggies, and she's wearing sneakers. there's nothing that appears to stand out about them or her socks, and her feet also are uninjured. she does have both feet. the day one of you cuts off someone's foot is the day i delete the entire comm.]

[preowned]

[ ALRIGHT

he is going to flip this bad bitch over!!!! gently. what immediately stands out from this side. he will check that area out first. ]

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[THERE SHE GO

when tsurumaru flips marie's body over, the first and most immediate thing he notices is another group of puncture-like wounds. these are bloodier than the front, and they are on her left shoulder. looking at it, the wounds are a little long, dragged down to below her shoulder and angled toward her spine.]

[preowned]

[ can he measure how much they are spaced out from each other with his fingers? also, do they actually reach her spine or do they stop short? do they look like they might be deep or is that impossible to tell by just looking? ]

[guestservices]

[he can't really get a sense of how spaced out they are, but he can see generally they're kind of evenly spaced. so like. he can't gauge how many inches apart or anything. they don't reach her spine, stopping short and kind of torn into her skin. they're somewhat deep and bloody, given this is where a majority of the blood on her left side seems to have come from.]

[preowned]

[ interesting.......

are they the same size as the other ones? so, very small?

he will check the rest of her back though, for any other markings or injuries that may be there. he will start from her shoulders and will move all the way down to her legs, but he will pause to give a closer examination if he spots anything while doing this. ]

[guestservices]

[this is a little harder to gauge since they're kind of more gouged then the front wounds, but yes, they are smaller than his fingies.

but as he checks the rest of her back, nothing stands out. this looks like the only major mark in this area.]

[preowned]

[ i see....................

is there any discoloration with these wounds? or is it just blood hole?

also i don't remember if i said he looked at the back of her head when he was checking so he will look at the back of her head now. anything here.

if there's a nothing there, he will move onto her hand that is still there! is there anything funky with the ribbon that's tied to it? how is her hand positioned? he will also check her fingernails if there's anything crusty in them. ]

[guestservices]

[it is simply just blood hole.....

the back of her head seems alright. no bumps or blood or bruising. as for her remaining hand, it is normal. the hand isn't positioned in any particular way other than having the ribbon tied around it. her nails are also clean. however, since he's looking under her nails and checking, he may get a faint scent of something from her hand.]