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WEEK 3: TRIAL

week three: trial

victims:

Good thing yesterday was just a dream, huh?

Just kidding. Everyone will wake up to a text on their phone that has only a simple message:

Go to the gymnasium at 12 PM. Attendance is mandatory.

Everyone is free to go to the designated spot on their own, but once it hits 11:55, any stragglers will feel compelled to go and will join the others at the gym. As soon as every student is inside, the doors will lock behind them.

All of the bleachers are out, so students are free to sit wherever they like. At the very front of the gym is a gathering of a few items, one being a large desk where two of the Dorm Heads are present. When the clock hits noon, the scoreboard turns on, starting a countdown of nine hours.

From where she's seated, Sally speaks.

"You have nine hours again. It's... you'll be able to do it. Work hard."

Better get to it. That scoreboard is ticking.

Hello everyone and welcome to our fourth trial! the next nine hours, the characters are expected to discuss among themselves, ask questions, examine the bodies of the victims, look over the evidence found yesterday, and revisit locations as needed in order to find the culprit(s). There'll be a one hour break from 5-6 PM EST, where no mod tags will occur.

Before the trial is over, please remember to place your character's vote over on the voting page. Voting will close at 9 PM EST, and will serve as our activity check for the week, so please be sure you get your vote in before it ends unless you have contacted us previously.

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[ Alphinaud makes a beeline right for the catwalk again. From the ground level, he'll nudge at the side with a hand. Is it still creaky? ]

[ kon reaches and touches viola on the arm before going in, not going to go up high - he'll go through the seats, first, making his way towards the stage. ]

[viola allows the touch but she will largely stay off to the side, arms crossed tightly as she watches and supervises.

the seats are the seats! the stage is also the stage.

for alphinaud, the auditorium has high ceilings! the catwalk is very, very high up there! so it is not possible to be reached on ground level.... is he taking the stairs?]

[ Alright now that I have been informed I have been thinking of the wrong kind of catwalk this whole time (I will never forgive you, theatre), yes. He will be going up the stairs. Carefully, because it's a bit unstable.

Is there anything to find while going up? ]

[ curse you, theatre...

okay, well, since there's nothing in the seats, he'll head up to the stage itself. he's going to watch where he walks, but he's heading towards the curtains to check them - are they open or closed? crow was... he was hanged, basically, right? are there ropes on the curtains? are there ropes on the curtains that are missing? ]

[on the way up, there isn't! but when alphi gets up to the catwalk, he might be able to see that one of the barriers for safety is... broken! but as he gets closer and closer up to the top, it does emit a very loud metal groan

the curtains were open and there is nothing on the stage itself. the ropes on the curtains are untouched.]

[ Alphinaud does freeze for a moment, after noting the barrier. ]

I realize, Kon– [ he calls down ] –that this is not one of my finer ideas.

[ But his steps are still cautious. At the top, uh, is he still good. Anything of immediate note from the top of the steps? ]

[ he looks up from the curtains, frowning. ]

Stay steady, Alph. If you need to come down, nobody is going to blame you - we can ask Caleb or Lalli about borrowing Frumpkin or Kissa.

[ the projection screen was pulled down during the invest, right? he's going to head into the ( flips coin ) right wing to look around at the things in there. rummage through the prep and storage area. ]

[oh thank god kon moved. no there's nothing there, there might be some empty spots where costumes were pulled.

anyway the entire catwalk comes crashing down, please roll for injuries, anais. and he might see something else caught in the ropes on his way down!]

[ there he goooo...

But yes, 11 ]

[ shouldn't have moved... should've stayed...

boom! kon about jumps out of his skin. ]

Alph!?

[my threshold for being nice to you was 10

so alphi comes crashing down with the catwalk! well now you get to see it better, isn't that nice. he's probably pretty intensely bruised up with some scratches, maybe he can sprain or fracture something if you want, anais.

there's also another metallic clang as something else very sharp and very long falls from above and impales itself right into the stage, not too far away.]

Edited 2021-07-03 18:57 (UTC)

[ fuck yeah!!!!!!!

I mean. Ahem. Needless to say there's a very loud yell coming down with the catwalk, and when the dust settles, Alphinaud is quiet for a long moment before he groans underneath some of the debris. ]

Seven hells... I should have expected that.

[ oh thank god for the groan. kon makes his way over, sparing a glance for whatever the impaled evidence is so that the mods have something to react to before he goes to leverage his shoulder into some of the debris so that he can get alphinaud some help out. ]

Okay, next time we have something precariously holding on at a tall height, we're not sending people on it.

[thanks for thinking of me

it's a double saber, one end slammed right into the stage. alphi could've been a kebab.

some of the debris will break apart or shift from being moved around]

[ Damn... missed opportunity.

Alphinaud will shuffle himself out best he's able, along with Kon's help, wincing. ]

'Tis a wonder it lasted this long if even I were enough to have it crashing down... [ He hisses when moving his leg, but: ] Let me regain my bearings—something fell.

[ Go get the thingy, Kon. ]

[ stop we don't need a twink kebab.

but kon waits until he's shuffled, carefully lowering the metal monstrosity that about took out two students in front of viola's eyes. ]

Yeah, take a breather. We'll figure out how to hobble back without making it worse once we're done. [ but he will go get the thing! it's... taller than him, i think? since it's taller than crow in the ref. but if he gets his hand around the center, can he leverage it back and forth until he gets the blade loose? ]

[for the record viola is horrified but that's not what this thread is about.

it's now about the saber! since it was just thrown down by gravity, kon can get it free. this animeass weapon is kon's now. he'll notice it's not in perfect condition because he got two eyes, but details will be left for evidence thread.]

[ Y- yay.

Alphinaud does not stand up just yet, while Kon retrieves the saber, but he does take a look around at what remains of the catwalk.

Anything else that can be found in there? ]

[ we're fine vivi! it's fine! kon will take this fucking ridiculous weapon, now, moving to shrug out of his kimono-cardigan so that he can wrap the bottom blade. makes it easier for him to carry it on his right side, in case he needs to help alphinaud walk.

he'll look up towards where the catwalk was for a ground view check of it there's anything else mcfuckin weird up there, though, while alphi checks the catwalk corpse. ]

[ARE YOU FINE?

alphinaud will be able to examine the catwalk now that it's not precarious! he'll notice that there are a number of mark and scratches on the remaining barriers that are attached to the catwalk itself.

kon will notice that a lot of the ropes overhead are cut so that they're in a couple of different lengths.]

[ We're... fine... ]

... I suppose this is where I should be glad I've learned how to take a photo.

[ Because they can't take a wholeass catwalk with them. So, he'll pull out his phone and begin doing that. ]

Definitely. [ tiredly, as he pulls his own phone out to take a picture of the ropes up above. ]

I think it's safe to say that they were fighting up there. This is a pretty long weapon, so it'd have the reach to cut up the ropes, as well as anything on the railing.

[ if he compares the weapon to the barrier damage is there a match to any of it? ]

[after mod discussion, you are allowed to dig through the debris and find one piece of the barrier with scratches on it to take back to the trial! but keep taking photos for the murdergram.

as for kon, he'll notice that while the scratches look similar at first glance, when he tries to fit the blade against them, it matches only some of them. it's not a perfect fit for others.]

[ For the murdergram, yo.

Aight Alphinaud will pick up a piece, then, since Kon has the weapon. ]

Indeed. One of the barriers on the way up had been missing, as well. It must have been a fierce fight...

If there is naught else, we should return with our findings.

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