Week 6: Trial

[becomemod]

week 6:

 

trial

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Rise and shine. The sirens that filled the streets on Friday have died down, allowing you to spend the morning peacefully despite the news. It isn't until 11 AM that an alarm goes off on everyone's phone, citing a reminder for the trial taking place at the courthouse at noon. It turns off soon, but pops back up every ten minutes to ensure that you don't forget.

Shortly before 12 PM, all heroes feel a compulsion to head to the courthouse, where the staff direct you to one of the courtrooms reserved for the day's events. Attendance is mandatory, it seems, and once everyone has arrived, the doors close and lock behind them.

Yesterday's investigation was only the beginning. The real work begins now.

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Welcome to your week one trial! Over the next nine hours, characters will have the chance to investigate, and theorize about the murders, as well as examine the body of the victim and explore relevant locations with NPC permission. As you gather evidence and discuss, we encourage you to revisit the investigation post to refamiliarize yourselves with the events of Friday morning.

There will be a mod-tag break between 5 PM EST / 2 PM PST to 6 PM EST / 3 PM PST. While the trial may continue and players can tag each other, mod-led threads such as questions and investigations will be on hold.

To vote for a culprit, head over to the voting page! Voting is mandatory in this game, so please be sure that your vote is in by the time trial finishes at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST.

Good luck, heroes!

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Comments

[becomemod]

[ nothing weird under the fingernails. probably skin, maybe some blood, but that seems in line with the marks on his palms.

there may be some blood in his hair around the head wound, but that's about it. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ How about if he turns him over? Will he see anything odd if he happens to do that? Any wounds/oddities/marks,etc. anywhere on the back including legs, arms, back of neck? He will move the hair out of the way if it is necessary too. ]

[becomemod]

[ there doesn't appear to be anything on the back of the arms, legs, or neck.

there are his dragon wings? they're fairly small, though. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Is there anything off or odd about his dragon wings? Like are they still...whole? ]

[becomemod]

[ his dragon wings look whole and undamaged. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Is there any strange stains on them? Also, nothing on shoulders, right? If he turns him back over, will he notice anything off about his eyes too? ]

[becomemod]

[ no stains. on the shoulder is a fresh, circular scar. this is also reflected on the front (i didn't see this in the doc but i do now).

also this was in a different spot in the doc so i missed it gomen: ponta has a nasty claw-like scar on his leg. it doesn't look fresh, though.

nothing stands out about his eyes. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ This circular scar...does it look like bite marks?? Or like some something circular hitting it? How big is it?

The claw-like scar doesn't look fresh, so like not a day old or anything, I assume. ]

[becomemod]

[ there's nothing in the doc about bite marks so i sure hope not. size isn't mentioned either so do not mind palace about that i guess.

the claw mark does not look fresh, no.

something glints in the light now that ponta's been turned over... something with his arm? ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Axel thinking 'surely there will be nothing else weird going on'...and then reality saying nope.

...What is going on with his arm? ]

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[becomemod]

[ It looks like it was obscured by the blood, but there's something protruding from the bend of his elbow. It looks like it's metal? ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ ... Axel REALLY hates his life right now, I guess, but um can he see what this metal thing is if he squints at it up close...? ]

CW: NEEDLE

[becomemod]

[ He can see that it looks like a needle. Is he going to pull it out? ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Carefully...yes. ]

CW: NEEDLES

[becomemod]

[ To give full description because, it looks like it's been pushed in deep enough to hit bone. Pulling it out will reveal it's an IV needle. ]

cw: needle

[odoruhinokaze]

What the...

[ Can he check what's going on with the needle or will that need to wait til evidence check things. If he can he'll be checking for if there's liquid inside of it or something, yeah...

...there's also no other needles hanging around in Ponta, right? ]

cw: needle

[becomemod]

[ Just to be clear... nothing is going on with the needle! There may be blood from it being pushed in.

There won't be any other needles hanging around in him. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Okay...gross. Moving on from that.

...He will give Ponta a closer relook over everywhere. Nothing else where sticking out or bruising in his skin? No strange last-minute marks he might have missed before he begins to move on to another part in the body invest? ]

[becomemod]

[ no other injuries or bruising to find. there are only his clothes left aside and whatever ponta may or may not have been carrying. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Okay how about what's going on with his clothing? Anything odd about them? Anything in the pockets? ]

[becomemod]

[ why did i not get a notif for this. anyway the only damage is from that wound on the thigh. ponta's inventory is:
- phone
- slingshot with 5 rubber projectiles
- an open, empty bottle
- two bracelets on his wrist. the second one has an orange (fruit) charm.
- in his right pocket, a chart
- along with the chart, five cards: 1 2 3 4 5

there is a printed note on the back of the chart that reads:

In addition to the five motive cards you have been provided with, there are five culprit cards, five weapon cards, five clues, and four witness statements. Have you found them all?

Some information on the culprit and weapon cards may have been fictionalized for dramatic effect and to preserve the mystery. However, the culprit names most likely refer to who you think they do.

A warning: One of the witnesses is lying.

wipes brow. ]

[odoruhinokaze]

[ Christ almighty, okay.....

OKAY WELL I assume he's got nothing else in his clothes here, right? So he's all good here, maybe?? This is sure a lot.

UNLESS SOMETHING WEIRD comes flying out of a pocket he will probably...be done with these and enter stuff into evidence check. ]

[becomemod]

[ nothing else comes flying out of any pockets. you should be good. ]