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WEEK 4 TRIAL
POPULATION: 23
Rise and shine, little sinners. Did you rest well? Hope you weren't too perturbed by the events of the day before. Things seem to be perfectly normal throughout your morning, but at 12pm, everyone will receive a mass text message to their phone.
Whether you agree or disagree, soon you will find yourself physically moving toward the conference room on the bottom floor, filing into the room and taking a seat in one of the vacant chairs. Two metal boxes sit at the end of each table along with a collection of pens and colored notecards. At the head of the room, Wrath, Greed, Despair and Sloth patiently wait as the TV above them displays a message.
Once the last participant enters the room, the door will swing closed behind them and lock them inside.
Wrath is sitting on the table, organizing notes and gently sliding them to Greed. Sloth is here with what looks like a dog-shaped neck pillow sticking out of the edges of their hood. The spiraled horn on the top of their head is longer and sharper. Greed is leaning against the table in an attempt to be present, hands tentatively reaching forward to take the papers from Wrath. Despair has taken their usual seat, just vibing here as they quietly observe. Oddly, Sloth, Greed and Wrath are not in their cloaks today. Instead, they are in sweatpants (shorts in Wrath's case) and cozy hoodies in their color with their symbol printed on the front. The hoods are pulled over their heads however. Once everyone has settled, Sloth chimes in.
Everyone has nine hours again! You can do it! Last time, you even did it a little early! Wow!
Hello, and welcome to your fifth trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about the events of the day before! While mini-investigations were held yesterday, today is the day 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/1pm PST to 5pm EST/2pm PST. While the trial may continue and players can tag each other, mod-led threads such as questions and investigations will be on hold.
Finally, while voting is not mandatory, we do have a voting page should characters wish to vote! Please be sure that your vote is in by the time trial finishes (9pm EST/6pm PST) if you wish to vote.
Good luck, and have fun!
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It's okay! It's okay, see, I'm not touching anything. [ she is ready to catch it if it bolts but acting supremely calm in the hopes that the dog doesn't set MORE THINGS on fire, god, eleanor, your CHOICES ] Shhh, it's okay.
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STARES AT THE SUN
AND SWEETLY:]
Well, someone's getting enrolled in obedience school!
[She will assist Grace in chasing the dog down if necessary but, like. Does it smell like burnt shrimp or burnt pork? And what restaurant are they all standing in front of, anyway?]
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but the good news is that harrow saves the pile of things from being set completely on fire. it smells strongly of cooked shrimp. it also looks strongly like cooked shrimp, because that's what it is! hooray, it wasn't fingers.
also there's a red trail that is leading into the restaurant.]
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Anyway, she'll just pick up the shrimpies in her nasty robe, I guess. What's the name of the restaurant! It should have a good pun name in Eleanor's honor like Scampi On In. She'll follow the blood trail too I guess I just felt rude because it was Sheila's trail.]
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Okay, well, I'm not bringing the fire puppy back to trial. If someone wants to argue it can help us, they can go get it themselves! [ but yeah fine let's go in the stupid restaurant ]
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She smells the shrimp and shudders.]
Oh, god. I think I have Post Traumatic Shrimp Disorder.
[AT LEAST... IT WAS NOT RAINING SHRIMP... Anyway, she glances at Wrath as she follows after Grace and Harrow.]
Do we need the dog?
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A Salt and Battery is the name of the restaurant. let's say they use this turn to walk into the restaurant. there's something hanging from the front door, and the red trail continues on into the restaurant.
wrath wanders after them in their short shorts and hoodie, eyes on their phone. they glance up at sheila, and shrug.]
If you do, it'll probably end up back at trial.
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Also lol. What's hanging from the door.]
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[What happened to sniffing the evidence, y'all. Sheila will absolutely swipe a finger through the sauce(?) and sniff it to confirm.
Anyway, she will glance at the walls, floor and ceiling to make sure there's nothing else visibly off before she follows carefully the red trail. What's up?]
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there is a rope hanging from the door, with a broken stockpot tied to it. it's covered in the same red stuff as the trail. there's a splatter of red on the doorframe, as well, on either side.
the cocktrail (cocktail trail) that grace and sheila are following gets faint in places, but if grace is looking closely she can see it goes through the dining area, towards the kitchen. does they want to go into the kitchen?
nothing on the walls, floor or ceiling.]
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Is the splatter on the doorframe blood or cocktail sauce? She will sniff it. And then she will examine the rope tied to the stockpot. What is it tied to? What kind of rope is it? Would she be able to untie it and get it down?
Someone should probably go check if there's a walk-in freezer in here.]
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The sauce smells... slightly coppery, too. So, that's fun.
[Potential bloody cocktrail... Sheila will go into the kitchen, sure. What's up? I hope there's a trap there that kills her.]
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of note: the door was open when they entered the restaurant. harrow can untie it if she wants.
the trail went around tables, in a sort of zig-zaggy pattern, like whoever was going through was unsteady.
sheila walks into the kitchen - and that doesn't happen. wouldn't that be wild though? the kitchen is a bit of a mess - things are knocked off the counter on the floor. there are still things on the counter, however, like cooking utensils and such. across the room there is a big door that has a dish rack in front of it.]]
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Harrow will follow Sheila towards the kitchen? Is the dish rack like. Upright outside that door or knocked over in some way? Does it look like it usually belongs there? Are there any scrape or dust marks on the floor that would suggest it was recently moved?
Also, would it be possible for Harrow, being careful to move it a little out of the way of the door on her own, or is it a two man job?]
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[ well. i guess we're just going to be three assholes in the kitchen since following the dining room trail only leads here, and sheila and harrow can take care of the dish rack because grace is going to look around the counters to see if there's anything obviously missing or off? and maybe find a fridge to see where all these shrimps came from ]
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The dish rack will also get a closer look. Is it only dishes and miscellaneous kitchen things, or is there anything there that's out of place? Any blood, smudges, suspicious smells...?
Anyway, assume Sheila will help Harrow move it if necessary.]
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the dish rack is upright outside the door. there's some scuff marks leading up to it that suggest yes, it might have been moved. it does not budge when harrow tries to move it out of the way on her own. it barely moves when sheila helps. you two are tiny and weak.
there's a knife block on one of the counters missing one knife, she'll notice. there's a stove with a frying pan and some pots on it, though there is a space where perhaps there once was a pot where there is now not. a garbage can is on the other side of the counter. both sheila and grace would notice a couple of things on the floor like a ladle, a broken food processor, and some blood droplets.
no fridges though. just that one door that harrow and sheila are struggling with. if they keep trying to push the dish rack they'll manage it after a minute.]
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[ wtf. anyway me realizing grace is buffer and taller than the other two only now but it's fine they can struggle while she explores the kitchen. it's funny. anyway, let's go look through the garbage can (is there a dinosaur head in it) and the broken food processor. is there blood on the food processor or just droplets hanging around ]
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[She will continue struggling with this dish rack until it's out of the way, of course. Is there anything on its other side, by the way, or on the floor in the spot where it used to be?]
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the two of them can see as they walk in, a bunch of frozen food just at the doorway. a bag of frozen peas, a chicken breast, a couple of pork pieces. the peas are burst open and all over the floor, and the chicken breast is dented.
the blood around it is more like drops, in a trail that staggers towards the freezer. as for the food processor, it looks like it was a casualty of war - aka it fell off the counter and broke. when she moves the food processor, she finds... notes.
grace also finds a bloody kitchen towel sticking out of the garbage, at first glance! fun. there's a dripping sound coming from the sink, while she's looking at the trash can.]
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She'll also check the inside of the door of the room they just walked into - any marks on the door? Anything on the handle?]
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[ OKAY WELL SHE'S READING THOSE NOTES AND SENDING OFF A TEXT TO TAKERU
anyway let's grab the bloody kitchen towel for later, make sure there's nothing hidden in it, and then go look at the sink. what is dripping ]
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