chasma | WEEK FIVE TRIAL

week five: trial

i want to speak to a manager

23 Remain

Good morning, everyone! Hopefully you're well-rested, because there's a long day ahead of you.

The start of the day is yours to do with what you want, but come 11:45 AM, your daemons will feel a compulsion to lead you to chapel and will ensure that you're up and moving to head there. You can certainly resist it, but by the time 11:55 AM rolls around... you'll find your feet taking you there, regardless, if you aren't there already. There's no exceptions—it seems that this gathering is mandatory, as you'll find that your fellow travelers are all heading to the same destination as you.

Waiting in the chapel for your arrival are Satariel, Rameel, and Yomiel. Tables for offerings sit at the front end of the room. They've been left empty for the day ahead - save for one, where plates, bowls, cups, and cutlery have been stacked neatly for later in the day. Some snacks and drinks have been provided for the early portion of the day, and proper food for later. Come noon, once everyone is within the chapel, they'll find that the doors close and lock behind them.

Sporting a bit of a different look with their long blonde locks gone, Rameel will be leaning against the podium upfront with a lazy smile on their face. Their wounds and injuries from yesterday seemingly healed up completely sans one more permanent injury. And even though it looks as if they were going to say something, they ultimately don't and pass their turn.

Yomiel looks much better than yesterday, wounds healed, broken wings set, and clothing repaired. Speaking too much seems to be a bit of a strain, though, as their voice is still scratchy and rough. "You've don't have much time to find Mikotoba. Don't waste it."

Satariel is curled up in one of the pews, wrapped in their cloak and a blanket and looking tired. But they are paying attention, and their daemon paces slowly nearby as a bear, snuffling at anyone that comes close enough as though checking them over as well. It still does not touch. The Watcher sounds - quiet, for once. "Let's get started. And, while it won't matter to the trial... for your numbers, Miss Rika was a Celestial."

Every hour that passes, the chapel bell will ring out with the time. The pressure's on, good luck.

Trial start

Business stops for no one! Welcome, everyone, to our sixth trial. For the next nine hours, characters are expected to investigate the setting, compile and examine evidence, locate any unalive and unaccounted for members of their group, and theorize about the going ons of Thursday night/Friday morning that lead up to this point.

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[Kim is careful not to show a reaction. He's trying to stay focused on the task at hand.]

... Was that a witness? Someone from the hotel?

... I haven't spoken to many at the hotel, so I can't confirm that.

Yes, I wouldn't recognize any of their voices. The audio quality isn't very good, either. But I can't think of many other contexts where someone would say what was heard at the start of that recording.

The scream could have also been the witness... Someone who really didn't think they were going to see two people trying to kill each other on a Thursday night.

... Well, if there's a potential witness, where might they be now?

Still at the hotel...? If they were upset by what they saw, they might have told the staff, too. Maybe one of our investigation teams can ask around.

Maybe the dining area, lobby, or bar, then? Those seem like places that... normal guests would loiter around.

Mhm. We have to prioritize places where we think we'll find evidence... but these are all good options to keep in mind.

[...]

The song did mention a "tea party", didn't it?

... Would you... normally sit down to a tea party with someone on Thursday night when the murderers tend to creep around?

... Well, Susato wouldn't be quite that foolish unless she had something in mind. But it's there in the song, for whatever reason.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Whoever it was, was it someone she expected to meet? Or at least, someone who would be willing to talk to her before all the fighting started.

We might get a better idea if we can find this hypothetical tea party... and if it's not what Kim is referring to, at least.

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senjinrouha - 2021-11-06 20:54 (UTC) - Expand

allyship - 2021-11-06 20:55 (UTC) - Expand

That? Hm...

It might have referred to Thursday evening, before we fell asleep. Miss Monika brought a lot of drinks and snacks to the sauna...

It was kind of like a party.

Hm, I see. [...] I'm glad she was able to spend the night with friends, at least.

...I don't think we had tea, specifically - we always have snacks and drinks, though, so it could still be the same.

Could we perhaps check the dining area? Since there is already a group out investigating the sauna...

True. We should be thorough.

rerouter - 2021-11-06 21:43 (UTC) - Expand

There's that annoying blonde girl that's been around. Pointing out that murder's illegal during an ongoing murder seems like something she'd do.

An annoying blonde girl?

Chloé Bourgeois. Tiny blonde girl, yellow cardigan, way too much spray tan? Really wants to talk to your manager?

Ah.

[...

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Her name is actually "Bourgeois"...?

That's what I said!

Unfortunate...

... I wonder if...

[ .... ]

.... Do you think Miss Lup fell asleep when we did?

[ No she was in jail guys remember.

Anyway she'll taptap him, a question mayhap. ]

[ leaning over!!! ]