chasma | WEEK SIX TRIAL

week six: trial

life's a squeeze

19 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 a courthouse, north of the library, 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 one of the courtrooms for your arrival are Shamsiel, Suriel, and Baraqiel. Some evidence tables have been brought in and arranged, 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 already have hot tea, takeout containers from various places around the city set out and perpetually warm (or cool, as needed), and some first aid kits for the more unfortunate to come in feeling a little under the weather. Come noon, once everyone is within the room, they'll find that the doors close and lock behind them.

Suriel stands to one side, hands clasped as if ready to say a prayer, wings tucked close. They have no smiles to offer today. "This should be the last time. Let's do what we can, so they won't have to wait for long to see you again."

"Right, as tired as all of you have become, there's an end in sight from all of this." Words that Shamsiel offers as a means to improve the mood some. They stand with a hand pressed to their chest while the other clenches at their side.

Baraqiel is quiet for a moment, seated on the judge's bench - not at it, on the edge of it, with wings and cloak spilling back on the other side as they survey the group gathered. The juror's stand is empty, and so is the audience seating. Everyone can fill in where they need to, or want to, for the next nine hours. "A-Qing and Scheherazade were Temporals. Kim Dokja was a Celestial. This is the final stretch - but that doesn't mean you can halfass it. Let's go."

Every hour that passes, they'll be able to hear a grand clock chiming from somewhere within the courthouse. The pressure's on—good luck.

Trial start

Court is now in session. Welcome, everyone, to our seventh 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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The hell? [ He's glad he always wear gloves even if he's not searching. He'll continue watching but if Nagako can point them anywhere else, he'll point that out too! ]

[ nagako will be mostly flicky flicky at the storage, as nothing else gets her attention. the syringe is glass and crushed, and has that bitter, sweet smell emanating from it. there's a little bit of the solution in the blanket, but not much.

baraqiel straightens near the door. they don't say anything, so you can double check things if need be. ]

[Kim will wrap the syringe in a handkerchief to bring back as evidence, along with as many shards as can reasonably be collected.]

Okay... glad we spotted this. Anything else in here?

[Last checks!

He'll look under the bed, and check the kitchenette one last time, checking the counter and sink, appliances, and inside cupboards and the fridge.]

I'll check the bathroom again real fast. [ With Nagako as his guide! If not, Akira is good here. ]

[ last checks! nothing comes up in the bathroom or kitchenette, and nothing is underneath the bed or in the sink, appliances, fridge, or cupboards.

looks like anything that happened was swift, here, and the syringe is the only thing to find otherwise. ]

Looks like we got it all. I'll make a report.

[He'll say some stuff on the walkie talkie!]

Should we check some other rooms?

We don't wanna be scrambling at the last minute, so yeah. [ He'll leave it up to Kim to which room to go next! ]

Okay.

We don't know where Miss A-Qing was at the start of the night, do we? Perhaps we should look at her room as well. Room... 12?

Room 12.

[ baraqiel pivots around the door frame, avoiding touching anything, and leads the way to the stairs. nothing strange to see when we get to the sixth floor! after you, lads. ]

[Cool. Let's rock up to Room 12.

Anything amiss on the outside of Room 12 or Room 13, with the doors or vicinity? If not, he'll use the coin to enter Room 12.]

[ Right behind Nagako will be scenting for anything amiss too. ]

[ nothing stinky for nagako to flicky flicky her tongue at, and nothing amiss in the hall itself.

the room looks fine at a glance. confirm for invest speedrun: are you both checking the same areas that you did in the previous room? ]

[You know what? Sure! Checking walls, floor, ceiling, kitchenette, couch and bed, blanket storage space.]

[ Yes! Same areas. ]

[ "why are you offering a speedrun option?" well!

the lads find nothing in this apartment, except for random food in the expected places and nero's sheaf of wheat and three watcher-adjacent feathers.

stick around, or go to room 13? ]

[Room 13 it is! Can we speedrun this one too?]

[ yep, just tell us the locations the two of you are checking and we'll confirm. ]

[ Same locations for Akira! + Nagako ]

[Is this the wild detective fuck room? Hm. Oh well! Onward we go.

Third verse, same as the first two! Checking walls, floor, ceiling, kitchenette, couch and bed, blanket storage space.]

[ hateful, actually, thank you pazu.

i have asked what is in the fuck room.

the lads find: satchel with the variety pack of condoms and miscellaneous toys, with a number of condoms missing with a quantity i have not been informed of but have confirmed that there are fewer now than there were in ahnkeen. some shady modeling shots of kotetsu? why. the grail kotetsu has mentioned in the past. there are various other things of minimal import including a copy of sherlock holmes checked out from the library.

hateful, thank you crystal and emi. ]

[Oh, good. We got the fuck lore.

Kim has absolutely nothing to say about any of this.]

Anyway. Room 4 was the last one on the list.

[ Neither does Akira but he looks like he wants to punch something again. Anyway, this is his room so he's pretty familiar with it! Has anything changed from this morning? ]

[ baraqiel looks disdainfully at the room, but off we go to 04!

akira sure will notice something different. dokja's bag is here. ]

[Well, Kim's going to do the usual checks around the room to see if anything's off. The bag's all yours, Akira.]

[ What's in dokja's bag! It better not be korean bbq. ]

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