WEEK SIX TRIAL

[grigori]

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.

Mod breaks will run a little differently than they have in past games. There will be a three hour block starting at 4 PM EST/1 PM PST and ending at 7 PM EST/4 PM PST, where we'll be cycling one mod out at a time to take an hour long break while the other two remain to keep tags going and answer any questions players might have. We encourage players to take a break at any point during this timeframe, but the player-designated break will be at the traditional 5 - 6 PM EST time! Reference our timezones if need be.

Voting is mandatory in Chasma, acting as our activity check for the week. Please ensure that you've submitted your vote before 9 PM EST/6 PM PST, unless you've spoken with the mods previously, as we'll begin tallying votes on the dot.

If there's anything that you need from us, IC or OOC, please let us know how we can help!

full navigation ✨ locations ✨ statuses ✨ profiles ✨ audiences ✨
private conversations ✨ murder proposals ✨ curfew ✨ daemons ✨

Comments

DOKJA BODY REPORT

[malewife]

[ I AM SORRY I TOOK SO LONG. HERE IS A SPARKNOTES, since this is Joonghyuk, he will also list it as such aloud:

GENERAL GLANCE
- Dokja is still in his demon king form, wings and horns included
- most of the blood is around his arms and around the stab wound to his heart
- daemon dust was found on the front of his shirt
- the most obvious wound is the stab from his own sword, dealt by the mechanism found in the hospital room (a clean cut straight to and through the heart)

FRONT
- left hand is bloody, there's a stab would through the palm
- some bruising around the neck (smaller hands than Joonghyuk)
- on the right side of his neck, there's also a red spot; it is almost a perfect circle, centered around what appears to be an injection spot. There is a dry blood bead to indicate it is indeed an injection or a needle
- left horn slightly chipped
- partial stab to the right shoulder
- nicks and cuts all over the arms and hands

BACK
- right wing is broken
- wings are covered in cuts similar to his arms ]

I have cross-referenced Kim Dokja's old wounds and these are the ones that are new. Due to the mechanism spoken of in the hospital, I cannot say if the fatal wound is the sword to the chest—however it's possible that a different weapon was used, then covered up. [ BUT IMAGINE HAVING THAT PERCISION TO LAUNCH IT IN THE SAME SPOT. Anyway. ] It can be that he was injected with poison of some kind, but I didn't notice any symptoms showing on the body.

For his coin, he used the tornado in a bottle.

[ This umbrella is his now. ]

In his pocket was his cellphone and a bloody fingerprint on a photo. I've collected his fingerprint as well on a piece of paper.

[greatdeduction]

That explains the state of the Star Circle, at least. And...the "breathing getting harder" part of the story we saw in his blood...that may be a reference to whatever he was poisoned with.

[quiz]

[ Ah, she almost wants to scream again -- ]

Can we do anything with the fingerprint? Susato's kit up and disappeared from last week...

[veraltwin]

We might ask the Watchers for a kit. They've provided similar equipment in the past, as I recall.

[bloodread]

It's probably his own print.

[quiz]

You can determine that, can't you? With your blood... powers...

[bloodread]

[ I worded that tag weirdly so assume Akira comes back after checking out the photo! ]

The memory from that blood is from him, cause of the tornado in the bottle.

UPDATE: CYANIDE

[voltadomar]

I've examined Kim Dokja's body for lividity. Judging by the colour, he was poisoned with cyanide.

The syringe containing it was found in Room 8 -- Miss Scheherazade's and Spike's room.

[bloodyromance]

Wait, what?

[For the first time this entire trial, he looks caught majorly off guard.]

Where?

[voltadomar]

In the storage space near the bed, among the extra blankets and pillows.

[bloodyromance]

Huh.

Well, I have no bloody idea what that's about. But they might've seen the busted down door, yeah?

[powerplay]

[ ? ]

Then was the storyteller involved?

[lefthandpath]

... isn't this sounding more like someone helped him set up the trap but then might have poisoned him during the set up?

[greatdeduction]

Cyanide works quickly. He was likely injected in the room. So one can't rule that out.

[lefthandpath]

This is like a Getting Sawed In Half act gone wrong... ah, no... more stabbed while in a barrel...

[escardos]

But...why?

[lefthandpath]

Because Kim Dokja clearly set himself up to be killed...

UPDATE: WEAPON + HANDS

[malewife]

For the marks on Kim Dokja's neck, those whose hands would possibly match are: Monika, Reze, Power, Kim Kitsuragi, Allen Walker, Okumura Rin, Spike, and Xie Lian.

The cuts and the stab wounds would feasibly match kitchen knives, which we only have for Yuri Lowell, Nero Turner, or Monika. Kitchen knives or similar knives aren't difficult to find.

[ btw kyuu is ooc out ]

[lefthandpath]

We can strike Mr. Spike off the list for Kim Dokja.

Rin can also be removed, as he has killed before and the Watchers said it was a non-previous killer.

And Lt. Kitsuragi since he arrived later that day.

That leaves Miss Monika, Miss Reze, Miss Power, myself, and Xie Lian.

[malewife]

[ Sighs. ]

[greatdeduction]

...

Mr. Dokja had strangle marks on his neck, yes? Could it be...someone strangled him when he was in the chair? As if out of anger? It couldn't have happened in the Star Circle, no. It happened afterwards.

[senjinrouha]

You don't think it was someone trying to move his neck to jab him with the needle?

[aono]

...I think I can at least get an answer for you, if nothing else. Since we can't lie right now and all. Are you okay with that?

[lefthandpath]

I'm fine with it, personally. But even with that, the person responsible can't say anything...

[senjinrouha]

Did we take a good look through his stuff? As... flippant as that sounds.