TRIAL | WEEK ZERO

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Today, the house feels quiet. There’s a somber air in the hallways, which don’t twist and turn as usual. In fact, no matter where you intend to go, your steps will take you to only one place: an ornate door, beyond which are dimly lit steps stretching down, down, into…

The Crypt.

Up beside the altar is the chest from yesterday’s investigation, now unlocked and full of all the evidence everyone gathered the day before. The Crypt itself is lit with flickering lights and deep shadows; eternally burning torches line the walls in their sconces. The pews before the altar are empty, except for one:

Pratibha is curled up on the left pew closest to the altar. It’s hard to tell if she’s asleep until more people filter in; she’ll lift her head, groggy and somewhat out of it, before teetering to her feet and standing before the altar. She looks haggard; exhausted isn’t enough to describe how tired she seems.

“Alright, people. Today’s your first ritual. Your job? Find out who killed Yoojin. You can’t play nice, there’s no way out of this. Either the culprit dies, or everyone but the culprit is executed.”

A huge, creaking yawn. “You can’t abstain, either. You’ve got to vote. If you don’t, there’s consequences.”

Energy guttering out, she teeters back to her pew and curls up on it.

“Got questions? Ask ‘em, but I don’t know if I’ll always be able to answer. Give it a shot or whatever.”

Immediately after delivering those last words, Pratibha falls asleep. Guess you’ll need to wake her if you need her…



Welcome to your first trial! Characters may discuss, in free for all/threadjacking fashion, everything related to the trial and the death of the victim. They may ask questions of Pratibha, whose ability to respond will be somewhat limited. It is truly up to all of you to solve this murder and bring the perpetrator to justice.

If there are any questions, ask on plurk or on the discord!

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I wonder if I'll see / any faces above me [WEEK 0 AFTERPARTY]

[windmilled]

[That all sure fucking happened, didn't it.

They're no doubt all ready to shower and go to bed after all of that, but in Luis' opinion it would only make it worse to go to bed on an empty stomach (well, except for a bite of ham).

It's Yuri he pulls aside first, after they're back in the main part of the house and the door to the crypt has closed behind them. He recruits her to make tea, and while they're in the kitchen more like-minded people filter in until the kitchen is so busy that no one has a chance to think about the nightmare they just endured. Maybe just like-minded about the food part, but even Shauna is convinced to help with the group portions.

With Yuri, Ranma, Otto, and Shauna all in the kitchen, Luis starts to scout out the best place to lay out their spread, and decides on the greenhouse after peeking in and seeing that evidently the house had snacked on all traces of the crime scene while they were down in the crypt.

Eventually, there's a pretty good spread of food laid out in the greenhouse, with a tea service, and Luis is going around knocking on all the doors to convince them of the merits of not going to bed on an empty stomach, at least.

Welcome to the Han Yoojin Memorial Gardens, time to mingle, sit around and be sad, or just grab some food and go to bed.]