castle_whims | SECOND TRIAL

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trial,
week 3

SECOND TRIAL

How are we ever going to get the pond clean? It'll stink like lawyer for forever, Alice!

Be nice... We shouldn't say things like that, Alice.

Weren't you the one who were calling Franziska a wicked witch?

I'm sorry about it now, aren't I?! Just--it's time for a trial, everyone!

[As you climb back into the teacup to descend to the court room once more, the tea cup doesn't respond if anyone tries to go to any other floors. As you walk up to the podiums the amount of crossed out portraits has increased. How many more will die before the tricky game the Alices want is over?

At least the Alices seem relatively calm. The Queen, anyway. The Cat is in her Alice form, watching over the proceedings with a hungry look in her eyes.]

Franziska von Karma is dead. Do try to find out who did it but not too quickly. I'll get bored~

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I know what you mean and you're very clever for the insinuation.

But I truly think it is key: Who here was less of a "stranger" to her than the rest of us? Or, perhaps, the closest to "a candy salesman?"

Especially since after last week, it's more like who didn't have it out for her. No offense, Deedee.

She made even less friends than me, and I was actively trying not to!

[There's a soft snicker from her. It's not like she isn't self-aware.]

Whoever it was was pretty into sweets, though? Judging by the lame-ass motive the Alices were going for this week.

Man, you were really committed to that act the first two weeks, huh?

[ RED TEAM... RULES... ]

Feels like maybe they were more into getting their memories back and out of dodge, though. Like, they obviously were able to work the funnel cake machine, but it's probably not that hard.

why was it sweets instead of grilled whatever? von Karma didn't seem like the we can eat chocolate all day type

I think Swiss rolls are, like, a pastry thing? And I guess she liked those. But maybe the real question is whether she was getting targeted, or they were gonna try this with anyone who came along.

I can see both ways. If this was supposed to look innocent, it'd be easy to ignore someone you actually liked, more than just waiting around the corner with a knife. But also why would you target someone who literally leaves marks on people like it's no big deal. Anyway we know that nobody came along who distrusted them and has to speak up how weird the free funnel cake was

If they didn't take the first person who showed up, that person could have blown their cover by saying they saw them with a funnel cake in the dining hall last night, even if they didn't offer it to them.

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undershadow - 2020-10-24 18:54 (UTC) - Expand

What do you mean?

[ uhhhhhhhhhhhh ]

Well if we're asking that, it probably wouldn't shock her to see you making desserts, since your portrait says you're a baker.

A funnel cake machine...it's more like a griddle, isn't it?

Well, I can also make pancakes, so yes, I would probably be able to figure out how to operate that machine. The truth is, I like baking because it is something my mother did, but I'm really not that skilled at it yet.

How it's made is less important, I just meant this would be my definition of a 'candy salesman.' Someone who's at least had this sort of thing pre-established as normal behavior.

It's a little important if how it's made would make it terrible. [She pouts a little.]

That said, I completely agree with that. She would at least know that I enjoy doing it, so I can only assume it wouldn't be that surprising to know I was trying.

Do you think she'd feel the same way about someone who was really excited about eating fair food, as well? I'd probably trust someone who had already eaten a lot of it.

That sounds similar to what Nagisa was saying about the partly-eaten cake, so I could agree with that. I have no idea who eats a lot of fair food though... I prefer to stay far away from that haunted place.

[ASK ME ABOUT CARNIE MURDER]

[This comment isn't here but the Alices are both glaring at him.

THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOBS, NIGEL]

[he's looking back at them like 'what?' NO GROWN-UPS ALLOWED!!]

Indeed, I never want to look at another fair game again either. [her pride....]

I think Gavroche-san really likes the corndogs? Unfortunately, people would lie if we just asked what they've been eating...

I liked the fair food...

[Back to sad mode again.]

This isn't your fault, though. [gently spoken, he believes pretty strongly she doesn't match the evidence at any rate.]

[oh that past tense is OOF]

didn't look like there were marzipan figures in the trash or anything at least so you would make sense and also a lot of other people

[Sheepishly:] I'd feel a little more certain making marzipan.

However, I probably would be able to carry someone her size. Neku Sakuraba-san and I talked about this a little... I suspect, as he does, that the culprit is probably someone smaller.

without an accomplice

[JUST IN CASE SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL SUSPECTING THE CATBOYS UNFAIRLY]

Right. Even the way everything was spread out across the castle... Everything points to someone working alone.

and yet they went all the way to the pond. it's like they weren't strong enough to feel confident strangling her while she was sleeping from the poison

[this is making Mizuki sadder and sadder]