SECOND TRIAL

[whimsicalism]

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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STAIN & INJURY CHECK

[immaculacies]

If we're going to keep talking about it, we may as well do it. I'm going to check everyone for stains and injuries. Look—

[ Manaka hikes up her sleeves, lifts her skirt to show her legs, and then hikes up her top up over her ribs to show her stomach and back. All of them are uninjured. ]

Just like that, okay? Someone else can check my clothes for stains when I'm done, but I'm going to go around and check everyone else now.

[undershadow]

[ GESTURES VAGUELY AT THE FEATHERS SHE'S COVERED WITH...... ]

[immaculacies]

[ Look... Manaka will just check her clothes for stains as she asks, ]

Would it be okay for me to check a little under your feathers?

[ There's skin under there, it's fine. ]

[ballooncaged]

[Manaka why??????? Not like this?? Mizuki is desperately removing and lifting up her coat for some vague semblance of a privacy curtain in time, though not avoiding Manaka's approach. She's wearing a jumper dress over long sleeves and leggings so this will take a second.]

[prescience]

Do you want me to stand in front of you? I'm not sure how much privacy it would provide, but...

[battlestations]

[leery of this (in a usual Nigel way) but it's technically branching from his line of questioning, and her demonstration did not involve any awkward touching. So he'll concede with the rolling of sleeves and so on. There's nothing except the silly head bandaid from earlier.]

[byzer0]

And I thought Soubi moved fast~.

[ Unhelpful commentary as always. ]

[ballooncaged]

[what the FUCK is going on in cat boy land]

[immaculacies]

Ah, don't get the wrong idea. I only have eyes for my Saber~

[ She doesn't seem particularly bothered as she starts checking over Natsuo's clothes. ]

Re: STAIN & INJURY CHECK

[seventhlittlemonster]

[AAAAAAAAA??? ok though

even though it was clearly obvious that it wasn't him he unbuttoned his pajama shirt and lifted his pant legs. They were markless.]

Re: STAIN & INJURY CHECK

[imozon]

[Dark Dream is in her usual magical girl outfit, which exposes most of those places anyway, but she'll take off her fingerless glove-sleeve-things.]

[prescience]

There may be a more efficient way to do this while maintaining a sense of propriety...

[Then again, answers are more important than privacy. Oriko goes through the same process in order. There are no stains or bruises.]

Would you like me to take a look when you're finished?

[immaculacies]

Mm-hm! Go ahead.

[ Manaka turns to aid the examination as necessary, and is clean as well. ]

[strictura]

[ Oh no this is embarrassing, why is it the girl in the cute ruffly dresses whose name is almost Monaca who's doing this..........

He's wearing shorts already, at least, so his legs are clearly uninjured. He'll take off his scarf and blazer and roll up his sleeves; there are some old scars of various types on his arms, but nothing fresh at all.

His clothes are all stain-free. ]

[ballooncaged]

[THIS IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COAT CURTAIN IT'S FINE???? IT'S NOT FINE. TRULY WHY IS MANAKA LIKE THIS]

[battlestations]

Wow you really do like her. [spelling is for chumps!! so is verifying whether people come from the same world or not]

[seventhlittlemonster]

[...oh jesus christ where did those OLD scars come from- oh my g- seven is further concerned now]

[immaculacies]

[ ufufu~ ]

Thank you for cooperating.

[ :) ]

[xxxx_me]

[Jiiii.]

Re: STAIN & INJURY CHECK

[golden_king]

Eh? If you insist..

[ He'll roll up his sleeves and lift up his shirt.

He's clean. ]

[nothingposh]

[Gavroche takes off his jacket and shirt, but uh.]

On account of I can't cook I'd rather not drop trou off without a reason.

[They're also. I mean. They're clean now! But they're the same clothes he arrived in so it would be pretty hard to tell if the stains were new or just the stains he arrived with.]

[immaculacies]

Mm, that's probably fine... You could just pull your pant legs up a little it you want to really assure everyone you haven't done anything, but I don't know if anyone is accusing you.

[ballooncaged]

isn't that kind of specific? are we even 100% sure the culprit didn't just stick the sauce and seeds on top of magic funnel cake? or do you not know how to clean either

[soverainty]

I can't say I have the experience, but where did that girl tend to aim? Wouldn't it be a pretty visible location?

[Well, it's just Niko making idle chatter rather than actual inferences. She's been wearing mostly dresses, but lately she's moved to shorts and various shirts; there's not really all that much stripping to do.

She might roll up her sleeves, but that's really it. She's pretty pristine, and so are her clothes. Some of us know how to do laundry in this joint.]

Re: STAIN & INJURY CHECK

[xxxx_me]

[No new injuries, no new stains on this boy.]