THIRD TRIAL

[whimsicalism]

To the court room. Make it quick, alright? I don't really know about any of you but I don't want to waste more time on a couple of bratty teenagers.

[The Queen still is silent as you descend to the court room. There are ten less of you than when you began. The podiums look empty as you go to them. Even if the podiums are getting empty, though, there is a new jury box near the Alices that is rather full... of ghosts of all the participants of the previous round you've discovered and of your dead compatriots. They don't talk but they're there. Judging. Always judging.

There is someone who doesn't notice this addition, though. Queen Alice.

The Queen is quiet but she's next to the Cat. Her head is bowed to her chest as she seems to sleep quietly. Then as movement she jolts up, smiling vaguely as she nods.]

Yes, a tea party--that's what we...need...

[Her head drops back to her chest as she falls asleep again. The Cat glances at her then back at the crowd with agitation.]

Someone is responsible for Lena and Neku's deaths. Do something about it, will you? Why did you even bring one of those ghosts in with you, anyway?

Comments

[golden_king]

She could've used dark magic to darken the area so she'd have the advantage over him in battle.

Though with narrowing things down...we could begin just start looking at people's clothing for stains? There's really nothing more obvious for us to start with otherwise.

Unless someone has a better idea.

[prescience]

If anything, there may be evidence of clay left behind, if someone physically needed to enter the pit, but I find the possibility unlikely.

[golden_king]

It's possible since pieces of clay could be hard to get out depending on where it gets...

[strictura]

I guess the candles could have been extinguished either manually or through magic...

[ Hm, wait. ]

Actually, it would be helpful to know whether "shadow" here just means darkness, or if it's literally the shadows cast by objects in light. If it's the latter, maybe the darkness would have actually stopped her powers instead of strengthening them, since you can't cast a shadow without light.

Unless the light of the amulet on its own was enough...?

[ GOD he just wants to narrow down ONE THING ]

[golden_king]

I think shadow could mean darkness in this case, since I was able to detect dark magic from the amulet.

Though I guess if you want to get technical, that shining from the amulet could've been a "dark light"! Which could've definitely been enough.

[ What We Do In The Shadows: Murder version. ]