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Castle W Mods ([personal profile] whimsicalism) wrote in [community profile] castle_whims2022-08-26 10:07 pm
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FIRST TRIAL

FIRST TRIAL



THE CONTAINMENT CENTER


After all the evidence is collected, the students themselves are as well. The Little Brother units gather them up in orderly fashion, encouraging the line to proceed two-by-two up the hallway beyond the music room and into the newly opened area. When grouped up together, the class just barely fits into the glass-paneled section of the decontamination chamber. It's hard not to wonder if the entire student body was never meant to make it this far in the first place. A short burst of pressurized air later and the panels lift - and, for the first time, the door to the containment facility opens before you. Behind it, an elevator beckons the class in. A Little Brother unit reaches inside, pushes a button, and the lift's real, see-through door closes before the lift begins to lower.

As the elevator descends, the car passes floor after floor of cellblocks. Start florescent lighting casts stark highlights onto each of them, and in those closest to the elevator car, shape after shape is visible. A wolf the size of an elephant with blood-tinged saliva dripping from it's massive fangs. A clown holding 20 multicolored balloons in one hand, a popped and shredded 21st hanging from the other out to you with a gap-toothed grin. A pit of writhing snakes with no beginning and no end. The feeling is comparable to the hungry, lingering gaze from outside the academy's fence. Looking out at the many cells, it's as if there's no barrier between them and the assembled students at all.

The car's moving too fast to see all of them clearly, but careful attention reveals one final detail: Some of them are completely empty. The other noticeable thing is the noise. Snarls, roars, sly chuckles, hissing, and even someone humming a haunting lullaby... they all mix together into a cacophony as you near the final destination.

When the elevator comes to a complete stop, the group is let out into a black-floored room illuminated by the same stark florescent lighting. Luckily, as soon as you go through the doorway the noise suddenly stops. The steep walls extend some two or three stories above without interruption, throwing stern, exaggerating angles reminiscent of brutalism. 21 stone podiums stand in a densely illuminated circle in the center of the room. Each one bears a name of one of the students in the class.

The Prefect is already waiting for everyone, sitting at a long desk backed by a projector screen bearing the same ram insignia from the post-spelling bee dance. Her hands are folded in front of her, and she barely moves.

"Looks like somebody attempted the alternative capstone. A week ago, I never would have believed it... but I know better now. Those who fall behind... just weaken the herd.

Luz, The Owlette, is dead. What a stupid title... I really hated it." The Prefect's expression staggers for a moment, then settles again. "Her murderer's still here, and the only way to prove that you deserve another chance in this school is to find them. Get the exam started."

There's a flicker on the screen behind her as the Principal speaks. "You heard Miss Kiryuu. We're beginning the exam, don't just stand around staring at each other!"

Investigation | Podium Layout | Locations | IC Profiles | IC Rules | Evidence | NPC Questions


OOC NOTES


While played out OOCly on Saturdays, trials ICLY take place the afternoon after investigations are concluded. This means that characters will have only a brief period of rest to gather their thoughts before being brought down. While the podium layout graphic shows room numbers, the real stone does bear characters' names.

The victim's body will not be available for reexamination during the trial but other pieces of evidence small enough to carry/move with you can be brought down into the trial. If you need mod input or NPC input in the middle of a thread please put 'MODS' in the header so we can see. Trials play out until the killer is caught or until around 8pm Eastern, at which point we'll try to wrap up. Good luck!

shinedsobright: (Deal with it)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I meant some of us don't wear clothes, but you can actually take off your fur from the sound of it.
violence_ensues: (Curious)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Not my fur, my skin.

[Adorabat will demonstrate by flinging herself into the air a little, leaving behind the molted skin in an adorabat shape.]

See?
noblesnow: Reika using an umbrella as an improvised parachute. Do not try this at home ((R) peach up+b)

[personal profile] noblesnow 2022-08-27 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Reika claps.]
shinedsobright: (THE DRESS)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, that's weird -

[HMMMM. HEY WAIT.]

Why'd you go up there to do it??
canreallymove: (say what?)

[personal profile] canreallymove 2022-08-27 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Be...cause she's a bat?

[I mean it's obvious to him.]
violence_ensues: (Confused 2)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[????]

Up... where?

[Adorabat's only flying/hovering above the molted skin.]
shinedsobright: (Today years old when I learned)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
.... I might be stupid.

[If it's the whole skin that comes off, that'd mean an injury wouldn't show up on the body, it'd be on the skin. Probably?]
keyringwitness: (Pondering)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-27 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...!

She... does know how to fight, and, um... pretty proficiently... and she has no problem with it...

B- But wait. Would Adorabat even be able to bury the knife? And that, um, doesn't explain Luz's shoes...
violence_ensues: (Um)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! And why would I use a kitchen knife when I know where my combat knife is? And I don't wear shoes!
noblesnow: Reika looking resigned, with Nao clinging to her waist ((R) this happens every sunday at 8:40)

[personal profile] noblesnow 2022-08-27 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
It also seems like a bit of a stretch that you'd kill someone, if you didn't want Dewey-san to find out she'd been killed.
shinedsobright: (It's ok to ask for help)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Why just Dewey?

[He wasn't there, he stayed at the playground picking up the glyphs]
noblesnow: Reika cooking ((R) cooking)

[personal profile] noblesnow 2022-08-27 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know, but that was what she kept saying when we found the body. "Don't let Dewey know." "I don't want Dewey to know."
violence_ensues: (Tearful)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
We were talking and he was worried that other people would kill and he was sad and I just didn't want him to be sad...!
shinedsobright: (Wordle)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Who's dumb enough to use their own knife if they're trying to get away with it? But I mean, it's not like I got all the answers. You were one of the ones raring for the actual fight, too.
violence_ensues: (Oops)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
As far as I'm aware, Luz didn't do anything to break the law. And even if she did, It's not the police's job to kill someone.

Also, kitchen knives are for kitcheny things. Combat knives are for combat.
shinedsobright: (Dick Butt)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell that to the police...

And anyway, I don't know what you consider the law. Like, would all the papers be littering? Do you stab litterers, A-Bat?
violence_ensues: (Dejected)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Adorabat glances at Dylan.]

...I'm... I'm not any good with swords.
britbrat: (hmph)

[personal profile] britbrat 2022-08-27 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
And how are you with knives?

[ He may not be a weapons expert, but he's pretty sure those are two different things. ]
violence_ensues: (Frown)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...

'mnot goodattum either...
shinedsobright: (Ancient Aliens)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
....So does that mean... you couldn't actually fight anything if they showed up for real?

[She boasted so much about that too. Maybe she didn't want anyone to know that?]
violence_ensues: (Angry)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Nuh- uh! I still know kicks and wing slices and crowd control and bashing and if I had them I would also use my smoke bombs!
shinedsobright: (Trust me trust me trust me trust me)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, alright. Welp! I'm probably on the wrong track then.

But... I mean... that's still not really what I asked about anyway, you know?

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hashtagwoof: (But my heart won't stop hurting)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-08-27 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Eewww... Gross...

[ Hi, thanks. Why did he have to witness that. ]
panglici: (alarmed)

[personal profile] panglici 2022-08-27 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[THAT IS NOT HOW BATS WORK]

You can just do that whenever?
violence_ensues: (Sheepish)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but... it usually happens when I'm super-excited, too.