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Castle W Mods ([personal profile] whimsicalism) wrote in [community profile] castle_whims2022-09-03 12:00 pm
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SECOND TRIAL

SECOND TRIAL



THE CONTAINMENT CENTER

((CW implied cannibalism from monsters, clowns.))


Once all of the relevant rooms have been searched, it's time to dry tears and gather up evidence. The sheep, whirring dully and many of them hanging their heads, gradually round the remaining children up and begin herding them to the elevator doors. Even with only two extra people missing, it's much roomier inside once the doors are closed. Once everyone is loaded, the car begins its shrieking descent, lights and sounds grating equally as the students are once more shuttled down to the containment area.

Some of the cells on the way down contain familiar charges, but other denizens seem to have been moved. Or perhaps the layout of the containment area changed recently? Today, a large cell is home not only to an elderly woman but her large rickety home. She sits on her porch with a certain grace, even if there's a glint in her eye that feels more malicious than kindly as she beckons at you with a gnarled finger. The sudden scrambling of her home's talons might startle the unprepared. Another cell contains nothing more than a constantly roaring fire, the blaze stretched wall to wall and pulsing rhythmically at its core every so often, as it if it had its own beating heart.

For anyone worried the clown wouldn't be returning: Have no fear! The gang's friend is here again, though there are two fewer intact balloons now gripped in his hand. He's even taken efforts to look beautiful for everyone observing through the cell doors, and the red makeup around his lips is bright and freshly applied. Beautiful! Until he draws the flat of his knife across his mouth, and the source becomes obvious, just as bright as it was a week ago.

In the courtroom--the depressing, angular nightmare that passes for one--the stone podiums stand waiting for their respective students once more. With a couple more empty than the last time the group was down here, they're looking more and more like gravestones.

The desk is still down here, albeit empty this time. But the projector screen is exactly the same, the ram's head looking out at the sick entertainment on offer. For someone who's turned all of this into his own person theater, one would think he'd sound delighted by the death and destruction. Instead, his strong voice is just as clipped and angry as it always is. He barks out a command.

"Time to actually use those minds of yours! I guess this witch hunt is about to begin. Find out what happened to Thomasin or it'll be your necks on the line!"


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


OOC NOTES


Welcome to your second trial for Round 2! As we know that trials and any afterparties can get busy, we'd like to quickly remind everyone to make sure their Week 1 AC is squared away by tomorrow's weekly post and to start collecting their Week 2 threads to submit. Make sure to get your regains in by tomorrow night as well!

As a clarification for what evidence can be brought in, a rule of thumb is that if you can carry it you probably can bring it. We mainly want to discourage corpse desecration, if we can, so while the body itself isn't allowed into the trial most things are. If your character has access to a piece of evidence and you don't know if you can bring it in, you can either ask the mods privately if that's possible or by pinging them in the post itself. If a piece of evidence is forgotten, you can either assume retroactively that someone did or that the sheep brought it in to make sure that everything is tidy.

As always, just put MODS in the header of your comment to get our attention for any clarification.

Good luck!

shinedsobright: (Girl help)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-09-03 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[deadpan] Wow, guys, way to build trust with the witness.

I'm pretty sure no one wants your stuff, though. Even if your parcel's a briefcase full of cash or something, there's no one to bribe.
canismajorcontrolfreak: (Do you still see sky?)

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-09-03 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, they kinda...didn't do much, if they wanted to clean her. Her entire front was covered in paint. Like they only got the parts immediately available and didn't try to turn her over.
canismajorcontrolfreak: (Clouds are just the closest part)

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-09-03 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[*Dylan will remember that...]
keyringwitness: (Pondering)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-09-03 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
If she hit the rim of the stool with her neck, I, um, guess it'd be possible... but there weren't any marks on the stool besides the paint, and an impact like that would've left something, right?
spychic: (flower superpower)

The Meditation Room

[personal profile] spychic 2022-09-03 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Anya raises her hand, and then she holds up a cushion and candle.]

Anya found things! There was a candle and cushion in the meditation room.

But it smelled WEIRD. Anya thinks the candle was lit...?

Anya doesn't know...
violence_ensues: (Grumpy)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-09-03 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
But- Anya! Why didn't you put them in bags? I even gave you some earlier in the week!
Edited 2022-09-03 17:01 (UTC)
bellabellabella: (6)

[personal profile] bellabellabella 2022-09-03 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It... would seem unusual for her to have no other marks on her if it were not deliberate murder.
shinedsobright: (Let's get this bread)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-09-03 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lay down one's life, huh.]

Are you saying that to mean he's not effective as hostage for you?

[He's not going to push further on that since he doesn't suspect her or anything yet, but he does remember her being very mad]
spychic: (We're savin' sunshine)

[personal profile] spychic 2022-09-03 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
...Bags?

Why?

Anya could just carry these herself???

[:thonk:]
keyringwitness: (Pondering)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-09-03 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm...

If someone with long fur, hair, or even quills—um, sorry, Sonic—shook their head at a high enough speed, it's possible that it would've propelled paint out of it at a high enough velocity to leave flecks on the wall without touching the floor, but if that was the case, the pattern would be more random, r- right?
britbrat: (pout)

[personal profile] britbrat 2022-09-03 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
...Ughhhh. Fine.

[ Whether it's Kuro's not-really-veiled threats, Fret's logic, or Edward's depressingly quiet exasperation that tips it over, peer pressure eventually does Valmont in. Making clear he's doing this under great duress, he digs in his bag and produces his somewhat rumpled parcel. Opening it reveals a photo of a man with terrible fashion sense, a clipping of red hair, and a gold-plated medallion. ]

Happy? No more intimations of violence towards my person?
hashtagwoof: (My feeling all alone)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-09-03 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, isn't that one of the candles from Thomasin's parcel?
violence_ensues: (Frown)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-09-03 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It's to stop the evidence from being maminated. You now have your fingerprints on them. And the killer's.
hashtagwoof: Confused (And as the minutes tick away)

[personal profile] hashtagwoof 2022-09-03 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
... Good point.

[ See, this is what happens when you don't actually participate in investigating and make a last minute prep kit instead. You miss out on details. ]
spychic: (C'mon girls it's almost time to)

[personal profile] spychic 2022-09-03 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
We don't even have a way to check those?????

Do we???
spychic: (She woke up to change the world)

[personal profile] spychic 2022-09-03 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm...nope. Those are differents. This is from the Meditation Room.

It also didn't get all melty...
Edited 2022-09-03 17:10 (UTC)
violence_ensues: (Thinking)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-09-03 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
..Badgerclops used baking soda one time when there was that cobbler thief at headquarters...
copycut: (02)

[personal profile] copycut 2022-09-03 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Kuro leans over to take a look, and— ]

So, who is he?

[ She is... completely bypassing his own question. Her tone of voice actually does sound more like curiosity than a demand, at least. ]
keyringwitness: all icons from <user name=dressspheres site=tumblr> (Clever)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-09-03 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
If her head snapped back at a sharp enough angle, then...

I don't think the stool was part of it at all, actually. W- Well, potentially.

If your head pitches backward, like in the way we saw Thomasin's neck broken, then your hat would come off... and Thomasin's coif is in the hallway.

T- That's weird, right? I can't think of any reason why it'd just be dropped there otherwise. I think the hallway is where Thomasin was really murdered.

shinedsobright: (Bye Felicia)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-09-03 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you thinkin' someone snapped her neck?
canismajorcontrolfreak: (Do you still see sky?)

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2022-09-03 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Reluctantly:]

I...can do that again, if it seems like we need it.
Edited 2022-09-03 17:08 (UTC)
holyironmade: (Alone)

[personal profile] holyironmade 2022-09-03 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Thomasin had told me of a woman who could take the form of a hare. This goat form also seems to be a typical size that a human could not ordinarily fit inside. And it is hard to imagine a fur suit of such quality made from materials in Thomasin's environment.

I think that the goat is most likely an intelligent or at least portentous being.
shinedsobright: (Wordle)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-09-03 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ya still need a database to compare it to.
copycut: (07)

[personal profile] copycut 2022-09-03 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? So you think our culprit moved her into the art room to make it look like it was an accident?
violence_ensues: (Dejected)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-09-03 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Adorabat sighs, dejectedly.]

Yeah...

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