SECOND TRIAL

[whimsicalism]

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!

Comments

[copycut]

What kind of physical evidence might have been left behind on our culprit? All we have to discuss right now is the circumstantial kind, and that's not getting us anywhere.

The culprit burned the uniform they were wearing, so I doubt there would be any paint on them now. Maybe... Do you think they burned their shoes along with it? We could check if anyone's shoes are different than the kind that comes with the uniform, or vice versa.

[ Wearing casual shoes with their uniform, or the uniform's shoes with their casual clothes... That kind of thing. ]

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

I...could try another smell check. See if anyone smells like paint or ashes.

[copycut]

Paint, maybe... I doubt they'd smell much like the kiln if they just put their things in it and left, but it still doesn't hurt to be sure. Mm... So you do a sniff check, and I'll take a look at everyone's shoes?

SMELL CHECK...AGAIN

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Sounds good with me.

[Throat clearing to get people's attention.]

Alright everyone, going to do another smell check, as well as a feet and shoe check! Lining up would be appreciated, but staying in the circle is also perfectly fine.

[Dylan will now be smelling anyone he can get close to, looking for four things: ash, paint, notably cleanliness, and of course, acetone.]

[keyringwitness]

[Yasu is a bit preoccupied when Dylan checks her, but she's clean on all counts... although not too clean either.]

[spychic]

[Anya dutifully goes for her smell check. On all counts, she's clean, and her normal shoes are on. Nothing out of the ordinary here.]

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat smells of paint that's been washed off with soapless water this morning, but no acetone or ash.]

[britbrat]

[ Valmont rolls his eyes, but puts up with one sniff. He smells about the same as he did last week - that is, clean, but not horrendously so. ]

[cellpreservation]

[He showers at night so he's cleaned even if it's not particularly fresh.]

[bellabellabella]

[Edward is clean, except for, you know, the smells that he's picked up during the day of like corpse touching (tm) and other nonsense.]

[copycut]

[ Kuro, likewise, is clean. Just linen and some kind of perfumed body spray middle-schoolers like. ]

[hashtagwoof]

[ Hunter is... Also preoccupied. But in spite of his current state and any possible accusations he's actually clean enough! No paint, no ash, no acetone, and it doesn't seem like he's taken a shower this morning. ]

[shinedsobright]

[Fret smells about like he did last week but with significantly less chemicals!!]

[canreallymove]

[There is a very faint smell of paint on him. However, it doesn’t smell like he’s been messing with paint recently.

Also, no ash and no acetone. He’s clean.]

[gotnothing]

[ Ava smells... like she usually smells, kinda grimy and very faintly like cheese...? But definitely no ashes, paint, or acetone. ]

[panglici]

[She's been in the workshop a lot this week, but she sure didn't make it in today. Didn't even make it to that part of the room, actually. Carrie is clean on all counts.]

Re: SMELL CHECK...AGAIN

[lets_dewey_it]

_{[No paint smell, no acetone and no shower scent!]}

[holyironmade]

[Jeanne is normie clean following the implied recommendation to not actively shower the morning before the trial. There's the floweriness to her as before, but the scent of blood has finally faded! Hooray!]

SHOE CHECK

[copycut]

[ While Dylan checks smells, Kuro will also check shoes! Specifically, she's looking for whether everyone is wearing their uniform shoes with their uniform, with also a check for paint traces just to be safe. ]

[spychic]

[Anya's not in her uniform and is in her normal clothes instead, but there's no paint traces.

She's clean.]

[cellpreservation]

[School shoes! And no paint, either.]

[britbrat]

[ Valmont's wearing his uniform and uniform shoes. No paint on either. ]

Re: SHOE CHECK

[lets_dewey_it]

<sub>[What Shoes... 2!

But also no paint]</sub>

[bellabellabella]

[Edward's shoes, while paint free, are very similar to the uniform shoes but not quite the same.]

[shinedsobright]

[Fret's wearing his clothes from home and the white shoes that go with them. There is no paint, but there might be a little rainbow fuzz stuck in one of the soles.]