week 4 - trial

[productions]

week four trial



[At 9 AM precisely, the old grandfather clock chimes once again, and the doors to the drawing room are opened. They will remain open until everyone has come inside, after which they will shut behind them. It is not possible to leave on your own, although perhaps if you have a specific purpose the hostess will allow you to go, as long as you are accompanied by a partner.

The room is set up comfortably, with several tables by the fireplace set out to assist with the trial. The Hostess will also remain in a seat near the fireplace, next to the scales on the mantle. At lunch, the doors will open to bring in a large meal on an automatically rolling buffet, and at 3 PM, tea and finger sandwiches will be served. You'll be able to enjoy the trial in comfort, of course, but the information cards set out on tables will not allow you to forget your true purpose here.

At 7 PM, the trial will adjourn for the day. Players will be escorted by the Hostess to the ballroom, where dinner and wine will be served until 10 PM, at which point players will be required to return to their wings in groups with their wingmates and will be locked in their bedrooms until 8:30 AM the following morning.]

victim



suspects



Character Statuses
Setting
Manor Rules
Cheat Sheet
Voting

Comments

[speakveryclearly]

[!!!!!!

The way Kanaya turns around at this stunning revelation it's like a building collapsed.]

Well, that explains the clock!

[......

Something else makes more sense to her than it had before this, too.]

Huh. I suppose it's triggered by three people, not just three players.

[hollowheart]

I thought the clock would have made that conclusion obvious, but apparently I guessed wrong.

[speakveryclearly]

It makes such sense in hindsight... [She sinks back into her chair, a hand covering her eyes.] The entire time, there really were only two players who saw.

[hollowheart]

[Well. Sorry.]

[speakveryclearly]

[She was more frustrated with her own failure to make this deduction than Annie's reticence, and lets the girl be so she can answer the others' complaints - she actually doesn't have any particularly strong moral indictments to make until she hears the full explanation for these anomalous actions. Maybe, like two weeks ago, there was a good reason.]