WEEK 3 - TRIAL

[productions]

week three 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.]

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Comments

[throe]

By checking for bags underneath their eyes? [ She points to the finely concealed space underneath her eye with a smirk. ] It could work... especially for those who claim they awoke early. Too bad there isn't a more effective way of figuring it out.

[throe]

If he's actually dead then it wouldn't be risking his life much.

[inthebones]

We could ask your crystal ball.

...Or we could throw it at their heads and see who stays unconscious the longest.

[throe]

With what? A chair and some string? Wouldn't we have seen signs of that?

[souredsweet]

I had also considered that... [but then i spinned a glowb for 20 minutes happened and Kaoru joined the "could it really be Beat, really" club.]

Miss Aihara is asking. If she cannot find anything, I will simply bring along some candles from the parlor. Miss Rapture requires them, anyway.

[inthebones]

I was being facetious.

[Susan's tone is mild. She is perfectly aware that she makes so many sarcastic remarks that it's occasionally impossible to tell.]

What is a geophysicist, in any case? Is it at all relevant to anything regarding a crime? I would assume the prefix has something to do with geology?

[inthebones]

...

Does she require them for a seance?

If she does, would you mind terribly accidentally dropping them down the elevator shaft while you're investigating?

[vytis]

It's also possible there was more blood on other papers and the papers were disposed of except for one that they missed, I suppose.

[souredsweet]

I do not know what a seance is, but she said that she required them for... something to do with the ghost of Miss Carter? To keep a possession from happening, I believe... [VOODOO MAGIC.]

If you think it best that she not have them, I will not bring them back, at the very least.

[inthebones]

[goshdarnit rapture]

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[For a few moments, Susan looks as if she's just bitten into an extraordinarily sour lemon before she sighs in slight disgust.]

Good grief.

I suppose she's been helpful enough to merit some... indulgences.

[grumble mumble you can't get good help nowadays and so on and so forth]

1/2

[herpreciousrival]

Oh no, no. Did I neglect to give you my business card? [Here! Please take it, she has plenty.] My apologies.

I'm one of the Sailor Animates, Sailor Aluminum Siren. My alias is that I'm Reiko Aya, a talent scout for Ginga TV. It's our head quarters for Shadow Galactica on Earth. My mission is to search for shining starseeds in this Solar System and bring them back to Madam Galaxia. My role was originally to gather starseeds from other galaxies, but after the failure and death of my associate Sailor Iron Mouse, her task fell to me.

I have another ability that I haven't been able to utilize while in the house and isn't listed on my card. I can extract anyone's starseed simply through the power of the bracelets Madam Galaxia gave to me. [She'll show them off. Aren't they shiny?]This is how I perform my task.

However, in our line of work we do have enemies who want to prevent us from gathering starseeds. Hence my fallen comrade.

[throe]

I would have brought it if I knew the trial wasn't going to be anything like last week was.

2/2

[herpreciousrival]

I don't know if it's appropriate to mutilate a corpse... [Could someone confer with her on the level of rudeness that entails?]

I've only ever attacked other women, Miss Sharon is more along the lines of who I would target.

[herpreciousrival]

[She would join that club in a heartbeat.]

Stressful barely begins to describe it. [Is it lunch time yet? Eating is a healthy way to deal with all stress isn't it?]

I appreciate your dedication to unearthing the true culprit Miss Nagumo. I only hope that you are able to do so as swiftly and accurately as you are able.

[inthebones]

[Susan will take the business card silently and frown as she reads the information on it.]

...What, exactly, is a starseed?

[so many questions
but no
must stay focused!!!]

Corpse mutilation is normally frowned upon, but I think an exception can probably be made in this case.

[inthebones]

...If it were me, I'd have simply gotten rid of them all. Why would the murderer leave a single sheet of paper behind?

[vytis]

That's what I would have done, too. I suppose it just feels like there should be more blood somewhere.

[throe]

He told me he found some monolith in South America that was turning people insane and said that it might be an explanation of life of earth itself. [ She pauses. ] But last week, he identified soil, didn't he? I guess maybe the physics part could work, but... guess it just has a lot to do with soil and the earth.

[ It's pretty clear she doesn't pay any attention to jobs outside of music and performing. ]

[respecting]

Oh. She probably won't let me do that. Should we find someone else?

1/2

[herpreciousrival]

It is what makes up the life force of the universe. Do you know where the stars are born, Miss Sto Hilt?

Weak stars and strong stars are all born from the same place, the origin and center of the universe: Sagittarius Zero Star. Here starseeds are created and then are distributed through out the universe to countless galaxies and planets. Within each of us resides a starseed, even the human beings of this planet carry one within them.

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[herpreciousrival]

[We should probably take this outside...] I've never actually dealt with a corpse before. How will I know when to stop if her body doesn't start to disintegrate?

[roadroller]

... Hey. How come you don't know what money is? Don't business cards imply you have a business? ♪

[granted, from the card Rin got from her she wasn't sure what to make of it]

[herpreciousrival]

It's not a true business as you might understand it. Ginga TV is simply a headquarters for my true employer, Shadow Galactica.

The TV station is just a front so human beings don't become aware of our presence on Earth and so we have a purpose for approaching potential shining star seed carriers. The most powerful star seed holders are beautiful and talented and exude light in all their endeavors, disguising ourselves as talent agents helps us find those shining lights.

[Siren handing out business cards with the address to their secret base probably doesn't make sense, but she's never been considered all that bright by her comrades either.]

We have no use for money in Shadow Galatica. Nor on my former planet Mermaid.

[roadroller]

Ah...

Is this, by any chance, an invasion? ♪

[she doesn't want to be a space racist, but... shadow galactica sounds pretty shadowy]

[souredsweet]

[susan your patience and tolerance for shenanigans is much higher than expected!]

If you do not think it too great an issue, I will return with them, then. [because lbr Kaoru trusts Susan's opinions on these things just a liiittle more than Rapture's]

...Has Miss Carter's body been removed yet? [missed the whole Poland ordeal whoops]