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

[inthebones]

...You're going to pray that my responsibilities will be relieved?

[Susan frowns slightly at that.]

While the gesture is appreciated, I expect that the only permanent solution to my difficulties would be my death, which I would prefer to avoid, all in all.

[aozaki]

[She laughs.]

Are you taking it personally for the sake of being contrary? Or would this be a form of break, after all?

You've presented yourself as omniscient and unshakeable already, invincible isn't too far off. The only thing capable of killing you may be the weight of responsibility taken up by your sense of duty, but it sounds like you've already got that covered.

[inthebones]

If I were omniscient, I wouldn't have had Ukraine executed during the second week. I make no claim of the kind.

[That she does seem to take personally.]

I simply mean that as long as there's something I need to be responsible for, I shall maintain my role.

[aozaki]

[It just goes to prove the point, tho... FLAGRANT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, it's the sum of that blame that could get large and ugly.

Leaning back, her shoulders drop and she cants her head sideways, half dismissive and half disengaging.]

Best of luck, then. There seems to be a commotion over there; if you'll excuse me for now, maybe they've made some progress in theories.

[or maybe it's sonia and belarus getting catty. either way, they've about more or less done enough small talk.]

[inthebones]

[Flagrant sense of responsibility is a good way to put it. But until someone else steps up to the plate, it's her responsibility nonetheless.

The problem was that nobody else in the world could even make it out of the dugout, let alone to the plate.]

It doesn't sound like progress more than it does something I have no inclination of involving myself with, but. Goodbye.