THE THIRD TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD TRIAL

[After the finale clues are found, the ticking which we totally didn't forget to add to the investigation post in everyone's head stops, and the Elder Steward's voice echoes through the webs.]

Excellent. Now, please, proceed to the ossuary! Do not tarry.

[Just like before, the Ossuary rumbles upwards to accept the remaining Strangers, with bats hassling those who take too long. Just like before, chains drag everyone to their respective coffins, and in the center are souls for sustenance. You might expect the only true difference to be that piles of skulls now replace the coffins where Zelda, Bangladesh, and Jun might have otherwise stood when they were alive. However, one more change has been made - Eric's coffin is now quite a bit fancier and even a little less coffin-looking. For example, it has a nice chair! Apparently there's some favoritism afoot.

Once everyone is in place, the Elder Steward strolls forward to the edge of the circle, hands crossed beneath his robes. The scrolls glow to reveal the evidence and the suspect list as this happens.]

THE OVERBOARD	THE CIRCUIT	THE RUBBER	THE NEON
				THE ENEMY

Now. Let us get started, shall we?

[And with that, the ticking begins anew. Someone killed. It's time to decide who's responsible.

The trial for the murder of Jun Ushiro, The Launcher, has begun.]

Comments

[hexposition]

Then how do we know it's even related?

Arthur... you and I both know what we saw with those golems. I find it hard to believe that had much, if anything, to do with what we were facing down at the time.

What if this is the same? What if you were just recalling the past from something else entirely?

[notadinosnack]

There are far too many things involved that tie it to this. It would be a strange coincidence if it were not related in some manner.

[incendiarize]

I usually get what I'm trying for, and I was trying for the same as the last couple weeks. It came up first.

[But more than that, he looks through the scroll to confirm.]

But also... Didn't Eric find an arrowhead? And Krone found a bow and arrows. So we probably have an archer on our hands. And if the cause of death was stabbing, then the bookshelves falling on him didn't do it. And he was stabbed before they fell.

So nah, I don't think we can just say you opening the door killed him and call it quits. The Highlanders back home have a creed of "true justice for all", and I know I've already screwed up, but I'm gonna try to stick to that.