T̢H͜E̵͟ ͏́͡TH͘͢I͠͞R͜͡͝D̷̶ ̛͞T̴R͏̨Į̷A̵̧L̡̨̀

[strangerpeople]

T̢H͜E̵͟ ͏́͡TH͘͢I͠͞R͜͡͝D̷̶ ̛͞T̴R͏̨Į̷A̵̧L̡̨̀

Attention, Strangers. It's time for the trial now.

Please bring whatever you see fit and not anything against the rules.

[And so it is, that the Strangers must come once more to the elevators, to the room where the force field sits and their podiums wait. Three more people are now Xed out, as if they never existed.

Once everyone is in place, five podiums light up red.]

THE BRITTLE	THE DISCORD	THE ENEMY	THE FORLORN
				THE JOVIAN

Once again, two bodies have been discovered. It sure is tragic. Please remember to vote accordingly.

[There is no hesitation, no pause, before the clock begins, and the ticking echoes through the chamber. The evidence is there for the remaining Strangers to see, and organize. Voting must happen to ensure justice. What else is there to say, then?

The trial for the murders of Vita Clotilde-Morris, the Bad Luck, and Jonathan Morris, the Double, has begun.]

Comments

[poorlovefool]

[Something has snapped inside of Eric. The past cases, he's been grateful to not be on the suspect list, or to have killed. But we have a double murder now and no real reason why. We have a million weapons. He's been bottling things inside since the last trial, and now, looking at what he's got, he's ready to come out swinging. The whip is in his hands, and he gives it a dramatic crack, FOR JOHNNY.]

I'm not going to fuck around here. King, give me one god damn reason to think you didn't have something to do with this after the way you acted all last trial.

Because from what I can tell, it makes no fucking sense for this thing to have hair all over it if it wasn't attacking someone furry.

[unwittingking]

[Okay, WOW?? WHY???]

I...won't lie, I was out of line with the Kyuubey things, but that doesn't mean I did this.

And...people have hair. Maybe he got someone in the head with it.

[Very nice of you to assuming things despite what assuming does.]

[poorlovefool]

Does anyone here have a whip mark on their face? A whip isn't like a knife. It's no good trying to backstab with it.

[unwittingking]

The back of their head or something. I don't know, I just don't think I should be blamed just because I've got fur.

[poorlovefool]

I just said why the back of the head doesn't make sense!

Besides! Fur makes more sense as something that'd stick to the weapon. Humans don't shed nearly as much.

[although it is definitely true that this is overgeneralizing and he hasn't been keeping track of the amount of shedding a corgi does]

[unwittingking]

If they went for the back of the head, it wouldn't leave a mark on the face, unless it wrapped around their head or something.

And in a situation like this? I'd be surprised if no one here was losing hair from stress.

[katzenpfote]

Depends on the person, actually. I have lived with people and found hair more places than I'd like.

[katzenpfote]

Vita didn't look too much like she struggled, though. Don't you think she would have fought back against him?

[poorlovefool]

Vita's weapon was her fan. She wouldn't have been the one with the whip. It was either Jonathan or the killer... but Jonathan is blond, and these hairs aren't that light.

[katzenpfote]

I'm not talking about the Jonathan part. I'm talking about the Vita part.

Besides, do you really think King's got the physical strength to fight Jonathan, either?

[poorlovefool]

[well he's kind of got him there, but he'll keep on pressing anyway. Once he's convinced himself of something, he can be pretty damn stubborn.]

I don't know, what's his power?

[katzenpfote]

[He just glances over at King.]

... He can turn into cats.

[carryabigstick]

If it did actually hit someone like that... wouldn't there be some kind of wound to prove it? Maybe we should check everyone.

[incendiarize]

My thoughts exactly - Jonathan was aiming for a specific spot. I don't know where, though, so we'll have to check everywhere, I guess.

WOUND CHECK

[carryabigstick]

Alright guys, let's do this-- just to be thorough. Everyone should be checked for injuries. There's a possibility that Jonathan was aiming for someone, so...

Let's get on with it.

[otherworldlyking]

[ Once again he's here, just ask him where you want to look and he'll do whatever.

He doesn't care if a lady is doing it either, so. Go nuts?? ]

[carryabigstick]

[McBurn.....................]

I definitely wouldn't call any of your hairs dark but--

[They don't seem natural either. Does he actually have dark hair??? She hates that she's thinking about this right now.]

...whatever, I'll check anyway.

[At least she finally gets to play with his hair while she checks his head.]

[unwittingking]

Are we sure this isn't pointless, though? For all we know Jonathan might've hit a pet on accident and no one has any injuries.

[There are like fifty pets here or something, it has to be a possibility at least.]

[katzenpfote]

[He also doesn't give a shit, so he just heads over and lets her check whatever.]

[His arms are still bandaged, and there's a new bandage from where he split his knuckles punching the floor, but.]

Do you need me to unwrap these for you, or?

[relieable]

[he's here, looking Tired]

Wherever you wanna check is fine.

[comesaround]

Fine. Do what you need to.

[ He's here and not going to avoid anything. So go wild. ]

[otherworldlyking]

Could try to make a comparison or closer look right now. There's still a difference between how "fur" and "hair" would feel.

[ Especially if the whip had hair or whatever all over it ]

[poorlovefool]

Alright! If the wound check doesn't turn up anything, that's next.

[otherworldlyking]

Looks like there's no head wounds so far. Could be the whip didn't hit someone deep enough to cause a mark, but was just enough to pull out hair.

Might as well take a look now.

[poorlovefool]

Alright. Hey, Estelle! [He'll just call her since she was over there petting all the heads. Now she can pet a whip! No euphemisms!]

Would you see if this feels like any of their hair?