week 9 - trial; day 2

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 9 trial, day 2 ♫ Saturday At 9AM, every television will go off, loud enough to wake anyone sleeping. The calm, apathetic voice will advise everyone to gather in the chapel for the trial. Static will continue to blare in the head of anyone dillydallying. Once all of the guests have gathered in the chapel, the doors will lock. Most of the pews have been moved aside to allow for more space, and a few tables have been set up on the altar. On the first, there is an additional copy of the rulebook, and the information cards of the victim and suspects laid out, with space for the suspects to provide their whereabouts, as well as an autopsy report. There is also a large wheeled chalkboard upon which you may write theories. On the second table is a pitcher of water and some glasses, as well as very simple sandwiches and pastries. The door behind the altar has finally been unlocked. It's a rather plain room with an area set off by a folding screen. Inside, you will find a table on which the victim's body has been laid out. Next to the table, two black and white photographs have been hung on the screen. they are close ups of the victim's body, as it was found when the body discovery announcement chimed. A few sticks of incense burn in the corner to avoid any smells. At 6PM, the trial will adjourn. Everyone will be escorted back to the hotel by Miata, after which everyone is allowed to head to either the kitchen to get dinner, or to their rooms. Attempting to wander off into the other areas of the hotel will trigger the static alarms in everyone's heads/televisions. >Discuss? victim suspects VOTING cast setting rulebook

Comments

[muties]

[ Grips his shoulder, without any homoerotic subtext. ]

Which page? Though if it wasn't too bad... ohh, was it the part where Phase and Polly rescue Alice and Lesbaunia from the Evil Tower of Evil? Or when Maria has her mayoral birthday party?

[ It really is Not That Good. Thankfully she has enough other dumb skills to make up for her bad writing. ]

[hopefragment]

Um... yeah. That was the page.

[LIES... LIES RIGHT TO HER FACE it's not a good lie, though, his cheeks are turning a darker pink the more they talk about it.]

The Evil Tower of Evil one, I think.

[muties]

[ He is blushing a lot for having read a page about a dumb battle and cool people rescuing their princesses. ]

... You read the kissing scene between Phase and Handsome, didn't you.

[ why doES THAT EVEN EXIST, ROXY ]

Look, at the end I noted they were slightly less gay than previously reported!

[hopefragment]

Is that how that ends?!

[Ah, his voice cracked... fast-forwarded a little too far into that scene, but she's got the right characters, now.]

I-I mean... n-no, that's not...

[Ugh... puts his head in his hands. Somehow he's the one who's embarrassed.]

[muties]

How what ends?? The gay confession?

[ Actually that's a completely different scene. The kissing scene was several chapters back, before the Phase/Alice romantic subplot was even introduced, much less before poor Princess Alice ended up dragged to the Underworld by orc queen Cadie...

Clearly, he should have read more of the fic. ]

The more I talk about it, the more I regret puttin pen to page. At least you didn't read the scene with Ralph and Vegetable, that's not safe for anyone's eyes.

[hopefragment]

Roxy!

[That just comes out as a mortified hiss instead of a shout oh my god he's so glad he didn't read any more of this. WHY IS HIS GIRLFRIEND WRITING ABOUT HIM AND HIS BRO LIKE THIS??? AND EVERYONE ELSE???]

I-I-I... why?

[muties]

It was after hot or not, okay! It seemed like a reasonable place for the story to head? I swear, it's not all like that! There's lots of other shit, like... magic. And action? And a parade of kittens!

[ The elfkink, ok, the elfkink.

Covers her face with her hands. Facepalmx2 this is suffering. Sinks down to the floor, just gonna see if she can slide under a pew and disappear forever, bye. ]

There's no other way out of it, you're going to have to execute me.

[hopefragment]

N-No, that's not what I was asking, I-I mean... that was supposed to be me and Faize, right?

[Follows her to the floor, maybe no one will overhear him talking about this with her if he sits on the floor with her??]

I-I mean... I'd expect to see, you know, I don't know, maybe stuff about us, but...??

[If she's going to write that stuff, why isn't it about him and Roxy?? Is his gay crush on Faize that obvious.]

[muties]

If I say no, will you believe me?

[ Can she pass it all off as 100% fictional bs not based on any real people places or things? ]

You clearly weren't reading the right pages.

[ Not that much exists of Handsome/Roxe, shockingly. It's there, but it's probably more sweet than anything else, Roxe taking on a consistent "supporting in the background" role. She keeps all her dirty fanfic about Hinata and her in her brain, apparently. ]

Also, I felt weird whenever I tried to put myself in the story, that's just... an extra level of creepy and weird.

[hopefragment]

...

[But it's not weird and creepy to write about your boyfriend and his best friend kissing?!

He just sighs and wraps his arm around her shoulders, tugging her in so she can rest her head on his shoulder if she wants. Hugs make everything better.]

I'm not... mad or anything, it's just... not what I was expecting.

[IT'S A GOOD THING SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN HIM AND FAIZE DURING SEVEN MINUTES....]

[muties]

[ No, it's weird but it's Less Weird. Look, one of her friends once drew a comic where she married another one of their friends that he was into? And also where Roxy was weirdly sexual with her bff?? So. So.

If by rest her head you mean bury her face into his shoulder where she will stay forever, that is absolutely something she will do. ]

I really never thought anyone would find it... I'm sorry you had to see that. If I don't just throw it in the bonfire later, I promise to write less weird shit.

[ UGH SHE WISHES SHE DID WAS IT KISSING WAS IT A CONFESSION WHAT WAS IT DAMN IT though really she just assumes they did some brochatting with only mild homoerotic subtext as usual ]

[hopefragment]

You don't have to apologize...

[The person who's going to have to apologize is POLAND if she READS IT TO EVERYONE.

He just wraps his arms around her more tightly and kisses the top of her head. It's okay babe, you might be on trial for murder, but at least he's fineish with the weird fanfic.]

Write whatever makes you happy.

[He just won't read it. Or think about it. Can someone hit him in the head like they did with Faize?]

[muties]

[ Surely Poland would not be so cruel to inflict that on everyone... right? right??

She relaxes in his arms. Hinata is a champ for being fineish with the weird fanfic, a true hero. ]

Then I'll write an ending where everyone gets to leave Lesbianbaum for good, and rides off into the sunset happy. I'm kind of sick of it. It's hard to write bs about people's deaths when they're... actually dead. It makes all the dumb stuff seem really inappropriate.

[ Should have volunteered to get stunned, maybe that would wipe your brain clean. ]

[hopefragment]

[Right....

He smiles a little sadly at her idea of a good ending, nodding along with it and squeezing her close.]

Yeah... I agree with that. I think... a happy ending is going to be the best thing you could write, for sure. That, I'd want to read.

[Just kisses her head again. Let's just forget this trial and cuddle on the floor of the chapel instead, ok.]

[mothercat]

[ vegetas married, roxy ]

[muties]

[ everyone's married to poland, ranulf ]