WEEK 1 - TRIAL

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TRIAL

It's been a long night, with the knowledge burning in your brain that one of your number has died. Even if the victim wasn't known very well, this dangerous game of Mafia was still played, and that might be the worst of all. Not only that, but the Apprentice's warning still rings heavy in your minds - especially after seeing the state of Szayel's body.

The Lady appears for once when everyone is gathered, leading you all up the stairs to the third floor, past whatever glimpses of the upper floors you might get. The room she takes you to is, frankly, extravagant. There's snacks and drinks waiting inside, along with....a new person? It's a man, and as The Lady leaves and closes the doors behind her, the man tilts his head up and speaks.

"You can call me The Captain. Since one of you have died during the game, it's your responsibility to try and vote someone out. You have six hours to talk about it, but then-"

He taps on a box on the table in front of him, labeled 'VOTES'

"-you'll have to put in your vote so someone can be punished. Not voting, well...That's a lot like not playing. And trust me - you want to play."

The man sits down at the table, leaning back and placing his feet on the table while crossing his arms.

"So get to it."

As he says that, music begins to play in the room...


VICTIM: SZAYELAPPORO GRANZ

30 GUESTS REMAIN.

Comments

[latebluemer]

[Ugh, just hearing about it is the worst. Uncharitably, she thinks that it's kind of unsurprising that he went out this way. What's surprising is that he went out at all.]

... Did it look like he fought whatever it was at all? He said that he could use his sword, somehow.

[Of course, she has no idea how the Resurreccion works, but he was a weird scientist, so she thinks it might be worth bringing up.]

[xenoqueen]

[...!]

Oh, yes, I forgot. He had his sword sheath on him-- [Why the hell was he allowed to carry swords around] --but I didn't see the sword, itself. In fact, there was nothing but dust in there.

[A pause.]

None of you have seen a sword around, have you?

[geckodad]

Ah, but has anyone seen a sword in the first place? Did he have it before last night?

[It has been several days. If it exists, someone must have seen it]

[xenoqueen]

I...am not sure, to be honest. I'd only talked to him twice, it...wasn't something I paid attention to.

[latebluemer]

I don't think I've ever seen him draw it or anything. He said he'd change shape if he unsealed it, so it would be pretty easy to notice.

[...]

But, does that mean his sword is gone? Or it just turned into dust?