Deadly 3- Veils, Fools, and Birds, Oh My!

[Kuroneko]

The group was noticeably smaller at breakfast the next morning. The Lover, The Veil, Veil, Butler, the Mask, Pim, Kara, and Krista were all that remained.

Little Veil, the Fool, and the Medic are nowhere to be seen.

Everyone but Krista wears in water stained clothing. Pim is covered in pale orange paint. The Lover is covered in faint golden paint. The Mask smells strongly of smoke, while Pim and the Lover smell of it faintly.

Floe grimaces as she looks at the party almost halved, "Some dangers were to be expected sure, but this is a bit much. Before we jump to conclusions, let us try and find them. Maybe they simply failed to return before the veil sealed up. With the aid of a certain stone, Rhythm has been able to figure out how we can cross over before twilight. Maybe they're just waiting on the other side."

Thus, Floe sends out those who remain to search.

A charred body is discovered in the sacred wing, which looks as if it had been set ablaze.

Two unrecognizable bodies are fished out of in the garden pond. The sticks used to pull them out are partially eaten through with acid.

With a heavy heart, the group sets out to do as they had already done twice before. 

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This is a despair difficulty trial.

Each player will have a free scan and 12 credits to search with. As before, the scan can be upgraded to an in depth. A scan and conversation will take 1 credit. An in depth and inventory search requires 2 credits. In depth allows follow up questions for specific details one may wish to know about.

The questions for this trial will be

Who was involved? How many blackened, accomplices, and victims are there?

How were these murders carried out? When did they die? What caused their deaths?

Why did they murder? What events led to this?

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Characters available to interact with
Xylopal (Mother)- Throne Room
Gypsy (owl)- Throne Room
Drexas (pirate captain)- on the ship
Tress (mechanic)- on the ship
Glaucus- on the ship
Cass (gardener)- Grove Cabin
Lui (messenger)- Lighthouse
Ebony Floe- Captain's Quarters
Aquamarine- Shop
Jasper & the Gemstone Cats- on the ship
Rhythm- Courtyard
Luminous Shadow (dragon)- Magma Chamber
? (Panda)- Tavern Ferry
Palda (pilgrim), male pilgrim, & female pilgrim- Medical Bay
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Characters which require the ability to talk in other languages
Fisherman- Storage Area

For those who can talk with animals
Island Turtle- Shimmering Abyss
Needle Fish- Shimmering Abyss
Newt- Shelled Ruins
Little Glacier (Snow Slime)- Hot Springs
Jellyfish- Guest Quarters
Septawnian Owlet- Library
Fairy Shrimp- Spirit Hallways
Taurine Fairy- Grove Cabin
Jousting Otter- Lumen Coral Reef
Lumen Coral
Wrashi (mountain shell)- Wailing Trenches
Binny (tanuki)- Greenhouse

For those who can talk with plants (results may vary as plants do not sense things as animals do)
Sea Fern & Algae- Shelled Ruins
Spiral Clover- Garden
Violet Lotus- Garden
Gravewort- Prison
Caryn- Greenhouse
Nymph's Tears- Greenhouse
Glass Moss- Lighthouse
Bedstraw- Medical Bay

Inaccessible
Lady with the Scalpel- ?
Seamstress- ?

[Misaki]

The Mask's demeanor seems more serious than usual...

"Well seems like some people had too much fun tonight. And let me just say... We are all F*CKED!"

"So unless we all pull out some serious Kirigiri level IQ for this trial, our killer(s) may well have already won before the trial even started!"

"Nevertheless we must try to solve this case no matter how impossible and futile it may be. That said. Ill be investigating the sacred wing, the charred body, the garden and the two bodies in it."

[Vaellin the Bard]

Will make this more in character but Veil will investigate the following for now:

Free Scan - Aqua's Shop
Talk to - Aqua

ID - Storage
Talk to - Fisherman (storage)
Scan - Hot Springs

Talk to - Lady Glacier (hot springs)

ID - Garden
ID - Garden Body A
ID - Garden Body B

[unknown]

There is an unknown figure standing in the back. Covered by a- Oh come on, are you kidding me? ANOTHER Veil?

This one seems to have a magic element to it. Purposely made to magically disguise the users build, age, and gender, and even voice. Every time you look away and glance back, those elements appear to change.

"Ah- Before you kick me out for being one of the riffraff... I assure you that I belong here. I have my own alibi to provide... Of sorts. Additionally, you may provide me with locations you would like me to investigate."