Re: Chapter 2 - The Trial of the Beast
Shade and Constantine made short work of their breakfasts, wolfed down after a grueling night on their feet. But they didn't have much time to spare for rest, and after a round of goodbyes and Kendra's promise to find out everything she could about the Beast they made their way from the inn to the courthouse with a brief stop to arrange transportation in between.
They found barrister Kaple in his office poring over the briefs and looking as frayed as ever.
"You're b-back!" He said, jumping up and sending a sheaf of papers fluttering to the floor from his lap.
He quickly scooped them back up and then stood to hastily re-adjust his robe.
"Just in time. The judges are meeting now, and the Morast deposition is at ten. The deposition for the next set of murders, He-Hergstag, is tomorrow, so we have the day to investigate that as well. What have you found so far?"
Our heroes quickly filled in the nervous barrister on their investigations from the previous night, and the clues that they were still following up on. Kaple nodded and carefully added each of the items to the court record. The empty vial of darkvision extract, the scalpel and accompanying paperwork, the statement regarding the disturbed graves at the Morast Boneyard, and the most gruesome piece, the flayed face. He also arranged for court agents to retrieve the massive blood caiman head and carry it to the courthouse.
"Excellent, excellent. I'll prepare to present these at the deposition. It sounds like you have more investigation to do concerning the scalpel. Return when you've found out all you can and we'll go over the next case, the murders at Hergstag."
Kaple is entering five new pieces of evidence, the scalpel, the extract, the face, the blood caiman head, and the disturbed graves and campsite. Let me know if there's other evidence that you would like to enter. You can still take the items themselves with you if you want to research them or show them to witnesses, but you'll need to bring them to both the deposition and ultimately the trial itself.
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