week two: trial

[getawaymods]

WEEK TWO: TRIAL

Morning dawns bright and early the day after the announcement of the dead, and as the sun tracks its way across the sky, the voice's message is likely not far from anyone's mind. Friends are still missing, people are still dead, and time is running out.

Finally, the sun reaches its highest point. A low, deep thrumming sound echoes throughout the entire island, which turns into ringing, a drawn-out signal that grows louder and louder until it seems as though all other sounds on the island fall to a hush.

It is then that the lighthouse beacon becomes illuminated, drawing them all to the southern beach. That same voice as before rings, audible throughout the entire island.

"There are those of you who hope to escape from this with clean hands...you may find yourselves successful. Will it be worth it? You are all participants in this game, and you will all be complicit in the sacrifices that take place here, or else you will not have earned your passage home. Twenty-four hours remain before the ritual must be completed, or you will all suffer the consequences. There is no consolation prize for less than eleven sacrifices.

You have until the sun vanishes beneath the horizon. Choose your next sacrifice, and choose who will dispatch them. Speak the names of your choices into the conch. Failure to cooperate will result in a fate worse than death.

...perhaps you should investigate the deaths. The bodies are out there, and the evidence as well... but you will have to find it yourselves.

...oh, and one more thing. There is a way to save yourselves...if you select the right sacrifice.

Tick-tock, tick-tock! Your time starts... now."

Once the entire group has gathered, the lighthouse's beacon flickers out.

It is time to choose the next sacrifice... and hopefully, to catch a killer.

Good luck.

OOC NOTES

Welcome to your last trial, everyone! This trial will take place from 9am PST/12pm EST/4am NZST, and will last until 6pm PST/9pm EST/1pm NZST.

There will be a one-hour trial break from 1pm PST/4pm EST/8am NZST to 2pm PST/5pm EST/9am NZST. We recommend that you use this time to get something to eat if you haven't yet already, play some Animal Crossing, or even just take a quick nap. During this time, no mod tags will go out; we also ask that players refrain from starting any intensive threads such as interrogations, strip searches, hair or injury comparisons, etc. While we're not going to say you're not allowed to tag during this time, we also don't want anyone to miss out on anything important during an official break.

Please remember to have your character cast a vote on the voting page! Voting is mandatory, as it functions as the activity check for the game. If you do not cast a vote by the time trial is over, your character will be killed off. Please contact the mods prior to the end of the trial if something comes up and you are prevented from voting (i.e. 504 errors, etc).

If you have any questions, please go ahead and ask! Your mods and fellow players are always here to help. And most of all... have fun!

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Comments

[getawaymods]

[That's correct!]

[lacking]

[And the signs of this are all over the head, not concentrated to one spot in particular?]

[getawaymods]

[Also correct.]

[lacking]

[Oh— One more thing before I nyoom to toplevel! Since the scratches are more noticeable now, do any of them look like they were caused by a knife? Or something else similarly sharp?]

[getawaymods]

[Some of them, yes.]

3-CPO..............'S TORSO

[lacking]

[The roomba murder strikes back.

What is immediately apparent here (besides It's A Torso) after they pry it from Mitsuri's gentle embrace?]

[getawaymods]

[What's immediately apparent is that it's in a similar state to the head! It's dented, scratched, wet and scorched a little. Yikes. It seems to have taken some decent impact though, but in looking at the torso it's also easier to see how the head and torso were split.

...what'd you do with the head anyway?]

[lacking]

[She still has it! Kind of. She put it gently on top of her coat, so assume she has it with her in order to check how the head and torso were split. What does she notice by comparing both body parts?

Also: When we say scorched, is it that discoloration that happens when you apply fire to certain types of metal platings?]

[getawaymods]

[It's something like that, yeah. It's not quite melty but it's definitely an exposure to intense heat of some kind.

What she can notice by comparing the body parts is that they were split by force, but...they seem to be able to be put back together again?

Hm.]

[lacking]

[Hm! That's good to know. Sorry, 3-CPO. She will reunite your head with your torso in a bit, but she wants to inspect the torso first before she does anything to alter it.

Putting the head aside for now, she will take a closer look to those dents and scratches. Are they the same size as the ones on the head, and are they all over him, too? Or are they concentrated to a particular area?]

[getawaymods]

[Some are bigger and some are smaller, like the points of impact are different. They're pretty all over, though there appears to be more prominent ones at the front of his body than at the back. But it's still hard to pinpoint what may have caused them.]

[lacking]

[In comparison to the palm of her hand again, how big are the larger ones? Still significantly smaller? Or are they close now?

As for the scratches, does it look like any of them were made by knives? She will also check out the joints where his legs and arms should be attached. How are they looking?]

[getawaymods]

[They're closer to palm size, but they still vary. They look like they were made by something sharp. The arm and leg joints look as if they were forced apart, too.

Perhaps...she should start putting together the pieces that she has though.]

[lacking]

[Hmm... Alright, then. She will take the hint, meta text!!

She will dry both parts of him down as well as she can first, though, just in case. Once that's done, she will take his head and carefully try to reattach it to his torso.]

[getawaymods]

[The head and the torso slot together nicely! As she's busy fitting the pieces together, she may also find a switch on the backside of his body.

..hm?]

[lacking]

[.....................

Well. If she succeeds at fitting the pieces together, she will give his backside one last cursory glance to make sure she didn't miss anything — and hesitantly flip the switch just in time for mod tag break.

Goodbye forever.]

[machinetranslation]

[Neena's efforts are rewarded with a Threepio that is powering back on! Thanks!]