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

[lacking]

[She bites her lip. She is still, probably, holding 3-CPO's head while talking. So, that's nice.]

... I can go myself if it's necessary. I want to be useful.

[aka i just touched part of a corpse so someone else can go snoop around if they're around, so i'm not hogging everything.]

[baori]

[ hmmm...

stares into chat. ]

If you're still examining the head, perhaps we can find someone for the time being to give your time with it.

[lacking]

[stares into chat as well.]

Mm, I'll share what I found soon. But we really do need to start searching. We don't have a lot of time.

[baori]

[ chat please... u_u ]

No, we really don't.

I can go with you—the more eyes the better with all that's at risk.

[muragas]

Ah, actually, I can go! Neena-san, you've done a lot already.

[ she looks around briefly ]

Anyone else want to come with me?

[lacking]

Oh— Thank you, Minako-san.

[Minako coming in clutch.]

Please, be careful.

[baori]

[ bless trav for coming to our rescue.

but here is a giyuu interested in seeing who will want to go. yes, please. someone else come with her. he needs to cross things off of a list!!! ]

[ahappyaccident]

[ when no one else speaks up immediately: ]

I will. I'd rather be doing something than standing around theorizing, anyway. Let's do this.

[baori]

[ he'll nod at rachel and make a note of the two of them going to the waterfall. that's one location down. and as a bonus— ]

Be careful, Rachel.

[ahappyaccident]

Who, me? I'm always careful.

[ this is, objectively, false. ]

[baori]

[ says the one who is dead but there are reasons why he isn't saying too much with that. closes eyes. still he'll stand there quietly for a moment as though he wants to say something else.

but instead he'll dismiss that and lowers his head only slightly. ]

Of course. Hopefully it stays this way.

[ahappyaccident]

[ wow she was as careful as anyone could be on a suicide mission, thank you very much! ]

Hey, at least I've got shoes now. We'll be fine. Maybe we'll even find something useful out there.

[baori]

[ that whole statement is just so much. ]

Yes, hopefully something useful will come into light.