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.

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Comments

[fabrefactions]

That would require some sort of ... understanding of engineering. I can operate a cellphone but not an entire robotic structure.

[lacking]

It's the same for me. I can tell he's broken, but I don't know enough to take a closer look without making it worse.

[fabrefactions]

This isn't as simple as plugging something in, I don't think. If someone has deliberately damaged him, they may have been trying to switch him off permanently.

...

Does the damage suggest wanton destruction? Or is there some measure of skill to how things were... cut or removed? [ terrible ]

[lacking]

It looked like... his head was forced off? I don't think it was cut off, though.

[She. Puts her hands on both sides of her head, and mimics the motion of yanking something off. Like beheading a Barbie doll.]

But the dents and scratches aren't even that big. Since his name wasn't listed yesterday, I've been wondering... Did someone damage him enough that it would be lethal to a human, but not for a robot?

[fabrefactions]

... You think that because he hasn't been named as one of the dead, he might still be alive?

[ it's a thought... ]

We should hurry and find the rest of him then. So we can be sure.

[lacking]

... It might have changed since yesterday morning. But don't you think it's strange his name wasn't mentioned, but he was missing yesterday? It's just a thought.

[fabrefactions]

Specifics could play a part in that, yes. It is worth considering, when we find all of him.

...

Regardless, I feel it is only polite to reunite his head with his body

[lacking]

Y-Yes. We'll keep his head safe until we find the rest of him. He doesn't deserve to be in... pieces.

[fabrefactions]

Yes. It's the least we can do now.

[wisterin]

I do not know what a cellphone is, so this would be beyond my expertise, as well.

[fabrefactions]

A cellphone would be basic level knowledge, where I am from. However robotics is still considered a specialised skill set.

I do personally know someone back home who might have knowledge of that sort of field with a few adendums, but quite frankly I am glad she isn't here to check.

[ ... ]

This may be a conversation to put on pause until we find the rest of him and see what state that is also in.

[wisterin]

[ She nods. ]

I understand, and I agree. Hopefully, he will be in state that isn't too terrible.

[ But his head popped off is already not great. ]

But if his head washed up here, it shouldn't be too far.

[ Unless the culprit deliberately took the head and moved it far way from where they left everything else. If this is going to be robot jigsaw, I'm going to close my eyes. ]

[fabrefactions]

I wonder where he could have been. A nearby camp...? Simply on the beach?

[ what if they went for a little beach stroll and found a robobody. ]

[wisterin]

[ Yusuke Kitagawa. 17. Seeking robodies and likes long walks on the beach.]

Once those from the waterfall camp come back, that could be something someone could check. I only hope it'll be that easy and the culprit didn't scatter the rest of him across the island.

[fabrefactions]

[ must like art. ]

Hopefully. I suppose it depends on the nature of the attack, and how much was planned... if it were a crime of the moment, perhaps we will be lucky.

[wisterin]

What makes you suspect it's a crime of the moment? In my knowledge, it takes quite a bit of intent to dislodge a head.

[ she WISHES she could say in her EXPERIENCE but word of god says she must have some weaknesses. ]

[fabrefactions]

[ ... terrifying. ]

Nothing. Just that if it were a crime of a moment, there would be less time to move the body. If it was planned, we may need to look further afield.

[ he doesn't wanna wander for ages.......... nooo.... ]

[wisterin]

We should hope for our luck to do us some favors.

[ But hm... a thing...? ]

It looks like your wish may have been granted.

[fabrefactions]

[ !! ]

A least that is one less body to find. And perhaps a theory to consider, going forwards.

[wisterin]

If it is all of him.

[ Would they be that lucky? ]