week one: trial

[getawaymods]

WEEK ONE: 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. The fire in the ruins still burns, though as the minutes tick by into hours, the flames slowly begin to subside.

Finally, the sun reaches its highest point just as the flames in the ruins sputter out. 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... well, I suggest you discard those hopes. 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.

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. Would it ease your conscience to condemn someone to death whose hands are already stained with the blood of a sacrifice? The bodies are out there, and the evidence as well... but you will have to find it yourselves.

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 first 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

[baori]

I was there the night of the fire, so I'm curious of what happened.

[ time to chaperone. ]

[nautycal]

Dude, no wonder you smelled like a giant campfire. You were out all night? How did you not get caught in it?!

[baori]

I woke up in the middle in the night long enough to escape the fire before falling back asleep again. The same is true for Rachel.

[ since she was a smokey, too. ]

[lacking]

[Smokey...]

The same was true for me, too. We woke up long enough to get out safely, then... We passed out, just like that. Something really didn't want us conscious before the announcement.

[nautycal]

Dude? And neither of you saw anything weird? Dammit...

[ahappyaccident]

If we did, don't you think we would've said something? We fell asleep as soon as we got out of the way. It was either that or stick around and be burned alive.

[nautycal]

I mean, I'd hope so, man. But apparently we got someone, or someones, running around who killed people, and they aren't sayin' anything!

It's fine--as long as you two got out of there and are okay.

[ahappyaccident]

Because most murderers are so willing to confess? Whoever it is, they're probably just desperate enough to get off this island to listen to that stupid voice.

[nautycal]

That's a shitty excuse to off someone, dude. How about not kill people? We'll find a better way to get out of this place.

[ahappyaccident]

I never said I agreed with it.

[ she doesn't! it's a coward's move. ]

You got any ideas of how to do that?

[lacking]

[She shakes her head, looking disappointed.]

I'm sorry. I wish I did, but... I just remember trying to get out as quickly as possible, and losing consciousness again as soon as I was out of the fire.

[nautycal]

[He shakes his head dismissively even as he balls a fist.]

It's cool. Glad you guys got out. Just pisses me off we get knocked out and can't help. What's the point in this creepy place waking you up to get out of the fire--

It's the intent, isn't it? That's effed up, man. They're making it not natural! Like, us having to do it ourselves.

[lacking]

... Intent? [Ah.] You mean, we were able to escape because the fire wasn't meant for us?

[nautycal]

Maybe. It seems like it, if you were able to wake up long enough to get away. Yusuke and I didn't wake up at all, not that I know of. And if they're so gung-ho about us "sacrificing" each other...

[baori]

[ smokey u_u

also, hmm... ]

It's confusing. If the island wanted more sacrifices, why were we spared? It would have been simpler if we died in that fire as well.

[targon]

Probably just luck. You think the island cares which of you it takes?

[baori]

No, I don't think it does at all.

[ but?? that kind of luck??? the three of them just magically spared?? it's sus, okay. ]

[lacking]

... I know. I keep thinking about it, and it just doesn't make sense. If the three of us died then, the island would be so much closer to getting what it wants. So would whoever started the fire, right? If they killed because they wanted to survive.

[baori]

Exactly.

[ and here's a wild theory because who knows the rules of this place: ]

...unless it's possible that the killer aided in us waking up and escaping.

[lacking]

It's not like I haven't thought about that, but... Could they have woken us up, though? The fire was already going by the time we woke up. If it was that easy, it's strange we didn't wake up sooner. It's like something supernatural took a hold of us.

[baori]

[ that's a point but also consider: ]

If we were so soundly and suddenly asleep, why were they not affected?

[ sorry, i want to write more conjecture but i am also playing giyuu. weeps. ]

[ahappyaccident]

It must want the sacrificing to be deliberate, not accidental.

[baori]

You think that matters?

[ hmm. ]

[ahappyaccident]

I mean, why else would we be allowed to run? If it didn't matter on some level, we'd be piles of ashes in there.

[baori]

[ that's. ]

Those would be some specific rules.