week one: trial

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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

[paradoxity]

Oh? What happened at the lighthouse? [Share with the class, Yusuke.]

[fabrefactions]

We couldn't get the door open, even when hitting it quite hard. And then... well, it was a skeleton hand? It reached up through the ground and grabbed Ryuji's ankle, and then the same thing happened to me. We were pulled into a sort of pit, I suppose?

After a moment, dirt began to fall into it. We managed to escape, but I suspect had we not, we would've been buried there. It was really quite strange.

[ ... oh. ]

There are markings on the rocks around the lighthouse as well. We were focused on the lighthouse itself so didn't get the chance to check, and I have personally not been eager to return for a second look.

[paradoxity]

That's...[Something. She looks puzzled for a moment.] Were you both alright? No injuries or anything?

It might be interesting to hear what everyone else has been experiencing so far, too. I doubt they're the same.

[fabrefactions]

Maybe a little emotional upheaval. Oh, and we were unable to remove the dirt from our hands until Wednesday, I think it was?

But other than that, we were unscathed.

[paradoxity]

Are you sure it was all real? We could try to dig down and find those hands again later.

[fabrefactions]

The dirt on my palms was certainly real. But if it was something to do with this island, and we were actively searching for it, I wonder if it would want to be found?

But if we do, we should be very cautious.

[paradoxity]

You think they might try to pull people under again?

[fabrefactions]

I couldn't say for certain that they wouldn't. Perhaps it was to warn us away, or perhaps they were opportunistic?

[paradoxity]

Why not both? If they couldn't help themselves, but wanted to try anyway.

[lacking]

[Ah.]

Were the markings numbers, by any chance?

[fabrefactions]

[ ... Hmmm. ]

Yes, they did look like numbers. I couldn't make out what the numbers themselves were though.

[lacking]

Azure-san... No, um... Anaido-san? He was carving those when I spoke to him on Monday. We took a closer look at the lighthouse and found some other things, but if they were numbers, then I'm sure those were his doing.

[fabrefactions]

...

Somehow, that feel rather anti-climatic.

[lacking]

... Please, don't say that. It's one less mystery for us to solve.

[fabrefactions]

What if it had been the key to solving one of this island's mysteries though?

[lacking]

I'm not saying you were wrong to bring it up, but calling it anti-climatic is a little... Tactless.

[fabrefactions]

[ gestures to all of him ]

I fail to see how. If it had been a clue, it would have been imperative to solve it and we would be at less of a disadvantage regarding our level of knowledge about this place.

[lacking]

... You're the type that's just like this huh?

[TEEN, YOU MAKE HER SO TIRED.]

[fabrefactions]

[ ?????? ]

I do not follow.

[lacking]

Don't worry about it.

[fabrefactions]

[ He will not worry about it, don't worry. ]

Very well.