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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CURFEW CHECK IN

[snyaiper]

[So someone's drawn a sorta... map in the sand? It's not good so it clearly wasn't Yusuke. Probably it's this horrid catman holding a stick.]

If I'm understanding correctly, we all fell asleep around the same time Thursday night. I want to map out where everyone was when that happened. It might be useful to know later on.
[He would prefer to just write it down but..... with what paper and pen.]

[targon]

I slept at camp!

[ ... She means jungle camp. ]

[snyaiper]

[Yeah that's not gonna cut it.]

Which camp?

[targon]

The one in the jungle! Like always.

[ she wasn't trying to lie, she's just stupid. :( ]

[muragas]

If anyone knows where Wen Ning-san, Anaido-san, Marie-san, and Isabelle-chan fell asleep, that could help too!

[ and then she'll turn back to Ogata ]

I mentioned it last night, but I fell asleep on the cliffs.

[snyaiper]

[I'm gonna assume they exchanged names at some point, so he scratches "Arisato" into the cliff area of his shitty map.]

Were you alone? What were you doing out there that late?

[muragas]

As far as I know, I was. And I like high places!

[ there's nothing deep about it ]

[overruns]

[ awaits yusuke's critique ]

I am usually at the jungle campgrounds, but on Thursday I had escorted Flayn back to the waterfall camp.

[fishingforcompliments]

This is true. We were both at the camp by the waterfall when that... unnatural slumber overtook us.

[she looks Distinctly Unhappy when she says that. sorry dimitri, it's nothing personal, she just hates being forced to sleep.]

[snyaiper]

I see. You're each other's alibi then. [He also probably saw them come back since he was posted up outside of camp in a tree like a goblin.

And after a pause as he sizes them up. Their clothes, now that he sees them together, are similar.]

Do you two know eachother? Before arriving here.

[fabrefactions]

[ he's judging the quality of your map, ogata. ]

I can vouch for myself and for Ryuji. We fell unconscious somewhere around...

[ He makes a cross in the sand with his fingertip, somewhere midway between the cavern camp and the northern beach. ]

Here.

[fabrefactions]

[ Immediately after: ]

At least I am assuming that ... area is meant to represent the Nothern Beach?

[ahappyaccident]

I was in the ruins. Giyuu was there too, he can confirm it.

Like Giyuu said, we woke up in the middle of the night when it was on fire and had to leave. We fell right back to sleep once we were somewhere safer, though.

[baori]

[ and because ogata has no idea who "giyuu" is, he'll be here to nod to confirm these facts are true. ]

[snyaiper]

[HMMMM]

So you felt the unnatural compulsion to sleep and the fire started after that point?
[INTERESTING. He writes Giyuu down and then... looks at her. Whom the fuck are you. He regrets taking on this task now actually.]

[machinetranslation]

[Threepio, hovering near Ogata's side, chimes in]

As you know, sir, I was standing near the entrance to the waterfall camp, as I have been most nights since our arrival, when my systems automatically powered down.

[snyaiper]

[He does know. He'll write down C-3PO by the entrance and also, add his own name slightly further off in the treeline.]

I have noticed you there. Were you standing guard?

[bridesque]

I was at the waterfall camp.

[She points to the appropriate place on the sandy map.]

I didn't wake up once.

[snyaiper]

[Writing her name down!!]

So far, I think the only ones who woke up were the people in the ruins.

[lacking]

I fell asleep in the ruins, and woke up long enough to get out of the fire before losing consciousness again.

[snyaiper]

[Adding her name to the map!]

Were you with the other two that were there?

[wisterin]

[ She makes a mark at the Cavern Camp. ]

[snyaiper]

[DOES SHE WRITE HER NAME OR JUST AN X....]

[shixiong]

At the beach. I was working on my map.

[ a bit of fidgeting in his robe sleeves, and he produces a paper sized piece of thin bark shaved from a tree, with the beginnings of a map etched into it! ]

[snyaiper]

[GOD.... This is a much better map. Oh well.]

Which beach.