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

[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?

[snyaiper]

[GOD.]

Yes. This is for functional purposes. It's not art. [SO DON'T GIVE HIM THAT JUDGY TONE.]

Which one is Ryuji and what name am I writing for you?

[fabrefactions]

... There is no understanding of spacial awareness in the linework... It would be much easier to visualise everyone's location and distance with a larger, more to scale design--

[ He will not stop judging, no. ]

Oh. Ryuji is blond, short hair, styled spikily. Gangly, has tendency to say "for real" a lot, and loudly. You may put Yusuke, for myself.

[snyaiper]

[LISTEN WE ALL HAVE OUR SPECIALIZATIONS AND ART IS NOT OGATAS. He'd like to see you handle a gun.

Anyway, he's writing down their names.]

What were you doing there?

[fabrefactions]

I was attempting to rebuild the work of art the typhoon so cruelly stole from me, before I forgot the design and the splendor of the original.







Ryuji was carting sand with me. [ read: ryuji was the dumb muscle. ]

[bridesque]

That sand sculpture was yours? It was beautiful!

[fabrefactions]

[ bye ogata, someone here is 100% more valid. ]

Thank you. Once the idea of a sculpture had been brought to mind, I had to try it. It was quite an enjoyable artistic experiment. I am glad the final product was well received.

[ For the like two hours it stood there before the mods destroyed it. ]

[snyaiper]

[THAT'S FINE HE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU FURTHER ANYWAY!!]

[bridesque]

[Her eyes sparkle at his calm demeanor.]

You must be incredibly skilled to have made it so quickly. I'm looking forward to your next experiment.

[fabrefactions]

[ no... jae, don't.... ]

I did not sleep very much that night, but I am used to sleepless nights to complete a project.

Although I will have to see if what I began on Thursday night is salvagable, before I start on other endeavours.

[bridesque]

[Now, that doesn't sound like a healthy habit.]

Would you mind if I stopped by and watched?