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tropical getaway mods ([personal profile] getawaymods) wrote in [community profile] tropicalgetaway2020-05-02 01:21 am

week one: trial

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!

wisterin: (029)

[personal profile] wisterin 2020-05-02 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
... Are you sure that's Tomioka-san you're talking about?

[ Sounds like a pod person to her? Hello? ]
nautycal: (0122)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Back when I made the fire, he tried to help me, and he told me I did a good job.

[You can imagine the skill up notes that came off him, too.]
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[personal profile] wisterin 2020-05-02 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ what's a video game to someone from the taisho era

She looks very slightly perplexed. ]


I wonder, if something about this island has made Tomioka-san waver.
nautycal: (0052)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Whattaya mean? Waver from what?
wisterin: (014)

[personal profile] wisterin 2020-05-02 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She does a very purposefully poor imitation of Giyuu. ]

It's impossible for us to all get along.
nautycal: <user name=yevon> (yevon5)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's a poor imitation, but he gets it.]

Oh, like when he said demons and humans can't get along? Yeah, but--he can change his mind! People change!

[When they get their hearts stolen. (last surprise starts in the bg)]
wisterin: (005)

[personal profile] wisterin 2020-05-02 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
He would be quick to say that. It does seem like he's changed a little.
nautycal: <user name=yevon> (yevon)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, if you change for the better, that's a good thing, right? He's, like, growing or whatever. He can still be himself even if he changes!
wisterin: (043)

[personal profile] wisterin 2020-05-02 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She smiles. ]

You have a kind soul, don't you?
nautycal: (006)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? Me? [He seems kind of embarrassed.] Nah, man. I mean--yeah, I guess.

I just think it's fine to be yourself. You don't gotta pretend to be anyone else, as long as you aren't hurtin' anybody.
wisterin: (a11)

[personal profile] wisterin 2020-05-02 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree.

But sometimes, people don't realize when they're being hurtful with their words.
nautycal: <user name=yevon> (yevon5)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's true, too. [He amends:] It's fine to be yourself as long as you aren't hurtin' anybody physically, or with your words.

[:unamused: kamoshida.......]

He really isn't like that, though! I mean, even when he talks, he don't say nothin' bad. Not to me, I guess.
wisterin: (a30)

[personal profile] wisterin 2020-05-02 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you both get along.

[ It's hard to tell if she's sincere or not, but she's smiling. ]