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

[wisterin]

[ Okay, great.

She will take a look at his feet next. Anything out of place there? ]

[getawaymods]

[His feeties are probably broken too but nothing out of place exactly, no! Anaido was not walking around without shoes or anything, so they seem to be mostly unharmed.]

[wisterin]

[ anaido's shoes could have been ripped off in his murder? we don't know if someone has a foot fetish here.

She checks his torso next! Removing his three lapel coat and other clothes, if she has to, double checking to see if anything sticks out before she does so, though. ]

[getawaymods]

[You saying the words foot fetish with that icon really is something Ara. Anyway, he's very reasonably broken and bruised like someone who fell on a bunch of sharp and pointy rocks. Owie! There's nothing unusual about his clothing though on the top half. There doesn't seem to be anything in his pockets or the like.]

[wisterin]

[ :)

Anyway, that's still great. She remembers his wrist was broken from when she found him, so she checks his arms, wrists, and hands. ]

[getawaymods]

[Broke, broke, none of his bones are free of breaking. Though his hand...when she looks at his hands, and particularly his fingers and palms, she may notice they're a bit scuffed up.]

[wisterin]

[ Interesting!

Scuffed like he was trying to hold onto something and then failed?

She'll check his face and head next. ]

[getawaymods]

[Something to that effect, yes. It's little scuff like something was scratching at the pads of his fingers and his palms.

His face is...you know. Bruised and such like the rest of him, but as she checks his head she'll also find a slight bump on the right side of his head. It doesn't seem to be bleeding or anything, but it's light swelling.]

[wisterin]

[ Blunt force trauma! Cool.

She will gently turn him over and check his back. ]

[getawaymods]

[Bruised, bloody, dead....this was absolutely a brutal way to die, especially given some of the marks that appear to be wounds from falling on a rocky surface.]

[wisterin]

[ Awesome. Amazing. But she's done for now.

If she's missing something, that's because it's me, Ara, because Shinobu is observant and smart when I am not.

She will turn him so his frontside is up before she goes to report to the rest of the group. ]

[wisterin]

[ i fucking lied

can she tell how old the bump on his head is? ]

[getawaymods]

[It's probably a little older than his other injuries...there's less swelling than one would think, at least.]

[wisterin]

[ hello again....

Neena said she'd come compare.

How do these hand scuffs compare? ]

[getawaymods]

[The scuffs on Neena's hands look a little older and fainter than the ones on Anaido's hands!]

[wisterin]

[ Zoe just gave approval!

So what about hers? ]

[getawaymods]

[They do, in fact, look similar.]