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

[baori]

[ what a good boy dimitri is ]

If you investigate the cavern, it would be best to bring a weapon with you. [ and now to out the origins of bear. ] The bear that roams around was once sleeping inside of the cavern.

[wisterin]

[ she flits here, right next to giyuu's shoulder. ]

I'm sorry, Tomioka-san. What did you do?

[baori]

[ hm.

why is he always blamed for these things??? ]

Nothing.

[wisterin]

[ Who else is she supposed to blame? ]

How was the bear freed?

[baori]

[ literally anyone else... maybe!!! ]

The group that I explored the cavern made enough noise while we moved to wake the bear.

[ and then chased them out and...behold. Bear. ]

[wisterin]

[ but he is such an easy target.

he's here. ]

You weren't harmed any more, were you?

[baori]

[ the permanent target painted to the back of his haori. ]

No, no one else was harmed during the exploration or the escape.

[ but everyone did have a nice little scare because wow. bear. ]

[wisterin]

I'm glad. I would hate for you to get any more injured.

[ She means it. ]

[baori]

[ shinobu has gone from wanting to strangle him to being on acceptable terms with giyuu in a single trial... what is a giyuu to learn from all of this??

also whatever have an uno concern in the middle of trial since he was exposed for being camp dad. ]

The same is said for you.

[bridesque]

[They're getting along and it's adorable.]

[baori]

[ is this getting along. he just doesn't know.

give him another hour and shinobu will go back to wanting to strangle him. ]

[wisterin]

[ Mitsuri's judgment cannot be trusted as much as Giyuu's. ]

[wisterin]

[ haha, no, she'd still knife him if he does anything stupid, but his uno concern is a little weird?

She smiles because that's what she does. ]

I will be fine, no matter what happens to me.

[baori]

[ it means kill him, ara. kill giyuu.

he's bound to do something stupid sooner or later, but given that there are several murders to solve giyuu won't say anything else (not that he would). they still have two whole bodies to find and......2 hours and 16 minutes to find them and figure out culprits. ]

[overruns]

[ investigate: bear ]

Ah, so that's what it is. Did you agitate a sleeping bear?

[baori]

I did not.

[ not him, singular. did his group wake up the bear? probably..... ]

[overruns]

And yet it attacked you?

[ hmmmm ]

[baori]

It chased us out.

[ look, he's not to be completely blamed for this... ]

We weren't expecting to find a bear during our exploration.

[overruns]

[ Despite himself and everything going on, he has to chuckle a little at that. A surprise.. bear.... ]

No, I'm sure you weren't. I'm glad you all made it out safely.

[baori]

[ the laugh isn't a bad thing despite giyuu not commenting on it. but he'll definitely share the sentiment of being glad that no one was hurt given the rest of his time doing exploras. ]

As am I.