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

[bridesque]

[She glances at Dimitri and Yin Yu both. Are they going to be okay? She's already feeling the heat, yet there they are, fully dressed.

Her gaze snaps down to the jungle floor at the odd texture beneath her foot. Then a crunch sounds and she looks around before taking another step. Are the berries forming some sort of trail? If there's nothing else to be stepping on, she'll step carefully toward the tree.

She starts at Yin Yu's question.]

I don't mind!

[overruns]

[ Off to a good start! The heat must be getting to them. He turns back around at the strange noises coming from his companions, making his way back to the one Suspicious Tree, close enough to put his hand to the bark and see the surface of it. ]

What is that by your feet, Yin Yu?

[shixiong]

[ wow, nope. the minute there's a crack, he pulls his foot back, immediately stilling so as not to disturb whatever he found any further and mentally wincing at it.

carefully, he shifts into a squatting position to examine the stick properly. what is this strange green thing, mod gods. ]

[getawaymods]

[The berries don't look like they were forming a path! In fact, they're just kind of strewn around haphazardly.

As for the stick...

Well.

It's actually three smaller sticks, bound together with algae and thin vines to lengthen it. Or it was, before Yin Yu stepped on it and broke one of the smaller sticks into two pieces. Now it's four sticks.]

[bridesque]

All right. Here I go!

[While Yin Yu inspects the sticks, Mitsuri works at climbing the thin tree. Maybe it'll be for naught, but the advantage of height wouldn't hurt to look out for anything out of the ordinary as she scoots her way up.]

[overruns]

[ Well, if there's a tool around, there must've been a person. He helps hold the tree steady as Mitsuri climbs it, fruit squishing underfoot. He'll just see if there's anything sus about the tree itself. ]

Was that tool used to knock down the berries...? You'd think someone would have collected more of them, if that were the case.

[shixiong]

[ well more sticks is better right

with a little 'tch', noise, he carefully picks up the remainder of the stick tool with the end of his scarf wrapped around his hand. ] Maybe. It's something, but...

[ probably not what they're looking for. best to take it back anyway, though. he looks up towards mitsuri, too. what do you see!! ]

[getawaymods]

[There aren't any strange markings on the tree itself, and the view from the top is unremarkable.

There is, however, a bit of a purple stain on the top of the stick. It matches the purple stain on their shoes from the squished berries.

That's about all there is for the jungle crew to see here, though!]