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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!

nautycal: <user name=tanabata> (tanabata4)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not--bashful! [He's embarrassed a little, yeah. It's easy when it's Ann and not him, huh.] I'm not worried about me. Bro! [WHY IS HE SHIRTLESS.] You're not in an art studio here!

Girls are about to get naked for real!
fabrefactions: (83)

[personal profile] fabrefactions 2020-05-02 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
For the sake of solving a murder case, Ryuji.

This is not girls at the beach-- [ this is in fact girls at the beach exactly. But not like that. ]-- it is a necessary and entirely professional act of eliminating suspects.

Please do not make this weird for them. [ says Yusuke Kitagawa, half naked at the beach. ]
nautycal: (014 (1))

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Me? Dude, you're already halfway there! They can see you. Get over here with the guys!
fabrefactions: (38)

[personal profile] fabrefactions 2020-05-02 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I am not ashamed of my own nudity.
nautycal: <user name=yevon> (yevon9)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
The girls don't wanna see your malnourished dick, dude.

Come on, they're gonna scream. At least do it over here with the other guys.
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[personal profile] fabrefactions 2020-05-02 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ (offended voice) ]

I am not going to wave my genitalia at them, I'm not crude.
nautycal: (014 (1))

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, dude. Sheesh. [He puts a hand up and points to Shinobu behind it.] She said you can turn around if you want.

I think she'd crush it with her hand if she saw it.
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[personal profile] fabrefactions 2020-05-02 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still wearing pants, Ryuji. [ please. ] I'm not going to just... whip them off without any notice.
shixiong: is anybody waving back at me? (24)

[personal profile] shixiong 2020-05-03 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ ahem. ] ....Sir, if you wouldn't mind, so we can complete the examination.

[ you still gotta take your pants off, bro. stop making this even more awkward. ]
shixiong: step out step out of the sun (30)

[personal profile] shixiong 2020-05-02 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ stop.

yin yu's quiet voice comes from nearby, and he nods his head, respectfully. ]
I'll check you away from the others, if that would be easier on you.

[ what a nice way to say "ur embarrassed i can tell" ]
nautycal: (006)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Y-Yeah, that's fine. Just don't be weird, man, and we're cool. We can check Yusuke, too. If he sees any girls, he's gonna start asking them to pose for his sand art, or somethin'.
shixiong: i'm waving through a window (22)

[personal profile] shixiong 2020-05-02 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that's


ok. sure. he won't question it, he's seen weirder shit. ]
Very well.

[ there are some rocks on the beach that are fairly large. seems like a decent enough place for a private meeting. he gestures in that direction. ]
nautycal: <user name=yevon> (yevon5)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-02 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's fine. It's good.

Time to take off everything but the underwear anyway. What's great is that there doesn't seem to be any kind of injury on him. Except for, like, sunburn. Boy, he's a little red in the places easiest for the sun to hit.

And there's, uh, a lot of sand which was hard to get off even after a day, but nothing seems to be amiss on his front, or back, or legs, or arms.]
shixiong: if you keep getting burned (31)

[personal profile] shixiong 2020-05-03 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh, the sunburn.... poor guy.

he does his due diligence in inspecting, checking appropriately, and then nods. ]
Thank you.

[ .... ] And, I believe Lady Shinobu had harvested some aloe earlier in the week...it should help heal that sunburn before it gets painful.
nautycal: (008 (1))

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-03 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[having lighter skin in the sun :pensive:]

For real? Sweet. I'll ask her for some later then. Thanks, man. [A pause.] Uh--shouldn't we check you, too?
shixiong: so i've got nothing to share (8)

[personal profile] shixiong 2020-05-03 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's a struggle. he had to get this assistant job somehow, also! ]

It's been done, but if you'd like to check as well, that would be fine. [ making a reach for his scarf. he's got four hundred layers, approximately....please don't make him do this again, ]
nautycal: <user name=yevon> (yevon5)

[personal profile] nautycal 2020-05-03 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He waves both hands dismissively, and then he starts putting back on his shit.]

Nah, it's cool, dude, if someone did already. Who checked you?
shixiong: we start with stars in our eyes (25)

[personal profile] shixiong 2020-05-03 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Lady Shinobu, when I offered to help... I know she's a doctor, but I didn't want her to feel uncomfortable.

[ so! lookin at half naked dudes. ]