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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!

muragas: castletown (i would never)

[personal profile] muragas 2020-05-03 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ istg if everyone just fucking killed themselves Thursday night...

uhhhh anything on her a...rms... this is very hard to talk about when it's a dog on two legs, i hope you realize ]
muragas: whisperinghope (but i must confess)

[personal profile] muragas 2020-05-03 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ "glancing" concerns me...... time to feel up Isabelle's arms, i guess. yes i hate this too.

if there's nothing there, she'll move onto the feet next. hewwo? any evidence down here??? ]
muragas: tyltyl (who i was back then)

[personal profile] muragas 2020-05-03 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ l-leggies...? ]
muragas: whisperinghope (but i must confess)

[personal profile] muragas 2020-05-03 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ sighs deeply

alright first, let's do a pocket check. what are Isabelle's deep, mysterious pockets hiding? ]
muragas: whisperinghope (at least)

[personal profile] muragas 2020-05-03 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ mods do i look smart to you ]

What happened to your things...? Did it get washed away? Or did someone take it all?

[ sighs deeper. okay, time to take Isabelle's shirt off and look for... anything. ]
muragas: whisperinghope (i could see people's feelings)

[personal profile] muragas 2020-05-03 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ very ew, Isabelle needs a TicTac :c ]

...

[ she will do a quick looksie feelsie for any bruising around Isabelle's stomach. ]
muragas: castletown (i would never)

[personal profile] muragas 2020-05-03 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ so it's roughly consistent with the rest of the bruising on her body then

deep sigh

goes looking for a jungle person ]