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

viva la france + whomst to execute

[baori]

[ "i'm never tl'ing again with giyuu for the rest of the game" - me, not even a whole 5 hrs ago. i hate this.

whatever, here's giyuu oh-so carefully coming back with marie's body wrapped up in a sleeping bag he took from waterfall camp. look, they can take what they want now since there are less actual bodies now but—! ]

She was found at the bottom of the waterfall.

[ he'll place her down gently. rest in her near many pieces. he'll peel back the sleeping bag to show off her bloated body with nearly all of her limps severed and body punctured. THAT ALSO OUT OF THE WAY... ]

So, have we figured out who may be responsible for any of the murders yet? Time's short.

[fishingforcompliments]

[SHE HAS SO MANY REGRETS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE BODY BECAUSE AS SOON AS SHE DOES ALL THOUGHTS FLY OUT OF HER HEAD, sorry for not getting an answer to your question giyuu]

Marie...

[snyaiper]

... It seems like we have to decide on someone to perform the execution as well.

I can do it if no one else wants to.

[shixiong]

As can I. [ ....... ] I wouldn't fight you for the duty, though.

[ by all means, ogata, ]

[lacking]

[...

She looks like she's about to be sick, especially after catching a glimpse of Marie, but.]

Someone who would do it quickly and humanely, please.

[snyaiper]

[WOW. He looks affronted.]

A bullet to the brain would be a nigh instantaneous death and I don't see anyone else with a gun here.

[lacking]

... With all due respect, after the comments you've made, I don't feel comfortable allowing you to take on this task. Will you lend your gun to someone else for this?

[snyaiper]

No.

[lacking]

Then, you don't care about letting this go quickly at all.

[snyaiper]

I don't. I just assumed you people did.

[baori]

[ hm. ]

I do not mind either if it ends up being someone you have reservations for.

[fishingforcompliments]

[actually she has concerns after the "what a boring way to die" comment]

It must be someone who can... execute her humanely.

[snyaiper]

I'm not volunteering because I want to torture people, I'm volunteering because I can do it quickly and efficiently.
[Gesturing to his gun.]

[fishingforcompliments]

Even if a quick death bores you?

[SORRY... THAT EARLIER COMMENT JUST SET OFF SO MANY RED FLAGS FOR HER]

[snyaiper]

[That's very valid of her]

I never said I thought a quick death was boring. I just think tricking someone into poisoning themselves is cowardly and indirect.

[paradoxity]

...what a horrible way to die. [But hm.] I suppose our only suspect right now is Zoe. We don't have enough clues about any of the others.

[baori]

[ zoe... ]

Is she?

[ he sounds...indifferent. he's tired okay? he's supposed to protect the camp so what does he do when one of them murders? well, clearly it's to kill them but. ]

[paradoxity]

So it seems. We can't know for certain, but it's the most evidence we have right now. ["I'm sorry" goes unsaid because that's still, technically, a child. In a way.]