week one: trial

[cyclists]

Week One: Trial
27 in Competition

It may be difficult to sleep with the light shining so brightly throughout the night, but the participants can rest easy knowing they will not be plagued by unwanted, disturbing dreams. Early the next day, a bell chimes and all will feel compelled to enter the main meeting hall.

The hall looks mostly the same as it always has, the two thrones for Lune and Sol at the head of the room and scrolls hanging from the walls. The metal box sits on a table near the front, along with a glass box perfectly centered before the benches in the room. Now that the trial is in session, Tokidoki, Nana, and Junna's coffins are open, and their bodies will be available for examination.

Lune and Sol are seated in their thrones, patiently waiting for the last participant to settle. Sol remains quiet, looking over to Lune to allow them to speak first.

"Even if it is a rather daunting task ahead of you, I hope that each of you will not lose hope. One step at a time, one step at a time. It is not hopeless."

When they finish, Sol sits up a little taller in their seat to address everyone.

"I'm only going to say this once. I know it's not an ideal situation, but...the votes count, and the universe only gives one warning. Can we try not to repeat last week?" There's a pause. "You have nine hours. Let's start."

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the second trial!

We'll go over a few notes briefly as we will be playing this trial a bit differently than other games.

As noted, there was no investigation period on Friday. However, today participants will have the chance to investigate areas in the game setting as they see fit! This can be done by providing the name of the location you want to visit to the host header comment. To help with the ease of the trial and for IC mechanics, only one location may be visited at a time. In addition, these locations can be manipulated and adjusted upon request to test theories and solve puzzles, so please feel free to ask if you're searching for clues! Your host will also be accompanying you on these visits.

Most importantly, before the trial is over, please place your character's vote over on the voting page. Voting will close at 9pm EST/6pm PST, and will serve as our activity check for the week, so please be sure you get your vote in before it ends unless you have contacted us previously.

If you have any questions at any time, please let do us know by pinging us on Discord! Dana and Ty will be in the chat and available for all questions. Thank you, and have fun!

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HEY UH

[nonbelligerent]

According to Lune, there is a corrupted among the dead.

[specialdog]

That's convenient, isn't it?

[wagashis]

It's one that we don't need to worry about, at least, but I don't believe we know the exact number we began with.

[specialdog]

You think there could be more than just two corrupted? If it's spreading that fast, we really have no hope, huh?

[whitewalls]

And we can't know how many there are in total until later, right...?

[nonbelligerent]

Correct. It sounds as if he'll be able to answer later today.

[aka add it to the 3pm questions]

[hashtaghelping]

Eeeeeyikes. Were they purified? Like, last time they had to... you know... with the kid's head...

[none of those victims look very headless to him]

[whitewalls]

... is beheading the only way to do it? That might have just been the way Lune chose to-- um.

[hashtaghelping]

I dunno, they made it seem kinda like a ritual. Those things have to be precise, yeah? [...] But maybe all that matters is that the vessel doesn't live anymore.

[foodbin]

Did he say they died this week? Or, I guess she wouldn't count if she was purified...

[nonbelligerent]

I specifically asked for the corrupted this week.

[stillstands]

So they wouldn't have included Mary in that?

[autocatalysis]

We're not counting Mary, right?

[ ... and this is now speculation, but ]

So would that make either of Junna or Nana possibly the more likely corrupted, if we go by the theories earlier about- well, not mimicking a friend, but? To lure the other out?

[nonbelligerent]

Yes, that is what I was thinking.

[autocatalysis]

[ thoughtfully: ] You were one of the ones searching the bodies. Was there something in particular about them that made you ask?

[wagashis]

Perhaps they chose their target poorly, then.

[this is already a lot. it's easiest if two just... killed each other.]

But I don't suppose we can rule anything out so early.

[leaberator]

... At least that might mean we don't have a voting dilemma on our hands.

[ unless there were three corrupted but that's a problem for 3'clock them ]

[globs]

... Isn't that a good thing?

[ some of the work's already done... ]

Do we know that there's more than one already?

[papawolf]

[ that makes things easier and they can skip killing the killer if they aren't corrupted.

so they are down to one or two possible corrupted then? ]

[forefall]

[ Four is stunned. ]

What? That's... If there was only one corrupted this week, what will we do...?

[televised]

We should be fine in that regard. [well. fine-ish.] Lune confirmed there was more than one corrupted on Thursday night.

[forefall]

I... didn't know the darkness could take hold of that many people. That's... alarming.

[autocatalysis]

[ since everyone is pretty much in the same place i'm making the executive decision of having overheard at least some of the host questioning. ]

No need to worry about that just yet. There's more than one corrupted this week. Or at the very least, there was.

[forefall]

Should that be a relief, or should that be a greater concern? It's hard for me to decide.

[ It's bad either way. ]

[papawolf]

[ writing on a piece of paper ]

then we kill the killer

[ like it's that simple ]