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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Comments

[omegathree]

The full glass we found has the faint smell of bitter almonds. That's indicative of a type of poisoned called cyanide.

[hashtaghelping]

...wait, but that glass is full. Did she even drink it?

[omegathree]

There were many empty glasses in the casino. It could be that all of those were spiked with poison.

[hashtaghelping]

Oh - like a, poison them all, she's gotta drink at least one of 'em kinda thing?

[omegathree]

That's a possibility. I didn't know the lass well either enough to say what her stance on drinking was.

[hashtaghelping]

Maybe she wanted to have some kind of a party?

[omegathree]

Was she that type of person?

[hashtaghelping]

Dunno... I didn't really know her well.

[omegathree]

Do you know anyone who did?

[Besides the dead person, because uh. you know.]

[papawolf]

[ wow... good thing him and lea went there after it was cleaned up ]

[hashtaghelping]

[yeah, big yikes]

[specialdog]

[ nod nod ]

That sounds like something I remember hearing from TV. [ probably not the most trustworthy.... source of information but...... ]

[omegathree]

Are there television specials about this sort of thing?

[specialdog]

Oh, yeah. There's all kinds of shows about solving murders.

[omegathree]

It might help if we could watch one of those before the next week's trial.

[specialdog]

You might be in luck, but we'll see.

[omegathree]

Oh? Does someone owe you a favor?

[specialdog]

No, nothing like that.

[stillstands]

[ Hold up, she has a Book on that. ]

Cyanide?

[ She flicks the book to the index and looks for the entry for cyanide. ] It says it damages tissues involved in aerobic respiration, the heart and the central nervous system. If she drank it then...

[omegathree]

Are those symptoms consistent with how her body looks now?

[stillstands]

I took another look at her body. Her eyes were bloodshot, and there was foam around her mouth. That's definitely a sign of asphyxiation, which would probably fit with some kind of poisoning.

But asphyxiation is pretty... broad in terms of poisonings.

[omegathree]

[He closes his eyes and rubs his chin for a moment before he reaches out for the book waiting for her to share it with him.]

I think foaming around the mouth is also consistent with cyanide poisoning.

[stillstands]

[ Sharing knowledge is always the right thing to do. ]

So. We can probably confirm she was poisoned by the cyanide you found in the casino, then?

And if that's the case then... there's a chance it was a Water user, given the Toxicity ability. Although we might need to wait until we can ask Lune to prove it one hundred per cent.

[omegathree]

I think cyanide poisoning is the most likely scenario for her. For now, I think that's a solid lead.

Lune couldn't divulge the exact powers that were used to me, but you're free to try again.

[stillstands]

We need to ask. For the clarification, at the very least. I'll try again.