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]

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.]

[hashtaghelping]

Nana—

[...]

Well, we can't really ask her, huh.

[...]

Lili kind of sounded like she did?

[omegathree]

Not unless someone here can raise the dead.

[@ lili where you at.]

[hashtaghelping]

Now that would be a useful power.

[coastal]

Are you asking me if Junna wanted to party?

I hate nonsensical parties and festivities, but I think she still managed to outdo me in regards to how strict she was.

[hashtaghelping]

Well, yeah. It's a normal question, when you think about the state the casino was in.

[...]

But if she's not the partying type, what then? There was poison in that glass of alcohol they brought back. How could she get poisoned if she didn't drink anything?

[coastal]

I guess if you’ve never met her, you wouldn’t be sure.

[but she just thinks that’s dumb]

There’s other types of poisons though, aren’t there? Not to mention it’s one of the powers available.

[hashtaghelping]

Yeah, you can put poisons in stuff and you can make 'em, but it's not like you can just make the poison appear in her mouth. She'd still have to drink it to die from it.

[...]

Right?

[coastal]

Mm... I don’t know.

My familiarity with poisons isn’t that great. Didn’t people say they were going to look into different kinds?

[hashtaghelping]

Yeah, and they were thinking it was the almond stuff they found inside that glass.

[stillstands]

They said it was cyanide. Based off of some of the things around Junna's body - the foaming at the mouth, for example - there's a chance she died of cyanide poisoning.

[hashtaghelping]

So she'd have to drink it.

But if she's not the type to drink, how did she get poisoned?

[nonbelligerent]

Maybe the poison was a gas, and the drinks are merely a red herring?

[twinsightful]

[He comes back after sniffing Junna's breath because Miki is the worst, and he somehow overhears this.]

You're correct on that. Regardless of the amount of alcohol there was in the area, I don't think she consumed any of it. It wasn't on her breath at all.

[And neither was poison is the implication here.]

[coastal]

You smelled her breath?

[look she knows that kaoru has been avoiding the bodies]

Thank you - but don’t force yourself next time.

[twinsightful]

[He just shrugs.] We're running out of time. But we can at least effectively rule out the idea that she ingested anything.

[Make of that what you will, literally anyone smarter.]

[stillstands]

In liquid form, at least.

[ She just looks tired now. ]

We know the means, but not the how or the who.

[coastal]

It sounds like it has to be someone who possesses the Toxicity power, doesn’t it? So someone affiliated with Water who isn’t able to use their specialty again.

[nonbelligerent]

Yes, if we're assuming the drinks were meant to mislead us, it would make sense for it to be someone with that ability.

[coastal]

I have it - probably from some cosmic joke.

[shE’LL OWN IT]

But I haven’t used it this week.

[stillstands]

That's the most logical method, yeah. For creating a poison, and remaining immune to it in order to administer it.