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

PHONE

[leaberator]

[ sooooo, uhhh, not to go full on "come take a look at this" cliche on everyone, but: ]

Guys, you might wanna take a look at this?

[ on nana's phone, there's a photo where im just gonna copypaste the mod text: is a blurry photo of Nana with someone beside her. The figure next to her is standing on something to boost their height, towering over Nana and effectively cropping the top half of their body out of frame. ]

[nonbelligerent]

[good job, axel the phone expert]

Interesting.

[foodbin]

Is there a way to tell who that is...?

[leaberator]

Someone's who's shorter than Nana unless they're standing on something.

[ that's like. an amount of people because you're all short, but he's been squinting at the object for a bit let him live ]

[foodbin]

Well, yeah, but can you tell what they're wearing?

[leaberator]

I dunno. Something white and green?

[ it's a blurry picture he is doing his best who wears white and green i CANT SEE ]

[lionharts]

Who wears white and green?

[stillstands]

[ Can they make out anything notable on that person's bottom half? ]

[leaberator]

[ im ASKING the MODS I GUESS ]

[stillstands]

[ sorry, zia. thank you zia. ]

[leaberator]

[ it's white and green colors for clothes i got nothing ]

[blackcoats]

... Who...?

[leaberator]

It's too blurry to tell, but...

[hashtaghelping]

...someone short? 'Cause it looks like they're standing on something?

[televised]

When was that taken?

[leaberator]

Sometime in the evening. It's dark, and she's in the kitchen.

[ probably making brownies :T ]

[globs]

... So, someone who's shorter than her, human-shaped, and who she'd trust enough to spend time with.

[ they'll discount themself, and Junna, too, for obvious reasons. ]

Where are they in this picture...?

[ is it the elevator... ]

[leaberator]

In the kitchen. This is when she was baking brownies, I'm guessing.

[globs]

... Who would want to jump to be taller?

[ time to look at personality traits here!! ]

The little one with the glass on her face seems like the type...

[quailvering]

[wowie how did he miss this maybe like it mysteriously appeared as a supernatural force is desperately trying to lead toddlers to a prize]

... it's not a very good picture. I feel like they would have taken a- another one. ... unless something happened.

[although- it's set up so it would have been away from her and then nana had it on her in the elevator and- hm]

[specialdog]

Can we just. Compare our body types to that as a reference, one by one...?

[leaberator]

It looks ... petite-ish?

[ he's trying, okay, this is a blurry cell pic ]

[specialdog]

That doesn't narrow things down much.

[leaberator]

[ he gestures the phone because look, he's doing his best ]

[lionharts]

Well, everyone's already stripped.