week three: trial

[cyclists]

Week Three: Trial
22 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 the glass boxes perfectly centered before the benches in the room. Now that the trial is in session, Swift Wind and Hisoka'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. It's only when everyone has gathered that Sol speaks first.

"We've got a lot of ground to cover today. Don't give up."

They stop, glancing at Lune and gesturing for them to say their piece.

"Face the truth directly, and don't turn away from what you may find."

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the fourth 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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[cyclists]

[It's possible that they look similar, but they aren't exactly opposing the leaf knives. However upon further examination Kara will notice some of those thorns have blood on them. Fun! The coop itself is actually untouched aside from displacing a bunch of chickens. Most of the damage moves outward toward the orchards themselves.

It doesn't look like the trees were cut but rather moved and split, fallen from combat and physically moving them around. Some of the roots are exposed as well and for those that are cracked and fallen new plant matter sprouts from the trunks. The tendrils aren't as stiff as the leaves at least. And the water looks random, more like something was dripped or splashed around.

As they look among the fallen trees and vines, they will also catch some flashes of color that look a little out of place.]

[unfriendliest]

[ making a mental note to ask the body inspectors about thorns when we get back. ]

Maybe he fought someone with water magic...?

[ at any rate, he's going to follow the flashes of color, expecting to find the confetti from the dream. ]

[foodbin]

[If she follows those hoofprints to the very edge of the farmlands, is it possible to get a general idea of where they might be heading from there?]

[nonbelligerent]

[is it possible to cut off any of the thorns with blood on them?

but otherwise, he'll follow after kara.]

[cyclists]

[They can definitely cut off part of the thorns if they have something to cut them with, sure. Emma will be able to see that the prints lead toward...the amphitheater? More like they were coming from that direction to here, but hey.

As for Kara, the first thing he'll find is a pack of playing cards. Surprise! They're scattered all over the place, all red and black and probably covered in dirt and maybe some blood. Yikes.]

[unfriendliest]

[ oh. hm. he's going to collect some of those cards then, the ones covered in dirt and blood. are any of them damaged?

once he's looked at that, he glances at shess before turning to head back to where emma is. ]

[foodbin]

[She's heading back to the chicken coop, and she raises a hand when she sees him.]

What'd you find?

[nonbelligerent]

[shess will cut off those thorns with his dagger, then.

and then he's busy picking up the rest of the cards that kara isn't nabbing, so kara will have to answer.]

[cyclists]

[Eventually when they pick up all of the cards, they'll find they aren't damaged but they're missing an Ace of Space, a King of Hearts and a joker.

In their hunting and gathering of the cards as well, they'll find something grainy spread across the ground, leading to a small bundle that was carelessly tossed aside among the vines.]

[unfriendliest]

[ well kara's already left so shess will have to find that ]

More water and vines. Trees were uprooted, and split, and there were bloody thorns. More of those leaves.

[ and he shows her the cards he picked up. ]

And these.

[foodbin]

[She frowns as she looks over the cards, nodding.]

There are hoofprints leading towards the amphitheater. If the cards and the hoofprints are both in this area, Hisoka and Swift Wind were probably together at some point.

[nonbelligerent]

[fine, he'll get the bundle. what's inside, if anything? grains?]

[cyclists]

[It's just a little bit of sand, like, a few grains. The rest of the sand is on the ground because the charm has been ripped open and emptied. Sad. This charm also has Hisoka's name on it and seems to be resting near a cat-eared headband.

Wonder who gave him those.

Anyway that's about it. A really trashed and messed up farm, homeless chickens, and bloody plants and water puddles. Congrats!]