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week three: trial

Week Three: Trial
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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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Emma, Valvatorez, if you want to help please help get his hoodie off.

[ She's already easing it up but there's a fair bit of material there and she's trying to be careful around the wound. ]

Shess, can you bring that cotton wool here?

[ SHE'S IGNORING THE WHINING, AXELEA. ]

[He's.. stripping his crush. god. At least the worry overrides most of the embarrassment.

Anyway, he's quick at pulling the hoodie off.]

[She's helping! But as she does:]

Is he going to be alright?

[ fuck that does not feel good. he wheezes a bit, though it's... weak laughter? ]

So much for... taking it slow, right? Haha...

[ kill him. ]

[She shakes her head.]

Hey... Look at me. You're going to be alright, we've got you.

S'fine, this isn't... [ just gonna. cough out a bit of blood. he's fine. ] my first stab rodeo. Remember?

[ this is before the cauterization so he can make that joke. ]

Shh...

[She's going to reach forward to wipe that blood away. It's fine.]

[ he wheezes out a laugh and then gets cauterized so you can never hear his next joke

it was for the best ]

[ Sorry Emma, she's focused -- she's got a needle in one hand, her left one and is focused on threading string through the eye.

And then she's looking at the wound and the blood and she just. Sighs. ]

I'm going to cauterise this... I'm sorry. [ she's back into her bag for a moment and comes back with a big pair of sewing scissors. and... hang all this secrecy. there's a pause, and then a burst of flame from her hand, directly onto the scissor blade, until it's almost glowing slightly. ]

I'll go on three.

[ and hopefully it's okay, because as soon as she gets any confirmation from axel she... immediately presses the blade to the stab wound, in short, few second bursts, until she can see the blood flow stopping. she's whispering under her breath with each press - I'm sorry. ]

[It's familiar and awful and Val's thrown back to a time 400 years ago. The last time he was unable to save somebody he should've. But this time, maybe they're not too late. This time maybe somebody will be able to save them instead of Val having to deal with somebody he loves dying while he can't do anything about it.]

Y-You... You're going to be alright.

[His voice breaks.]

[ sorry val he's busy hurting from being cauterized and can't really respond right now? like he's used to burns. and burning himself. but also? ow?

ow?? ]

[It's fine it's fine it's fine. If he keeps thinking that to himself maybe it actually will be.

Cinnabar will feel a stab of murderous rage in between all of the feelings that this is incredibly familiar and the worst thing that Val's ever experienced.]

You'll make it.

[And if he says it, that will make it true.]

[ i wish his reaction to dying wasn't always to laugh ]

... 'Course. I'm... real hard to kill. Got it memorized?

Of course you are. I won't forgive you if you die now, Lea.

[He still sounds like he's going to break down. His hands are shaking. One is on Lea's shoulder like he just needs something to ground himself.]

Haha... can't have that, Vally.

[ please don't ground yourself on him he's gonna just sit in his corner and wince at everything ]

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[ this isn't here but like

Minato: you gotta cauterize the kidney first ]

[ i'm gonna be honest the reaction to this is probably a lot more muted than it should be with someone cauterizing a wound closed, but like. y'all are seeing him shirtless for real. what is one more burn scar on top of all of that.

it's only like a half scream? it's great. it's amazing. there's a widdle whimper in there. ]

........Wasn't three....

[ you LIAR ]

[ She'll laugh in a minute. Finally, when she's sure that the bleeding seems to have slowed, she'll start gently cleaning up around the wound with the cotton wool and some liquid out of what looks very much like a bottle? of alcohol? who raided the kitchen. ]

I can't count all of a sudden.

[ Then she sits back on her heels, and picks up the needle and lights up one more little burst of flame against the needle to sterilise it. ]

Here, I'm closing it. [ And then she's going to stitch that wound, and let's be honest after the fire blade against the wound this is going to probably be fine. ]

[ he winces at the alcohol, and then actually hisses at every pull of the needle. like a weirdo who is a lot more used to fire than anything else. ]

... I think... you're messing with me, an' you can count just fine.

[ everything still hurts somehow? weird. the bleeding is internal and that's where all the blood is supposed to be? ]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[ She's tying off the thread now, and then looking over at Sol and Lune. ]

I can only do so much. What do I have to do to get you to deal with any internal injuries I can't fix?

[ cinnabar would just watch in horror, but they're feeling a lot of secondary emotions, thanks to val, so they're creeping over, too, looking increasingly concerned for Axel the more things Miki sticks on and into him. They don't understand what's going on - but they feel really horrible about all of it. There's mercury welling up in their eyes again, but they don't exactly know why. ]

Do you have to keep hurting him? [ ... ] ... Is he going to die?

[ She blinks, a little surprised. ]

I... no, I don't want to. But there things that have to be done to stop immediate danger. [ she takes a deep, slightly shaky breath. ]

Not if I can help it.

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[ he makes a gesture like he agrees with cinnabar's first point even though he knows very well why this is happening.

anyway, then he wheezes a laugh again because he's terrible ]

Awwww, Cinna... didn't know you cared.

[ IS THIS THE TIME, YOU JACKASS? ]

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[well, he'll do as miki asks, even as he shoots increasingly concerned looks at the shirasu pile-on that's probably happening like. very nearby.]

[ heeeeeeyyyyyy

emotion sharing's still a thing. enjoy the fact she's secretly terrified, but also determined, shess. ]

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