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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Comments

[foodbin]

Maybe we can put together a list of people whose elements we already know, so we at least have a shorter list of who to look at, and go from there.

[She sighs.]

[televised]

[she nods.]

We don't have much time left. So if you think a list would help, we gotta put it together fast.

[foodbin]

Okay. Um, we know Lea, Four, Val, Akane, and Miki don't have water...

[She's listing them off as she thinks of them.]

Who've you got?

[televised]

Ookurikara is fire, isn't he? And Milla... There was an arc of fire running in front of her earlier.

[So.]

[unfriendliest]

[ kara's still pissed but he calls a small flame to his hand just to show again that yes, he's fire. he never bothered to hide it. ]

[foodbin]

We know Minato has lava, too. So that leaves... You and I, Shess, Cinnabar, Kaoru, Feral, Squall, Naminé, Grim Eyes, Julius, Xion, and Saix.

And then we know Lili has water, obviously. If anyone wants to tell us what their element is so we can narrow that down more...

[compendiem]

It's not Shess or Naminé.

[televised]

You know their elements?

[nonbelligerent]

Kaoru has fire. I don't know if Cinnabar wants to say what their element is, but it isn't water.

I believe Feral is ice, but he will have to confirm that himself.

[papawolf]

[ he gives a nod at that to confirm. ]

[televised]

Well, I'm not water. Though you're asking people to fess up of their own volition, you'll have better luck if you share yours first.

[foodbin]

It's water.

[lionharts]

I'm not water.

[foodbin]

Can you prove it?

[televised]

Can you prove it?

[tothemaxwell]

It is not Kaoru, Grim Eyes, or Julius. I can vouch for all of them.

[foodbin]

...Sorry, but I'd like a little more than that before I take them off for sure.

[televised]

Shirasu and Hisoka both lied about their powers before. If they can prove it, that would be for the best.

[twinsightful]

Really? You didn't figure this out when the darkness first hit? [It's a half-smile, but he snaps his fingers.

There's a flame now.]

[globs]

Earth.

[ they look tired and a little shaken, but they're trying to stand a little further away from Val and also ignore how they're feeling. They've gotten pretty good at that latter thing by now. Holding out their hand, they concentrate on their palm, and, eventually, a tiny fiddlehead fern frond pops up out of the center of their hand. ]

[moonprisonpower]

I'm not Water.

[foodbin]

Once again, I'm not going to accept that without any kind of proof.

[televised]

You need to prove it.

[leaberator]

He's not.

[ he sounds tired and annoyed. stop making him vouch for people he wants to NAP ]

[blackcoats]

[ she's still a little unsteady from Everything that happened earlier—plus she kind of lost her voice a little from all the screaming so she doesn't say much—but... she raises her hand and concentrates for a second.

a patch of grass blooms in front of her. ]