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."

✩★✩

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

[tothemaxwell]

[Late but still, when he comes within range:]

Cyanide?

Has anyone looked into that yet?

[televised]

Looked into— In what way?

[tothemaxwell]

Checked from where it could have come, perhaps.

If poison was used, would that not explain the slow burn of Swift Wind's death?

[televised]

Well... Yeah? That's why we're searching for people who're aligned with water.

[tothemaxwell]

Lili has the poison ability. She demonstrated it prior—has anyone asked her to produce cyanide this week?

[televised]

No, we haven't. Do you want to do the honors?

[tothemaxwell]

I will.

[coastal]

Why the hell would I comply with something like that?

There's been poison used for the past few weeks - if I can't conjure poison here, I'm guilty.

[tothemaxwell]

Fair enough.

The stage is yours, then.

[coastal]

I will.

... I also want to try something that we didn't get to last week. Get me two bowls please.

[you don't need to go to a mod character please just assume there's some lying around]

[tothemaxwell]

[Look, here's some bowls, conveniently located within reach from where she is actively threatening Shirasu.]

Here you are.

[coastal]

[neat

Lili's just going to put one bowl in front of her - she focuses, and soon it fills with the same murky liquid that she summoned the first week.]

Nadai.

[and then she'll take the other bowl, pausing as she tilts her head. it fills with a different liquid and smells of almonds.]

... Cyanide.

[ . . . ]

So I suppose this answers any questions if Toxicity is capable of summoning more than one poison.

[tothemaxwell]

[. . .]

This... may be a serious issue.

[unfriendliest]

[ hm

don't like that ]

[omegathree]

[He's still struggling to not break down.]

In... an... empty cup. The food wasn't laced.

[tothemaxwell]

The food wasn't laced, but there was still a cup of poison on the scene.

[...]

We can't rule it out.

Where is Lili? Other than Swift Wind, she is known to have such a power, is she not?

[coastal]

I'm here.

[from somewhere idk]

I haven't used mine... but I'll try.

[tothemaxwell]

Ah, Lili. Excellent timing.

Can you produce a cup of cyanide for us?

I can drink it, to prove its effectiveness.

[foodbin]

No.

[tothemaxwell]

No one complained when Lili drank Swift Wind's poison and we located the killer.

[foodbin]

So many people complained.

[coastal]

Endless lectures.

[televised]

I slapped her.

[coastal]

No. Stop being stupid.

I can conjure it and we can compare it to the glass we found. My power is ice, so it's not like I can just summon water or almond-smelling water for fun.

[televised]

Sniffing it should be enough. Don't be an idiot.