week five: trial

[cyclists]

Week Five: Trial
18 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, Shirasu, Lili, Miki and Minato'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.

"Nine hours. Don't forget."

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 fifth 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

TALK TO SOL

[cyclists]

[Sol will be available for general questions and locations today, though they seem to be playing with a cat-ear headband in their hands.]

[leaberator]

Hey. [ first: he gives sol his cat??? ] Hold onto her for me, wouldja?

[ why'd he bring it in the first place. ]

How many corrupted are we looking at?

[nonbelligerent]

Can I have a privacy screen?

[omegathree]

Namine, Akane and I wish to investigate the airship.

[foodbin]

...I'd like a privacy screen, too.

[nonbelligerent]

Ookurikara, Emma, and I would like to investigate the water area.

[once it's available or whatever.]

[nonbelligerent]

[actually before shess leaves—

he holds out shirasu's rubber duck and vial of remaining ether, if there is any? since he, uh. happens to have shirasu's shit.]

Just to make sure—the rubber duck really is mundane? Anything else we should know about the ether?

[moonprisonpower]

Did you or Lune heal Shirasu in exchange for a favor?

[leaberator]

Yo. Any chance we can go look at the village?

[blackcoats]

[ surprisingly, xion just has her cat today, who's hanging out on her shoulder. the kitty mews at sol. ]

Hey Sol... can you get something from my house? I forgot to grab them when I was telling all the other cats to stay.

[omegathree]

Could we see the check out list for the armory?

[televised]

[SLIDES IN HERE--]

Grim Eyes, Cinnabar and I want to take a look at the fire area.

[omegathree]

What powers and elements were used on Thursday night?

How many killers and are any of them dead?

[nonbelligerent]

Are you able to tell us who among Lili, Miki, Shirasu, and Minato was corrupted?

[blackcoats]

[ this time around, pumpkin spice willingly jumps over onto sol's shoulder when xion approaches. ]

Hi again. Did anyone switch elements between the last trial and this one?

[moonprisonpower]

[ after gay baby jail adventures, saix is back to be a gay baby not in jail. ]

Can you tell me how that magical lock is meant to function?

[ if at all ]

[leaberator]

[ THIS IS A DOUBLE WHAMMY give me a list of potential size matches for the footprints next to the gay baby jail house, and also -- ]

Hey, Sol. Got a message for you.

[ he shows him the picture he took of shirasu's note since it looks like akane is having a Time with it ]

Re: TALK TO SOL

[tothemaxwell]

Hello, Sol.

I wish to investigate the Shrine area.

[unfriendliest]

Can we go somewhere else for something besides investigations? They may need me to show my ability, and I don't want to do that here.

[globs]

I want to investigate the farmlands. He's going with me. [ gesturing at Kuri. ]

[nonbelligerent]

Is it possible now that someone might have two powers? Or be able to use a power more than once in a week?

Re: TALK TO SOL

[globs]

Tell me what this is!

[ they're shouting at Sol so they can be heard over the horrible loud glass top they're trying to smother with both hands. Enjoy being eviscerated by the 20 cats you're holding, buddy. ]

[moonprisonpower]

So, this complicated potentially alive killer -- is the situation like that of Hisoka's, last week? Where you couldn't confirm if he was actually dead?

[nonbelligerent]

[well uh]

Would having killed someone this week or being corrupted for sure count as "doing something untrustworthy" by that item's metric?

[leaberator]

[ he's like. been holding his cat since she lost her shit this whole time, and there's a pause. then he takes out an orange and gives it to sol. ]

Help?