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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strip! strip! strip!

[foodbin]

Okay, we're going to check for injuries. I can't imagine none of the victims fought back, so we should be sure.

[As she drags the privacy screen over from the corpse viewing area:]

Usual rules. If you don't feel comfortable, use the screen, and you can have whoever you want look you over. Let's get this over with.

[unfriendliest]

[ no screen necessary for the sword with no shame! he strips in front of everyone, revealing a cut on his right forearm and other scrapes, and a large bruise over his shoulders, but they're over a week old and healing by now. otherwise nothing new. ]

[whitewalls]

[ she will go behind the screen...

anything she has is over a week old. her hands are dirty but she was picking up body parts. so.

actually she should go clean that this is gross goodbye ]

[specialdog]

[ Akane just. Stands there playing on her phone, being uncooperative, because she usually has Minato check her when he's, like, awake for trials. So. ]

[foodbin]

...Can I look you over, or would you prefer someone else?

[unfriendliest]

[ hm, sorry, that's not gonna fly today. ]

Akane. Emma can check for you, if you need someone.

[globs]

[ Cinnabar, after watching this go on for a minute or two, slips on their black gloves - then, approaching slowly, they reach out and grab one the wrist holding her phone. Firmly. They're made of rock and weigh about 1300 pounds - it's like getting trapped in a stone wall. ]

Do it, or I'll make you do it.

[leaberator]

[ wibbly-wobbly time says that axel's back solely so i can tag this before i forget all about it. ]

Feel like checking me out again?

[ this is clearly the time for jokes ]

[foodbin]

Always.

[please stop]

[blackcoats]

[ gross ]

[omegathree]

[It takes Val a while to strip because he's still covered in bandages from Tuesday.

If you want him to take off the bandages, somebody else will have to do it.

The cut on his leg has healed up.]

[foodbin]

Can I look underneath the bandages?

[nonbelligerent]

[...

well, shess doesn't need the privacy screen, like he hasn't in any previous trial, so here goes.

aside from his old cuts from his fun adventure with namine and some light burns on his hands that look like they're a couple days old, he's covered in makeshift bandages made from strips of cloth. they're a little sloppily wrapped, like they were done by someone who doesn't have a lot of experience with it? also, in the harder to reach places, like they were done by shess himself, so.

where they're falling loose, though, one can probably tell that they're wrapped around very recent cuts and burns.]

[foodbin]

...Um.

[bad?]

You want to tell us what happened...?

[globs]

[ once he's done, Cinnabar's poking over here, very apologetically - they don't meet his eyes. Someone still feels bad about the other day. ]

... Can I ask you?

[blackcoats]

[ this week, xion willingly goes behind the screen for anyone to check!

besides the decently-faded bruises from her fight with hisoka, she has a lot of scratches, mostly concentrated on her forearms and lower legs. ]

[televised]

[bends time and space to say she's back by the time this happens--

she doesn't have any obvious injuries, though.]

We're not asking them to turn over their pockets?

[forefall]

[ nebulous timelines aside....

Four only removes her outer layers of clothing behind a privacy screen.

There are no wounds on her arms or legs. The injury from however many weeks ago on her leg has been healed. ]

[moonprisonpower]

[ saix is also timey wimey to be here ]

[ he doesn't have any obvious new injuries ]

[twinsightful]

[Just staring tiredly from his place on the floor.]

Do I get a pass considering the circumstances? [His favs are dead, please have mercy.]

[unfriendliest]

No one is allowed a pass when there's still a corrupted alive. Go.

[foodbin]

[now that i was reminded she also needs to do this

She doesn't mind too much who looks her over, even though she does step behind the screen for whoever it is - but they'll find she's uninjured.]

[tothemaxwell]

[throwing this in here to confirm that Milla throws off all her clothes without hesitation, as per usual. drink it in, folks!!!!!

there's no injuries, though.]

[lionharts]

[ will strip behind a screen bc he's not a slut. there's nothing of note. maybe a few cat scratches, from the cat he's just literally carrying around. ]

[autocatalysis]

[ i

legitimately do not think julius has fully stripped once in a trial before this, god. anyway so he's using the screen, someone can handwave that someone's checking him and

one, his lower left leg is wrapped and bandaged, all that good stuff. you're supposed to immobilize/put pressure on avulsion type wounds, etc etc. technically speaking you're supposed to avoid using/stressing the limb for a while too, at least for the first little while, but guess who's been pulling a minato and hasn't been doing that since week 2. someone reinform him that you heal faster if you don't keep hauling yourself everywhere, smh.

two, he's got a fair amount of scratches, scrapes, etc, and scars? i refuse to believe that with the life he lives he came out of it with only the one burn scar on his left hand and the scar across his eyebrow, so i guess. yeah. scars.

the non-old scar injuries seem like they've been healing for a little while, though. nothing that's thursday night fresh, unfortunately. ]