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Subdivided Mods ([personal profile] cyclists) wrote in [community profile] subdivided2019-07-13 01:17 am

week five: trial

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!

globs: (where everything i liked)

FIRE AREA

[personal profile] globs 2019-07-13 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh god, they have to announce again. Cinnabar's misery just barely outweighs their anxiety at the moment, so they're not as petrified-looking as they were before, but... they're still looking extremely uncomfortable. They pull some dirt out of their pocket and set it on the table. What the fuck? Closer inspection will reveal there are flecks of glitter in Cinnabar's pocket dirt. ]

... There were pieces of him in the fire area... along with these shiny flecks. There was a trail of both going up to the volcano... but once it got there, the remains stopped, and the glittering dust headed off towards the farmlands.

[ a beat. ]

... Whatever was left of Minato might have been thrown there. Into the lava. Um... that's all.

[ although they fidget, looking like it might not actually be everything they want to say?! but that's all they've got on the fire area. ]
foodbin: (pic#13146266)

[personal profile] foodbin 2019-07-13 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Noticing that fidgeting:]

Is there something else?
globs: (in the waves ive lost every trace of you)

[personal profile] globs 2019-07-13 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
... I've been feeding the shark.
televised: (140)

[personal profile] televised 2019-07-13 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
About the trail... I thought it might have been made purposefully at first, but the more I looked at it? The more it felt like the pieces were accidentally dropped than anything else. If we're right about most [???] of Minato getting thrown in the volcano, that means his killer got sloppy while transporting the pieces.

[...]

That, or they were just covered in his remains and shit kept sliding off them.

[ONE POSSIBILITY IS GROSSER THAN THE OTHER.]
Edited 2019-07-13 21:02 (UTC)
globs: (darkness has surrounded baltimore bay)

[personal profile] globs 2019-07-13 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't understand why they even bothered. They probably just wanted us to waste time running all over like this...
televised: (048)

[personal profile] televised 2019-07-13 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably. Or maybe there was something they wanted to obscure by going overboard, but... It's still fucking obnoxious.
globs: (you have lost your way)

[personal profile] globs 2019-07-13 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm going to go follow the glitter powder.

[ it's probably a wild goose chase, but they need to at least check. ]

If anyone else wants to come... just don't get in the way.
unfriendliest: (down to business)

[personal profile] unfriendliest 2019-07-13 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll go.

[ presumably this is after the power discussion ]