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

[twinsightful]

[He's going to just stare at her for a moment, arms loosely folded across his chest.]

...how long did you both know?

[forefall]

[ She giggles, off-kilter. She's not okay. ]

Hee hee... Why the fuck does that matter now?

[twinsightful]

It kind of matters to me, all things considered. [It's fine, he does not give enough fucks to be polite.]

[forefall]

Why should I care what matters to you?

[ She giggles. ]

I hope you all die. I hope whoever's left corrupted MURDERS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

[twinsightful]

[..there's a thin smile.]

And this precisely why I no longer feel sorry for you. Tomorrow should be fun.

[And tomorrow can't come fast enough.]

[forefall]

[ She laughs. ]

Is it going to FUN for you? What do you think is fun? I hope you rot with all you don't know.

[twinsightful]

[It's fine.]

I know a lot more than you think I do. But I suppose the question is...how much do you not know? [He should stop baiting her. And yet here we are.]

[forefall]

I know. Did you know? Miki and I talked about how you always want to seem more clueless than you are.

[ She laughs. ]

I hope the partner person saves you, so you don't get to talk to her.

[ BITCH. ]

[twinsightful]

...better than being clueless as you're proving to be, isn't it? [That landed a hit, and he's not thrilled, but he smirks lightly.]

You could have tried to save them and you didn't bother. And that alone is despicable.

[forefall]

Miki tried so hard to use the binds. She tried so, sooooo hard.

[ She laughs. ]

[twinsightful]

And you didn't do a damn thing to help her. Either of them. Why?

[forefall]

[ Her laughter peters off, but she still has something like a smile on her lips. ]

What do you think is help? Hm?

[twinsightful]

Not letting her be the only one to handle Lili, for one. If you were helping, why is she the one who fell in the water with her?

[forefall]

[ Her face twists. ]

What kind of powers do you think I HAVE? Can you run across ice that's being broken by the ocean and grab hold of two people at once?

[ SHE'S BITTER AT BEING POWER NERFED. FUCK OFF. ]

[twinsightful]

Earth powers? [...] You were the one approaching horses in the woods, Four. You couldn't think of how to deter a shark? Or were you making things up back then?

Even if I couldn't do anything, at least I would have tried. That's still more than I can say for you.

[forefall]

I brought Miki back to shore because I thought there was a chance, but—

Think whatever you want. I'll be dead tomorrow.