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week five: trial
Week Five: Trial
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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!
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."
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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This is where my best led me.
[ Curling her fingers around the flower's stem, she lets her hand drop to her side. ]
There's no safety for me, here or anywhere else, and I doubt my suffering will end even when you kill me.
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Perhaps not in this life, perhaps not in the next if you do not believe it possible - but in another life, I hope that you are able to find the shelter and care that you seek. That you have earned.
[Lune's other hand reaches out to lightly brush against the back of hers, his tone growing warmer.]
Even when you were fearful - you always took my hand. Thank you for that.
[A shame, that it wasn't enough.]
May I ask you to close your eyes?
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[ As if her anger would dissipate with her impending doom, as if she wouldn't remember what didn't get solved, as if she wouldn't point out how everyone fucking sucks in her dying moments. ]
You told me you'd stay by my side if that's what I wanted, but—
[ Does she want to be wrong? Does she want Lune's warmth? She shakes her head. ]
I should have expected it to end this way. It's so stupid.
[ Her voice becomes soft and scared. She's always been afraid to die.
She closes her eyes. ]
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[It's a brief moment where Lune will lean down, their hood coming closer to Four's head. Even those who bother to draw nearer to the stage will only hear the faintest murmur of something said to her.
And then a moment where the hood dips down just a bit more, as the mouth hidden beneath presses the briefest of kisses to her forehead.
Before Four dies, she'll receive a memory.
In her mind's eye and heart, she'll feel ready to share a happy time with her loved ones. A moment where she feels entirely cared for and doted on, with nothing but warmth awaiting her.
She had told Lune her heart's greatest treasure, after all.
In the seconds after, while the emotion still lingers, Lune will conjure a sword in their hand to impale her through the head - through the eye socket, cutting precisely into her skull to end her life as instantaneously as possible.]
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Her heart's greatest treasure has never been real, but if this one moment, this one memory before her death could be—
Tears collect along her eyelashes and fall just as the sword pierces her through the eye, a smile almost finding its way to her lips in time. She chokes on an unvoiced scream just as the blade hits her brain.
Four is dead. ]