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."

✩★✩

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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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.]

TALK TO LUNE

[cyclists]

[Lune appears to be wearing a very fancy hat atop their hood today, at least for the beginning of trial, and will beckon Naminé closer.

She gets a floral cowboy hat.

He will otherwise be present for answering questions about evidence.]

BODY INVESTIGATION

[cyclists]

[The bodies of Shirasu, Lili, Miki and Minato rest in glass coffins, the lids now removed. Please be specific about what your character is doing when they examine the body! "Taking a look," for example, will only yield what can be seen at first glance.]

LOCATION INVESTIGATION

[cyclists]

[For sake of organization, all areas being examined will be provided beneath this toplevel. A mod reply with the location in the header will be supplied to individual groups as the trial proceeds]

Minato

[omegathree]

[How's he looking?]

LILI

[televised]

[what's immediately apparent here?]

Shirasu

[foodbin]

[Let's examine a ninja!! Is there anything immediately obvious?]

[whitewalls]

[ she puts it on. ]

Thank you, Lune. You look great.

[nonbelligerent]

[well, to start things off.

when shess speaks, it's not through his tablet (which he doesn't seem to have on him, for that matter). everyone will hear a voice in their head—volume depending on proximity, like a normal sound—almost echoing. given that shess's mouth doesn't move, it might not be immediately obvious that it's coming from him, but it does sound like a male around his (apparent) age.

congrats, you all can hear sura speech now. enjoy.]

I used a talisman to stay awake during Thursday night. I checked the tents in the gateway world, including the large one—I didn't see anything.

But afterwards, when I headed towards the airship, it was already in the sky. It then exploded, raining burning debris and human remains. So, that's one area to investigate.

[also he brought miki's two pygmy puffs even though he isn't sure what to do with them, but it didn't feel right to just leave them alone for the duration of the trial? so they're, like. there.]

[cyclists]

[He's not.

There's a leg in there.]

[omegathree]

[.......... Are you saying there is only one leggy in this glass coffin?]

[foodbin]

...Gross.

[The human remains part, that is.]

But - at least we have a place to start.

[cyclists]

[Well, she's soaked to the bone. Water Tribe.

It also looks like her right leg is just barely hanging on, like it was nearly torn from her body, and she's laying oddly in the casket like her arms are bound behind her back.]

MIKI

[nonbelligerent]

[all right, what's immediately apparent about his dead partner.]

[cyclists]

[There is uno leggy in this glass coffin.

It's the left leg.

You know.

Minato's good leg.]

[whitewalls]

[ in her awesome cowboy hat ]

... thank you for doing that.

[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?

[omegathree]

[Okay that's. Great.

Is it still clothed?

Does it have a foot attached to it? Or is this just one leg.]

[nonbelligerent]

It would've been better if I could have actually done something, but you're welcome, I suppose.

[leaberator]

... Geez.

[ that's so. icky. and unnecessary. ]

[nonbelligerent]

That's one way of putting it.

[specialdog]

Better results than we'd gotten before, I guess.

[ Since she and Ookurikara both tried staying up and saw nothing. ]

[cyclists]

[He's moist.

But no really, he's a little damp.

Though it seems like he's suffered a stab wound in his abdomen, though a bit off to the side.

Also, neither of his legs are broken!]

[televised]

[Uh.

First thing's first, then. Her leg is barely hanging on, but is there indication on how it was torn off? North will specifically be looking for indicators of, uh, a shark attack. And if not that, then someone hulking out? Yikes.]

[nonbelligerent]

[he nods.]

It was likely Minato, going by the vision.