week six: trial

[cyclists]

Week Six: Trial
14 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, Julius and Cinnabar'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. They hesitate, looking back at Lune for a moment before they square their shoulders and face the participants again.

"Lune's going to be here to supervise, but I'll be the one taking care of things today. I know things have been kinda tough, but…trust your instincts and ask for whatever you need. I'll do my best."

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the sixth trial!

Things will proceed as normal, but for this trial and the next all NPC interactions will be via Sol while Dana is out of town! This means questions and locations will be handled by them.

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

dead corrupted

[nonbelligerent]

[ANYWAY]

Sol has confirmed that all previous corrupted have been purified.

... Which means our corrupted from last week is among the victims this time.

[leaberator]

[ ... geez ]

If we consider the top thingy for evidence, I guess that means Julius?

[whitewalls]

... mm. Since Cinnabar didn't set it off at all.

[leaberator]

Yeah. It's the obvious answer.

[unfriendliest]

He was a match for the footprints found around the house Shirasu was kept, too.

[ ugh, how annoying ]

[leaberator]

[ oh are they talking. well it is trial day ]

Yeah. But then that leaves us the question of... why Cinnabar?

[nonbelligerent]

Perhaps they thought Cinnabar would be an easy target.

[foodbin]

Really? It seems like it would be tough to take down someone as heavy as they are.

[nonbelligerent]

But they broke easily.

[leaberator]

They could glue themselves back together, though.

[ he is kind of wondering what the fuck the body looks like ]

[nonbelligerent]

Like they could do that while someone was busy trying to kill them?

[unfriendliest]

They said they break easily, enough that they can't even wield a weapon.

[televised]

I saw them lose a leg to a trap during the same week as the war. They might've been heavy, but they were pretty fragile.

[foodbin]

...And I guess most people would have known that, if their leg came off right out in the open.

[She sighs.]

[televised]

Which made them the perfect target for an easy kill.

[televised]

Someone must have followed up on that, then, and reached the same conclusion.

[specialdog]

Then shouldn't whoever did it just step forward so we can move on? Or are we just going to decide we don't care?

[blackcoats]

[ even though she was corrupted at the time, she still looks away with guilt written on her face at akane's words. ]

[nonbelligerent]

Mm... it would be nice if they would, but the fact remains that if we can't figure out any other killers, they could face retaliation or at least be up for vote.

Many people would prefer not to take that risk.

[specialdog]

Coward.

[ Whoever it is. ]

[nonbelligerent]

Perhaps so.

... How are you holding up, Akane?

[specialdog]

I'm fine.

[ She's very not! ]

[nonbelligerent]

... There are still people here who care about you. Please remember that.

[specialdog]

You don't need to lie to make me feel better. I said I'm fine.

[nonbelligerent]

It isn't a lie, but all right.