subdivided | week six: trial

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."

✩★✩

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!

main navigation.

locations ✧ powers ✧ profiles
private conversations ✧ audiences ✧ faq

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ ... geez ]

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

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

Yeah. It's the obvious answer.

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

[ ugh, how annoying ]

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

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

Perhaps they thought Cinnabar would be an easy target.

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

But they broke easily.

They could glue themselves back together, though.

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

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

That's not what I meant. How many pieces would you even have to break them into for them to be completely gone? Especially since we're not looking at someone corrupted...

[ he shakes his head ]

It's brutal.

[ this is gonna be hilarious when the corpse results go up ]

They were a rock, but they were still a living being. Hit the right spot, and even they would have gone down instantly. Haven't met anyone who doesn't have a weakness like that.