week seven: trial

[cyclists]

Week Seven: Trial
9 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, Squall, Kaoru, Grim Eyes and Milla'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 less this week, looking back at Lune for a moment before they square their shoulders and face the participants again.

"It's going to be harder this week than last, especially with so few of you. But I'll be handling things today, so...please ask for whatever you need. I'll do my best."

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the seventh 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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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]

[unfriendliest]

Can we check the fire area?

[televised]

I'll be going with him.

[this is a terrible squad.]

[cyclists]

Sure, but....which one?

[unfriendliest]

[ oh. duh. ]

...The normal one, outside the gateway?

[ he's just guessing is that right ]

[foodbin]

Can Shess and I head out to the forest area in the gateway?

[cyclists]

Fine by me.

GATEWAY FOREST;

[cyclists]

[Sol turns and heads out of the meeting hall toward the gateway opening, the sun still high in the sky. Though as they enter the edge of it, they will raise a hand from their robe, two fingers extended. The tips of them glow with a dark fire, and Sol will move their hands in a counter-clockwise circle. It's a bit clumsier than Lune's movements in weeks prior, but it seems to have the desired effect.

As they do this, the area in front of them will seem to rewind. They'll watch the color of the sky change from bright and then return to the darkness that cased over everything on Thursday evening.

A glance back to their exploring party and Sol will incline their head to gesture forward:]

Search as far as you can. [As they enter the area though, they'll see that this forest sure is wreckt, immediately obvious thanks to the gouges and indents in the ground and the trees knocked to the side carelessly.]

[foodbin]

...Well, that's not great.

[In they go, though, to examine some of the damage more closely. For her part, she's going to look over the trees - are they completely knocked over? How large are the marks on them?]

[nonbelligerent]

[shess will take a look at the gouges in the ground, then.]

GATEWAY CITY;

[cyclists]

[Sol turns and heads out of the meeting hall toward the gateway opening, the sun still high in the sky. Though as they enter the edge of it, they will raise a hand from their robe, two fingers extended. The tips of them glow with a dark fire, and Sol will move their hands in a counter-clockwise circle. It's a bit clumsier than Lune's movements in weeks prior, but it seems to have the desired effect.

As they do this, the area in front of them will seem to rewind. They'll watch the color of the sky change from bright and then return to the darkness that cased over everything on Thursday evening.

A glance back to their exploring party and Sol will incline their head to gesture forward:]

Good luck. [Because as soon as they enter, they'll see that several of the buildings are still on fire and the battlefield is a mess. Where first?]

[unfriendliest]

[ hm. bad.

kara is going to take a look around the battlefield first to see what, exactly, they can find. maybe there's some indication of where milla went...? does the debris lead anywhere or what ]

[televised]

[... JESUS. Watch this somehow be where someone else died.

North will be glancing around the battlefield, as well, looking for any hint as to what the heckie happened here. Is there any blood to be seen? Or footsteps of any kind?]

FIRE REGION;

[cyclists]

[[Sol turns and heads out of the meeting hall toward the gateway opening, the sun still high in the sky. Though as they enter the edge of it, they will raise a hand from their robe, two fingers extended. The tips of them glow with a dark fire, and Sol will move their hands in a counter-clockwise circle. It's a bit clumsier than Lune's movements in weeks prior, but it seems to have the desired effect.

As they do this, the area in front of them will seem to rewind. They'll watch the color of the sky change from bright and then return to the darkness that cased over everything on Thursday evening.

A glance back to their exploring party and Sol will incline their head to gesture forward:]

You don't have to go that far. [As they step through, they'll see a few stray footprints leading along a path.]

[unfriendliest]

[ kara isn't expecting a lot, after what sol said, but. once he sees the path, he's following it immediately. where are we going? is there anything else of note around the footprints? ]

[foodbin]

[She glances at the footprints as well, frowning slightly.]

VILLAGE, EARLIER;

[cyclists]

[Sol turns and heads out of the meeting hall toward the gateway opening, the sun still high in the sky. Though as they enter the edge of it, they will raise a hand from their robe, two fingers extended. The tips of them glow with a dark fire, and Sol will move their hands in a counter-clockwise circle. It's a bit clumsier than Lune's movements in weeks prior, but it seems to have the desired effect.

As they do this, the area in front of them will seem to rewind. They'll watch the color of the sky change from bright and then return to the darkness that cased over everything on Thursday evening.

A glance back to their exploring party and Sol will incline their head to gesture forward:] This should be fast. [Immediately, they'll see a trail of footprints leading out of the village, but they seem to be coming from Milla's house.]

[leaberator]

[ well. time to go to milla's house? ]

This strikes me as a bit... unnecessary. [ since they know. val did it ] Could it be that he lead her out?

[televised]

Could be. It's still better to confirm that we're not missing anything, though. Even if what we find is redundant.

[Are the footprints the only thing out here? North glances around as she follows Lea, making sure there's nothing else that's odd. Are all the houses alright? Is the shark visible from here?]

VILLAGE, LATER;

[cyclists]

[Sol turns and heads out of the meeting hall toward the gateway opening, the sun still high in the sky. Though as they enter the edge of it, they will raise a hand from their robe, two fingers extended. The tips of them glow with a dark fire, and Sol will move their hands in a counter-clockwise circle. It's a bit clumsier than Lune's movements in weeks prior, but it seems to have the desired effect.

As they do this, the area in front of them will seem to rewind. They'll watch the color of the sky change from bright and then return to the darkness that cased over everything on Thursday evening.

A glance back to their exploring party and Sol will incline their head to gesture forward:] Here you go. [And from here, they will see something shattered in the distance.]

[nonbelligerent]

[well.

time to head towards that something.]

[foodbin]

[She's heading that way with him, though she's going to look around to see if there's anything else notable on the way as they walk.]

GATEWAY FOREST 2;

[cyclists]

[Sol turns and heads out of the meeting hall toward the gateway opening, the sun still high in the sky. Though as they enter the edge of it, they will raise a hand from their robe, two fingers extended. The tips of them glow with a dark fire, and Sol will move their hands in a counter-clockwise circle. It's a bit clumsier than Lune's movements in weeks prior, but it seems to have the desired effect.

As they do this, the area in front of them will seem to rewind. They'll watch the color of the sky change from bright and then return to the darkness that cased over everything on Thursday evening.

A glance back to their exploring party and Sol will incline their head to gesture forward:]

Stick together, and don't fall into any trees? [He wordlessly steps aside after that and leaves them in the wide open forest near where the trail stops. Where to, friends?]

[unfriendliest]

[ welp. whichever direction the trail was heading in before it stopped, kara heads straight there. he's keeping his eyes open for anything resembling the toy ferrari namine had before.

is there anything else to be seen? broken branches, maybe the toy itself, or another wheel...? ]

Keep your eyes open.

[whitewalls]

[ she nods

she walks a little ahead of him while he searches more thoroughly, in case anything pops up up ahead ]