WEEK ZERO TRIAL

[cyclists]

Week Zero: Trial
31 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 a glass box perfectly centered before the benches in the room. Now that the trial is in session, Tsurumaru's coffin is open, and his body will be available for examination.

Lune and Sol are seated in their thrones, patiently waiting for the last participant to settle. Before Lune gets a chance to speak, Sol draws everyone's attention.

"Yesterday…something really bad happened. The instability of the core has manifested into something bigger than we thought, and it's hidden among us. Today, it'll be your job to find it, and determine what to do with it."

They gesture to the open space between them and the participants then.

"Lune and I will help you as much as we can. But the final decision is yours and yours alone."

With that said, they settle back in their seat.

"Oh. And you have nine hours…let's get going."

Incidentally, anyone who did not dance with their partner during Wednesday's party will soon find that they are now sharing a new article of clothing. Congratulations.

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the first 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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Comments

Regarding the Body

[omegathree]

[Calmly after he's stepped away from the body,]

Whatever attacked Tsurumaru didn't have a weapon. His torso has been torn open with claw and teeth marks and that seems to be the primary mode of harm the attacker used.

His right arm is nearly detached, but it's the only limb that was left in that condition. It's likely that he was fighting off whatever was attacking him with that arm.

There are also some claw and bite marks on his legs, though nothing as severe as what happened to his upper body.

[leaberator]

So what you're saying is... he had a seriously bad time?

[ can we get a yikes ]

[papawolf]

[ just a seriously bad time? ]

[leaberator]

[ HE COPES WITH HUMOR ]

[omegathree]

That's one way to phrase it.

[A very mild way of saying it, but sure. Lea's not wrong.]

[leaberator]

[ yes it sure was ]

Unless someone here's a doctor, there's no way to know for sure when he bit it, right?

[ maybe he died... before... most of the mauling...... ]

[autocatalysis]

Is that what we're calling it now.

[leaberator]

[ yes? he studiously ignores the callout post ]

[papawolf]

[ ???

it does make him think of the hyena guy though ]

[omegathree]

Do you have something you'd like to contribute?

[papawolf]

[ He starts to try to mime it, and then remembers partially through he has a paper in his hands.

Cheeks are just going to go red for a second as he acts like he's clearing his throat and then he writes.

Hyena? ]

[nonbelligerent]

[adding to that—]

There was animal fur and saliva on his clothes as well, but no indication of anything human. While I doubt he was just attacked by a random animal, it does seem that he fought a creature of some sort.

[omegathree]

I doubt any normal animal would have a reason to maul him so severely.

[autocatalysis]

[ additionally: ]

Not everyone here is humanoid.

[ might as well get it out there!! consensus is that it was a bear, probably, but!! ]

[televised]

Then let's figure out what, exactly, attacked him, and work our way down from there.

[twinsightful]

Isn't it a little weird that it's only the top half that was really damaged to such severity?

[omegathree]

I don't know much about animal mauling, but I do think it's odd. You'd think they'd go after the whole body instead of doing this.

[compendiem]

Is it weird...? When you fight, your arms and face are at most risk for damage. Could just be that.

[liversandhyenas]

[Guess who does know about animal mauling]

Not really. Going for the head and chest is the best way to end it quickly. Limbs are attacked only if the prey is fighting back, and even then any self-respecting hunter would try to end it as fast as possible instead of having a long fight.

[Granted, looks like what she knows is skewed because, well, she's a hunter and not a wild animal, but still, she also speaks from what she knows from real feral animal attacks]

[coastal]

[as everyone just tells kaoru he's wrong about animal mauling

lili will

pat his shoulder

he tried]

[papawolf]

[ Just going to write Hide something? ]

[quailvering]

I- I- It must have been a monster! There really are monsters! I don't want to get eaten!

[nonbelligerent]

[... oh dear.

he's just going to bend down and gently pat kazuaki. there, there. please don't panic.]

[compendiem]

[ Minato crouches down beside him. ]

I won't let you get eaten. Kazuaki, can you... [ pull yourself together] ...talk with other animals?

[globs]

[ a sigh. they're standing a little far from the group. ]

Isn't it obvious that he was killed by some kind of big animal? I don't understand why we're looking for a culprit among us at all...