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

goodbye earth theory

[nonbelligerent]

According to Sol, two air-aligned powers were used during the incident.

[whitewalls]

So... no one controlled the animal?

[ huh ]

[nonbelligerent]

It seems that theory has hit a dead end.

[papawolf]

[ dead end ]

[blackcoats]

Sol confirmed that no earth powers were used.

[specialdog]

It's hard to just guess which one it was out of nothing... So maybe we can figure out which ones it wasn't to start?

[nonbelligerent]

Bird's Eye doesn't seem relevant. I doubt it was Head In The Clouds either, as I don't see how that would compel a creature to kill in this case, and Tsurumaru was still of sound enough mind to defend himself.

[compendiem]

Bird's Eye could be useful... If there's a way to provoke and anger the bear from afar, it could be coupled with a bird's eye view of the area to drive it towards Tsurumaru.

[specialdog]

That Crush one... There wasn't any sign of him choking or anything, right? What about burning, like if it was the lightning one? [ she hasn't looked at the body, because gross. ]

Maybe they riled up the bear and then... Turned invisible, or flew away, so that it would attack someone else? Or scared it with loud thunder?

[compendiem]

[ "Head In The Clouds - The ability to turn anyone of the user's choice into an airhead, causing them to be lacksidasical, unfocused and flighty."

The sleepwalking theory still stands. ]

[foodbin]

Does anyone know if Tsurumaru was aligned with Air?

[wagashis]

Or what his own ability was, for that matter.

[where's his partner and bf for this, tbh]

It's possible no one was made aware, but if they are...

[globs]

Oh.

[ weird. ]

... We don't have a directory of who can do what, right? Or how many people are in each group...

[papawolf]

[ Writes on a piece of paper!

Ask? ]

[globs]

... Someone else should do it...

[ they're shy!! they don't want to talk to the whole group ]

[daibanana]

Were there?

... Is there anyway for us to know who controls what element? That would narrow down suspects.

[papawolf]

Could lie.

[daibanana]

True. Unless there's a reliable way to make everyone demonstrate their power, we'll reach a dead end again.

[specialdog]

What if we start having meetings at the beginning of the week where each of us shows off our power? That way we always know exactly what anyone could do and no one can hide it.

[daibanana]

That's an idea. Though everyone would have to agree to it.

[leaberator]

[ he hadn't thought it was earth, but... ]

One of them must've been Tsurumaru's, then, right?

[nonbelligerent]

Unless numerous people were involved in his death, then yes.

[leaberator]

You think the corruption can affect more than one person at once?

[ that's a problematic thought ]

[blackcoats]

—because he used his to defend himself?

[leaberator]

Unless two people were working together, yeah, he must've.