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

[coastal]

[time to go.

lili will be the one to lead the way probably, because she's the keeper of the chicken coop while kara's gone apparently??]

Bob-chan is the one with the cowboy hat. That's the one Tsurumaru was closest to, but he met Kazakiri before...

[well. you know.]

They're mostly friendly.

[supposedly bob-chan pecked tsuru but it's. fine.]

[quailvering]

.............. cowboy hat?

[what has he missed- you know, ok, he's fine missing it]

[compendiem]

Cute...

[ He has nothing else to add, he's just glad for birds ]

[alitaba]

[ Futaba's only here to witness this for herself. But she does have paper judge ruffs for everyone?? When did she have the time to make those??? ]

So does one bawk mean yes, and two mean no?

[coastal]

Tsurumaru gave it to him. Kazakiri is the one with the helmet.

[it's

a pretty distinct helmet

but she'll go to pick up bob-chan to bring her over closer to kazuaki,,]

[preowned]

[ bob-chan, who is definitely a girl despite everyone except lili calling her a boy

looks around

what's happening


you guys are lucky i don't have access to photoshop/no icon space or else i'd have a chicken icon rn ]

[quailvering]

[...................]

Um, hello! Can, um, I ask you some questions... Bob-chan-san?

[compendiem]

[ Minato gives Kazuaki an encouraging thumbs up, and then waits to count the number of bawks Bob-chan gives them. ]

[coastal]

[lili will just

watch this happen unfortunately

she seems to have chilled out since now she's holding a cute chicken]

[preowned]

[ bob-chan-san bawks

twice ]

[compendiem]

[ ): ]

Maybe we should've given him more time to grieve...

[coastal]

Sshh. Don't make her feel obligated.

[alitaba]

[ .......hm ]

Maybe we need .... [ what do chickens eat?? ] bird seed?

[coastal]

I fed her earlier but... we can try.

[quailvering]

... A- Are they refusing to testify?!

[coastal]

Don't act like Bob-chan knows any better than the rest of us for certain...

[lili will just gently adjust her hold on bob-chan]

Bob-chan, are you hungry?

[preowned]

[ bob-chan bawks




three times ]

[coastal]

[she looks up to

stare at everyone else present

your code was useless, punks]

[alitaba]

What does three mean?!

[compendiem]

Bob-chan eats human flesh, [ Minato whispers helpfully from behind Lili. Just in case she doesn't have birdseed. ]

[quailvering]

What!?

[coastal]

[SHE STEPS ON HIS FOOT]

[compendiem]

[ OKAY HE'S SHUTTING UP ]

[alitaba]

I'm glad you're volunteering

[preowned]

[ ONE BAWK ]