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

[wildc4rd]

It's hard to judge... [Or maybe he's full of shit.] It was pretty far. There were bear tracks, and then Ookurikara and I followed the blood into the woods more. A long trail of it until we found the sword and a tree--

Oh.

[Recognition blooms across his face.] I just remembered... [He pulls out the piece of fabric.] This was up in a tree with a broken branch.

It must have slipped my mind. ♦

[papawolf]

[nonbelligerent]

[liversandhyenas]

How far up the tree?

[That sounds a bit important]

[wildc4rd]

It was pretty far. I had to climb to get it down.

[liversandhyenas]

So whoever was wearing whatever that fabric came from was high on a tree? Maybe it was the guy who died.

[Climbing trees to escape from bears is a misguided plan. She wouldn't be surprised if that's what happened]

[wildc4rd]

Hmm. He could have changed, but... He only wore white most of the time.

[forefall]

[ ... ]

Did it really? [ She breathes out a strained sigh. ] That seems to be important.

[wildc4rd]

It really did. It's so light and thin, like a feather. I almost forgot.

[forefall]

[ ... ]

I'm glad you remembered it now instead of never. Will you go to the Lune with it, or may I take it so I can do it?

[wildc4rd]

[He leaves and then returns with the identified cloth now that it isn't pitch black in the woods.]

Brown. [He's pulling it between his hands gently to playfully stretch it.] It got caught on the branch. Someone was up pretty high. ♠

[forefall]

[ She squints at it.

Here is where I have to question if Four knows what tights are despite her outfit. ]

Would that be from the culprit?

[wildc4rd]

Perhaps. My wife wore only white. He'd never wear this.

[maybe]

[televised]

[hisoka tried maybe (no)]

[leaberator]

[blackcoats]

[globs]

[ oh. ]

What kind of idiot... [ SIGH!! filing hisoka under "stupid" now. ] This must match the clothes someone here has. Right?

[wildc4rd]

[hee hee]

It should. ♠

[He tugs on each side of the fabric at Cinnabar gently, stretching it.]

[globs]

[ it's a good thing all the other gems are also fucking weirdos so they're not fazed by hisoka being weird that much ]

Then let's check it with everyone. It's possible it won't match what someone is wearing now, since so many of you changed clothes, and you can get more clothes out of the boutique, but maybe we can get an idea of what it came from and who might wear it. The horse is innocent, at least...

[ because he's NAKED!! indecent. ]

[wildc4rd]

Horses wear saddles.

[hashtaghelping]

Not this horse! I stomp on saddles. They're tools of oppression!

[televised]

[you know what

horse rights are REAL]

[globs]

It never wears anything.

[ they don't know what a saddle is either, god help me cinnabar doesn't know what anything fucking is ]

... Except today, it has a shirt on... but I think that's because of the one with blue hair.

[hashtaghelping]

[bless you for proclaiming his innocence, rock friend]

[globs]

...

[ they look like they're going to ask something, but they don't. It would be embarrassing to ask why he's never wearing clothes... ]