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

[forefall]

[ ... ]

I don't think everyone spilling blood will make a little girl feel likes she's not a bad girl.

[compendiem]

We won't be spilling blood... it's just a little stab. A little drip, at the most.

[hashtaghelping]

[




you know what, swift wind's going back to cinnabar to be a therapy pony]

[forefall]

[ she looks at him like he's daft. ]

The girl is scared. You will only make her more scared with that suggestion.

[compendiem]

What's so scary about it...?

[ He is daft. ]

[forefall]

[ ... ]

She doesn't understand death, but it looks like she understands what bleeding is. It doesn't paint a beautiful picture. It's still people getting hurt.

[compendiem]

[ ... ]

It doesn't hurt for a long time. And the bleeding stops. Asking her to do something like that... it doesn't feel right to do that without supporting her in some way.

[foodbin]

Letting her watch that happen when she's clearly terrified by blood isn't supporting her, dude!

[compendiem]

Then... what about how they do it in the hospital? Where one nurse distracts, and the other stabs?

[ He's talking about immunizations, or something. Maybe. ]

[foodbin]

Or maybe we could just not stab anyone! Jesus!

[compendiem]

[ Why are you always so concerned, Emma!!!!!! chill out ]

[omegathree]

[Hold on what?]

Are your medical practitioners stabbing you?

[compendiem]

Yes.

[moonprisonpower]

That seems counterproductive.

[ just saying. ]

[papawolf]

[ ...why the fuck are they stabbing you ]

[omegathree]

The medical field has changed since the last time I interacted with it.

[what the fuck.]

[foodbin]

...What?

[quailvering]

Minato... d- do you just happen to live in a really scary world?

[televised]

We don't have access to any needles.

[so. no distract and stabby.]

[foodbin]

Why is that your biggest problem with this plan?

[televised]

We need to confirm where the paint came from, anyway.

[compendiem]

We have pencils...

[liversandhyenas]

Can you stop saying 'stab'?!

[Because Mary is freaking out already, and you're not helping by yelling, Grim Eyes]

[compendiem]

Sorry... What's a good synonym for stab?

[forefall]

You could have asked her to do something else. The other avenue was her clothing.

[ but Four isn't out here to point fingers at a child even if it's looking increasingly bad for said child ]