WEEK THREE: TRIAL

[cluedin]

WEEK THREE: TRIAL

OCCUPANCY: 26

Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey.

Despite the events of the day before, when you wake up on Saturday it almost feels as though nothing is out of place. Breakfast is still served at 7am on the spot, the house is still peaceful, and yet the distinct feeling that something isn't quite right continues to follow you wherever you go.

It soon becomes obvious that today is a different kind of day. One by one, all of you will begin to feel the urge to return to the ballroom where this event began. Try as you might, you'll find that these feelings can't be easily ignored despite your best efforts. Should you find yourself still resisting by 11:55am, a strong unseen force will guide you straight into the ballroom.

When all have gathered in the room, the doors will lock behind you at 12pm sharp. The feast table has been set to provide guests with hors d'oeuvres and beverages, but that's not all. In the center of this table rests a large wooden box and two baskets of crayons and notecards.

And of course, seated in front of the wall of profile plaques are your three lovely hosts. Peach, Plum and Pumpkin wait patiently for all to gather before drawing attention.

"Someone here is a murderer," they say, pointing up at the plaque of the house rules.

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the fourth trial!

We'll go over a few notes briefly as we will be playing this trial a bit differently than other games.

While there was a mini-investigation on Friday, today is the day participants can really dive in to investigate areas in the game setting, check over the body and review evidence that they find! Please see the toplevels in this post for more information. To help with the ease of the trial and for IC mechanics, only one location may be visited at a time. One of your hosts 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. Please also be sure to read the voting page carefully, as we're trying a fun new bonus mechanic this game!

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Comments

[unanswering]

[it's fine, he'll help lift the shirt despite his. arm injuries etc, THEY'RE BOTH FINE.]

We might need to undo these, just to be sure, but- we can have them re-wrapped.

[goldpeony]

This is annoying.

[He sort of hmphs, but doesn't resist the lifted shirt other than the faces he makes when he has to shift or move. His ears do get a little red. It looks like the bandages cover his left shoulder mostly and then the claw-like gash on his upper back.]

[unanswering]

[he's gonna do his best to help get them undone, now that they have Assistance, and double-check to make sure they're the same injuries he knows jin ling had! and also help to re-bandage.]

[goldpeony]

[They seem to be the same injuries he got in the break-in. The gash on the back, the arrows to the shoulder, the bruise on the chest, too.

And him poor handsies.]

[unanswering]

[his poor handsies...

nie huaisang passes him the last couple painkillers from his stolen bottle once they're done.]

Nothing new. You should be fine, young master Jin.

[he understands thoroughness but he is not asking jin ling to remove his pants. it ain't gonna be him.]

[goldpeony]

[He shakes his head and doesn't reach out to accept the painkillers.]

I'm fine. [Stubbornly. Very Zixuan of him.] You keep them in case, Sect Leader Nie.