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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[Anyway since i hate myself -

Everyone in a nearby vicinity (except brilith and agni because they're off dying) will get this

and luna will turn an amusing shade of red]

[w]

[??????]

[IS NOW THE TIME FOR THIS MANSION!!!]

[giving Luna a slightly bewildered look??]

[THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THE TIME FOR THIS??????????????]

[???!!!?!?!!!!]

[. . . FROWNS DEEPLY!! his brow furrows as his hand moves to his own collarbone, and as those warm feelings dissipate and are replaced with his own distaste for a lack of agency, he. . . makes a questioning noise]

[the warmth is completely dissonant with the rest of that memory]

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[She'll catch that motion of his hand, that look on his face.

...

Ah.

Her face is still colored and she looks like she wants to like. Die on the spot. But she shakes her head, very obviously flustered.

She should... probably talk to him about this later.]

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[ Well, that's something. Hm.

You wander your way through the halls, your mind your own but not, as though guided by another's hand. You don't question it. It's always been like this.

She hates it. She hates it, thanks! ]

[you're welcome for the trauma

luna just looks like she wants to expire on the spot]

[ cool, because while Luna's expiring unfortunately she's also going to get the disembodied echos of a girl's voice, not 45's, spoken as if it were part of her dying will, free to play over the top of the dulcet sounds of whatever other shenanigans we're normally have going on during trials.

no warmfuzzies allowed. ]