WEEK FOUR: TRIAL

[cluedin]

WEEK FOUR: TRIAL

OCCUPANCY: 23

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 fifth 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

[burningrescue]

[He checked it.]

It's a match for Four.

[survivaltricks]

[nods]

Okay, so the footprint won't help us. Then we'll need to rely on the hair.

[burningrescue]

. . .

We should definitely match the hair. But also, something Phoenix said, back during the trial when there were three murders. At the end of the day, we need to catch the monster, right?

So if we're starting to think the person who did this was a human. . .

[survivaltricks]

[sharply, curtly, gaze narrowing]

A human who might have willingly killed someone else over the motive that everyone kept saying was fake. A human who set up a shitty knife trap and chose their victim with a homemade die.

Even if we don't vote for them, we need to find out who they are.

[madburnout]

We tried to warn people, over and over . . .

[survivaltricks]

[a deep breath to calm himself]

We did.

[and if killing people just makes the house stronger then B(]

[B(!!!]

[burningrescue]

[His eyes narrow right back.]

I agree we have to find that person. But I haven't once voted for anybody here because I thought they were a bad person, or because they were the person I liked least. These trials are bullshit, and the only reason to vote in them is they're the only way we have to stop a monster from killing again.

As for whoever is a human and killed somebody, then they should go to jail. But I'm not the police or a judge or anything! None of us are! We're just people in a monster house that's eating us, and the only thing we have is that we're supposed to stick together!

[survivaltricks]

[DEEP BREATHES, KURUSU. . . DEEP BREATHS]

I'm not saying they're a bad person, either. [although, like. . . he is definitely pissed off at them] I'm not saying we have to find them to judge them, just that we need to find them so we know to keep an eye on them later on.

So they don't kill again.

[and make the house stronger by doins o]

[infire]

You sound so certain that you could stop them. How do you plan to do that, when locks apparently make no difference once we've fallen asleep?

[survivaltricks]

I'd at least want to try.

[the sisters gave them restraints when they were searching for Meltryllis, so! maybe!!]

[recrypt]

Locks don't. Restraints might.

[ and before anyone says something about ethics, or easy targets, or would they have to do that for an entire week- ]

Of course, that isn't necessarily the best solution- but we would have to argue for quite a white before we settled on some avenue of compromise.

[disreguarded]

[ beau is here with phoenix's hat on, hey. ]

No, I agree with you, Akira. We won't vote for them, but we need to know.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . nods at Beau]

That's my stance, too.

[brokethefirst]

Right. He's not saying we have to vote for that person, Galo... but that doesn't make ignoring their actions over finding the monster a reasonable decision, either.

[survivaltricks]

. . . yes. That's it.

[he's relieved that other people know where he's coming from]

Nobody gets a free pass to kill just because the monsters take priority.

[burningrescue]

I know. I agree we have to find them. Just - monster has to take priority. Right?

[oathic]

I think you're all on the same page, to be honest. Emotions just getting to everyone.

[disreguarded]

Yeah, the monster takes priority. [ her mask flashes red. ] But it'd be good to know who willingly killed someone. Just in case.

[survivaltricks]

[he nods]

Yeah. They do. I agree with that.

[so. same page]

[shortforever]

Yeah, and all of this is really doing an awesome job of convincing them to fess up and save time.

[madburnout]

And are you going to do that or not?

[shortforever]

No.

[>T]

[survivaltricks]

[his gaze snaps at Chuuya, eyes flashing]

We've been here for a few hours and they haven't said anything yet. And they're the person who willingly chose a victim and killed them. They've got to understand that people would be pissed about that decision.

[shortforever]

Maybe people would do better to understand that there's plenty of time to figure out the why and how of that murder, but only three hours to catch whoever got infected and did all of that to Phoenix.

[unanswering]

[man people get pissed about self-defense, nevermind targeting someone on purpose]