WEEK 3 TRIAL

[probe]

POPULATION: 25

Rise and shine, little sinners. Did you rest well? Hope you weren't too perturbed by the events of the day before. Things seem to be perfectly normal throughout your morning, but at 12pm, everyone will receive a mass text message to their phone.

goood morning! come join us in the conference room when you're ready!

Whether you agree or disagree, soon you will find yourself physically moving toward the conference room on the bottom floor, filing into the room and taking a seat in one of the vacant chairs. Two metal boxes sit at the end of each table along with a collection of pens and colored notecards. At the head of the room, Lust, Pride, Envy and Gluttony patiently wait as the TV above them displays a message.

Victims: Omi Fushimi, Ashiya Douman

Once the last participant enters the room, the door will swing closed behind them and lock them inside.

Lust is at the table and seems to be finishing a topcoat on their nails. Pride is looking down at their claws, sprawled in their chair. Envy is slumped forward on the table... but don't worry, he's not dead this time, he just has his head pillowed on his folded arms. Gluttony is sitting up straight, hands laced together and waiting.

The rest of the Avatars all look at Pride after a moment of silence, and then, vaguely annoyed, Pride says:

What? They know they have nine hours by this point. Don't look at me.

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Hello, and welcome to fourth third trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about the events of the day before! While mini-investigations were held yesterday, today is the day characters will have time to examine the body of the victim and explore relevant locations.

There will be a mod-tag break between 4pm EST/1pm PST to 5pm EST/2pm PST. While the trial may continue and players can tag each other, mod-led threads such as questions and investigations will be on hold.

Finally, while voting is not mandatory, we do have a voting page should characters wish to vote! Please be sure that your vote is in by the time trial finishes (9pm EST/6pm PST) if you wish to vote.

Good luck, and have fun!

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Comments

[nodo]

[ law will nod back.

sup pride. ]

[sengokus]

[THIS IS TERRIBLE AND HE'S JUST GOING TO FROWN]

.... no.

[he huffs]

Now's not the time, and stuff like that should be private anyway. If it's really close to your heart, then nobody else needs to know for it to matter.

[this is still such a romantic notion but he's serious about it :/ ]

[bonetiddies]

Don't forget Grell Sutcliffe, as well. All perhaps instances of targeting a person they would not feel remorse over.

TEA ROOM

[probe]

[there are no portals unfortunately, but lust is moving pretty quickly to lead meg and sheila toward the tea room.]

Watch your step! [they hop right over a few droplets of blood leading into the room, bounding off to the side to give them space to look around.]

[sengokus]

[he's about to whine at ming yi

before he seems to think of something else

and just turns redder and looks away]

I-It's not on purpose, Yi-kun! I'm gonna - look at some evidence or something!

[WE DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE YET]

[liuli]

Let's avoid having to run through the entire base in the last hour of trial again, shall we?

[ we suffered. dana especially suffered. ]

I'll see if we can't get something to write on from the Avatars. At best, it may keep us from being forgetful. [ as lust said.... ]

[mukagen]

[ Yeah. HE DOESNT KNOW?? Omi loves cooking though. ]

Yeah! That’d be a good idea. I think the airport stuff probably implied to look there, but knowing where Omi was is important, too.

[probe]

You bet! Follow me!

[sengokus]

Me neither...

So - what.... Could he have delayed it until today...? Is that even possible? It'd be dumb to have a pretty strong power like that and not use it, and I don't think Omi-san was dumb.

[enfangs]

She knew she was doing it and that it was weird, though... If I was her, I would've started avoiding people after the first time around.

[callmemeg]

I never said it had to be now.

[ she reaches up to tap his nose gently ]

I'm just curious. You're really into the whole romance thing, after all. I'd think it's a little hard to find in a place like this, but here you are.

[shiftingwinds]

[ 👀 ]

[sengokus]

[he just shoots takeru a quietly tired look]

Same...

[but they already talked about this]

So what the hell could that mean, if he didn't use it?

[toesies]

It's not. She said she'll talk about it later, so let's put a pin on it until then.

[toyska]

[He could deny this but that ship sailed after his sexy wax crimes so he just laughs.]

Well, it's a little late to start behaving.

[alteracion]

[ oh, she really doesn't? grace laughs a bit and reaches to twirl yuel's hair around her fingers? ]

Who knows for sure, right? We've got plenty of weirdoes here. So make sure you're the one who checks me out, Foxy.

[sengokus]

Right...? [he grumbles even as he massages his temples] Anybody just have some real strong fixations...?

[liuli]

[ 👀 ]

[bonetiddies]

It wasn't related to Omi. I'll explain before the hour grows too late, I just think it best to wait a little longer. It may be an entirely pointless diversion.

OBSERVING ROOM

[fatalattraction]

lots of blood everywhere here 😫🤢
telescope might have been used as murder weapon?? it could have been what was blocking the door yesterday...

no body zaps for either of them???

[mukagen]

If he had plans to meet up with someone there, he didn’t tell me. Maybe just wanted to finally use the kitchen since I banned him from it, initially.

[enfangs]

... It's possible that he used it on someone who then died that night. Not saying that's gotta be the case, but...

[shiftingwinds]

I saw that, and I don't think it was especially strange. I think it's fine to leave it until later.

BODY UPDATE

[probe]

[While Sheila and Meg are gone on their investigation to the tea room, all who remain in the room may notice that the table in the center of the room with Douman's body glows just slightly. With a soft creak...

...the body jolts as if electrocuted, knocking itself back onto the table as the sheet covers it once more.

Investigate?]

[chevaleros]

It's possible we are dealing with more than one killer, but yes. The choice of victim seems to fit a consistent theme.

[ possible they're dealing with a serial killer with a specific type of MO. ]