WEEK 3 TRIAL

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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

[shiftingwinds]

[fucking yikes.]

Ah...

[there is a moment where she just stares in horror, before taking another breath and forcing herself to continue. okay. piano wire. if she nudges the wire with a finger, is that enough to get it to move, or is it too stuck in there?

also she's. checking to see the status of the cleyes (clown eyes). some people mentioned one was back before curfew; what's the deal with them now that they're a corpse?]

[probe]

Oh, now you wanna talk to us.

[envy huffs, from his end of the table.]

[bonetiddies]

It's not as though I'm the one who killed them.

[callmemeg]

What, and risk staying on theme? What's the point if they're not ruining the few places we actually like?

[ hmmm if she checks the chairs and tables, is there any sign of what knocked them over? damage, blood, or anything else? she'll check what's on the tables and chairs and also under them! ]

[bonetiddies]

Mm. It's a perfectly reasonable thing to bring up.

[probe]

[they. just. reach forward to tap his nose like white is the cutest thing in the world.]

Wellll not exactly! But maybe more on a broader scale?

[sengokus]

I mind.

[if he's being honest]

We'll see if it's necessary at all - but I'd rather inflict it on myself than anybody else. We can talk about if there's a better option later, but I don't think anybody's expendable or should be a lab rat. At least if it's my power, it's my burden.

[so he's sticking to it unless he's really outvoted]

[headmt]

You swap the powers?

[enfangs]

[stop!!]

What... What does that mean...

observing room report

[fatalattraction]

[ hewwo misa and grace are back! ]

Um... there's not a lot to report back with? We found a lot of blood splattered around the observing room's desk and chair. Maybe someone was sitting on it when they were attacked? And speaking of which...

[ here she gestures to grace, who is holding a large bloodied telescope before it gets dropped off at evidence. ]

We found this too, just leaning against the wall behind the door. Gracie says it's broken, so that could explain the broken glass where Chai [ childe ] was. It might also be a clue for the metal rolling sound we heard when my group checked the room out yesterday?

[ she huffs tiredly before muttering under her breath, ] I wanted to find something more helpful.

[probe]

[yikes.]

Tough crowd, huh?

[bonetiddies]

Only about half of us bothered to respond at all. [So. That's why it would work.] If I'm right, someone just claimed to have the same power you claimed just to avoid saying what theirs was.

[. . .]

That is news to me, though.

[mukagen]

I’m sorry!! I’ve been busy!!!

[ A HEI ONLY HAS .1% OF THE BRAINCELLS AND ENERGY GOJOU HAS ]

[enfangs]

... Fine.

[probe]

Work your way backwards and you can start putting stuff together. Or, like Greed says: [and they change their voice to sound like someone more serious and irritable.] "Return to the basics."

[toesies]

Yeah, well... At least I would be slightly less pissed off about it.

[Hm. Dislike.

But, fiiiine. She will be careful not to step in it, and crouch down to take a better look at the type of glass. Does it look like it could have come from the tea sets? Or is the glass different, like something that would belong to a bottle or glass from the common room? She will search for the largest shard she can spot, covering her hand with the hem of her dress in order to pick it up for inspection.]

[aubins]

[ hm. ]

So, we could always have some wildcards amongst us, if people are swapping powers after claiming to have a different one.

[sengokus]

[nods]

I don't know if I wanna go into the details because I don't wanna give anybody ideas, but we can talk about it later... or if people think it's important, I'll explain.

[he actually didn't think this far]

[probe]

[why did you guys make sqx do this

it sort of twangs a bit, the wire. it's longer than the width of douman's neck so it sort of wobbles on either side when she touches it. she could probably pull it out if she wanted.

the right eye is intact! no damage. the left eye is in the process of growing back. it's tiny and squishy and very clearly not big enough to see out of.]

[liuli]

It was myself, Mineo, Douman and Lenore, who claimed it. I don't mind testing mine, if need be. Kind of curious to see how it works, to be honest.

I think there was a group that mentioned having no power at all, but I can't confirm or deny if that was true.

[alteracion]

[ she'll add: ]

It's covered in blood, more on the larger end, the glass is broken, and it's a bit dented on the larger end too. But there wasn't any glass in the room, so....

[toyska]

[snerk]

[sengokus]

[nods more]

I agree.

I don't think Omi-san would lie about his... but I know Ashiya-san.... [a beat] I mean, sometimes they'd just keep cards up their sleeve and stuff.

[he doesn't want to be blind to the idea]

[mukagen]

[ oh no his pride is peaking at the thought of toeing the line of getting stabbed, but he’ll be good he has to live (me: no he doesn’t) ]

I’m not going to touch anyone without permission.

[sengokus]

They just didn't get one - but I think they weren't able to finish their task.

[that's for ooc reasons so we should probably let them go,]