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

[sistocracy]

I'm awfully curious about what it really does, too. Since it's a power that we were rewarded with, it shouldn't be dangerous to the user, right?

[sengokus]

[he sighs]

Yeah. It makes it harder for sure.

[mukagen]

I kind of expected it! So it’s all right.

[ REMINDS HIM OF HOME ACTUALLY ]

[enfangs]

[sighs]

I'll try...

[liuli]

Wonder if we'll find Omi with head trauma.

[sengokus]

... I dunno....

I guess if we have multiple uses then we can try it out - we just gotta be careful.

[fluffier]

So they either cleaned up the glass, or it broke somewhere else... Could the glass've fallen back into the telescope?

[ but why ]

Was there a trail of blood or anything?

[probe]

[dryly:] If I let you hug me you're going to think I want you to sleep with me.

[probe]

[hei you're valid and I'm so sorry about envy, who's still huffy from his spot on the table.]

Busy talking to other Avatars when you said two weeks ago that you'd spend time with me, sure.

[bonetiddies]

Omi was the first one to say what his did, if I recall correctly. So he was almost certainly telling the truth.

[Her opinions on Douman aside. . .]

You know my views on the matter. To suggest that someone lied does not imply judgment on my part, merely a recognition that it would be a pragmatic course of action.

[chevaleros]

Yes, while I think most people were likely honest about their powers, it would be easy enough to claim to be in one group when you belong to another.

And the power swapping makes it all but impossible to track unless we figure out who can't use their powers at all.

[liuli]

[ that's what i thought bless ]

Mn.

...Still, if the three of us can all confirm that we had it, then, does that leave Douman the odd one out?

[shiftingwinds]

[it wobbles... hm. she suddenly has a flashback to being told not to mess around with the crime scenes, pauses, and then pulls out her phone from her belt to take a picture of douman's neck with the wire in it, then stows it and attempts to pull the wire away to get a closer look at it. anything of note on it other than... blood...

once she's done looking at that, she'll set it down on the table next to douman and like. peek into their left eye. not anything else rattling around in the socket, is there? it's... just the eye?

and then - time to check the rest of their face and head for any potential wounds! if she puts her hands to their scalp, will she feel any bumps or anything? what's the status of their ears, nose, and mouth... she's trying to be thorough]

[bonetiddies]

I thought that if anyone lied, it was likely Douman or you. But I think if it was you, you'd have just admitted to it by now.

[alteracion]

There wasn't any glass when I looked inside of it.

[ so... no? and she shakes her head ]

It was more splatters than a trail? Misa found those.

[probe]

[there are smears of blood on the ground near some of the tables that have been bumped into, but there isn't really much to indicate what could have caused it. however, as meg is checking around the room she should also be careful because she will come across a bloody, broken bottle!

which is different than what sheila finds, because the glass she has looks more along the lines of what could come from the tea sets. don't cut yourself.]

[sengokus]

[nods.]

Yeah, I do. And I get it. But I guess... I mean, Shi-san said this yesterday but would blood boiling, if it's literal, leave some kind of mark? Would it be painful? That's what I want to find out, I guess.

It might not be literal though, and then you just make someone super crazy for thirty seconds. Kind of a weird power, but...

[shrug]

[alteracion]

Well, if it's not Douman...

[liuli]

Why do you have so little faith in me.

[ rude ]

[bonetiddies]

There is a way to do that, in fact. But it will only work once.

[aubins]

He did confirm it with me before last week's trial, Harrowhark. I don't think there would have been much reason to lie about it then.

[sengokus]

[nods....]

I wonder if there's some evidence you could find of powers being used.... Or if the Avatars would tell us? They said they can't tell us who they gave powers to, but maybe if they were even used at all...

[probe]

I know. Don't think too hard about it? Just go with your first instinct for now.

[enfangs]

Not exactly. There's no confirmation that there couldn't be four to a power group, unless someone's done the math.

[sengokus]

[he shakes his head]

We don't know that - because not everyone answered. So in theory all groups should be in three, but what if they're not?

And it'd just open up a different question: if Ashiya-san didn't have our power, which one did they have?