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

[gamerbrain]

Aoi wants to believe that...

[fatalattraction]

...Salacious?

[ that's a big smart word that she never would've heard from light, the only smart person she knows ]

[aubins]

I don't know. But weren't they cursed before we found Law?

We're attributing it to Omi's case, but timing-wise someone intervened before we caught anyway. Weren't Sasazuka and Sheila handing Aoi back and forth because the strip check was happening?

[bonetiddies]

[Because you're making her strip suspicious on purpose I know your Britt tricks.]

[sengokus]

[nods]

But we're attributing it to Omi-san's case because Law-san didn't do it - so what's the point of cursing them during a trial except as a distraction?

[messybench]

Yeah, that's what I thought. I mean, it could have been unintentional, since TV has taught me you can make poison out of the weirdest shit, but I think it's probably gotta be homebrewed.

I mean, yeah? I figured. But there's no other mention of poison on the profiles, so it's probably some super sneaky poison master.

[liuli]

[ shrugs ]

I don't know much about poison, just that people have tried to poison me a few times.

[bonetiddies]

You're saying things that are - drawing attention to the disconcerting nature of this whole affair.

[shiftingwinds]

[I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT'S ON THERE]

[nodo]

[ stop putting these thoughts into my mind snow........

and do not wish this upon me. let law die. ]

Thanks; good luck to the rest of us in catching the other killer.

[ bc timey wimey shit. ]

[liuli]

[ ...

ruffles his hair from behind. ruffle ruffle ruffle. ]

You're welcome. Don't do it again.

[fluffier]

So why would anyone... [ and it's not like omi was the only thing going on in douman's life. weren't they a slut? ] Thinkin' about motive isn't really helpin'.

[aubins]

Someone messing around? I don't know. I'm also saying there's a chance someone might've picked up on us getting closer to catching Law, and that's why there was a distraction. Until someone says either way, we don't know for sure.

But the cookbook thing felt like something I should mention, at the very least.

[messybench]

"Do I seem like" is a pretty shitty argument, bud. All of us are capable of weird and heinous crap, and there's been particularly weird crap going on this week.

But just FYI, I wasn't accusing you. Just pointing out that no one is super obviously a poison master.

[enfangs]

[squawks WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP RUFFLING HIS HAIR!!]

[sistocracy]

The killer may not be the only one who would try to use a distraction. Let's try not to get any more distracted by it than we already have been.

[messybench]

A good angle to consider, but we gotta assume they're strong enough to brain him in post-mortem, or had some kind of trick to get it done.

[mukagen]

We talked it out and he understood, so I didn't feel uncomfortable in his company despite what I did. I don't think it's possible for me to feel uncomfortable around him... He made me feel like I could be normal.

[ Human instead of a monster or a curse. ]

So I felt comfortable enough to go about things as normal and pet some dogs. Probably sounds weird.

[headmt]

It is much harder to imagine why anyone would have killed Omi. He wasn't a threat, really. Though I suppose that could also be a motive.

[sengokus]

[nods]

Cookbook's fair - it's just that other stuff doesn't make sense.

Law-san, did you tell anybody about what you did before today? Would anyone try to cover for you, or did you expect to be found??

[messybench]

That's my thinking, babe. Probably someone who would lose to him in a straight fight, OR someone he wouldn't fight. You know, out of feelings and all that crap.

[bonetiddies]

At this point, anyone who wouldn't confess is our enemy. That's all there is to it.

[liuli]

Fair enough. [ with a laugh! ] And I didn't feel like you were, don't worry.

[alteracion]

If he was already dead, it's really not that hard. I mean, the guy was apparently in a biker gang, right? So maybe that person knew that and knew they didn't want to get into a fight with him.

[dotcom]

So you weren't involved in his death? Just since we keep getting hints about possible love triangles.