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

[liuli]

I don't have the same power, and I can confirm what Harrow and Yuri are both saying.

[chevaleros]

[ grace just because it's true ]

The dinner setting, and the fact that there's no sign of struggle... that does make me think that this was perpetrated by someone he knew, whether before or after lockdown.

[gamerbrain]

It makes someone want... Something or someone - really bad for 24 hours.

[messybench]

That's dead weight. Literally.

[bonetiddies]

He found Douman in the music room, already awake and wandering.

[alteracion]

Yeah. The problem is, someone he knew and trusted really doesn't narrow it down at all.

[headmt]

Could be a pair. Accomplices. One to do the poisoning, one to carry. Help them cover it.

[messybench]

Well, whatever doesn't kill ya makes you hotter.

[fluffier]

[ gives vira a confused look ]

[bonetiddies]

Could it have been used to make someone want to fight someone else?

[femmefinale]

[ And she nods, offering him a smile.

She'll vouch for you where she can, buddy. ]

[sistocracy]

I think this is likely. Omi would have realized he was betrayed in his last moments.

[callmemeg]

I can't say that I blame you for it, but you both realize why it could be suspicious, too, right?

[maelstroms]

I think even those of us in Omi's size range would have some difficulty in carrying his dead weight. That doesn't stop someone of that size or smaller from doing it, but it is something to consider.

[sengokus]

[he didn't want to say it but]

Yeah. So who could cook a meal that Omi-san would eat on a Thursday and be strong enough to haul him somewhere?

[his brow furrows]

Actually, when the hell did they do that? Are you telling me someone dumped his body in the observation room and then went to their curfew spot?

[fluffier]

Yer sayin' that with a lot of confidence.

[ IT'S LENORE ]

[chevaleros]

For someone like Omi, perhaps not.

Though to accept a meal made by someone else on a Thursday would mean he was either remarkably foolish, or did trust this person unflinchingly.

[alteracion]

No one was in the kitchen, so they could have just gone to fetch his body after curfew?

[fatalattraction]

Still have Blind! It makes someone blind!

[ helping ]

[messybench]

That too. [ rip aoi.......... ]

Well, we've all been pretty out of whack this week... [ what with sin city ] but yeah, all we know for sure is the staged fight.

[headmt]

[what are the exact vegetables in the sink? like. anything poisonous looking like mushrooms or something.]

[chevaleros]

I can explain it to you later, Yuel. It's not especially relevant to this trial.

[messybench]

I'm kind of wondering if the poison was a slower effect, so he ate it before and then it kicked in post-curfew? It's.... weird.

[sengokus]

Just poisoning a guy and leaving him in the kitchen....

And then hauling his body to the observation room and bludgeoning him?

[gamerbrain]

Maybe... You can make someone want an idea, too. Like fighting, Aoi guesses.