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

[sengokus]

You're so brutal today.

[takeru is brutal everyday]

.... well it's something to think about at least....

I still don't know about Ashiya-san's power either. Blood boiling for thirty seconds? If it's literal or... what...

[dotcom]

If the Avatars won't explain it, the only way would be to test it out.

[sengokus]

[he nods...]

I can test it on myself we decide we need to.

[dotcom]

Aren't you hotheaded enough if it isn't literal?

[sengokus]

I think I'm playing it pretty cool today!

[is he]

[dotcom]

It's still early?

[enfangs]

[THWAPS HIM]

Idiot. What if it leaves you out of commission for a while? Who the fuck is supposed to solve this then?

[sengokus]

It's just thirty seconds... I'm sturdy! And besides, you've got Takeru.

[HOW MUCH THINKING HAS MINEO OUTSOURCED]

[enfangs]

[STOP OUTSOURCING YOUR THINKING]

... Just be careful. Or however careful you can get when you don't know what the shit it is, I guess. I don't mind if you use it on me, either.

[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]

... I dunno....

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

[sistocracy]

It's just one use per person, yes?

I'm not sure I want to try it, though. It sounds... a little embarrassing.

[bonetiddies]

There's also the possibility they lied about their power. Four people claimed to be in that blood boiling group - for the task, we had divided fairly neatly into groups of three, and most of the other powered groups had only three.

I'm not saying it's certainly the case, but - worth considering whether there's another power they had.

[sengokus]

[nods..........]

But that'd mean that there'd be group without one? [math isn't mineo's strong suit so i don't need to fact check this claim. someone else please math this.] Or did they just jump onto whatever one they wanted...?

Oh - you can swap powers if an Avatar offers you a better one too... so there's that.

[headmt]

You swap the powers?

[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]

[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.

[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.

[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,]

[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.

[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]

[aubins]

[ hm. ]

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

[sengokus]

[he sighs]

Yeah. It makes it harder for sure.

[fluffier]

Could they swap to another power that someone else had or something totally new?

[sengokus]

Hmm....

Latter, I think.

But I don't have enough information to say for sure. I feel like you can't steal someone else's power though.