WEEK 4 TRIAL

[probe]

POPULATION: 23

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.

trial. noon.

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, Wrath, Greed, Despair and Sloth patiently wait as the TV above them displays a message.

Victim: Eleanor Shellstrop

Once the last participant enters the room, the door will swing closed behind them and lock them inside.

Wrath is sitting on the table, organizing notes and gently sliding them to Greed. Sloth is here with what looks like a dog-shaped neck pillow sticking out of the edges of their hood. The spiraled horn on the top of their head is longer and sharper. Greed is leaning against the table in an attempt to be present, hands tentatively reaching forward to take the papers from Wrath. Despair has taken their usual seat, just vibing here as they quietly observe. Oddly, Sloth, Greed and Wrath are not in their cloaks today. Instead, they are in sweatpants (shorts in Wrath's case) and cozy hoodies in their color with their symbol printed on the front. The hoods are pulled over their heads however. Once everyone has settled, Sloth chimes in.

Everyone has nine hours again! You can do it! Last time, you even did it a little early! Wow!

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Hello, and welcome to your fifth 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

[bonetiddies]

No, you misunderstand me. Her curse was an obsession with preventing death, including her own. I'm the one who cursed her, so I apologize that I couldn't help you earlier this week, Aoi.

The curse was intended to make it impossible for her to kill someone, if it worked as intended.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi understands?

If Misa Misa was obsessed with preventing death, but managed to kill anyway... Then it would have to be an accident, because she didn't want it to happen. [ unless the implication is that misa was obsessed with only preventing her own death at the cost of someone else's life... ]

[bonetiddies]

I don't really see it that way. If she was awake on curfew night, somehow prevented from killing someone due to a curse, but somehow did anyway, then I wouldn't view that as an accident.

But. . . I'm not certain that's what happened.

[gamerbrain]

[ ... ]

Aoi doesn't think Misa Misa did it.

[aubins]

Was this the mini-event power, or one given by the Avatar?

[bonetiddies]

The mini-event power. The one you had as well.

[aubins]

Then I know you know there's a chance it might not be fully effective. Maybe not for the whole time it was intended to be. I can't say for sure if she did it, but the possibility is there.

[ ... ]

Also, on a side note, Eleanor had a knife, didn't she? If we assume the fire was her doing, and she injured herself there, could we also assume someone chased her trying to make sure she was okay after injuring herself? The stock pot shows she attacked, so there's a potential that this was all self-defence based.

[alteracion]

She would've gotten the knife from the kitchen where she died, so. Doubtful.

[aubins]

I didn't say the knife was with her in the house. But if you followed someone to check on them and they came at you with a knife...

[bonetiddies]

She was still under the effect on Friday. I thought it would likely only last 12 hours instead of 24, but it was clearly still affecting her. So you're correct - it may not have been fully effective.

[aubins]

...

We would never have known how it would work until we used it. I would've thought it'd be hours based as well. [ not, potentially, ongoing effectiveness. ]

[toyska]

[...Okay, he has to ask, but he'll do so respectfully.]

Why curse her, specifically?

[bonetiddies]

Presumably for my own arbitrary reasons? I arbitrarily decided to give her a curse on Thursday night that would make it impossible to kill someone.

[shiftingwinds]

[glances at harrow]

[toyska]

[He raises an eyebrow, but inclines his head slightly.]

If you don't want to answer, you can say as much.

[He's pretty sure he doesn't have to point out that it looks uhhhh kinda sus my guy, so he will not.]

[bonetiddies]

It is for the obvious reason. I believed she planned to kill somebody, and I wanted to stop her.

[toyska]

[Just a polite nod.]

Thank you for confirming clearly. [He sounds genuine about it.]

[sistocracy]

Oh? Is this 'somebody' going to turn up dead next week, when you don't have another curse to stop her with...?

[gamerbrain]

...

[bonetiddies]

I wouldn't have done it for no reason.

[alteracion]

[ ... hrm. LOOKS BETWEEN BOTH GIRLS AGAIN ]

[fatalattraction]

[ for a moment, misa looks like she's going to burst into tears, before she just yells: ]

You cursed me because we got into a really bad fight, and you thought I was going to do something really bad and drastic afterward, so you tried to stop me from doing anything I might regret!!!

[bonetiddies]

[She looks kind of sad at this.]

I'm sorry. I just wanted to help you - I never handle these things the right way.

[headmt]

[oh dear oh no oh my]

But you ended up not doing anything that you regret, correct?

[chevaleros]

Is that how you're deciding to word it?

[ harrow is being really nice, but there's only thirty minutes left. flatly: ]

You told Harrowhark you were planning to kill someone this week. You knew last trial what murder as an indulgence meant. You asked Gluttony for a power, and one was used for this murder.

Harrowhark's power was only half as effective as the original, because of the limitations of Oliver Twist. I doubt it'd be enough to stop you from going through with your plans entirely. You have a burn you can't explain.

Did I miss anything?