WEEK 4 TRIAL

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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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QUESTIONS

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[The Avatars are just vibing here at the table.

Wrath slides off the table when everybody comes in, and immediately drops down to sit in a chair, quietly taking Despair's hand. They keep looking at Greed and Sloth every so often. People approaching Greed get Wrath to tense and watch, carefully, though they don't interfere for the most part.

Floating in a sitting position by the table is Sloth. They're trying their best not to doze off. They give Wrath a thumbs up, but look to make sure Greed isn't passed out on the table.

Despair allows Wrath their handholds, but their other arm rests on the table, claws tapping idly on the tabletop. Those claws appear a bit longer than normal, and every so often, a drop of sparkling black liquid drips from their hood and falls onto the table.

Greed has their arms folded over the tabletop, occasionally using their hands to support the weight of their own head while their notes remain neatly tucked under them.

If you have questions, or comments, all four of them look up at you.]

EVIDENCE

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[If your character would like to examine a piece of evidence, please comment under this top level indicating what they're checking and how. That said, please comment under the body toplevel if you are comparing a piece of evidence against a wound, or any part of the victim's body. Thank you!]

BODY CHECKS

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[Once everyone has settled into the conference room, the sound of a motor begins to rumble as one platform rises from the floor between the two tables. On this table lies one plastic sheet.

However, upon first glance, it seems as though the body is in pristine condition. You may have to look elsewhere first before examining the figure.

If you would like to investigate a body, please comment below with the name of the victim in your header.]

INVESTIGATION REQUESTS

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[As the Avatars continue to watch the proceedings of trial, they are also available to request a field trip for an investigation. When you approach, all four will look up at you.

Please state where you would like to go and an Avatar will escort you.]

INVESTIGATIONS

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[Once a location has been requested, a sub-toplevel will go under here for all investigations to be threaded out and to keep things organized.]

TEXT UPDATES

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[While on your investigation, perhaps you would like to send text messages to update the trial room of your findings! Please create a sub-toplevel under this toplevel with the name of the location you're investigating and reply to your comment with your updates.]

[aubins]

[ he will glance at all of them, before nodding at wrath ]

You look cosy today. [ he has! a little baggy of those little thumbprint cookies that he will drop on the table by wrath and despair. snacks. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[the usual greeting! she waves to them as the group files in]

[toyska]

[A little wave for Sloth only]

[bonetiddies]

[She's scowling a little at this. It's fine. It's fine! She's not saying anything, just side eyeing this nonsense that's happening before her eyes.]

Good morning.

[dotcom]

[ he will walk up and look at greed. ]

Questions only, right?

[toesies]

[Cozy... She waves at all four of them but, pointedly staring at Greed:]

You're feeling okay enough to be here for the next nine hours?

CURFEW

[liuli]

[ clap clap your friendly neighborhood marquis of order here, garnering attention as usual by being loud and assertive. ]

By now we're familiar with this process, yes? State where you slept on Thursday night, and the effect that you experienced, both in the evening and on Friday morning, as well as who you were with.

We can use that to create a list of locations to investigate first. There should be fewer this time, at least. Let's begin.

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[COOKIES. they pull the cookies closer.

they laugh a little.] Uh, we're indulging ourselves today. Or they're indulging me? We're comfy today. Except Despair, they're no fun.

[fatalattraction]

[ sheepishly, as she comes up to the table (and quickly glancing over at despacito): ]

...should you be here today, Greedy?

[liuli]

I was in the House, with Yuri, Molly, Primrose, Yuel, Wrath and Envy. We all became immediately very hungry as the doors locked, and in the morning, everything smelled like burnt food.

[ his sensitive baby nose hated it 8C]

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You know where I was. And who we were with.

But for the records: Me, you, Molly, Prim, Yuel, Envy and Wrath were in the house on the fifth floor. On Thursday night we were all super hungry with no real explanation. Come Friday morning, the whole house smelled like burned food.

1/2

[shiftingwinds]

[shi qingxuan searches the crowd until she makes eye contact with ming yi - and then she opens her mouth to answer, but hesitates.]

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[excitedly waves back. WOW, A WAVE FOR THEM?!?!?!]

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Is there a problem, Harrowhark.

[they perceive the side eye and scowl.]

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[a little wave back with their free hand.]

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[greed will look in takeru's general direction.]

I have a feeling if I said otherwise I would be overruled. Good afternoon, Sasazuka.

[fisherwoman]

I was with Mahito in the woods. During the night, we could hear animals howling somewhere in the distance. In the morning, we both smelled like dogs...?

[Gross.]

A few people have told me that Eleanor had a dog with her on Thursday night, so I think the woods might be worth checking.

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[a cheerful wave for sqx! they point at! the dog! neck pillow! excitedly.]

[callmemeg]

I was by myself in the planetarium. Thursday night, there were comets shooting through the stars, and they all burst into light. Friday morning, most of the constellations were some kind of fish. That's all.