yuggoth | ( TRIAL

At exactly 11:30 am, all residents who are still asleep will be jolted awake by a sharp, burning pain that spreads across their whole body. A simple look will reveal no visible injuries, oddly enough, and the pain will fade away as soon as they're properly awake. Those early birds who are already up and about will feel nothing — except maybe a strange, mysterious sense of relief as they go on about their business. Lucky them.

Moments later, an announcement will come through the static-filled PA system:

"This is Craftly speaking. My apologies for the rude awakening [not really], but your presence is required in the Dining Hall. Our first trial is about to begin. Please do try to be there before noon. My staff members have simply too many duties to tend to, to be escorting each and every one of you out of your quarters. Good day."

And true to his words, anyone who doesn't make their way to the Dining Hall before noon will be dragged kicking and screaming regardless of where they've sequestered themselves. Sucks to be you, huh? Upon arriving there, however, residents will be given the menu, one copy of the rulebook, one pencil, one notepad, and a cheque folder. Lunch and dinner will be served at the appropriate times, and appetizers, desserts and beverages (of the non-alcoholic variety) will be available throughout the trial. All you have to do is ask one of the faceless men, and your food will be delivered to you in ten minutes or less depending on what it is.

The Dining Room itself looks about the same as it does any other day — save for the fact that the lights have been dimmed. Why this, you ask? Because the projector is now in use. Transparencies containing each resident's profile will be displayed on the pull-down screen, with one of the staff members rotating through the images every minute. The profiles of the deceased are included, and if current discussion deems it necessary to focus on one particular resident, anyone is free to ask the faceless man to pause on the appropriate profile for a while.

A small area has been sectioned off with a transparent, plastic curtain right next to the pull-down screen. Its use will become rapidly apparent once the victim's corpse has been wheeled in. Anyone who wishes to step into this area will be asked to wash their hands in the kitchen, and they will be given a pair of latex-free gloves and a hairnet by a staff member who is stationed nearby. Residents are required to dispose of both items before returning to the dinner table; a trash bin is available outside of the curtains for this purpose.

Evidence found during the investigation, on the other hand, will be displayed in the back of the room. Two, long tables have been taken out of storage for this occasion, and any items found by the residents on Friday will be displayed here for further examination.

Finally — a clock above the pull-down screen displays the current hour. Please do remember you have until 9:00 PM to figure out whodunit and cast your vote.

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Welcome to our first trial! Characters will be given nine (9) hours to discuss everything related to the investigation to hopefully solve the mystery behind this week's murder. No one will be allowed to leave the Dining Hall without explicit permission from the Innkeeper (and only then to take a tinkle), and all characters must cast their vote before 9PM EST. You may do so on this week's voting page.

If you have any questions or doubts, shoot us a PM or a PP over at

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I literally have no ideas there unless possession victims actually lose weight like the menu was ramblin' on about. And we don't, like, have a scale to check.

Do you think the menu provides clues in the way the descriptions are written?

[As.... baffling as they may be.]

Like. We can check if we want to? With her weight. It could be pointless but if people wanna try...?

[ it'd be. a thing. ]

And it's like...maybe??? Dipper was sayin' maybe Jason's swan song mention in the menu meant his shit did something, but honestly, I got no damn clue. Mostly it reads like someone was havin' a laugh at our expense.

[did someone mention dipper]

Let's take, for example, the convict role. Its description goes as follows: [he's. reading directly from the rulebook] No door nor opportunity will go unopened once you take a spoonful of our chili. Served with extra cheese, farm grown human meat, and blue corn tortilla chips. [... you didn't need to read all of that, dipper] The item is the skeleton key. "No door or opportunity unopened". It's a hint.

Obviously they can't all be that obvious or straightforward, but if you ignore the "ingredient" list, there's always some kind of joke there that hints at what the role does.

Right, because what else would a skeleton key do? And the Mayor - "Cast your vote for deliciousness", and then the skill description...

Exactly! Now my theory for Jason's was just that, a theory, since someone [CRAFTLY] doesn't want to share, but just going off of what a swan song is, it has to be related to something that's final.

Unfortunately we can't do a whole hell of a lot more than speculate, since. Like. He's dead and cannot tell us about his rules?

As far as Jason's role goes, the Ballerina's description mentions cracked nuts, and the role provides a Nutcracker. Seems like a simple enough hint.

[just... this ... face]

If it was just meant to be a weapon, it'd be listed as a weapon! The categories are very clear.

[sorry pal]

Are they? We really don't know enough about any given role to assume what the boundaries are.

Besides, just about anything can be used for a weapon, if you get creative.

Then why make the distinction? This is a "game" with "rules" [finger quote more, dipper] every hint that they give us has to be for a reason. Even if it sounds stupid.

[He shrugs.]

Who am I to guess at our host's reasoning?

Well I don't have a problem taking a guess, since guesses are ALL WE HAVE.

[chill, dipper. this is not a hill you wanna die on.]

You feel rather strongly about this, don't you?

Solving mysteries is kind of my whole thing. Except I kinda want this mystery to be solved before 39 people die. So.

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I suppose. [It sounds ridiculous, but.] But have we anything to check weight with?

I wouldn't put it past them, where clues are concerned. They may be having a laugh, but each "joke" is worded... well. Strangely, as it were.

We...pretty much do not, save one another, so.

[Blargh, what kind of trial is this; unfair, given their limited resources.]

Then we're at an impasse.

She and Akane used to weigh the same. Just...have someone pick them both up?

[ THIS SOUNDS STUPID AND HE REFUSES TO OFFICIALLY SUGGEST IT ]

[RAISING A BROW it does sound kind of dumb but if it's the only clue they have...]

Let's see what we can do.

I mean, we are otherwise basically kickin' our heels, since we keep comin' back to "so anyway Hana did it". If we wanna waste time...

If it would help, I could probably lift them.

It might? Like. No clue. It could just be a pointless waste of time, also.

Like the rest of this isn't?

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...Right.

[Look... he'll do it for you, okay.]