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 second 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, and will be given a pair of latex-free gloves and a hairnet by a staff members 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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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, 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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[what the HECK akira

Like. She appreciates having the chance to inspect him thoroughly for wounds. But... why is he wording it like that? She doesn't get it. He's not wrong, they do need to look at him from front to back, but...

She is very clearly in way over her head, whoops.]

I don't... see any new injuries on your front. If you could please turn around, then...?

[ she wants to make sure she can eliminate him from the list of suspects, does she not? that's all Akira is alluding to! nothing else! nothing at all!

with a courteous nod (and ignoring the chiding of others), he does turn around, exposing his bare back to Yukina as well. it's pretty much identical to his front half. ]

Does this suffice, or shall I take off my pants as well?

[...UM]

I don't... think that's necessary? Unless... there's reason to believe that someone might have injured your legs... but you can probably just roll up your pants for that.

[A pause.]

Unless... you want to be thorough enough to leave no doubt in anyone's minds as to your innocence?

[I'M SORRY]

Yukina let him keep his damn pants on.

[WHEW]

...r-right! Akira-san, you heard him, there's no reason to take off your pants. Please keep them on.

[thank you jay]

[ he was already in the process of taking his belt off and unzipping his pants when she stopped him. ]

Oh. Okay. If you insist!

[she has to wonder why he was so willing to just go for it... but then, if it's for the sake of being thorough, it's probably fine?

the worst part about this is she's flustered but she also thinks she was just reading too much into things and that akira was totally serious about just trying to prove his innocence the whole time]

...thank you. Um, for cooperating.

[ that is absolutely all he was trying to do here. he is an innocent bean and he has to insist as much. that's why he is shirtless with his pants and boxers tugged just past his hips.

buuuuut at least he's pulling them back up and placing his belt back on now? he isn't going to go through with it if there's no need. ]

You're welcome. Thank you for looking out for me, Yukina-san.

You're welcome. I'm glad to see that you don't have any new wounds.

[It means he's innocent!! She's glad her trust wasn't misplaced.]

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