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.

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An accomplice -- or a group, even. 3 people could easily work together in some attempt to eliminate the rest of us.

It's only natural that alliances would begin to form.

That would be pretty terrible if true. I mean, we're all pretty much strangers to each other with few exceptions.

This game itself is "pretty terrible", so it's only fitting.

Alliances are a matter of purpose. People are willing to go to far lengths in order to survive.

I'm sure you know that well.

[She chuckles.]

Well, I could buy two people working together. However the more people you include, the more chance you have of a screw-up occurring. Or someone ratting out the others involved. Craftly said he won't confirm how many killers there are, but I don't think I buy three people working together to pull this off.

You don't think people are really doing that...? We don't know each other. Well, except for a few people, I guess?

I do. Two weeks is enough to have some vague understanding of who will be useful to you and who won't.

There's no telling what happens once you've turned your head.

Oh... [ WELL, that's awkward. ] I don't know if I could really trust people... not so soon. I'm not saying people are disingenuous with their intent, it's just.. a big risk. There's so many possibilities here that it's scary to really "trust" someone.

[makes a face]

But what sort of alliances could bring three strangers together to murder thirty-nine other people?

3 is all it takes to escape -- so ultimately, 3 is all you need.

. . . yeah. And desperation can fuel an otherwise normal person to do a lot of horrible things.

[he frowns]

But if anyone is working with someone, it's probably the Ghost. And the Ghost wasn't involved in this week's killing, so. . .

[tilts his head back, trying to think]

Maybe it's the Ghosts's accomplices that did it this week?

[ ... ]

... or perhaps there were no accomplices at all, but separate killers, who weren't coordinating with each other.

Ha. I can only hope.

I...believe that it may be the case. Though, in the end, I suppose we could only catch one.

[ He sighs. ]

...I do think that... based on the message in the Lounge on Monday, the Ghost is working with... someone. Maybe even multiple someones.

[Her brow furrows.]

If the Ghost didn't kill this week, then... maybe whoever did, was working with that person in some way.

...Jay and I are quite certain there's a group that the Ghost is part of. It doesn't make sense otherwise.

If there is a group of three that wants us all dead... I think it's probably that one. I really do.

Me too. Unfortunately, it doesn't help us much except to know that three people are working against us. Craftly won't answer how many murderers there were this week but we can only vote for one person even then.

...what if there was a tie?

[She bites her lip.]

It says any individual with a majority vote will be executed... two ties would technically be two individuals with a majority. If there was more than one murderer, we... might be able to stop them both, if we coordinated our votes. Right?

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I agree. "Mother" represents a commander, and the symbol serves as a signature for their group in a sense. That's the conclusion I've come to.

Why do you think they're called 'Mother'? Do you think that means it's a woman?

I originally assumed it was a higher being...something from these Lovecraftian tales I've heard mentioned. However, it's entirely possible that it's a woman here as well.

For the meanwhile, it would be for the best that we don't interpret the title literally. It could easily be a motif of some sort.

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I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case...but trusting two other people to not turn on you this early, especially people cold enough to sacrifice that many lives? That could backfire easily.

I think it was set up at the start that they knew they could trust each other. We all received notes with our roles that told us things only we could see, didn't we? What if three people received a note to win this game together?

[ he gets a bit excited, clearly impressed by jake's diligence. ] You're right. That could have very well been the case. We were all assigned a purpose, alongside our own set of rules.

[He can't help being a little happy that he might be onto something.] It also would make sense, because, well, I don't know about everyone else but even if there are things I may kill for, I certainly would never jump to that. Surely the game must have a failsafe to ensure it continues.

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