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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If voting Craftly ends this entire ritual nonsense, I'll do it, however helpful he may have been in these past weeks.

[ at least he's calming down now but he looks like he wants to strangle mira his own two hands still so, you know. ]

Are you an actual idiot? Think about this.

... It won't help as much as you think it might.

How do you know for certain the ritual will end?

I don't know for certain, but if we execute Mira regardless, and we find ourselves back here next week, the ritual perpetuates itself, and I refuse to let myself be used as a ritual sacrifice again!

Calm down and think rationally.

If Craftly dies, we may be in a worse situation than before. We have no way of knowing what will happen -- are you going to vote based solely off of fear?

Are you afraid, Kaiba?

[...

she's not gonna bother saying anything, she's gonna try aim a kick right to his face]

(reply from suspended user)

[LOOK IT'S FINE THEY'RE ROOMMATES THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ARRANGEMENT]

[ there's not much space to move so yeah her kick is probably going to graze him in the face.

he's just going to. hold his hand to his cheek for a moment. ]

[when her foot touches back down on the ground, she just stares up at him, unblinkingly.]

What happened to your "genius level intellect"?

...Kaiba-san. I really don't think that's a good idea.

Cool! A guy who stucks to his guns is pretty hot, Kaiba-kun.

But you know, would you stop doing something you enjoy just because?

Edited 2017-06-11 00:05 (UTC)

...I do think there is a method to this madness, as they say. I shall be voting for Craftly as well.

[hey guess what guys i'm finally home, an hour before the trial ends, it's time for l'arachel to do the thing she does best that isn't scream at strippers: ramble about DARKNESS]

Make no mistake, I do not for a moment think this will be the end of it. The dark forces at work here are too powerful for Craftly to be their sole source. But there is no way to see what will come of this without making this choice [literally her reasoning here is "yolo"] while Mira's fate has been sealed.

[y'all so bloodthirsty]

And I shall be frank: the way she speaks of the executioner's list she has chosen herself instills naught but trepidation in me. [She pauses, glancing towards Mabel, then Emily, then Dipper.] I have no desire to see the duty forced upon those unprepared to bear it.

L-L'arachel--

[ ... ]

Are you sure?

[HUFF HUFF HARUMPH]

Have I ever made a decision worth doubting, Knoll? If it is useless, it is useless, and I do not entirely expect that it will be in vain—all but in preventing her choices from coming to fruition.

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rextenebrae - 2017-06-11 00:21 (UTC) - Expand

They'll still have to kill Craftly.

...

Do not think that I trust her, but to my understanding, she speaks as though her list of executioners applies only for her own execution. And if this is false—if it comes down to being responsible for a fellow human's beating heart or the demon in the shape of a man before us, I know well which act will weigh lighter.

potentite - 2017-06-11 00:23 (UTC) - Expand

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...I'm not sure I can make you change your mind... but please, I beg of you to reconsider.

[Yukina has a really bad feeling about this plan. Mostly it's because it originated from Mira - she was the first person to kill, the person to get them started down this path. The person responsible for their executing Hana.]

The only thing her plan allows us to do is have someone she didn't choose kill her, if we're even able to do so at all. It doesn't guarantee an end to this madness. It doesn't even guarantee that the people she picked won't still be the suggestions for Craftly-san's executioner.

Would you really vote for someone that you know was not the killer, just because someone who has already tricked us into executing someone innocent told you to?

I understand that this act will not guarantee an end to this. In all honesty, I do not expect that it will. I have brought an end to demons that would make the present powers seem like trifles comparatively, and so I know these ways well.

I am willing to see this plan brought to fruition simply to keep the children from having to end the life of a fellow human. If her list does not solely apply to her own execution, if the executioners chosen are forced to bring a life to its end, I would rather it be the putrid half-existence of some devil than a fellow human being.

Truly, do you expect Mira to be permitted to leave this room alive? [She waves a hand, surprisingly dismissive.] I have made my choice. If anything, I beg of you to reconsider your own.

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thawedheart - 2017-06-11 17:18 (UTC) - Expand

[nodding!]

I agree. We don't know what'll happen if we execute Craftly - I don't think it'll free us either, and maybe it'll even make things worse. But we know exactly what's going to happen if we execute Mira - nothing will change. It's a massive risk, but it's not exactly like we're all going to live happily ever after if we stay our hands either.

[basically aloy too is firmly on the yolo train]

[AH YES SHE LIKES ALOY yolo the shit out of this, thank you]

We may allow our own bold light to guide us through the unknown, then. Let us keep confidence in our own strength and we can make this choice without fear of the risk necessary.

Okay, but what use is it going to be if killing him means we all die? Sometimes it's better to work with a demon you know rather than the unknown.

[she's so close to pulling a Chie, though.]

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Kaiba... [ hE DOESN'T LIKE BEING CONTRARY RIGHT NOW, BUT. ]

If Craftly is just the host, there's someone above him running the game... So killing him wouldn't end anything. They'd get a new host.