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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If you truly think that a god would care enough to free us when we kill a puppet, I can't convince you otherwise. But um, I think all it might do is seal us here forever. If you can live with the possibly of something even worse happening to us because of your vote, then that's fine. I'm not trying to guilt you I just... honestly hope no one regrets their vote, whatever it is.

I don't think we'll be freed if Craftly dies, but I'm tired of just waiting around for the next murder and the next trial. If there's been as many rounds as you say, then what we're doing right now? Clearly isn't working either.

I know people are trying to figure this out, risking a lot to do so. I don't think their efforts are in vain.

...I'm not saying they are. [She sighs.] You know, this would be a lot easier if we could just trust everyone to not murder. If we're talking about ways to not play along with the game, pretty sure that's the best solution right there.

I agree. But... we already know there are people among us urging the game along. Mira says she was working alone. I don't know if I trust that. But there's something... that I feel like we're missing. That will come back to haunt us, I mean. The time still bothers me. But...

[In the end he shakes his head.]

...she said Marty and Rachel knew who she was and that she had to cut them loose. If they were in an alliance and she just got rid of them like that, then...I doubt it's going to be anything as simple as finding the others who were part of that group and getting rid of them. Not when she clearly couldn't care less about killing two of her own.

If she is hiding something or leaving out details, the others may be even more vicious. Certainly, those people are in the room right now, watching the bloodlust without sparing Mira a word of kindness. I can't really pinpoint why this bothers me, though. Maybe we did find everything and I'm just anxious. But...

Oh, she's clearly hiding a lot. She won't tell us the details of the ritual or why we're here or anything that might actually be useful. But...I'm getting the same feeling you are.

It feels like last week, when we caught one murderer but the other... is likely still among us even now.

I have to wonder...if Rachel and Marty saw this coming. We still don't know how Mira managed to get them to leave their rooms at all. IF they were both working with her and knew about the ritual, then...maybe they volunteered too.

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