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, but due to a certain someone who I shall not name [he's still pissed] — today's trial will take place by the pool. 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 Outdoor Dining Area 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. Due the Kitchen and Dining Hall getting wrecked, lunch and dinner will mostly consist of grilled and barbecued menu items. Hamburgers, hotdogs, salads, and items that require little preparation — all the residents have to do is ask in order to receive. Similarly, all beverages will be retrieved from a hundred quart cooler that has been placed by the side of the pool.

Not as fancy as usual, but at least the pool is clean now. Some inflatable pool toys lazily swim in the water, along with pool noodles. Every now and then, the waters will vibrate to the sound of buzz saws and assorted power tools. Looks like the Disposal Room, Dining Hall and Kitchen are under reparations.

A tent has been placed over the area to shield the residents from the sun, and to make up from the lack of transparencies everyone will receive a small booklet containing each resident's profile. They look a little bit like shitty PowerPoint presentation handouts, but maybe it's part of the charm. The profiles of the deceased are included, as always.

A second tent has been set up in the parking lot, complete with an air conditioning on the inside. Its use will become rapidly apparent once the victims corpses have 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 their table; a trash bin is available outside of the tent for this purpose.

Evidence found during the investigation, on the other hand, will be displayed in a table by the pool shed. Any items found by the residents on Friday will be displayed here for further examination.

Finally — one of the grandfather clocks has been kidnapped from its respective floor to show the current hour. Please do remember you have until 9:00 PM to figure out whodunit and cast your vote. And if anyone tries to leave the area before the trial is over? They'll discover an invisible wall blocking their path.

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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 Pool/Outdoor Dining Area (the pool shed will also be locked), 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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He begged me to.

[Yukina's voice is so small that it gets small text, too.]

[Ah. He doesn't move to comfort her, but he doesn't attack her, either.]

That makes sense. Why didn't you come forward?

...just to save myself? I couldn't. I couldn't do that to him. I didn't want people to think that he... that he wanted...

[She has a really hard time speaking ill of the dead.]

...but I can't lie, either.

I wouldn't judge anyone for wantin' out of this as kindly as possible.

[So that's that.]

Can you clear up a few things? There was mud on his shoes. We thought that he might've gone to the garden. Any explanation of details helps us rule them out as red herrings for other murders.

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thawedheart - 2017-06-18 00:19 (UTC) - Expand

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splinten - 2017-06-18 00:27 (UTC) - Expand

...Yukina.

Say that again. Right now.

[She shakes her head uselessly, but speaks up after a moment.]

Ryou-san was in pain. He didn't... he didn't want to be anymore.

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(reply from suspended user)

[She can't bring herself to look at him. Sorry Grandpa.]

thawedheart - 2017-06-18 00:30 (UTC) - Expand

blacktailed - 2017-06-18 00:31 (UTC) - Expand

Are you kidding me? You're not lying?

[more than a little bitterly:]

What, you believe me now?

ungodly - 2017-06-18 00:15 (UTC) - Expand

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thawedheart - 2017-06-18 00:58 (UTC) - Expand

Then we can cross Yukina off our suspect list and focus on the other murders.

[ Sometimes people want to be put down, what can you do? Nothing wrong with that. ]

Agreed.

[They only get one execution vote. Even if Ryou didn't agree, Dirk would much rather use the vote on the gruesome killers than one someone who killed kindly.]

willremember - 2017-06-18 00:12 (UTC) - Expand

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willremember - 2017-06-18 00:19 (UTC) - Expand

Yeah. Assuming she's telling the truth, Ryou probably wouldn't be happy if we sent Yukina to the grave right after him.

Were you gentle with him?

[ he was so sweet on her. ]

[She nods, bringing her hands up to cover her face because Clem made her cry. :c]

He said he trusted me to. So... so, I...

[Made it as gentle as she possibly could, really.

A cup of tea and then he's gone.]

g101 - 2017-06-18 00:28 (UTC) - Expand

Yukina, were you the only one who used the sleeping pills in that case?

...I think so, yes. I used as many from the bottle as I could... I didn't know how much it was going to take.

I threw the empty bottle out, but I think it was lost in the explosion.

potentite - 2017-06-18 00:24 (UTC) - Expand

[ ... Oh what the hell. ]

... Yukina...

...

Yukina.

[ jay sighs, just looking at her. ]

Yukina-chan.

[His expression is hard to read, as if many different emotions want to come to the surface. But all he can seem to settle on is an even, questioning stare.]

. . . Yukina. . .

[ no words this time.

he's here for legitimate hugs if you need it, Yukina. ]

... I hate this game.

You... you mercy killed him.