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, children. As the Dining Hall is still under reparations — 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. A single towel that still has sludge on it floats among the accessories in the pool. Looks like no one bothered to really clean it up from Friday. 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 still.

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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What idiots.

[ YOU HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE THING KEEPING US HERE AND DONT TALK TO IT??? hajime is so disappointed ]

That makes sense. Is it like... her, or a phone to her? 'Cause there's a difference and depending on that difference I might want to try something?

[Jake nods at the first part.]

I'm not sure exactly. The statue method seems like a phone? An eldritch horror sort of phone but a phone. The other method apparently we'd need Girge for, so don't vote for him by the by, but it involves a mirror I suppose.

Ah, but I thought Girgey is looking to die? Oh well. I guess we have to be a little bit selfish.

[ but. hummm. ]

We should decide on metaphors and how to use them. An alien sent riddles to my soul which was a notebook, so I might be able to help out.

Unfortunately, we've been pushed into a situation where our only choice is to be a little selfish. [He hates this but oh well.] That's an excellent idea, Hajime. I do assume a being like this would need a certain brand of reasoning, which is why I wanted to use time today to consider it outside the box.

Outside the box is a little bit light to put it, Jake. [ just idly. ]

In his riddles to us, we were all birds. So maybe we should start by deciding on something like that? It's worth trying, I think.

[Well she has a point.] Hmm... well, to a horrorterror, I assume it would have to be something like, well, the sacrifices or the suffering mortals or some poppycock like that.

They probably won't let us have it any other way, so we have to outsmart them. Or just be stubborn! You know like how a troll on the internet never shuts up? Like that, but with like... murder and tentacles.

[Don't talk to Homestucks about trolls please.] True enough. God, we had this one, such a rude dude. But anyway, I'm sure if there is a better option, it's incredibly difficult to find. But we can make it a long-term goal if nothing else.

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