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( TRIAL - WEEK 5 )
 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: 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. 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 voting | profiles | menu | locations | ic rulebook |
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[Yukina shakes her head, heaving a sigh.]
We've been looking for a way out since day one. We thought we had one, and we were working toward it, but then we found out it would mean leaving the dead behind. We found another, and... you're all mad at us for keeping things to ourselves, but we were told from the start that we weren't meant to share it. When we decided to go against what we were told, and did share it, to see if bringing it up to the group at large was even a possibility...
[Well. Look what happened.]
Andersen-san didn't record this part, but we talked about telling more of you when we met with him. He ended up doing it himself before we could, though. He... also told me not to tell someone, when I mentioned a specific name I wanted to talk to. And he had his reasons - but to act like we were never going to tell any of you is unfair. I can understand your frustrations with us for keeping as quiet as we have so far, but... this is getting to be a little much.
[Yukina sighs again.]
...I told you once before. If there is another way out of this, I would love to take it. But there isn't. Craftly-san has confirmed it, and I can't leave the people here in front of me behind.
If you're really that mad at us? Let one of us take the deal and be trapped in their service for eternity. You'll all be free, and if you want to live or die, you can make that decision yourself once you're not bound to this place any longer.
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He never once saw you as villains or portrayed you that way. He just wanted to give us a choice.
I'll say the same thing to you as I said to Kaito: stop thinking about this as you guys and us guys. We need to work as a team to work this out. Offer what you can no matter what and take the eyerolls or the scorn or whatever. Whether or not people are mad doesn't matter when this is probably going to be our last chance to decide things as a group.
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[She was keeping quiet before because based on Jake's reaction to Kaito earlier, it did not seem at all likely that they'd be listened to.]
Looking at it from the standpoint of trying to stop all of this... I think that right here, right now, there is no other way than to take the deal. But that's for while we're trapped here, while we're subject to their power.
From the outside, someone like Andersen-san may be able to assist in ending this permanently, especially if others from here who also escaped were willing to lend their power. He's too valuable to be left behind as an Innkeeper.
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[No more withholding information. No being smug and superior and looking down on others for wanting other ways. Just saying their point and moving on.]
We'd all be wiling to punch Cthulhu out of it was an option. Does anything make you think we'd be able to actually come back here? As it stands, I think we should leave behind whoever we think is most capable of changing things, since I figure they're the only one who will be able to do anything once it's done. But I'm listening.
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...changing things from he inside seems... next to impossible, if I may be blunt. Craftly-san in proof enough of that. Even his option was just a way to end a single ritual before there was too much bloodshed, as opposed to ending all of them.
Because those are the terms of his contract, and those will be the terms of the contract anyone who takes the deal will be bound to.
I think that we should leave behind someone who will want to help as many people as possible... but who doesn't have the power to make meaningful change from the outside. It wouldn't be as much of a loss.
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[Let this happen. Let this happen.
LET! HIM! DIE!]
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can we all just die already]
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[fuck you andersen you're her friend she doesn't want to see you bound to an eldritch horror???]