( TRIAL - WEEK 5 )

[abhoth]

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. ( victims ) 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 yuggoth. ( quick navigation ) voting | profiles | menu | locations | ic rulebook

Comments

[g101]

Oh, if this is about superpowers, I might be able to help? I can absorb things into my body if they're in a form like a soul, probably.

[ ??? gatchaman crowds ]

[nowyouseeit]

[OH, RIGHT]

If we all make it out of here alive and you guys get your powers back, you might be able to find a way back here to stuff the Unclean into your--





[IMMEDIATELY CLICKS HIS MOUTH SHUT]

[g101]

Into my boobs. You can say boobs, Splashy.

[ HAHAHAHA ]

That's my plan! But I don't know if it'll work. I'm still missing my notebook. At the very least, I think I could get Andie out, since he's a spirit already...?

[nowyouseeit]

[taps his cheek thoughtfully!]

But we'd have to figure out a way to get you here in the first place. Like-- dimensional travel?

Can we even do that on our own?

[g101]

I was hoping you'd know. Everyone keeps saying this and then about you guys having more information but maybe you're just as in the dark as me.

[ BLEH ]

This is a different realm, but I have one of those inside of me. So I know I can jump, sort of?

[nowyouseeit]

You guys know everything we know, honestly.

[and that's a truth]

If you can jump, then I wonder if you can jump here? Though would you really wanna come here all by yourself? The Unclean isn't really, uh. Pleasant.

[g101]

[ a thought strikes her, then. ] Who gave you the info?

Also, I don't really care? I told you I survived nearly dying before. And I'm whole now, plus I would have my giant scissors.

[nowyouseeit]

Girge, through the Unclean. Some came from Craftly. It depends on what info you're talking about, specifically.

[also, every time he learns more about her life at home, he just. has his mind blown]

Giant scissors. . .

[g101]

You keep making funny faces about things I can do, but the aliens weren't that weird?

[ JUST SAYING.... ]

I'm not sure we can entirely trust someone who is making it sound like he has to be alive at the end...? But if Craftie says it's so, then... I guess.

[disinterested]

[girge doesn't want to be alive at this point damn it

if there is one reason he regrets telling the hunters anything IT'S BECAUSE EVERYONE NOW WANTS HIM TO LIVE??]

[pinesfortruth]

Dimension travel is possible. My great-uncle built a portal and traveled through a bunch of them over 30 years.

[nowyouseeit]

[points at him!1]

Now there's an idea. Your great-uncle actually sounds pretty cool.

[pinesfortruth]

[he's distracted for two seconds from being a judgmental ho by ... Ford]

Ford's great. He has seven PHDs, he's been to a gajillion dimensions, he fights monsters and studies the supernatural...

[-- coughs]

And this is not important right now.

[nowyouseeit]

[omg. LAUGHS]

It's important enough to the idea of potentially coming to this realm from the outside and punching a god in the face.

[pinesfortruth]

[coughs. right. yeah. anyway]

It's potentially possible. I mean, Mabel and I kinda have to rescue him and stop the apocalypse first? But there's probably someone else who knows dimensional travel around somewhere if that doesn't work out.

[thawedheart]

[??? gatchaman crowds indeed, i need to watch this]

...I think that's a reason why you should definitely be able to escape from here, Hajime-san. With powers like that... maybe someday you could take them down, from the outside.

I just don't think there's much we can do from the inside. So whoever takes the deal... should be willing to do so, but not strong enough to really be a loss to any efforts that might happen after the rest of you are free.

[g101]

I think that everyone should go home. We're playing a chess game against someone really stubborn, so we have to be more stubborn.

[ hmmm. ]

Or maybe I can put the dead in me? I don't know! It's all really confusing but I'm willing to try, 'cause that's what Gatchaman does.

[thawedheart]

You would need your powers back first, wouldn't you? And we can't get those back without either killing Girge-san or taking the deal...

And if we end the ritual with Girge-san's death, I fear there won't be enough time to do anything for the dead. The Unclean would probably be... [She glances at the sun and makes a face.] ...upset.

[g101]

What happens to everyone living at the end, when the deal happens?

[ thinking outloud, mostly. ]

[thawedheart]

Craftly-san said the deal would allow whoever took it to save 41 souls so... I had thought that they would also be sent home.

[g101]

[ well. ]

If that means powers are unlocked, I could probably merged with Andersen then and leave her without a servant.

[ just a thought. ]

Or I could merge with Mother and stop it at it's source entirely.

[thawedheart]

It might be that we don't get them back until we go home. [That seems most likely to her - she can't imagine the Unclean would risk something like that.] ...they've planned out so much so far, it's... hard to imagine them risking something like that happening in their own realm.

[Which is why Yukina thinks it has to happen from the outside.]

[g101]

[ that all sounds very airtight, but. ]

I'll ask Craftie. But... I'd rather try than not try at all.

[g101]

I'd have to make you a book first.

[ just saying? ]

And then you'd be inside me and we could have breakfast together every morning! You'd probably like Katze.