( 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

[splinten]

If it's an option that she'll go for, I'm down for it.

[Literally not missing a beat on that]

Kill three people and leave alive our Innkeeper choice, probably Girge, and I guess some other person who we don't feel like killing.

[g101]

She doesn't have to go for it if I can figure out a way to make it work. Catching her off guard is enough.

[ KATZE DIDN'T FOR IT, AT LEAST. ]

Ohh, that sucks. Are we sure we don't have another option?

*KILL ALL BUT THREE PEOPLE

[splinten]

Not sure, but you can ask Craftly to confirm. He's feeling helpful today.

[g101]

[ IM HANDWAVING SHE WALKED AWAY AND CAME BACK TO REPORT ]

It's only us or Craftly we can vote for. Kaitou-kun seems confused about the murders so I might tell everyone how everything went, but I'm gonna see how viable it is to merge with her, also!!!

[splinten]

Cool, then we have that back-up option down.

[g101]

Sooo.

No go on everything including getting powers only once we're all gone.

[ BOO!!!!!!!! ]

[splinten]

Bummer. Yukina proposed that those who leave would remember and might be able to work out somethin' from the outside, so I guess we should try to make sure you get to go home at least.

[g101]

Sooooo.

[ bouncing a water condom on the table here. ]

I don't think it's possible to merge with her... at all. But if Andie's the Innkeeper, I could try to come back for him. I might have to go home with Dippa Dots so I can use his uncle's dimension jumpie thingie, then, and then I'll come back here and take Andie back with me.

[ there's a beat, there, though. ] Ultimately, it sounds kind of complicated. I'd rather just end this all so no one else has to do it again.

[pinesfortruth]

It wouldn't be immediate. We're kind of in the middle of trying to stop the apocalypse, and Ford had to take his machine down because it was dangerous even before that. There's probably a way to build one that isn't as likely to cause trouble? But it'd take a bit.

[not to mention convincing him to build a new one but]

[pinesfortruth]

I don't feel like I've learned anything helpful here.

[he got his face eaten. mostly.]

[pinesfortruth]

I already knew both of those things!!

[LIFE SUCKS]

[pinesfortruth]

Your life lessons suck.

[pinesfortruth]

I've kept to the heavily edited versions after the little mermaid incident.

[........what he thinks of. well.]

It's bad? [eloquent] I'm on board trying to fix things from the outside, since that seems to be the only option. As well as having to take the deal.

[he is not quite at the acceptance part of it meaning he and his sister die tho. even temporarily?? so he's not. gonna mention that one.]

[g101]

[ I MISSED THIS IM DEVASTATED ]

I'm pretty patient as long as I'm not bored! And it sounds like you do fun things there all the time. I bet me and Mabel could wrap you up in stickers.

[ it's nice to think about doing things together that aren't DYING ]

If you think it could work, I trust you.

[pinesfortruth]

We could use all the help we could get in the apocalypse.

[g101]

I've got a robotic superhero suit and I can put things in my body. Will that help?

[ ????????? gcrowds ]

[pinesfortruth]

[...whatever that body thing means he doesn't wanna know]

Probably? The superhero suit sounds helpful, at least.

1/2

[g101]

[ an evil alien lives in her :( ]

I can help then!! I'm good at finding better solutions.

[g101]

[ oh yeah theyre all gonna die. ]

Usually.

[pinesfortruth]

[...hm.]

Yeah, same.

[this sucks.]

[g101]

[ ......

hajime raises her fist again. ]

We'll figure something out.