( 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

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[ninjay]

...

[ he rubs his temple. ]

Yukina, you're dying.

[thawedheart]

...am I? Are you going to do it, Jay-san?

[KILL HER WHERE SHE STANDS]

[ninjay]

If I have to. Everyone else already decided on who they want to stay. After all of the speeches we got regarding choices, we should let them have this one.

[ he's not going to do it now though chill. ]

[thawedheart]

...some of them voted for me.

[two of them did

definitely not a majority]

I wouldn't feel right... condemning Andersen-san to this place when he could do so much good outside of it. If no one had voted for me at all, I'd give up, but...

[Just kill her when the weapons come up, Jay]

[ninjay]

And you have a life to live with your friends. Enjoy freedom, Yukina.

[ he squeezes her hand. ]

[thawedheart]

[Freedom.

She'd more or less resigned herself to it as soon as she heard the caveat for getting the graveyard out alive... so it's hard to shake it now. But slowly, she nods, and buries her face in her hands.

Freedom.

Her shoulders are shaking, but she's not fighting Jay on it anymore, at least.]

[nowyouseeit]

[hey Yukina]

[slides an arm over her shoulders :(]

[abhoth]

[ If Craftly theoretically was there, he'd hug all three of them.

This is a gagtag but I'm leaving it because I Do What I Want. ]

[ninjay]

[ it's fine. he continues holding yukina's hand and he'll place his free one on kaito's arm.

where's girge. ]

[thawedheart]

[hug it out, guys

which is to say, Yukina's clinging to them both]

[disinterested]

[Staying far away from this, thanks.]

[thawedheart]

[realtalk getting talked down was the whole point of her responding to this bc oocly i knew about the deal she struck with craftly and have been absolutely scrambling to get her killed so it didn't mess up the results of the innkeeper vote

Yukina's wiping at her eyes a little, still looking conflicted, but not... actively arguing to try and talk him out of it, at least.]

Please... please be well, Andersen-san. I don't want you to suffer.

[thawedheart]

[i have been out for yukina's blood for so long]

...if you enjoy it, can you really say you're suffering?

[The question of it distracts her from her melancholy, anyway.]

[nowyouseeit]

[oh]

[oh my god]

. . . wait, he can actually make that an incentive?!

[ninjay]

Apparently she's more underhanded than we are. Amazing, right?

[nowyouseeit]

[he blinks a few times]

[then laughs, and shakes his head]

Honestly. . . it doesn't really matter to me who takes the deal. But you had a point about giving them their choice.

[ninjay]

They're already angry enough at us as is. We shouldn't make it worse.

[ it's honestly the least they can do. ]

[nowyouseeit]

[mmm. he nods]

Yeah. Agreed.

[thawedheart]

[Wiping at her eyes after Jay makes her cry.]

...I'm not completely sure... b-but I had to try. I didn't want either one of you to have to do it, so I asked him... after the last trial...

[nowyouseeit]

Yukina. . .

[well. maybe under normal circumstances he'd be mad, but now?]

[he just laughs]

It's like what Jay said. You really are sneaky, huh?

[thawedheart]

...I might have... picked up a few things from my time here.

[SHE TRIED.]

[nowyouseeit]

I think we all did, just by the nature of our roles here.

[except he was like, sneaky beforehand, so]