notagain | WEEK TWO: TRIAL

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Rise and shine, Camp Gatonina.

With yesterday's announcement weighting on your mind, you are left to your own devices for the entirety of the morning. The 7:00 AM bugle call will announce breakfast as usual, and those who still manage to retain an appetite under the current circumstances are free to make their way over to the mess hall in order to grab a bite.

It is not until 12:00 PM that something changes. Coming as a surprise to none, given your past experiences, your body will move of its own accord towards the Mess Hall. You are powerless to resist. The Mess Hall doors will lock once everyone is inside, and for some reason — your vision will momentarily blur before everything snaps back into focus.

Winter Wizard, Purple Heart and Black Shadows will be seated at a table by the enclosed bulletin board. Their bunnies will be beside them, dressed impeccably. They share a look, visibly uncomfortable, before they rise from their seats.

"So it seems one of your own has been killed. Now's the time to work together and find the responsible party."

"Nine hours remain to discuss and locate. Still have time."

"We'll help you as much as we can from our end, too, so... Good luck."

Well, you know the drill by now.

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the third trial!

We'll go over a few notes briefly as we will be playing this trial a bit differently than other games.

While there was a mini-investigation on Friday, today is the day participants can really dive in to investigate areas in the game setting, check over the body and review evidence that they find! Please see the toplevels in this post for more information. To help with the ease of the trial and for IC mechanics, only one location may be visited at a time. One of your NPCs will also be accompanying you on these visits.

Most importantly, before the trial is over, please place your character's vote over on the voting page. Voting will close at 9pm EST/6pm PST, and will serve as our activity check for the week, so please be sure you get your vote in before it ends unless you have contacted us previously. Please also be sure to read the voting page carefully.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Why a stork? Snork? Smork? Smoke?

[the fuck]

Anyway, I guess they did technically blind Hikage.

[she nods]

You were right.

I also think this narrows down the team of the person we're looking for.

Yeah, though that relies on us knowing the, um, members of that particular team.

... all I can do is speak for those who aren't.

[god fucking damn]

Would this be the team with the horror themes, by any chance?

... I think you know your own answer.

[please don't let her get struck by lightning]

...Even without specifically confirming, there is a team with the most people on it currently, which makes it the most likely to win at tasks. And then there is the possibility that The Howling was involved in this case, right?

Edited 2020-06-28 00:24 (UTC)

There are two teams that are pretty close in numbers, and tasks count for more if they're done with a person on the same team. Statistically speaking, we can only really rule out one team -- for all the good it does.

But yes, I did have the Howling in mind.

Wait, they do? Is this simply because of two-way tasks like 'dancing with someone' count twice, once for both parties, or is there actually an added weight to it?

[ but yeah nothing about the howling since that's what keeps coming up and it's. plausible. ]

No, just doing any task with someone from the same team gets more points.

. . . Seriously?

Teamwork makes the dream work, apparently.

(no subject)

chaoticlootral - 2020-06-28 00:37 (UTC) - Expand

Wait, where did you hear that?

I asked. Though, I suppose the better way to phrase is is 'x team member doing task with other x team member means more overall points for 'x team'.

extracrispy - 2020-06-28 00:49 (UTC) - Expand

slobjection - 2020-06-28 00:51 (UTC) - Expand

extracrispy - 2020-06-28 00:52 (UTC) - Expand

Wait, what? How do you know that?

I asked.

survivaltricks - 2020-06-28 00:40 (UTC) - Expand

slobjection - 2020-06-28 00:45 (UTC) - Expand

survivaltricks - 2020-06-28 00:47 (UTC) - Expand

slobjection - 2020-06-28 00:49 (UTC) - Expand

It's a thin lead, but with the time we have left, it may be all we have. At least it may help us determine who may not be guilty.

Problem is, we can't announce our teams or anyone else's. So, we'll have to find a way around it.

[ . . . . ? ]

Dimitri?

...Just considering who to trust, Lili.

Do you know what that power does?

No, but the possibility has been thrown about a number of times that it may be some sort of animalistic power at work... On the other hand, it could just be one of the stuffed animals that grants great strength.

[ or maybe the killer is just strong enough to do everything they saw, who knows. ]

voidbreaker - 2020-06-28 00:37 (UTC) - Expand

overruns - 2020-06-28 00:40 (UTC) - Expand

[ . . . hm. she puts a hand on his arm, hesitant.]

I hope that you don't end up disappointed - and if you do, I'll beat up whoever it is.

[ so, to get the order of things out there... ]

Then, whoever was waiting for Hikage-san first used the smoke bomb, and then... Sorry, we were throwing around ideas about a werewolf or an animal ability earlier, so they used the cover to transform or summon something?