TRIAL | WEEK ONE

[divus]

FIRST TRIAL

The participants' sleep the night before is blessedly free of god-sent dreams, and when they wake and the morning dawns bright and early, they find themselves drawn to the courtyard.

The courtyard looks mostly the same as it did the day before - filled with statues of each of the participants, with frosted glass-topped coffin at the center. However, now that the trial has begun, Shiki's coffin is open, and her body is available to be examined.

Patience is standing among the statues, waiting for everyone to arrive. Once the entire group has been gathered, she speaks.

"Last night, a champion was taken from us, and a God has been angered. Reparations must be paid in kind...so today, we gather to determine which among our suspects will be held accountable."

She gestures behind her, and above the altar room's doorway, marble busts appear depicting the masked faces of five gods, names etched upon their stands. The culprit is among their ranks, but which team will bear the burden?

Good luck, everyone. You have nine hours to decide... and your time starts now.

VICTIM;



SUSPECTS;

OOC NOTES

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the first trial!

A few notes on logistics, as this will play out a little differently than trials in previous games -

Firstly, in lieu of an investigation on Friday, during the trial itself, participants will have the chance to investigate a preserved version of the temple as it was on murder night - a copy, if you will. This can be done by providing the name of the location you wish to investigate to the host. For the sake of your mods' sanity, only one location may be investigated at a time, and no more than three characters should take part in the investigation. Your host will be accompanying you into the area and can manipulate the environment upon request to allow you to test theories, which you can then report the results of to the rest of the group at large. For this purpose, we suggest that you visit locations to confirm or deny theories that have come up in discussion at the trial, or to search for clues if you get stuck. The others can and should continue to brainstorm while the investigation crew is away.

Secondly, rather than having a traditional suspect system where your vote is for which individual you think committed the murder, trials at Plasmatio focus on determining which god is responsible for the actions of their follower, and in turn, which god will therefore lose a follower in reparations for stealing the life of one of the participants. There are multiple ways of taking part in this trial - you can focus on solving the murder, or focus on lowering the numbers of a suspect god you don't want to win the whole competition, or focus on your own character's goals, whatever they may be. Ultimately, your task here is to sway the group at large into voting the way you want them to.

And speaking of votes... before the trial is over, please place your character's vote over on the voting page. Voting will close at 6PM PST/9PM EST, 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.

If you have any questions at any time, please let do us know by pinging us on Discord or on plurk! Danielle (entrappings) is taking point on the trial today, and Britt (bloodthirstiest) is her backup. Thank you, and have fun!

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Comments

[artificialhighness]

[Hmm. They didn't see anything other than the fire, but does this mean something else happened to Shiki that they may not have been privy to? She'll pause for a moment and then come in closer to examine the cuts.

Although she's a robot, she's got decent knowledge of both robotic and human injuries.

What does it look like those cuts were made by, and which parts of the body are they on?]

[divus]

[It looks like they were made by a blade that was not serrated! ...in fact, they look like they were made by a blade larger than a knife. They're on the arms, torso, chest, and one on the neck.]

[artificialhighness]

[Since it seems like there are shallower and deeper injuries, which are shallower and which are deeper? Does it seem possible to determine if one or more of the cuts was what killed Shiki, or if it was the fire all along?

[divus]

[How is Luna attempting to discover this? Is she just eyeballing it or, like, sticking her fingers in there to feel how deep they are? The more specific you are about how she's looking the more relevant information we can give!]

[artificialhighness]

[For now, she's just going to eyeball it. It seems like Entrapta has her fingers in the girl pie pretty well, and Luna still likes to keep a distance from corpses unless circumstance demands it.]

[hairckervoice]

[ entrapta can handle it don't worry. ]

Hello again! You don't happen to have a knife on you, do you?

[ a very normal thing to ask. ]

[artificialhighness]

I'm afraid I don't carry a knife at the moment.

[She is thinking about it after this weekend though??

But it looks like at least Mouri has us covered, thanks hat man.]

[divus]

[Just by looking, the chest wound seems deepest, but exactly how deep is hard to tell among the char. The other cuts are all of varying depths.]

[artificialhighness]

[She'll continue eyeballing it because she's a priss and I'm a fool.

Is it possible to tell if any of these are defensive wounds, or if they were made while Shiki was in some other position? Also, are any parts of her more charred than other parts? Just double checking where the fire started, y'know.]

[divus]

[It's difficult to tell conclusively whether or not they are defensive wounds; they're on a part of her body where they feasibly could be.

Her body is pretty evenly charred.]