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TRIAL | WEEK ONE
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;
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.
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 (![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
entrappings) is taking point on the trial today, and Britt (bloodthirstiest) is her backup. Thank you, and have fun!
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 (
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Rollo's actually settled in fairly nicely, all things considered! Which may or may not be a bad thing, given our circumstances, but it's at least good to know he'll probably be all right.
[ even if, uh, something happens. ]
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As she's doing so, she'll at least look up to address Julius. Who knows how long it will take for Rollo to climb into her lap again? They've become such good friends! But I, Jes, don't want to godmode the cat, so ]
Hopefully we can end this game before anything happens to any of you.
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Hopefully, huh.
[ That said, Rollo lets out a happy 'prrrrt' and slinks on over to twine around a leg. He recognizes this face! Do you want to pick him up, Estelle, or just pet him while he ambles around? ]
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Otherwise, though, her focus is on Julius. ]
No, I give you my word. Nothing untoward will happen to your family while you're here.
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That said, Rollo does seem more on edge than when she'd run into him when they all first woke up. It seems he's smart enough to know the general gist of what's going on here, and doesn't like the tension in the air. :c
Julius, on the other hand, offers a small, gentle laugh-- not unkindly. ]
'While I'm here,' huh? Well, in that case: it's the after that I'm worried about. Thank you, though.
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... Well, if there's anything I can do to help -
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[ i mean this is still valid despite what's going on later in the trial shh. ]
I might just be being a little too pessimistic about things, that's all.
[ as if to punctuate that, Rollo meows before squirming himself into a comfortable position in her hold so that he can begin purring. ]
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Yesterday was Cat Day? Gotta honor a cat. ]
It's good to know that Rollo's doing well.
[ She's crouched down in front of the cat. ]
May I?
[ She cares more for the cat's permission than Julius', but. ]
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[ Rollo's staring at her blankly, but after a long, charged moment... he also just does a kitty stretch before flopping down.
Nonon is permitted to pet the cat emperor, it seems. ]