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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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[ hi entrapta's in your personal space now. ]
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he'll point it out on his lapel - it's this one that does not at all match senri's aesthetic but it's fine. it's where his heart-shaped pin used to be. he's been playing with placement and moving it around throughout the week.]
This one.
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So, some kind of social protocol was engaged and pins were exchanged in a gesture of friendship! What was the subject like? Do you have any idea why she was targeted to be killed?
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Shiks? You want me to just - talk about her? I guess I can. I don't have any idea why someone would be enough of a jerk to want to hurt her, so if it'd give anyone else any idea....
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Mm! Shiks is talented - she's a sweet girl who wanted to find a way to win this game without having to hurt other people. She's really charming, and believed more in the path of just trying to convince everyone to follow one god more than the others so that it'd be easier to resolve. She had something she was fighting for too - but I don't think that's super relevant, unless someone has a reason to know.
She was part of Ambition's followers, but they didn't get along at all. I think Ambition was rude to her, and Shiks thought that Ambition wouldn't miss her if she left. So she said she was going to switch to Sincerity, and we agreed we'd try to figure out a way to win the game together.
She threw a shoe at me once, but I think it was an accident. Otherwise, I don't think she'd ever hurt anyone first. She really wanted to stay alive, but I don't know if she knew how to fight...
Oh - and she had her doll with her everywhere! [actually.] .... Do we know where he is?
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[ Mizuki waves a hand. ]
I only spoke to her once, but she told me that her goal in being here was to give another person happiness, and I don't think she was lying. It's hard to imagine a girl like that having many enemies.
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Mm-hmm!
Shiks was really easy to get along with. Really cute and charming. So she definitely wasn't the instigator - someone decided to target her first.