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

alexa play careless whisper

[tootsiepop]

[Once the privacy screen has been provided--]

Patience has given us a privacy screen. Select one person who can accompany you behind the partition before you proceed.

[DON'T BE CHUUYA.]

[frilly]

It would be nice if a girl could help me...

[goatsongs]

I'm available if anyone wants. [He's already taken off his shirt and put it back on, but since it needs checking-] Mizuki, lemme borrow you.

[Once he and Mizuki are behind the screen he'll take his shirt and pants and weirdly long socks to reveal that he is still not injured.]

[unremorseful]

I don't really care who checks me over for injuries - any volunteers?

[no]

I'll look over anyone else if you need, too.

[digestif]

Hmm... That's troubling. My body is a very private thing, you know.

[ they seem to be thinking. ]

Connor-kun, you're an android, right?

[selfimmolates]

I don't care who accompanies me.

[anyway once he gets someone—well, it takes a while, because first he has to detach his quiver, and then remove his holster for his rifle and his bow, and then his jacket before he can get to his shirt and pants.

but yeah he has no injuries.]

[socrash]

Gramps can follow me in if he wants.

[ And by 'Gramps' he means Chuuya, because he was so grumpy about it.

In any case, once they're all settled, taking off his shirt and pants will reveal.....no injuries but also a complete lack of the killer abs that he was boasting about before. ]

[tinkerberry]

I just want to make it clear that I have a boyfriend and so you shouldn't fall in love with me after witnessing my young and bare skin.

[sedulitas]

So, we're doing this now?

[ IS THIS REALLY VITAL ]

[ritualization]

[honestly anyone who has talked to ishi is valid here as long as they're willing to help, because like, there's a lot of fabric involved here and they're going to have to hold some of it.

anyway underneath the old fashioned outfit there is this, unfortunately. please don't ask me why it has windows or how this damn thing even comes off bc it isn't!]

-I hope this is sufficient?

[because he doesn't have any visible marks or injuries, please don't make me consider the outfit any more than this.]

[hymned]

... It would be an easier process if some of us could get assistance with this...

[ what's up we're plasma, we're one week old and how many of us have dead arms ]

[haw]

[ he's tired and impatient but at least his pants are still on

i should probably mention he's unhurt too, huh ]

[zerotohiro]

[...]

Whatever, let's just get this over with.

[At the end of the day, there are no injuries.]

[nosediving]

Ah . . . A-anyone will do.

[It's improper, but it must be done. Accompanied by another, Shang Qinghua peels his clothes off to reveal no fresh injuries—yellowing, almost healed bruises spot his torso like he had been brutally beaten before arriving at the temple.]

[idealogy]

I may assist any gentlemen who may need it.

[but his victorian sensibilities say ladies are entirely separate!!!!]

And I ask only for patience if one is to accompany me.

[his outfit has

so many buckles

why does he wear so many watches

- anyway he's clear of injuries!]

[sleepingkogoro]

[As a detective, you can be certain Mouri is taking this with the utmost seriousness]

If anyone needs someone to accompany them then just ask.

[Mouri isn't happy about this, but looks like it needs to be done, so yeah, he's offering]

Connor, come aid me with...mine, I guess.

<small<[If you're available, of course!]

[catraclysm]

[ she just fucking takes off her shirt. she's wearing like. bandages to cover her breasts because that's how the horde does bras but cATRA ]

Yeah, here, whatever, but I'm not taking my pants off for anyone. I'm obviously not injured anyway.

[ in her defense, her pants have holes pretty much all over and she's never wearing shoes, it'd be hard to hide anything. but also why is she this way ]

[usogi]

A guy - definitely a guy, please!

[anyway whenever senri gets stripped he's clear of injuries]

[ateanalien]

Whatever. Let's get this done.

[Hector doesn't care who accompanies him.

What this reveals is that Hector has no injuries. Just many scars over his arms and torso, but they're all pretty old]

[moralhyperopia]

[ Itachi's not wearing his stupid akatsuki cloak today so I don't have to find a link to that one time he started undressing because i hate naruto. also he looks like an absolute fucking idiot anyway. except with a crow on his left shoulder. ]

I have no particular preferences.

[ but he doesn't volunteer himself to check for injuries because he's. blind.

also since everyone was doing edits to streamline he has no injuries but he's kind of not moving his left arm like, at all! ha ha. ]

[arockstar]

It'd be faster to skip the buddy system, but fine.

[Newt doesn't give a rip who sees, so he's just gonna take off his shirt and drop his pants to reveal his super sweet Kaiju tattoos that cover like literally his entire torso and limbs.

Feel free to peep the tats, but he is injury free.]

[requiemed]

[She isn't picky about who accompanies her, and whoever it is will find that she has no injuries.]

[moralmyopia]

[Please spare yourself and don't look at Sasuke. He's definitely probably got a thong on.

He's just waiting for someone in particular anyway...]

[symphonise]

[ stripping for a good reason is fine, so Nonon doesn't actually protest. ]

Whatever, whoever is fine. Let's not get weird about this.

[ Anyway, whoever helps her will find her removing clothing with only her left hand, but she has no injuries. ]

[hairckervoice]

Excellent! Let the experiment begin!

[ entrapta is easy, she will look over anyone or take anyone to look at her. and she has no injuries! but so much hair. so much. ]