plasmatio | TRIAL

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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It's got something in its mouth. Can you get it to cooperate?

[it's your bird and everything.]

... Does it? It's been known to pick things up. Let me.

[ he looks a bit surprised, but he cooperates easily, gesturing with two fingers for it to get down. the crow looks at itachi in betrayal before hopping on the ground and gently depositing

a lighter. ]

[Chuuya will pick it up immediately.]

Thanks, little birdie, for bringing us a source of ignition.

[

okay he kind of squints at it for a second because it just looks like a FUCKING BLOB to him, but. chuuya's words helped ]

... A lighter?

[ now it's itachi's turn to look at its crow. the crow caws :/ ]

... Would this be our incriminating evidence?

I do believe we were looking for the source of the fire...

Mm. I'd marked Itachi Uchiha-kun as a suspicious person last night, as well...

[ Mizuki glances at him. ]

Uchiha-kun. Are you willing to tell us what god you're under?

Is anyone else willing to tell us what god he's under.

(no subject)

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Even if he presumably is not familiar with the mechanism of a lighter itself, if Miss Shiki did use Blame Game as suggested this may still be her hint.

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You wish to know if I'm of ... Sincerity, Piety, Beauty, Love or Indulgence, correct?

[ like. y'all see who he is, right. ]

None of those, though I understand it would be rather easy to lie, unless every one of a god's followers is willing to come forward.

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[ he looks... amused? ]

It can be if you want it to be, though I'm not sure where I would've gotten a lighter.

You want to redo that one and come up with a better defense?

[ nah? nah. ]

While I believe this would be the responsibility of the one who committed the murder alone, don't we need to determine which god that person is aligned with? Given the circumstances, I'm not sure their word alone would suffice...

We do. This won't end the night, but it gives us a place to start from.

Of course. I merely wanted to ensure things would continue to move forward from here.

Where did it get a lighter from, I wonder?

I've been numerous places, though if it's recent, I'd assume the hostel.

[ shrugs ]

Anybody else see lighters in the hostel? Or have theirs go missing?

[chuuya isn't a smoker he doesn't know]

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Knew I couldn't trust that feathered fuck.

[ he is now vindicated... for not playing go with a bird ]

The crow's fine, it's the guy who murdered a teenage girl.

I don't care about specifics, I just wanted to make my position clear.

[ but ultimately, he is being purposely shitposty now (as opposed to him unwillingly doing so) ]

...Wait a second.

[She frowns, biting her lip.]

I talked to one of the gods last night about what to expect at the trial, and they said it might not be the first person that seems guilty. And... That what we see and understand might not be the right answer.

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[ the crow attempts to peck mijima ]

Fuck off, I only got one eye left!

[ HE'S. TRYING TO PUNCH THE BIRD ]

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