WEEK FIVE: TRIAL

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W̴͍̎E̴̝̊E̸͚͝K̸͕̿ FIVE: TRIAL

Rise and shine; you know how Saturdays go. Even if you'd rather sleep in, you'll find yourself waking up and getting out of bed. Once you're out of your room, a door appears down the hallway, compelling you to walk towards it. Upon entering, you'll discover a room that's familiar if you've gone exploring this week or possibly from even before then:

EMPORIUM (THE REALM)
The exterior of the building is welcoming, with windows lined with various eye-catching trinkets, ranging from stuffed animals to t-shirts. After stepping inside, the very first thing that will greet guests is a statue made out of L*gos. Yes, the black bar is somehow there.

The interior is filled with row upon row of shelves filled with different items. There is a collection of stuffed animals, ranging in size from small enough to hide in your pocket to some as big as a toddler. There's a wide range of other toys as well, like dolls, L*gos, puzzles, and more. Different display cases show off pins, lanyards, keychains, sunglasses, jewelry, and other accessories. Participants may even find one of those keychains with their name on it...?

If you consider it a typical souvenir item, it's here. Cups, shot glasses, pens, t-shirts, hats... Everything is stacked neatly, proudly displaying the silhouette of a castle. There are also now items featuring tigers, rabbits, goats, swans, wolves, and foxes. However, there is no one at the cash register, so it seems like participants can't purchase anything.

There are a few tables in here behind room dividers. One is labeled 'Evidence' while the rest are covered in white sheets. Elsewhere in the room is a table with pencils and slips of paper for voting.

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Welcome to your sixth trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about the murders. Characters will have time to examine the body of the victim and explore relevant locations.

There will be a mod-tag break between 4pm EST to 5pm EST. While the trial may continue and players can tag each other, mod-led threads such as questions and investigations will be on hold.

Finally, we have a voting page for characters to vote on the culprit! Please be sure that your vote is in by the time trial finishes 9pm EST. Voting is mandatory in this game.

Good luck!

N̸A̵V̴I̶G̶A̶T̴I̴O̸N̷.̷

█ LOCATIONS █ STATUSES █ PROFILES █ AUDIENCES
█ REPORTING █ PRIVATE CONVOS █ MURDER

Comments

[guestservices]

No.

[unsaid]

"Relatively simple" it is then.

Though it does appear to be a tall order, given that we have returned to three individuals deceased.

[guestservices]

Yes, which is why you're the one who expressed that hope, and not me.

[unsaid]

[he smiles faintly]

I believe hope ought persist, else we become complacent with what we have before us.

[and just settle for crashing and burning,]

[guestservices]

Perhaps.

But it would still be a lie if I claimed to think that you all would keep this simple.

[unsaid]

... well, it remains early.

Perhaps you might be pleasantly surprised.

[guestservices]

We'll see, I suppose.

[unsaid]

[comes back after we let two injured people explore a mountain and mollymauk poisoned himself]

Ha ha ha. We do not seem to be clearing the low bar.

[stop,]

Might I ask in regards to the available clues, my friend? Would the word puzzle require us to actively solve it?

[guestservices]

[yay.........]

It will not require you to solve an actual word puzzle, no.

[unsaid]

Hmm... Is it as straightforward as it suggests? Purchasing and using it will provide us with keywords to guide our thinking to solve mysteries?

Do you know if it will expand to all three cases, or will it be limited to fewer?

[guestservices]

... While all item descriptions are meant to help you decipher what they're for, you shouldn't take any of them directly at face value either.

It's meant to help you with a specific case.

[unsaid]

Ha ha, I was hopeful.

[a nice and easy word prompting...]

Would you say that the word puzzle would prompt a more abstract result than the glasses, then?

[guestservices]

Mm... I don't think either of them are necessarily abstract in this case, depending on your definition.

[unsaid]

I see, I see...

[comes back to this,]

Would one be able to choose which case the item is being used for?

[he doesn't particularly care but it'd help to know]

[guestservices]

... For the word search, the nature of how it's used means that you must know which case you intend to use it for, yes.

For the glasses, you may also choose which case.

[unsaid]

[nodding at that]

Thank you very much.

[guestservices]

Good luck.

[unsaid]

[waddles back in with tickies]

I believe a consensus has been reached for the star-shaped sunglasses.

[guestservices]

Okay.

[i'm just throwing this here to let you know we've seen this and will get to you shortly when y'all aren't doing 10 checks]

[guestservices]

[anyway comes back to this cetus hands mikazuki over the pair of star-shaped sunglasses. it will ID all pieces of evidence relating to 1 case! just report it under his reporting tl when he uses it.]

[unsaid]

[a tilt of his head]

A question. For this item, will it continue to indicate pieces of evidence as they are found?

[so like if more evidence shows up later for one case will it still be ID'd even tho the item was used]

[guestservices]

It will only count for evidence that has already been found.