WEEK 2; TRIAL

[killerwaves]

TRIAL

Whether you investigated or decided to take it easy, before you know it the speakers crackle to life instructing you to head to the beach. This is a demand not a request, and anyone who doesn't comply will find themselves forcibly moved there by the kitty bots—even if it takes a whole swarm of them.

Once you get there, you'll see that this isn't quite a beach party, instead a gigantic sandbar dotted with some type of constructs has risen out of the sea and tides. The path to the sandbar is solid enough even if it is relatively narrow, and once you arrive you'll find that you're far out in the ocean, way farther than it's comfortable to swim.

And once everyone is gathered, the pathway recedes back into the sea leaving you trapped here, all twenty-eight of you. At least there's ample seating, a kind of amphitheater made of sand with space in the middle for grandstanding or dramatic revelations. Though the area is mostly open, there are lone pieces of sand wall around the edges, maybe to dissuade you from tossing someone into the ocean without stopping you entirely. Thankfully, a lone outhouse rests again one of the walls just in case you need to use the bathroom, though it's not much in the way of actual privacy.

Settle in, get comfortable or just complain about all the sand you'll be tracking back, if you make it back that is. There's still another sacrifice to be chosen after all according to your administrators and—

Maybe you've noticed there's no palm trees or speakers here? It's just you, and the sand. For now.

(( OOC: Welcome to your first trial! You'll have 7 hours (8PM EST/5PM PST) to find the killer and send them off their death, if you believe in justice at least. Since this is scapegoat style, finding the correct killer is not mandatory!

Please remember to vote before then unless you've spoken to a mod, as votes are our stand-in for AC. ))

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[townmusician]

What do you mean what barrier?

[gluttoning]

Maybe he didn't know.

I didn't know there was a barrier, either.

[townmusician]

Beelzebub… Are you stupid?

[Time to be rude for little to no reason!!]

[gluttoning]

[...

>:(]

Excuse me?

[townmusician]

[wait beel could obliterate him—]

…Didn’t you think something weird was going on?

[gluttoning]

No. I didn't.

[Funny how he looks so tall when he squares his shoulders, huh!]

Don't call me stupid, Haruka. I don't appreciate it.

let me reply in the right place

[conchy]

Now now, gentleman, this is no time to fight.

[Looking directly at Haru-chan...]

Keep up your pleurs and you may very well end up with a hole in your chest too.

[diabolizes]

I also didn't know about a barrier.

[townmusician]

Are all of you just stupid?!

[plunges]

Haruka.

[ Look, he gets this is a tense situation, but now is not the time. ]

[townmusician]

[Immediately settling down…

But honestly, what the hell were y’all doing on the beach………]

[plunges]

[ He wishes he knew.

...Or maybe not, considering that he learned what bofa and ligma jokes were........ ]

[diabolizes]

Ah, Haruka... have you considered we were having too much fun to notice? I promise to let you join in next time.

[townmusician]

[At least someone was having fun last night.]

I don’t know if we should already be talking about a next time.

[diabolizes]

Ah... perhaps not. Regardless, I'll include you in my plans next time I have some, so don't be jealous.

[solutionary]

Considering our captors, I wouldn't put a "next time" off of the table. Unfortunately.

[passetemps]

There is not necessarily any reason to know if they did not attempt to leave their shelter.

[townmusician]

Must be nice to have spent the night somewhere not terrible.

[finalmix]

To be fair, most of us probably found ourselves... [ dryly ] particularly indisposed by falling asleep even if we don't usually sleep, so that would have prevented most of us from finding out about a barrier~

[divector]

I didn't know there was one until now. I was planning on staying at the arcade.

[microtransactions]

It's true, he was busy watching me play Paper Mario.

[ there was a barrier? ]

[chosenwang]

I will admit that we were quite busy to notice anything such as barrier around the beach.

[townmusician]

What did you even do last night...

[Can we discuss this and not Kingfisher, please.]

[chosenwang]

Played some party games around a bonfire and counted how many gray hairs Wei Wuxian had.

[diabolizes]

Which is zero, by the way.