week 1 trial

[mgtropes]

W1: TRIAL

34 REMAIN.

In the morning at 11:30am sharp, you hear the intercom speakers blare loudly across the entire airport, perfectly audible no matter where you are.

All passengers, please report to Terminal 0 Gate Area effective immediately. All passengers, please report to Terminal 0 Gate Area effective immediately...

...But that's so far...! Groan. Still—even if you try your best to resist, you'll find your body moving against your will and taking you all the way over there anyway. After what feels like forever of walking, you'll arrive to the gate and see that a few things are different. Most of you probably had a feeling this is what you should expect, right?

The gate has been refurnished a little bit for the proceedings today. The metal gates will not let anyone out of the Gate Area without permission, but at least there's some snacks set out, and Allstars Coffee is still open in case you need a coffee break. Your Hosts await you near the front behind the counters, carrying various, but all expectant attitudes. After all, we knew this was coming.

► OOC Notes

Welcome to trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will need to discuss the circumstances, investigate relevant locations, and put together theories about the truth behind this week's murders!

Trial will last from 9am PST/12pm EST until 6pm PST/9pm PST. There will be an hour-long break starting 1pm PST/4pm EST; while players are free to continue tagging during this time, it is intended to allow players to take a minute to eat, rest, what have you.

Lastly, voting is mandatory. Please be absolutely sure to get your IC vote in before the end of trial, or there are severe IC consequences!

DM the mods if you intend to use a curse during trial. Curse duration may be altered or subject entirely to mod approval depending on how many curses are in play. Curse duration must end before break.

Good luck!

QUICKLINKS

NPC Support

Network

Voting

Body Check

Evidence Turn-In

Evidence Check

Investigation Requests

Investigations

Latest Flatview

NAVIGATION; (FULL NAV)

INFO

PLAYER STATUSES IC PROFILES MURDER PROPOSALS CYOA SIGN-UPS

SETTING

NPC AUDIENCES LOCATIONS ROOMING CURFEW

REPORTING

PC TURN-IN MOD REPORTING EVENT TURN-IN VOTING

Comments

INVESTIGATIONS

[mgtropes]

[ After you have requested an investigation, a Host will be with you momentarily to start an investigation thread for you. ]

[mgtropes]

[north will walk with strohl, artemy and rin to the murder museum. when you step through the metal detector gate, it will automatically teleport you to the place to investigate. how convenient!

This isn’t a full museum so much as a few rows of interactive exhibits. Guests can try on a pair of wet clown shoes to compare feet sizes, get their photo taken under a waterfall of nacho cheese (cooled to a safe temperature), do a puzzle putting various pieces of a plastic frozen corpse back together, or practice "painting" various words in blood on a touch screen—no matter what it was supposed to say, it somehow turns out to look like 'binch' or 'boob.' See famous weapons from past murders, stored in very sturdy glass cases, or even watch a real trial.

Plaques throughout the museum explain the case items were drawn from in detail, though anyone familiar might notice some facts are off. For example, there's an exhibit showcasing the half-eaten Toblerone someone was once turned into, a glass case containing nothing but ashes labeled "Monkey Dust," and a special display of a gun that once belonged to a famous wizard.

north and the others will arrive just outside the entrance to the museum, in the concourse hallway. what would you like to look at?]

[damp]

[ HERE WE GO LADS!!

First, a nod to North, ] Thanks.

[ And then he will head into the museum! He's keeping his gaze on the ground and the walls to see if there's any footsteps/marks leading in or out of the museum as he heads in, and then he'll take a quick look at the general state, e.g., are the exhibits knocked over, is it looking messy? ]

[halians]

[ he's taking a deep breath as they make it there - in, and out, steeling himself for whatever horrors there are going to be. strohl gives rin a clap on the shoulder, and will leave him to that for now - he'll stride past, and shake the treat bag, heading for the stupid nacho cheese fountain he's had to clean off of his stupid son's face like fifteen times this week. what's the state of this area of the museum/is my son in there.

piggybacking off of spoon's question also in a bigger picture/wider sense - is there any discernible path that was taken? ]

[bulls]

[ the horrors of the airport murder exhibit.

but here we go, uhhhh he's going to give a sweep overhead as they enter, as well as having a look at/around the entry way itself before moving further in, including on the floor for anything that may have dropped or left a mark - is there anything around the entryway or walls near it or on the floor here at all to begin with just so we don't miss it later. ]

[mgtropes]

[well, first things first, rin will notice that there are marks leading into the museum! specifically, no footsteps, but there's a trail of blood drips on the ground leading into the museum through the entry door. rin will notice that the general state of the museum is messy, there has clearly been a struggle in here, with some areas around the exhibits in disarray.

strohl, heading towards the cheese waterfall, will be able to see that the drips at the entrance also head in the direction of the cheese waterfall, ending in a bloody and cheesy mess close to the waterfall. he doesn't get any response to shaking his treats, though.

artemy won't see anything overhead, but since he is checking the entryway area in detail, he will notice that in addition to the blood drips leading into the museum, the ground around the doorway is a bit dusty and you'll want to be a careful where you step. hopefully he notices that in time for rin and strohl to not stop through it?]

GOLF

[mgtropes]

[north will accompany tama and dante to the golf room! when you step through the metal detector gate, it will automatically teleport you to the place to investigate. how convenient! for ref:

Golf lovers are in luck! Borrow some clubs and try the driving range or play a few holes of mini-golf! Show off your golf skills by completing the course, furnished with obstacles like windmills, tunnels, water features, an overhead moving model plane, sand traps, and a bridge over a river that has an animatronic crocodile in it with very sharp metal teeth. Careful that it doesn't steal your balls or drag you underwater or something. Granted, he mainly seems interested in golf balls.
Any stolen clubs will reappear at the driving range. But if you manage to complete all five holes above par, you will get a free golf-themed novelty t-shirt.

north will bring the two of them to just outside the door to the wonderful world of golf. go ahead and investigate!]

[foreverphantom]

[ hmm. well. as we're entering this place, we might as well take a quick glance overall to see if there's anything immediately out of place from the entrance ]

[ballies]

[ we l*ve balls....



well. welcome to the golf course, we've got model planes... she's actually going to beeline right for the animatronic crocodile and look in its mouth. ]

[mgtropes]

[dante can see that there are blood drips leading from out the door to the wonderful world of golf, further down the concourse towards the simulation room. that's another investigation but you may look at these drips.

tama can do that! she will find this sweet crocodile looks so normal. he is a sweet and lovable animatronic crocodile whose mouth has balls in it and he's normal. there's perhaps a vulnerable sadness in his eyes, as though he knows he has been the subject of a cruel whisper campaign based only on the assumed malevolence of his species even though he has done nothing but consume your balls. tama might also find a small black feather among the gathered golf balls by the crocodile, and there's another black feather on the grass nearby next to a small indentation in the grass.

as she's beelining for sweet crocs, tama may or may not happen to observe that this place is on fire.]

[foreverphantom]

[ just drips? no smearing?

anyway he'll actually enter the golf course proper now and i guess. also see that it's on fire??? HELP.

is there any part that looks more damaged than the rest? perhaps from non-fire damage? or blood or debris or anything... ]

SIMULATION ROOM

[mgtropes]

[ The text for your convenience:

Need some entertainment while waiting for your flight? Check out the state-of-the-art simulation room. A sign outside depicting people in VR headsets reads: Now including legs! Simply step inside the dark enclosed room and you can create any simulation you can imagine, although occasionally your simulation accidentally generates without anyone having legs. You can even sort of touch and feel things in here, try food, spar, though any feeling or injury will fade after you leave. The simulation is not great at simulating people, so will load them as video game NPCs with pre-scripted lines.

Wow, are we about to lose our legs? Doesn't matter because you're actually going to start outside the Simulation Room, in the hallways/concourse right outside of it. ]

[rosebleed]

[well if we're starting outside Rosamund will scan the immediate area outside the door, in particular the floor. She is a ranger and has tracking skills so she would have a keen eye for footprints and other tracks, but will be looking for blood, debris, dirt or grass or other suspicious stains or scuffs. What are we looking at?]

[feytality]

[ maya is just here to hold rosamund's hand ]

[ but no, maya will look up at the ceiling and screens and generally give the hallways a onceover in every direction as they walk ]

[mgtropes]

[ Great news! You can immediately see blood!

It's a drip trail that leads from the right side of the map to the Sim Room. You cannot see any distinct footprints in it but if you squint as a tracker, you get the sense it may be two trails based on the blood drip pattern.

Maya looks everywhere... and finds... odd scuff marks on the walls? ]

[rosebleed]

[Okay no real tag. Rosamund will take note of this, bending down to more closely examine the two trails of blood. Does one look older than the other? How heavy are the drips in each?]

CONGRATULATIONS!

[mgtropes]

[ west will walk with kazuki and jonas to congratulations! when you step through the metal detector gate, it will automatically teleport you to the place to investigate. how convenient! for reference:

Your one-stop restaurant for all of your consumption needs. It’s a lovely steakhouse! You can come in through the front door now for the proper experience, which is that you are instantly presented with a menu asking you to declare exactly how much steak you want and how well you want it done the moment you step inside.
The interior is rather bougie yet tastefully vintage. It would probably be highway robbery if you had to pay for it. Good thing you don't have to! Enjoy your delicious, juicy, perfectly cooked steak. It’s kind of all they have, with maybe a small selection of side salads. The kitchen, while previously open, is now no longer available for you to use for cooking. There's a take-out window down there too that can only be accessed from Level 0.

What's On the Wall?
There's a lot of hung up picture frames of famous celebrities who have eaten at Congratulations. Upon closer inspection, every single picture is of Elvis Presley. There’s one of him as an elf. There’s one of him, but purple. There’s one of him but as a horse. There’s probably a photo of him of what he would’ve looked like if he existed in your world, too. Neat.

at first glance, there is a blood trail outside the door. it's a horrific mess inside. uh oh sisters. ]

[teenrebellion]

...Off to a great start already.

[ immediately pulling out his phone to take a picture of the trail... are there footprints or is it like a dragging trail? does it head in any specific direction?

he'll also check the door and entryway for any damage or anything different before peering inside... what kind of mess is this, like chairs wrecked, tables overturned? ]

[sixam]

Christ. [ of course there's blood. while kazuki's looking at the trail itself, he's going to enter the restaurant and see what our mess is. since kazuki's looking at the overall, he's going to look at the walls first.

how are our elvises? elvii? whatever. he's also going to venture ahead to see if the kitchen is still locked to them or if people can go inside in these special instances. ]

[mgtropes]

[ no footprints and not dragged trial, but there's blood droplets that seem to be leaving congratulations! they are headed toward the first aid center

the mess is the type that you'd expect from a fight. a table wreckage, the counter a mess, shards of glass and dishware everywhere. even the wall of elvis our lord and savior has been affected. do you people know no mercy?

the elvii (plural for multiple elvis) have had their frames shattered, poor souls. he might need to linger here for a second to take inventory of their destruction or he can try the kitchen if he wants ]

[teenrebellion]

[ wonderful. glances at the ceiling for anything before they go too far... is there anything up there or in/on the light fixtures...

and is there blood or anything on the floor if kazuki carefully starts picking his way through the mess? is the floor itself damaged at all?

he'll also look at the tables and chairs, and under if possible as he slowly makes his way toward the counter. is there a clear direction in this fight or is everything just wrecked? is anything showing less or no damage? is there any sign of what could have made the damage, like gunshots, rhinestones, a blade, or is it just like blunt force broke everything? ]

first aid room

[mgtropes]

[to the first aid room they go... description:

The first aid center is a small room with a sink, cabinets full of bandages, basic medicines, and other simple medical supplies. You won’t find anything too crazy here. A connected room in the back has rows of five beds for anyone to use while they await treatment, or just to take a nap. Curtains separate the various beds, and can be drawn for privacy if desired.
On the wall is a device that looks like a defibrillator. If you use it, it will start a slow healing process that may take a matter of hours for small injuries or a matter of days for larger ones. You have to borrow the defibrillator before using it by checking it out from a keypad.

before they even go inside the room, though, there's a trail of blood leading into it.]

[lifeless]

[BLUD....

Manwol will exchange a look with Wis and then ig look at this trail first... is it like a trail of drips and drops or is it a more visible trail of blood? also any footprints in the blood at all if it's the latter...]

[sarkazm]

Oh, shit.

[wis follows after her to do the same, walking gingerly here, checking the floor and the wall-- is it impossible to enter without stepping in blood?]

[mgtropes]

[you can step in without touching the blood, it's a light trail—so more than just a few drips but it wasn't like someone bleeding profusely all over the place. no footprints in the blood.

on the wall by the defib (the wall that's by the defib i mean), wis'adel will find something sparkly embedded, along with prominent smears of blood.]