✦ WEEK ZERO: TRIAL

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✦ WEEK 0, TRIAL: VICTIM ARCHETYPE

TRIAL

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REMAINING

WUH-OH?

Rise and shine, superstars! It's a brand new day and a brand new opportunity to prove that you have what it takes to win this season's grand prize. Didn't manage to sleep well after yesterday's grisly discovery? A shame. But filming schedules are a cruel mistress, and they don't care to wait for the sleep deprived. As soon as the clock strikes 11:30AM, an announcement will play from the numerous loudspeakers hidden around the island:

THE REAL WAIFUS OF STREAMY VALLEY SEASON 11 RUNNER UP

All contestants, please report to Gold P. Beach. The next segment of this week's thrilling sudden elimination round is about to begin. I repeat, all contestants, please report to Gold P. Beach. The next segment of this week's thrilling sudden elimination round is about to begin.

... Hey, doesn't that voice sound familiar? Is this what they call a celebrity cameo? Huh. Ignore the announcement, and you'll soon find yourself accosted by the local mascots — namazu, loporrits and gestrals alike following after you and trying their damnedest to haul your ass to the beach. And if the pleading stare of these adorable(?) creatures is still not enough to get you moving, then worry not! Because at exactly 11:59AM, if you still haven't made your way over to the beach, a trap door will abruptly materialize under your feet and drop you right into the path leading up to the beach! Better stick your landing, or millions of viewers across the galaxies will watch you belly flop onto the ground. Embarrassing... The path leading up to the beach has been lined with torches, carving out a direct trail that leads right into the bowels of The Council — an old, abandoned ship that rests on the island's south shore. Whether it's the real deal or a fantastic piece of art from this season's set designers is anyone's guess, but you should probably avoid rubbing up against the rustier looking bits and bobs just in case. Inside the bowels of the rotting vessel, you'll see a circular area with enough benches for all of the remaining contestants to lounge about, and several long stone slabs that look a little less empty than usual. And while the sun shines bright above you during the daytime, you'll find that the torches surrounding the ship will soon become your only source of illumination once the sun sets and you are plunged into the murky darkness of the night. Well, with the sole exception of one torch that will remain unlit the entire time. At the far end sit three thrones with a rather peculiar display behind each one, and currently occupied by Live, Laugh and Love. A large LED display has been hung up behind them, which simply reads:

TIME REMAINING 09:00:00:00

As soon as it's officially 12:00PM, the LED display will begin to count down until it hits 00:00:00:00 at the very end of the trial. To the left of your hosts, there's a large beach cooler filled with all kinds of chilled drinks — from water bottles, to juice pouches and sodas, and, yes, even half bottles of wines and other alcoholic drinks. There's a plastic table nestled a couple of feet away, where the remains of the ship shield it from the sun, covered in a spread of sandwiches, baked goods, chips, dips, and what appears to be leftovers from yesterday's lunch and dinner. None of these items are fresh and most of them look like they came right out of a vending machine, but it's the thought that counts...? Welcome to your very first trial, superstars! Better get nice and comfy, because you're going to be here for a long, long while.

☰ VICTIM(S)

Will

☰ OOC NOTES

✦ It's trial time, baby! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about this week's murder. Characters will have time to examine the body of the victim and explore relevant locations. ✦ There will be a one hour tag break starting at 4PM EST/1PM PST. While players are allowed to keep tagging through the hour, all mod tags will pause and players are encouraged to take a break, eat and hydrate. ✦ The voting page is now unlocked! Please read through the post carefully for more information about how voting will work in this game. Note that voting is not mandatory in The Vine, and it is up to each character to decide if they wish to cast a vote before the end of the trial or not. ✦ Characters will be unable to leave The Council until the end of trial, as they will be blocked off by that same translucent barrier that prevents them from entering the currently locked segments of the island and a small gaggle of some very determined mascots. You wouldn't want to make them sad, right...? Exceptions will be made for the purpose of investigations, of course, where characters will be accompanied by an NPC escort.

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EVIDENCE CHECK

[streamy]

[ Check evidence here! Post the evidence you'd like to look at or have mod clarification on here. Please mark the location you found this evidence in your subject line. ]

will phone (will body)

[rodesko]

[ does not look at the heart. looks at the phone. how does the phone look, at a glance? ]

[streamy]

[At a glance, it's a green phone with a fruit charm hanging from it much like Elise's own phone. Nothing appears to be wrong with it.]

will notebook (will body)

[syncer]

[ Hello, notebook. What sort of secrets do you have here? ]

[streamy]

[It is... a notebook! Wao. The front and back cover look okay.]

heart (will body)

[imperioso]

[well whether or not silas gets gloves i suppose he will look at this... heart...]

[streamy]

[Unfortunately, he is looking at a real heart and not at a hyper realistic cake. It is now sitting in its own heart juices while hearting heartily.

Is he checking for anything in particular?]

pair of gloves (will body)

[staghunt]

[ hi what's up with these gloves... ]

[streamy]

[They're a pair of dark brown gloves, made out of cloth.]

a silver object (mansion mudroom/kitchen)

[extensiveform]

[a silver... friend?]

[streamy]

[ it is... a silver object, shaped in a curve, and round at the ends! ]

knife

[katzepaw]

[free me from cookie philosophy 101]

[streamy]

[C'est un knife... Nothing super stands out. What is he checking?]

knife block (mudroom/kitchen)

[famem]

[ Let's see... Anything weird? Is it stained with something? Is the opening weirdly wide? ]

black object (kitchen)

[bawanggong]

[ i have coffee.

what's this black object then? at a glance, what's it looking like? ]

Crumpled Piece of Paper (Kitchen)

[perfaketion]

[He must smooth it out for evidence... Does it say anything?]

book (kitchen part 2)

[cleaved]

[ hi, is this will's book at a glance or is it a different one. he showed it to her so ): ]

SILVER OBJECT - KITCHEN

[headmt]

[ whats happenin here I CHANGED IT BECAUSE I THOGUHT THE MUDROOM WASNT CHECKED but i will swap to the toaster in the kitchen]

paper in toaster with e (kitchen)

[imperioso]

[does the paper that molly found look like it was torn off, or is it like a whole undamaged slip?]

Pieces of Paper (Kitchen and kitchen)

[becomingpotatoes]

[Okay, let's take these pieces of paper and try to combine the letters in some way! Putting the papers on top of each other and then holding up to the light, doing it again but changing the order, looking for creases that may not be from shoving them into places, trying to figure out if any lines on these letters look different from the others...

I'm flailing around here, heeeeelp]

knife (kitchen/mudroom)

[frostythehitman]

[ hello, he is taking this knife to compare it against will's body.

how does it match up against the throat slit and the back stab? ]

pieces of paper + notebook

[quantizer]

[ just to be clear, when you fit the torn pieces of paper we have together with the torn parts of the notebook, does it look like there's still missing paper like there might be more to find?

and do the two pieces we have line up together in a way that you can tell what order the letters should be in? as in, like, if it was WE and torn down the middle, you would be able to see the tear line match up, possibly? ]

pieces of paper + notebook

[imperioso]

[sorry we're all crowding these same evidence now but

is it possible to try and verify how similar the E & W look to the rest of will's handwriting in the notebook? i.e. if it's clearly the same handwriting or not.]

Notebook (body), Crumpled Paper (kitchen)

[perfaketion]

[Can we compare Will's notebook to the crumpled paper with the "W" marking on it to try and get a sense of how the page fits in and thus its orientation.]

crumpled paper and notebook AGAIN

[smashcut]

[ CAN WE ACTUALLY TELL WHETHER THIS LOOKS MORE LIKE AN M OR W... like... can we compare to where will wrote both an M and W and tell which one this looks more like in his writing? ]