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✦ WEEK 0, TRIAL: VICTIM ARCHETYPE

TRIAL

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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[ fondles his cranium. are there any injuries under all that hair and blood and matting? ]

[ nope! his hair is sticking up weirdly though in the back. like if you ran your hand through your hair and it just stayed like that, sort of? it's matted down a bit from him laying on the slab, but.

also this is unimportant but i don't want you to miss it: his eyes are wet. ]

[ FUCKING OF COURSE THEY ARE, UGH.

clenches his jaw upon realizing his eyes are wet. but carries on. i'm so suspicious of this phrasing about his hair sticking up weirdly, is there anything there causing that? a hairclip or some piece of evidence hiding in there or something? feels up that sticking-up hair. ]

[ nope! there's nothing there. it sort of looks like maybe his hair was just kind... fanned out like that for a while and got stuck because of the blood. there's a lot of sand in there, just at the back of his head. ]

[ anything about the ears?

if not he will move on to examining the lower half of his body! looking for signs of damage/injury, scuffing, soaked blood (that isn't from the same blood puddles as already examined). ]

[ nope! they are round... human (?) ears.

lower half! there's a little bit of blood on the knees of his pants. around the ankle where his gay little white ankle warmers are, there's another indistinguishable smudge of blood that may have been a handprint. you cannot gather a handprint from this.

there's sand on his shoes. ]

[ any sand elsewhere on his legs, like the knees? or just blood? what if he lifts up the legs to check under them, any sign of damage/injury there? ]

[ no sand on his knees. it's probably around mostly his shoes and i'm not saying he's SUSPICIOUSLY CLEAN of sand or whatever, it's just probably sandy in some places. seems like most of the sand is the kind you found earlier scrunched up in his coat.

no injuries anywhere else on his legs. ]

[ alright! one last check--in the chest hole, it must go deep enough to reach the heart, right? does that mean the rib bones and sternum of the hole are also gone? does it look like they were cut through or something? ]

[ oh god don't make me think about bones

it goes in deep enough to reach the heart, you can assume that those things are moved out of the way and don't worry about it this is not a head empty situation. i hate thinking about the rib cage. ]

[ alright, i think i'm good for now, especially bc it break time

he will carefully rearrange will on the slab, bringing his hands back up to where they initially were, and covers him back up. ]

[ tags this so i don't think i missed it

o7 ]

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