MOCK TRIAL WEEK 1

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So, after the sheriff's little introduction, you've got a better idea of why you're here... and outside of the more bloody-minded players present, it's probably not one you're terribly enthused about. Nevertheless, you're here, you're not leaving, and you've got a few rules to follow... but aside from that, you're basically left to your own devices. You can visit any of the locations in the town, and you do get complementary meals at the inn for breakfast, lunch, and dinner... but the question of whether someone will go ahead and kill hangs over the town like a dense fog.

Well, nobody's dead yet. But how long, exactly, will that last?

25 PLAYERS REMAIN

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TUESDAY

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MMMMMOTIVE

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[Around noon, all players will receive a message through their consoles! It will be delivered through both through text and through the same excited, auto-tuned robo-voice as the rules.]

We have an exciting extra reward for anyone who takes the plunge and attempts to win WARS! If you successfully kill someone without being caught, you will not only win your freedom... you will also win an ice cream party!

This bonus is only available this week, so don't miss out!

[After the message is delivered, the text will disappear... though, uh, there will be a little blinking exclamation point in the top right of your console HUD. Every time you look at it, it will repeat the message. This... certainly won't get annoying. Definitely not.]

[monotonality]

You've gotta be shitting me.

[stavros]

He said it himself, he's accustomed to people who want to murder each other. This is probably the only incentive he's usually given.

[carbide]

He doesn't seem to know his audience.

[Some of us here don't really do ice cream.

I mean, and various other problems with this.]

[stavros]

...what.

[cruxiscrystals]

I know. An ice cream party? Seems fishy.

[helldestiny]

What? Haven't you ever killed anyone for ice cream?

[COME ON, this is hilarious!]

[octoshy]

Did... did they say an ice cream party?

[MARINA NO]

[carbide]

That is what it says.

[THE MOST SUSPICIOUS LOOK. ARE YOU TEMPTED BY THIS ICE CREAM? Although on Olympia the most suspicious look is indistinguishable from a blank stare.]

[preciouspearlie]

Ugh Marina come on it's not even worth it.

[beguiledcard]

[ What the hell kind of motive is this. There's a bitterness to his tone, his teeth clenched before he mutters. ]

I don't think this is what they mean when they talk about screaming for ice cream.

[ ALSO SCREW YOUR BLINKING LIGHT???? ]

[acherontiastyx]

I mean, it's a conclusion you could come to, I guess.

If you were wrong in the head.

[octoshy]

You don't want an ice cream party?

[Who doesn't want an ice cream party?]

[flagrants]

Seriously? That's what you're offering? What kind of moron would be tempted by something this stupid? [ Scratch that. Five definitely would go for this. That glutton would probably go, "ohh, ahhh, something I don't have! I simply can't go another day without it!" and call the stupid shit "legendary."

The fucking worst. He's so glad she's dead. ]

And what part of the word "ice" is supposed to be enticing? Think about it! It's fucking cold! Ice cold! [ A beat. Anyone watching him can see a small shudder. ] Ugh, just thinking about it is giving me brain freeze!

[monotonality]

[Some people can't take the heat. Others can't stand the cold. Then there are people like Dito who'll bitch about it no matter what it is.

But she's known him long enough that she can practically hear his whole inner monologue.]

...ice, huh?

[>:3c]

Sounds personal. [...] I bet Five had a great time.

[Okay this motive is still absolute bullshit but-- at least she got something good out of it.]

[almightylaziness]

Exactly, it's cold and gets all wet and gross when it melts.

[octoshy]

But it's cold and delicious! You only get a brain freeze if you eat it too fast!

[almightylaziness]

[McBurn just bursts out laughing when he hears this. His laugh does kind of give an impression he isn't really very normal and sane, by the way. But seriously, trying to tempt a fire demon with ice cream has to be the dumbest idea ever.]

Did they seriously try to tempt someone like me with something cold?

[octoshy]

It's not just 'something cold', it's the greatest dessert in all of fishtory!

[kingofkoopas]

I'M GONNA EAT ICE CREAM WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, LOSER!

[octoshy]

[YOU TELL 'EM, scary monster guy!]

[helldestiny]

...Ice cream. Really.

[fuckthemancers]

Salty Splatoon - the kitchen

[Another day, still as real as anything else with a new announcement, and Zulf spends most of the morning locked away in his room. This is just as real waking up with land scattered throughout the air and ash on his fingertips. He... needs the time to compose himself.]

[Around 10 to 11 am, there's the sound of activity in the kitchen even though anyone who's been paying attention will have noticed that the cook stepped out. That would be Zulf, having finally changed out of his clothing if only in the interest of cleanliness. Instead of wearing anything like chaps, he's got a bustle skirt on, although the vest and shirt underneath it are par for the course. He's in the middle of cooking something, and only glances over cautiously at the sound of someone. His hearing is pretty good apparently.]

Have you already eaten? I've made enough for other people.

[The ingredients are a little foreign to him... but not so foreign that he hasn't made do well enough, ad the smell coming from the pot isn't half bad.]

[He can be found doing similar at around 4 p.m., although he makes sure to take a bowl for himself to take up to his own room.]

[....He absolutely makes sure to get some meet out for Missile and Sissel.]

Morning

[provocatives]

[Niles is mostly around to see if he can't filch another knife, and while it's not completely unexpected to see someone deciding to cook their own meals, the offer makes him raise an eyebrow. He eyes the pot and indeed, it looks and smells as if the other man has an idea of what he's doing in the kitchen. And yet.]

Planning your escape already? Aren't you on top of things.