WEEK 1 - TRIAL

[foundationmods]

TRIAL

It's been a long night, with the knowledge burning in your brain that one of your number has died. Even if the victim wasn't known very well, this dangerous game of Mafia was still played, and that might be the worst of all. Not only that, but the Apprentice's warning still rings heavy in your minds - especially after seeing the state of Szayel's body.

The Lady appears for once when everyone is gathered, leading you all up the stairs to the third floor, past whatever glimpses of the upper floors you might get. The room she takes you to is, frankly, extravagant. There's snacks and drinks waiting inside, along with....a new person? It's a man, and as The Lady leaves and closes the doors behind her, the man tilts his head up and speaks.

"You can call me The Captain. Since one of you have died during the game, it's your responsibility to try and vote someone out. You have six hours to talk about it, but then-"

He taps on a box on the table in front of him, labeled 'VOTES'

"-you'll have to put in your vote so someone can be punished. Not voting, well...That's a lot like not playing. And trust me - you want to play."

The man sits down at the table, leaning back and placing his feet on the table while crossing his arms.

"So get to it."

As he says that, music begins to play in the room...


VICTIM: SZAYELAPPORO GRANZ

30 GUESTS REMAIN.

Comments

[latebluemer]

That sounds about right.

[They're totally talking ill of the dead and are going to get struck by lightning or something, but that might actually be a way out of this. Anyway.]

It was just a thought. We don't have a lot of leads right now, do we?

[xenoqueen]

We don't. That's what's frustrating.

[Her hands curl into fists.] We could just talk in circles for hours and never get anywhere except knowing that he's been killed by a goddamn spider. And we'd still have to vote for someone.

[latebluemer]

And it's a spider that might not even be a spider all the time.

[She's thinking hard about it, but folkore is... folklore.]

I think in the stories, they just yelled sutras at it, and we know the thread is weak to water... But do you think the only way to solve this is if we make the Jorogumo reveal its true form?

[xenoqueen]

Unfortunately. And I doubt it's going to reveal itself under these conditions.

[latebluemer]

I don't remember any sutras.

[She's pretty sure the sutras wouldn't help with making a spider be a spider anyway, but she's got nothin'.]