tikirobo | [ WEEK FIVE

TRIAL

In the morning, the beach comes back to life. Birds are back to cawing, the fish splash in the ocean, and insects buzz cheerfully from the jungle. Crabs skitter across the sand and seagulls fight over food (possibly yours). It's a frightening contrast to the stillness of yesterday but it doesn't mean it's over yet. After all, today is the trial.

The Chief stands at the front of the longhouse and brings his hand up to his mouth to let out a whistle. He'll thumb back to the hut-like building behind him and very clearly state --

"Trial time, everyone. Get in here and figure out who did it."

And then he'll turn to head in. The other Chief helpfully pipes up with a, "Make sure to bring a snack, and maybe some water. Hydration is key to catching murderers!"

The longhouse is set up like a meeting hall, with long benches on each wall, facing each other. There's a table at the front of the room already holding a small box and a pad of papers and pen, for voting apparently. Aside from that, the room is empty. It’s only when everyone has taken a seat that the doors close and the Chief speaks.

"Well, have at it. You've got till nine."

And then, he points to a clock on the wall that reads 12:00. Good luck.

Welcome to the trial post! Characters are free to discuss everything related to the trial here. They won't be let out of the room until 9PM when voting ends. Every character must vote and the voting post can be found here.

If there are any questions, please shoot a message to this journal or to tikirobo.

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That their refusal to say much about the game was not out of principle or a desire to be frustrating, but that they simply cannot. That our job, in the trial, is to determine the final mystery of the game.

... And you are behaving a bit oddly, Hiro.

Well that's weirdly vague...[But he just gives off a crooked smile.]

Oddly, huh? How so?

You were the one who called your own question "weird", were you not?

Because there seems to be a lot of uncertainty about what does and doesn't matter in this trial. [Like people suggesting it's not even important to try and suss out the killers, for instance.] So yeah. Guess some people might find the question weird or unhelpful.

Is that really what it is?

[...he just gives Lief a defeated look.]

If you think it's something else, than go ahead and say it, dude.

... I will admit that I think you know more than what you are letting on—though that can be said of many of us. What exactly it is, I do not know.

I apologize for making you feel pressured, though.

I know a lot of the same things you know. [He knows that, at least.] You also know more than I do. You, Magilou and Akira. You all know more than I do about certain things.

So. Maybe it doesn't matter, I don't know. Maybe finding the killers doesn't matter to most of you guys because you have a plan in place and know how this is supposed to end. I don't know.

All I know is that I don't think Fie was supposed to die on Thursday and it sucks. But if it's not important to people to figure out why the Chief's saying "technically" these are individual murders, then I'll let it go.

I have no plan. I do not think Magilou does either, though I cannot speak for Akira.

[...]

As has been said, if there is any death that I think is worth noting, it is Yona's.

Then help me get people to focus on Yona's death. We keep going back and forth on the final mystery but we have time. There's only twelve of us left right now. It shouldn't even take long.

What I want to know is: if she was dead the whole time, then why the hell was she with me in the jungle when I found Jinah?!

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I am not even sure where to begin with that... You were—you were the one who found her, correct?

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The way that's worded... it might not meant to be taken that literally.

And how would you interpret it, Katara?

There are a couple of ways you probably can. The way you did, like there is an actual final mystery after we figure out everything else.

Or it could just be us figuring out the ending in general. It's not specific enough to go either way, unless we're given more context.

It is possible. I do not know if the Siren was aware of what information I do or do not already have, so that complicates things as well.

But I am curious on what exactly the ending entails, I admit. As are many of us who do not already know, perhaps through a role.

Mmhm. I know the ways we can get the different endings, but not what each ending is going to actually do.

It would probably have helped if we had that information.

[He nods.]

But I suspect the only people who have always known are incapable of telling us.

Maybe not everyone as a whole, but they might have told someone in private.

. . . I know which method will "end things the way that we want."

[weird word choice!! but also very specific]

Feel free to continue with that line of thought, Magilou.

[geez!!]

I can't say more than that, because I don't know more than that. I don't know what "ending it the way that we want" means.

But I do know, that if all the Sirens die, then this game will "end the way that we want." And I can only assume that means we "win," and everyone "wakes up."

[or goes home? or whatever?? SHE DOESN'T KNOW]

[+1. Bellamy will just nod at that.]

Well, let's hope that isn't some trick phrasing then, since it's most likely the one we're going to get.

[she shakes her head]

No. I don't believe it is.

I believe in the one who told me this information. It didn't come from the Chiefs. Not directly.

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