becomehero | Week 6: Trial

week 6:

trial

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Rise and shine. The sirens that filled the streets on Friday have died down, allowing you to spend the morning peacefully despite the news. It isn't until 11 AM that an alarm goes off on everyone's phone, citing a reminder for the trial taking place at the courthouse at noon. It turns off soon, but pops back up every ten minutes to ensure that you don't forget.

Shortly before 12 PM, all heroes feel a compulsion to head to the courthouse, where the staff direct you to one of the courtrooms reserved for the day's events. Attendance is mandatory, it seems, and once everyone has arrived, the doors close and lock behind them.

Yesterday's investigation was only the beginning. The real work begins now.

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Welcome to your week one trial! Over the next nine hours, characters will have the chance to investigate, and theorize about the murders, as well as examine the body of the victim and explore relevant locations with NPC permission. As you gather evidence and discuss, we encourage you to revisit the investigation post to refamiliarize yourselves with the events of Friday morning.

There will be a mod-tag break between 5 PM EST / 2 PM PST to 6 PM EST / 3 PM PST. While the trial may continue and players can tag each other, mod-led threads such as questions and investigations will be on hold.

To vote for a culprit, head over to the voting page! Voting is mandatory in this game, so please be sure that your vote is in by the time trial finishes at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST.

Good luck, heroes!

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[ also she's immediately texting ryuki to tell him to try ponta's name in the five-letter lock. ]

[ Read X:XX

No but got it he'll let you know in a minute if it works or not. ]

[ she will allow him leaving her on read ONCE. just this once. ]

"Ponta" didn't work.

dammit. you can't brute force a letter lock in the same way you can a number lock -- shooting the lock won't do anything either.

there's nothing around that could be a clue for what the code is...?

Perhaps its connected to the puzzle.
If so then the last word of the puzzle would be five letters.

" _ _ _ _ _ "

well... it's a clue at least. now we just need to figure out a five letter word that could also be a code, I guess.

oh hang on

ugh, there's no 'c' in the list of letters that would say 'code' and make it clear for us.

Try POEMS or MOPES

Lea, Ryuki.

Edited 2023-11-04 18:38 (UTC)

Got it 🙏

Do let me know if that works.

yeah, I hate this lock now. i want to see it defeated.

Datz's suggestion of keyword helped.

If i'm correct, the solution to the puzzle is THE KEY WORD IS "_ _ _ _ _ " and that leaves behind P O E M S.

The mind does trump brute force, every now and again.

i think it's a nice case of them working in harmony, if it works. i got your lock open, you got ours open.

[ when it doubt, brute force it open with your mind! (no) ]