Realistic or Modern The Trial - Settings/Locations

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The Mansion is an ancient, seemingly abandoned building in the middle of nowhere, nestled deep within a dark forest. Only those that have business with the Devil may find the path to it during October, and, once 13 have gathered, the prior to this dark structure brightens up as it comes to life. This signals the beginning of the game and the players may enter.

Once they have stepped over the threshold, they shall realize that the mansion is much larger on the inside than the interior let on. Finding themselves in the entry hall, they shall be met with a booming voice (with no identifiable source) that explains the rules, grants them a special item and then tours them around the place.

The manor possesses two floors. On the first one there are located 5 rooms - the entry hall; the dinning room (to the hall's right), which connects to the kitchen; the lounge (to the hall's left), which connects to the library. The stairs to the second floor are positioned directly in front of the entrance and are a very large, looming structure. Once a person has ascended them, they shall wind up in the residential area - on the second floor there are 13 identical rooms, each equipped with its own bathroom and a small balconythat connects to the neighbouring ones.

In every room across the mansion there can be found requisite and costumes that change every day (though they may be stored away by the participants in their living quarters and thus prevented from being taken away), which can be used to frighten someone to death. The sole exception are the 13 living spaces for the contestants. Additionally, the aforementioned objects don't start appearing before the 2nd of October.

• Entry Hall
• Dinning Room
• Kitchen
• Lounge
• Library
• Rooms

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  The most lit up corner of the mansion is it's entry, which is also the most gorgeous part of it. Being lined with artwork of all sorts and wonderfully illuminated, this is a seemingly safe place. However, truth is that nothing about it is special, except for the perceived atmosphere. It's just yet another room where items appear. Some people may choose it as a location for relaxation and reflection, though this is solely up to them.
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  This is where the participants gather to dine, being served meals prepared by an unknown cook. The place has a very solemn feel to it, which might suppress most people alongside their appetite. Staying true to its general feeling, this is a space where many, and often terrifying items appear.
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  Being the most unsettling location in the mansion, the kitchen is somewhere most refrain from going. It is seemingly always enshrouded in a mysterious mist, and some claim that this is a preferred gathering point for ghost, despite the fact that there are no such entities in the mansion. However, when freaky costumes get combined with hindered vision, even the biggest skeptic may spot a monster emerging to grab them. This is a treasury of disgusting attire for those who seek to get rid of another participant.
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  This is the cozy living room in which people may gather to converse and unwind in front of the beautiful warm fireplace. In a likewise manner to the entry hall, it is decorated by wondrous pieces of artwork, though, again like it, it is not necessarily safe.
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  The Library is without a doubt the largest location in the mansion, filled with tons of books of various types - both modern and ancient tomes line the dusty shelves of this space, in all the genres one can fathom, written by known or unknown authors in languages that one may or may not speak. Some of these tongues seem so bizarre that their very existence is dubious. The atmosphere of this room is mysterious, yet charming in a sense. This is the place where people come to clear their minds, and might occasionally stumble upon clues - some forgotten diary of a previous participant might pop up among the other books, or a work that might enlighten you.
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  The rooms are all of an identical nature, equipped with a bathroom and connected small balconies. These are the only spaces where items do not appear (yet may be stored) and where the participants are completely safe. However, they may be entered only during the night. When it comes down to the rest of the day (from 8am to 8pm) the humans are forced to be in other parts of the mansion, exposed to potential dangers.
  
  Fortunately, each is granted a key that mysteriously works during nighttime, so that the door to every living space may be locked to outsiders with ill-intent while one sleeps. On the other hand, a player may invite a person or even a couple of people to join them in their residence as there is no rule against that.
  
  These rooms are numbered from 1 to 13 and each person is granted their own. The ones from 1 to 6 are to the left, the ones from 7 to 12 are to the right, while the unlucky number 13 remains directly in front of the stairs, being the most exposed of them all.

Even still, this manor hides many secrets... like ancient passageways. It is up to the players to discover these crawlspaces and find their way to wherever they may lead.