trial #1

[judgejudy]

DAY 2 (afternoon) Complex Population: 34 At noon, the same tone from the morning rings out, and Judy's voice filters out over the intercom. "Good afternoon, residents. As per Safety Protocol 6227-A, it is time to conduct a trial to bring justice for the victim. Please proceed to the courtroom on the first level." If you're confused as to what she means, you'll see that the room across from the cafeteria is unlocked, as well as the room connected to it. Just as at night, if you don't go to the courtroom, you'll be treated to an electric shock of increasing strength until you go to the courtroom or are unconscious. Though considering the ominous penalty for not participating in a trial, you should likely just go rather than risk not voting because you've been knocked out by your own stubbornness... Once you're in the courtroom, you'll find that bottled water and light snacks are provided, but otherwise you'll have to bring anything else you may need. As you come to your conclusions about who to vote for, you can step into the judgement theater to cast your vote at the terminal. You may change your vote as many times as you'd like, but at 7PM, your vote (or lack thereof) is locked in. You have until 7PM to discuss and vote for who you think the murderer is. — ic rulebook character statuses character profiles Voting will close at 9PM EST on 10/8. voting

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[chiseler]

[While all of that's well and good...]

How can we know we can trust Judy to really hold up her end of the bargain? [He's sure other people have asked, but.] Is there any way she can prove she's trustworthy before we decide to abstain entirely?

[betraitor]

We don't and we can't. But I get the feeling she's not lying—she's pretty evasive about things if she doesn't want to spill the beans. She could have easily just said she wouldn't tell us at all.

She made it what she did because she knew it would be hard to get us to agree to it—trying to force our hand the other way and expecting that we'll be either unable to agree or someone would betray the vote. It's a pretty sound logic, so her terms seemed pretty fair.

[chiseler]

[He's not sure he wants to buy that, especially since Diva just tried breaking his nose and now it's probably still puffy and bloody. Alas. Still, he looks more nervous than anything, suspicious and untrusting of people he can't see.]

Let's think about it for a sec. What would be the benefit of knowing how many members of the staff are among us? That's a lot of math and percentage work...besides, unless you do a constant headcount to make sure all of us are staying in this room you can't guarantee everybody will abstain.

[He actually appears apologetic.] ...sorry. I don't...you can't always trust people like that. Especially when they want something from you. [Lookin' at you, gods.]

[betraitor]

I know as well as you do that people aren't gonna trust that easily. It's not like I know for sure whether or not it'll work out.

But knowing how many people are against us while playing the innocent card can help later on, especially since after today... we've got a much better idea of what the hell to expect from this place.

[hint, it's nothing good. alvin would rather use their own information against them than continuously being shoved against a wall like this.]

[antietam]

Hey. [ Luke why are you talking when you're still bloody? Adam looks somewhat upset and takes a bottle of water over to him. ]

You need to clean up and get the swelling down. [ He pushes the bottle at him. ]

[chiseler]

[He looks up at Adam with a small frown and probably a lot of blood smeared around his nose and mouth. Stop this. He takes the bottle but he's not doing anything yet.]

It's not as bad as it looks. [He tries for a short grin.] It'll just be sore for a little while.

[antietam]

Well, it looks bad and I don't want to see it. [ He'll reach over and twist off the cap then because apparently Luke is incapable. ]

Also, you breathe from there so it being sore is going to be annoying.

[chiseler]

How considerate of you. [His hand's covering his nose then so that Adam can't look at it, more annoyed than anything.]

I could breathe from my mouth but I think that'd be pretty weird. [He runs his tongue over his teeth, grimacing a bit.] Think the trial's almost over?

[antietam]

[ He rolls his eyes and reaches to grab Luke's wrist to pull it away from his nose. ] That's not what I meant.

Does it feel displaced or anything? I've dealt with something like this before. Things might be almost over, but we don't know what's happening after. So that's no excuse to wait.

[chiseler]

[Oh look it's still a mess.] I'm pretty sure she broke it. [He sounds really bothered by that.] Do you know how to fix broken noses?

[antietam]

Mhmm. Well, as much as I can without performing surgery. I'd need to realign it and hopefully no smaller bones were pushed out of place.

... I don't think you want me to do that right now, though. It's going to hurt.

[chiseler]

I like you, but I don't think I trust you enough to operate on my face Dr. Parrish. [He tries for a grin but flinches when it shifts his nose.] What do you want me to do until then?

[antietam]

Not yet, maybe. [ That gets a small smile from him and he squeezes Luke's wrist before letting go. ]

Wash your face and cool it down with the water. I'll get you ice once we're done here, alright?

[chiseler]

[He doesn't exactly have room to argue since his face is throbbing, but he nods and finally takes the water bottle.]

All right, all right. [He'll get to working on that.] It should heal on its own. It doesn't feel like it's completely destroyed.