DAY TWO (morning)

[judgejudy]

DAY 2 (morning) Complex Population: 34 It's 8AM, and rather than waking naturally, you awake to the sound of an odd tone ringing through the intercom. As you wake from that deep, dreamless sleep that enforces curfew as always, Judy's voice speaks up a few moments after. "A death has occurred. Safety Protocol 6227-A is now in effect. Protocol now available on Complex terminals." That ominous message might prompt you to leave your room more quickly. You can check out the terminal, where a new file is available, but as you head into the atrium, you might notice something else. The viewing stage is open. It seems that someone was busy during the night. — This post is for the second day as defined in the schedule. This post is for investigation and general mingling before the trial that takes place in the afternoon IC. ic rulebook character statuses character profiles private conversations graveyard

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[selfdenying]

[And again, it's like something inside his body flicks a switch.]

[His straight posture instantly worsens, his shoulders hunching over, and the sudden fury in his eyes is just...gone. Only a very tired look remains - Alfendi blinks in surprise, like he's been startled out of a sudden daydream.]

...Oh...oh dear, what happened? [He looks down at Alice with a slight double-take, like she's just appeared out of thin air.]

Oh, Alice, hello there. [He says, his eyebrows furrowing together.] I...goodness, did I just faint for a minute, there?

[selfsufficiency]

[...oooooor he'll just pass out.

Alice will have to think back over their conversations to try and figure out what might have prompted the change - for now, though, she's just going to see how this goes. She can't help but wonder if perhaps he just has much more extensive memory problems than the rest of them...

But, no. He says her name, and she smiles. So it's not that.

How interesting...]

You were pretty out of it, yeah. How are you feeling?

[selfdenying]

I don't feel all that well, really. Maybe I'm not eating enough? Or maybe it's this whole business with the murder, I don't feel like myself...

[You could say THAT again.]

How long was I out for?

[selfsufficiency]

[The food in the cafeteria is pretty gross, so it wouldn't be a surprise if he wasn't eating enough... but, no, she's pretty sure it's not that.]

Hmm... just a couple of minutes.

[Not very long, in the grand scheme of things - but long enough to make her intrigued.]

Have you always had problems with passing out?

[selfdenying]

I'm sorry if you had to witness that, I'm sure it's not very comfortable to have to deal with someone fainting out of the blue.

[And yet he's standing?? Weird.]

Erm...no, not that I can think of? [He shakes his head.] I'm hardly some paragon of health, but fainting and blacking out isn't something that's happened before.

[selfsufficiency]

I've seen worse... but you're better now, so it's fine.

[He's standing, therefore he's okay.]

Maybe it has something to do with the people who brought us here, then. You might want to ask Judy about it.

[A pause.]

...probably after we figure out what happened with the kid, though.

[selfdenying]

Judy already accused me of having memory problems when she brought up the housing contract that I don't recall signing, and Dojima...

[An uncomfortable look crosses his face, and he doesn't finish his sentence.]

Anyways, yes, we do need to figure out who and what's behind this whole morbid affair. But we're quite in a pickle, with no way to get down...