trial #2

[judgejudy]

DAY 4 (afternoon) Complex Population: 32 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." 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 10/15. voting

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[heroizes]

[ GIRLS NO ]

What? No. No, holy crap, you can't torture information out of people.

[ laughtrack from the audience that Soon To Be Handsome Jack said this ]

[liven]

Whyever not?

[ SHIJIMA, LIKE ALICE, SEES NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS since she. suggested it. ]

If they can kill people, can't we torture them? I don't understand how that isn't allowed.

[selfsufficiency]

Yeah, it's not like we're going to kill them. Just rough them up a little to make it harder for them to kill us! ♡

[liven]

I might kill them if they're not helpful.

[ tO BE FAIR

shijima sit down ]

[selfsufficiency]

...ooh. ♡

[THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHAT SOLIDIFIES ALICE LIKING SHIJIMA god]

[liven]

[ this is the worst friendship someone stop it ]

[heroizes]

Oh, I don't know, because it's wrong? Why am I seriously having to explain this?

[ also, why are you both 12 and talking to him about the merits of torture??? ]

That's- Look, we torture people, we're no friggin' better than they are! So, yeah, didn't think this exactly needed explanation. Does- Wait, does torture even work?

[selfsufficiency]

It worked to get information out of people where I come from.

[...well then.]

More reliably than just asking did, when people don't want to tell the truth. Desperate times call for desperate measures, right~? ♡

[heroizes]

What the shit?

[ Jack just has a moment of eloquence there, then makes a frustrated noise. ]

Wh- Why? You're- Oh my god, you're only old enough to go to college, why are you torturing people? And no, it doesn't! Desperate times mean you actually use your goddamn brain instead of your murder boner. [ wait ] Uh, generally speaking. It's just a saying.

[selfsufficiency]

[Wow, cursing in front of a lady. Rude, Jack!]

It sounds like we come from really different places. Sometimes, where I come from, that kind of thing is necessary.

[Sometimes it's not and she still does it anyway, but you know...]

If you need information in order to stop something really terrible from happening, shouldn't you use every method you possibly can to get that information? Sure, if you don't torture someone maybe their blood isn't on your hands, but when that terrible thing happens, that's your fault for not trying hard enough. It's the same thing here.

I don't want to be killed, so I'll do whatever I can to catch the killer, even if it's unpleasant.

[heroizes]

[ Oh boy. Ohhhh boy.

Alice has stumbled into a topic that's something of a sore spot for Jack, because those are the kinds of questions he'd been struggling with before coming here. There's something dangerous about doing what's right versus doing what's necessary, and that question being brought up gets his posture to tighten defensively, and his expression cools. It's thoughtful, but conflicted, but his answer actually comes fairly quickly. ]

'Cause- Because that's a slippery slope, kiddo. Doing what's right, being a hero, no one's gonna look twice at that! But-

[ He pauses, then reaches up to rub at the back of his neck with a frustrated noise. ]

...Look, I don't think we have to resort to anything that extreme. We've got stuff to work with. Opportunity. We don't need to torture people when we have other options.

[ so maybe it's not quite as emphatic of a 'no' as Jack would like to think ]

[adlucem]

Miss Alice. [Okay, Leo has to pipe in here, because Alice is gonna get herself shanked if she keeps talking like this and she's the only one Leo really likes around this place...] Before we'd get into any of that, we'd still need some kind of a suspect.

[TONE IT DOWN GIRL]

[selfsufficiency]

...I guess you're right about that.

[There's only so many hours before voting, after all. While Alice would have no qualms about torturing someone innocent, she does want to figure out who did this, and if they run out of time before torturing the right person, that's no good.

Which probably isn't the reasoning Leo was going for while trying to convince her, but at least it had the same result??]

[adlucem]

[IF IT WORKS, IT WORKS. Leo help with the torturing if it's not pointless, how about that...]

Thank you. I would appreciate it if you didn't incriminate yourself unless you're actually guilty. [DON'T MAKE HIM WATCH HIS FRIEND(???) DIE]

[jackhole]

[ muttered from probably next to jack ]

Torture's probably a good avenue to explore though...

[ someone smack rhys ]

[liven]

Of course, we have to catch one, first. Then just leave them to Alice and I, if you have the problem of human scruples.

[jackhole]

[ . . . ]

I don't like Alice though. Can't you do it with someone else? [ wait ] I mean, this is all needle-haystack-y so we'll probably catch one eventually, even if it takes burning down the haystack.

[heroizes]

[ Jack will absolutely smack Rhys... He just smacks him in the back of the head, because unlike the two girls, he can hit Rhys. ]

Don't agree with them. Why is everyone so cool with torture, what the hell.

[jackhole]

[ okay, ow. rubbing the back of his head here. ]

It's kind of part of the whole... thing, man! What else are we supposed to do with one of them if we catch them?

[liven]

Torture often works. People will say many things to stop a certain amount of pain. Or death.

[ tHANKS CRAZY ]

[heroizes]

What- No, that's exactly why it's bullshit! I mean- I mean, hell, you give someone a purple nurple for ten seconds and they'd probably admit that they do have a foot fetish.

[ please don't get ideas from this ]

[liven]

Don't be silly. I obviously know the difference between a desperate false confession and the truth.

[ because she has

tortured people before or something???????????????????????????

shijima literally none of this paints you in a good light ]

However, I do not know this "purple nurple". Explain.

[modissty]

I don't see why it wouldn't, but jumping to the conclusion that torture would be needed at all is a little much.

[What if they squeal all on their own!! That'd be way less work.]

[heroizes]

See? That's—

[ He motions generally to Sakyou, but then deflates as he shakes his head. ]

Okay, admittedly, not super reasonable, but. Better. It's better than the rest of these torture-happy morons.

[modissty]

[WOW he's totally reasonable??]

They may simply be aiming for efficiency and speed... Regardless, I do agree that it isn't necessary.

[For now.

For now.]