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

Comments

[karmas]

Ah, very good. But how did the other staff know which one of them was going to vote?

[injectors]

It's possible they have nonverbal means of communicating with each other during trials. Or they predicted our choice and came to an agreement beforehand. But this is all conjecture.

[karmas]

Then so long as we're engaging in conjecture, consider this. What if the staff could not vote? What if they must abstain? Or at least, in that trial, they needed to abstain.

After all, Her Honor apparently believed it possible that we could have full abstention. Why would she have believed such a thing if the staff were going to vote?

[injectors]

Believed, or purposely made us believe such a thing was possible.

[Either way, they got screwed over... And Diva paid the price for it. Who will be next?]

Are you suggesting, then, that the votes were from individuals who aren't part of the staff?