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]

Prosecutor von Karma.

[But she looks pleased all the same.]

I won't narrow down my list to one person. After all, that is the basis on which I'm suggesting staff influence the vote. But each of your methods are perfectly logical.

As for who I've narrowed my suspicions down to, based on Diva, that would be Elizabeth, Lara Croft, Luke Castellan.

[antietam]

I think it'd be helpful if you explained your reasoning for each of the individuals so we can actually understand.

What happened to Bigby? Why Lara and Luke specifically? I still don't see anything pointing to them.

[karmas]

Bigby only got involved after speaking to Elizabeth and Lara Croft, who asked him to involve himself. He may very well be staff, but the logic that staff would intentionally interfere does not apply to him.

The ones remaining are Luke Castellan, Elizabeth, and Lara Croft. Elizabeth was, I believe you agree, the most aggressive towards Diva. But Luke Castellan was among the first to reply to Leo Baskerville's statement and chime in that it seemed suspicious. Lara Croft avoided involving herself, but still weighed in with her opinions that the candlestick assault was relevant.

In my opinion, the most likely point in time staff would have gotten involved was right as a plausible suspect was identified. It would not necessarily be strategic to insist on an interrogation. But it would be strategic to help emphasis that the candlestick was relevant, as that piece of evidence all too easily could be brushed off.

Everyone else involved either argued against the candlestick, or became involved later, after Diva had already been violent.

[antietam]

Luke also only got involved after being asked and he did nothing in particular. He held Diva so that she wouldn't attack Bigby and that was it.

I don't think this logic is good for us to follow. The staff members could have easily just sat back and watched because of course everyone would be readily willing to jump on someone who seemed suspicious.

I'd also point out that your list consists entirely of the outspoken people of both trials. I think it's more likely that they were the only ones willing to speak up because it's in their nature.

[karmas]

I'm not speaking of his holding back Diva. I'm speaking of he being among the first to chime in and agree that the candlestick seemed like a good lead.

But you raise a decent point. I certainly don't want to penalize those that speak up. I believe one of them is staff, all the same, but that doesn't mean we have to vote on that now.

[antietam]

Well... it was. I think most people would have agreed that her being seen physically attacking Charles would be a reason to question her.

I think voting for one of them is going to silence a lot of people, ultimately. No one is going to want to back up theories anymore.

[liven]

Do you mind explaining what narrowed it down to those three? Beyond Diva? Or was it simply that?

[ just so she's up to date on Everything even though she is still. letting alice decide shit. ]

[karmas]

It was simply that. I believe one of the ones involved with Diva, particularly at the very beginning when Leo Baskerville raised the candlestick assault, is likely staff. Of the ones there, I ruled out Leo Baskerville for being too obvious, Bigby Wolff for being dragged into it by others, and Alice and Adam Parrish based on other actions of theirs that make them appear less suspicious.

Remaining are Lara Croft, Elizabeth, and Luke Castellan, who were all involved with accusing Diva.

[liven]

The only oddity I can think of myself is the illness that may or may not be connected to the fountain. When exactly did Luke get sick...? Lara already said she was in the fountain with no ill effects, but Luke got sick after that fact...

[ ... ]

Of course, it could be an ordinary illness. But with all of us sharing such close quarters, it's odd it hasn't spread.

[ ... ]

This might not be helpful at all after all. However, I will concur that Alice wouldn't have bothered arguing with me so much if she wanted people to vote wrong...

[karmas]

I don't know how the illness fits in...So I won't base my deductions on it.

[selfdenying]

Wait, what? Lara was in the fountain, but didn't get sick?

[Huh.]

Interesting. So I guess this rules out the fountain being the cause of the illness. The foot must be the cause.

[selfsufficiency]

Franzy. ♡

[ :) ]

But, okay. If we go with your suspects, we'd need the three of them to tell us why they couldn't be the ones who did it, so that we can decide if they're telling the truth or not and who we want to vote for.

[karmas]

[Frowning at the name and tapping her whip against her palm, but she isn't going to use it on Alice.]

I agree. Others ought to decide now. I've presented my case.

[tearable]

I believe I've taken blame for the inncident with Diva once already. Do I expect for it to clear my name? No, but those two shouldn't be bundled with the suspicion caused by the act.

Do you have anything you'd like to ask me, ma'am?

[karmas]

I've already asked you what I wished to ask you. I won't be reconsidering what I just said, but it is up to others whether they intend to follow my conclusions.

[subsisted]

[ thank fuck she got off bigby's case, but anyway. ] Luke's uninvolved. He tried to help with Diva's interrogation. Furthermore, he was only following a suggestion by someone else.

I cannot speak for Elizabeth, but I believe neither of us would have considered Diva had it not been for the fact she attacked the victim at all. You are forgetting that neither of us were the ones to bring up Diva's involvement with Charles - as far as I know, neither of us were even aware they had spoken.

What else do you want to know, Franziska?

[karmas]

Nothing. But perhaps the others have questions.

[betraitor]

You think maybe the one who pointed fingers about who killed the kid in the first place could be suspicious?

[just asking, for real.]

[subsisted]

[ man she does not like pointing fingers but... ] It's certainly what got us going on the assumption, initially. Without the information, Diva wouldn't have been interrogated.

[chiseler]

But...wouldn't that be Leo then? [He's trying to remember everything, but he remembers hearing about it, remembers talking to Lara about overhearing that Diva hit Charles with Atlas.] I do wonder why he's cleared from this list if we're going off of those outspoken about Diva.

[betraitor]

[he's not doing it to point fingers... but he also likes a lot of the people being indicated right now so wtf.]

Listen, at this point, we probably shouldn't rule anything out. If that ended up being the case, then it worked and we took the bait.

[selfdenying]

You mean Leo? The one with the glasses? He was the one who brought up how he saw Diva hit Charles.

[They haven't pressed him yet, that's for sure.]

[betraitor]

Yeah, nobody even bat an eye at that before now, did they?

[adlucem]

Miss Prosecutor already spoke to me. [Is he gonna have to do this all over again...] I'll answer any questions you have, but it's just going to be what I already told her.

[betraitor]

I'm not gonna make you repeat yourself, I'm not into interrogations. I'm just putting all the options on the table, because no matter who or what accusations get thrown around, unless we've got proof, we can't rule anything out.

[if anyone could be staff, anyone could be lying—alvin might know this better than most people just from being a mercenary for so many years and having done the lying, even when it threw people he loved under the bus.]