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

[antietam]

... No, we can't. It's wishful thinking. We're desperate for any leads on how the staff are acting when we could just be seeing the work of someone who was misguided.

[karmas]

But that makes it more interesting, doesn't it?

If the staff did not know whether votes would be anonymous, or if they were somehow required to abstain in the first trial - that would make it important for the staff to try to subtly influence others to vote, wouldn't it?

Why would Her Honor have believed it was possible for everyone to abstain if the staff were able to vote to disrupt a unanimous abstention?

[antietam]

Her Honor? ... Judy?

It could have been a ploy. She's working with the staff in some way. We don't really know how the abstention was supposed to work—it could have randomized the whole pool as the bug. She might have gotten what she wanted by the majority of us choosing to abstain anyway.

But assuming you're right, do you think we can just ask if someone chose to not abstain? If we all can agree that it doesn't automatically make them suspicious. If they aren't staff, maybe they feel guilty and afraid.

[karmas]

Yes. I think, if we can agree voting for Diva and admitting to it does not automatically make someone suspicious, it could bring about more clarity.

[antietam]

... I'll see what I can do. [ He'll go bring that up. ]