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]

All right. I'll accept that argument, Adam Parrish. When did he put himself in physical danger?

[antietam]

Well, the first time I met him, he was jumping off a ledge. Then he tried to break through to the operation room to get to the body, multiple times to the point where he got a huge bruise on his stomach.

And obviously, Diva hit him and broke his nose. Those are just the events I've witnessed. He could have done more.

[karmas]

Do you suppose anyone in that group was more suspicious than others?

[antietam]

Yes. But I think pointing fingers is only going to lead to panic and incorrect votes. I don't want to cause that.

[karmas]

And yet, we have to vote for someone, or the person who dies will almost certainly not be staff.

[antietam]

... I know. I'm worried about doing their job for them.

But for what it's worth, I can agree with some of your list. I think there were people who were unnecessarily aggressive about Diva when we had no proof of anything.

[karmas]

Oh? And who might that be?

[antietam]

I think you know who I'm talking about. I don't want to get dog-piled like you've been. I don't have the energy for it.

[karmas]

I think Luke Castellan was unnecessarily aggressive about Diva when we had no proof of anything. But Elizabeth and Lara Croft as well.

I won't narrow it down more than that, for my own preservation. But I won't allow anyone to be dogpiled, either. I intend to keep this trial in order.

[antietam]

That's fair. I only agree with one of those, but do you expect us to vote based on this list?

[karmas]

No. But I do expect us to vote. I'm made myself a target for reprisals, after all, either from the staff or by those angered just as Diva was angered by Bigby Wolf. So I won't accept not selecting a target.

I will, however, agree to any target chosen by logical argument.

[antietam]

... I think that's the only way to do it. I appreciate your attempts at working this out. So I won't vote for you.