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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[subsisted]

[ she's folding her arms because leo is? a kid? ]

I was so sure of it. Nothing else made sense. I should have questioned myself more - [ but this isn't #manpain hour ] But you're right. When we took everyone else off the table, that's when we made our mistake. We made too strong of a case for Diva.

[betraitor]

Yeah, we did. We didn't spend enough time looking at anything else, and now we've got at least one killer playing innocent. Maybe more.

[subsisted]

[ ... don't look so conflicted, don't say that. she almost likes you now? ]

I promise you, Alvin. I'd never hurt a child. You can take that to the bank.

[betraitor]

I'm not accusing you. You don't seem like the type.

[he just really hates this situation.]

I'm not buying into the idea that a few people speaking up is worthy of definite finger pointing. We screwed up the other day. Helping implicate her... totally abstaining and sending an innocent person to die...

None of our hands are totally clean now. [but he doesn't really think lara's behind it, or at least, he doesn't want to. he likes her well enough.]

[subsisted]

We can't let this eat us up. [ cool, lara. take your own advice. ] We have a chance to find the killer. To figure this out. We can do this. Just keep telling yourself that until you believe it.

[ sounds like she's got experience with this?? telling yourself til you believe it experience? hmm ]

[betraitor]

Hah. You sound like a couple of kids I know.

[it must be a protag thing, but alvin sucks in a breath, nodding his head at her. it doesn't make her any less right.]

We have to do this. Or else more innocent people are going to keep dying for our choices.

[subsisted]

[ god. look, she just really wants to do this right. ]

What can we discuss? Was there a weapon found? What do you know, Alvin? Anything at all?

[betraitor]

Not much. I took a peek in when the announcement was made, but I left around when they started breaking the glass.

[he didn't want to get caught up in all that.]

You got anything?

[subsisted]

I was having coffee then... [ it's the truth? god. she feels so stupid. ]

The best I can say is that we're dealing with the same killer as before. I can buy the theory that it's someone with brute force working in the foreground and someone working the tech side in the background. It's clear that the ankle monitors are what they want, but what for, I don't know. If we knew, perhaps we could narrow it down.

[ ... ] Which is to say I have nothing.

[betraitor]

It could be like you say. Or it could still be two different people. It seems like there are just too many damn variables when we don't know how many here are "staff" and just what the hell it is they're after.

[so basically, they're just where they started.]

[subsisted]

...If only we'd gotten that abstain vote.

[ god. oh my god. it really mattered and she's going to beat herself up over it now. ] I'm sorry, Alvin. I wish I had better answers, but without evidence, it's everyone's word against each other.

[betraitor]

I'm not looking for your apologies, Lara. We're all in the same boat right now—I'm not any better than you are.

[he hates this too, he really does.]