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

[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.]

[adlucem]

In that case, I agree with you. [It's perfectly logical, and Leo isn't naive. He gets where they're coming from.] Having this many likely suspects isn't any better than having none, though. We can't abstain, but we can't prove anything... [He sighs, leaning his head back.] What are we going to do?

[betraitor]

At this point? Fly by the seat of our pants, because we're not getting anywhere.

[which is the exact opposite of promising.]

[adlucem]

That's not very comforting.

[Not that Alvin was trying to be... but at least he's being honest.]

I wish we could try to find an alternative, but after what happened last time... it would probably be best to make our best guess. [Considering he's on the suspect list, this probably isn't the best suggestion to make, but. It is true.] But even saying that, I don't feel comfortable voting for someone with no evidence at all. No matter what Miss Prosecutor says.

[betraitor]

Not arguing that. Taking a total blind shot in the dark isn't really the way we're going to get anything done. I got the feeling no matter what the outcome is... we're not gonna like it.

[and leo probably won't either if people end up voting for him. alvin wasn't really trying to point fingers so much as bring up all the possibilities but that could easily blow up in his face.

again.]

There's not really a good one when kids are dead and we don't have any idea who may be doing the killing.

[adlucem]

[They're kind of the same thing in this situation, but Leo doesn't hold it against him. Better him than someone completely innocent, even if Leo's only crime was trying to be helpful.]

Are you going to vote for me? [It's a simple, straightforward question; he won't be mad if the answer is "yes". But he would like to know either way.]

[betraitor]

It's not really part of my plan unless something incriminating really comes up.

[he says it with a casual shrug.] Pointing out the possibilities doesn't mean I settled on a vote.

[adlucem]

[Fair enough. Leo nods.]

Thank you for being honest, anyway.

[betraitor]

Just call me Honest Alvin.

[don't do that leo, please don't.]

[adlucem]

[He's gonna do it]