trial #2 - execution

[judgejudy]

DAY 4 (evening) Complex Population: 32 At 7PM, a tone rings out, but it's not Judy's voice that filters out over the intercom. "TALLYING VOTES. . ." The voice is mechanical and robotic, and a pause lingers in the air. It seems that the voting system is run by some kind of AI. "CONSENSUS REACHED. MAJORITY VOTE. TIE. RESULT 1. LARA CROFT. STATUS: INNOCENT. LARA, PROCEED TO THE JUDGEMENT THEATER. CHARGING..." There's the sound of clicking, and Lara will receive a very sharp shock to their ankle monitor. If they don't step into the judgement room, the shock will increase in strength every ten seconds until they're unconscious. Regardless, the voice continues to drone on. "RESULT 2. LUKE CASTELLAN, EMPLOYEE ID VTSCI62271053. STATUS: INNOCENT. LUKE, PROCEED TO THE JUDGEMENT THEATER. CHARGING..." Luke receives the same treatment, and finally, the last player is decided in the same way: "DESIGNATING EXECUTIONER. . . ELIZABETH. ELIZABETH, PROCEED TO THE JUDGEMENT THEATER. CHARGING..." — ic rulebook character statuses character profiles votes

Comments

[liven]

[ NO!!!!!!!!!!!! HE SHOULD ALREADY KNOW, MAGICALLY ]

It was several centuries ago. They just cleaned up the mess when they found it, and no one spoke of it.

[selfdenying]

[HIS ANIMAL RADAR IS HORRIBLY BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR!!!!]

So it was kept under wraps? Well, I suppose that isn't too surprising.

What year did it happen?

[liven]

It was the later half of the Edo period.

[ vague hand gestures at canon ]

[selfdenying]

Around the 1800s?

[He only knows this because his father is a big archaeology nerd, it's rubbed off just a tad.]

I didn't know they had the technology to pull off something like that back then...

[liven]

Something like that.

[ she's not the best at timelines... ]

"Technology" might be the incorrect word. It was more occult than that.

[selfdenying]

[He blinks.]

...Supernatural causes?

[He looks down at his glass of whiskey, before taking a large sip - he definitely needs to get more alcohol in him to start having this kind of conversation, clearly.]

[liven]

Yes.

[ a yawn. ]

It's a pain to talk about.

[ because she's lazy. NOT BECAUSE SHE FINDS HER TRAGIC BACKSTORY PARTICULARLY TRAGIC... ]

[selfdenying]

That's...inconvenient.

[Thanks, Shijima....]

Either way, if you're immortal...does that mean you can't get killed?

[liven]

No. I can die just like any of you.

[ she presumably can stay dead, too, since her healing sure as heck isn't working. ]